Oba Education Foundation

Analysis

Oba Education Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Salem, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in December 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover public and societal benefit, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. 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 December 2023, Oba Education Foundation reported income of $105k and spending of $163k, spending 155% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $55k to $105k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2020, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Oba Education Foundation sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile, and in the 38th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include National Institute of Social Sciences ($105k), Ottawa Hills Boosters Club ($105k) and Good Neighbor Initiative Inc ($105k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 68% of the total. At year end it held assets of $1.5m against liabilities of $105k, net assets of $1.4m.