Portland Leather Alliance

Analysis

Portland Leather Alliance is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in September 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover civil rights, social action and advocacy, which this site groups under human rights and equality. 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, Portland Leather Alliance reported income of $499k and spending of $301k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $261k to $499k (+91%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 512%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 9,611 United States charities whose main cause is human rights and equality and that reported income, Portland Leather Alliance 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 70th percentile, and in the 70th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Center for Victim and Human Rights Corp ($499k), The Womans Opportunity Rehabilitation Center Inc ($500k) and Foundation for Applied Conservative Leadership ($499k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 15% and program service revenue 84% of the total. At year end it held assets of $501k against liabilities of $251, net assets of $500k.