Friends of Timberline

Analysis

Friends of Timberline is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 1975, 51 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, Friends of Timberline reported income of $127k and spending of $132k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income fell from $192k to $127k (-34%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income dropped by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 45,478 United States charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Friends of Timberline sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile, and in the 43rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riverside Choral Society ($127k), Cambodian Vintage Music Archive Inc ($127k) and Montgomery County Law Enforcement Memorial Inc ($127k).

On its Form 990-EZ for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% of the total. At year end it held assets of $377k against liabilities of $2,796, net assets of $375k.