Adopt a Family

Analysis

Adopt a Family is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 March 2024, Adopt a Family reported income of $76k and spending of $105k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 2 years on record, from March 2023 to March 2024, income fell from $121k to $76k (-37%), an average of -38% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Adopt a Family sits at the 26th percentile: it is larger than about 26% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 30th percentile, and in the 29th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include KBS Constructors Foundation ($76k), Legacy Impact ($76k) and Robert and Marys Place ($76k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending March 2024, revenue came from contributions and grants 54% of the total. At year end it held assets of $53k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $53k.