Advocates for Life Skills and Opportunity Inc

Analysis

Advocates for Life Skills and Opportunity Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover human services, which this site groups under poverty relief. 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 June 2023, Advocates for Life Skills and Opportunity Inc reported income of $22.0m and spending of $21.1m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2019 to June 2023, income grew from $13.0m to $22.0m (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Advocates for Life Skills and Opportunity Inc sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile, and in the 98th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Family Research Council Inc ($22.0m), Penn Mar Organization Inc ($22.1m) and Centros Sor Isolina Ferre Inc ($22.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending June 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 0.0% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $382k (1.8% of expenses). At year end it held assets of $15.6m against liabilities of $4.5m, net assets of $11.1m. It reported 498 employees.