Nami-Oregon

Analysis

Nami-Oregon is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover mental health and crisis intervention, which this site groups under health and saving lives. 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, Nami-Oregon reported income of $1.0m and spending of $623k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $798k to $1.0m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 64% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Nami-Oregon sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sema US Inc ($1.0m), Valley View Hospital Foundation ($1.0m) and Advocates for Healthy Citizens ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 98% and program service revenue 1.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $100k (16% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $149k. It paid $12k in professional fundraising fees. At year end it held assets of $3.4m against liabilities of $907k, net assets of $2.5m. It reported 9 employees.