Sellwood Moreland Improvement League

Analysis

Sellwood Moreland Improvement League is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in May 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover community improvement and capacity building, which this site groups under community and economic development. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending September 2023, Sellwood Moreland Improvement League reported income of $382k and spending of $175k, leaving 54% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2019 to September 2023, income grew from $327k to $382k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 89%. Over the whole period it spent 123% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Sellwood Moreland Improvement League sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile, and in the 65th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Challenge Detroit ($382k), Rural Peoples Platform ($382k) and Jackson County Economic Development Partnership ($382k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending September 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 51% and program service revenue 48% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $53k (30% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $11k. At year end it held assets of $472k against liabilities of $46k, net assets of $426k. It reported 6 employees.