ALS Northwest

Analysis

ALS Northwest is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in February 2024, 2 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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 January 2024, ALS Northwest reported income of $2.4m and spending of $2.9m, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from January 2020 to January 2024, income grew from $2.3m to $2.4m (+5.5%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2022, when income rose by 72%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, ALS Northwest sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile, and in the 88th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hope House of Itasca County Inc ($2.4m), Shared Vision Inc ($2.4m) and Hayswood Health Services Inc ($2.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending January 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 93% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $202k (6.9% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.1m. At year end it held assets of $4.5m against liabilities of $829k, net assets of $3.7m. It reported 21 employees.