Skanner Foundation

Analysis

Skanner Foundation is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1997, 29 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 (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending May 2023, Skanner Foundation reported income of $97k and spending of $82k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from May 2019 to May 2023, income fell from $127k to $97k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2021, when income dropped by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Skanner Foundation sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile, and in the 35th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Long Beach Organic Inc ($97k), Biz Net Cares Foundation ($97k) and Mansfield Womens Club ($97k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending May 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 63% of the total. At year end it held assets of $284k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $284k.