Dont Shoot Portland

Analysis

Dont Shoot Portland is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Dont Shoot Portland reported income of $273k and spending of $594k, spending 217% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2020 to December 2023, income fell from $2.0m to $273k (-86%), an average of -48% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income dropped by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Dont Shoot Portland sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile, and in the 60th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association of Women in Corrections ($273k), The@access Project Inc ($274k) and Tulsa Police Foundation Inc ($273k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $173k (29% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $907k against liabilities of $19k, net assets of $889k.