Elbow Room

Analysis

Elbow Room is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2016, 10 years ago. Its declared purposes cover arts, culture and humanities, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. 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, Elbow Room reported income of $137k and spending of $120k, spending 88% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from December 2022 to December 2023, income grew from $60k to $137k (+128%), an average of +128% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Elbow Room sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile, and in the 45th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Street Wise Arts ($137k), Cincinnati Contemporary Jazz ($137k) and Baldwinsville PAC B Inc ($137k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 81% and program service revenue 19% of the total. At year end it held assets of $57k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $57k.