Fund for Portland Public Schools

Analysis

Fund for Portland Public Schools is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 2019, 7 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 June 2023, Fund for Portland Public Schools reported income of $4.4m and spending of $4.6m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2020 to June 2023, income fell from $6.1m to $4.4m (-28%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2021, when income dropped by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 66,972 United States charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Fund for Portland Public Schools sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile, and in the 92nd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Independent Paths to Learning ($4.4m), University of North Texas at Dallas Foundation ($4.4m) and Salt Lake Arts Academy ($4.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 100% of the total. At year end it held assets of $3.9m against liabilities of $2.9m, net assets of $988k.