Our United Villages

Analysis

Our United Villages is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment, which this site groups under environment and conservation. 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, Our United Villages reported income of $2.1m and spending of $2.0m, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $1.9m to $2.1m (+14%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 10,430 United States charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Our United Villages sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile, and in the 87th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marin Art and Garden Center ($2.1m), Lake County Umbrella Watershed Council ($2.1m) and Re-Use Hawaii ($2.1m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 80% and program service revenue 7.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $135k (6.8% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.0m. At year end it held assets of $4.2m against liabilities of $1.6m, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 38 employees.