Boost Oregon

Analysis

Boost Oregon is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education, which this site groups under education and training. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Boost Oregon reported income of $493k and spending of $564k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $237k to $493k (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 107%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Boost Oregon sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Train Mountain Institute ($493k), Nantucket Book Foundation Inc ($493k) and Voca Center Inc ($492k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 78% and program service revenue 20% of the total. Other salaries and wages came to $341k. At year end it held assets of $372k against liabilities of $234, net assets of $372k. It reported 5 employees.