Oregon Community Warehouse Inc

Analysis

Oregon Community Warehouse Inc is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in June 2001, 25 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 December 2023, Oregon Community Warehouse Inc reported income of $5.3m and spending of $5.1m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $3.1m to $5.3m (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 47%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 62,758 United States charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oregon Community Warehouse Inc sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Place of Greater Rochester Inc ($5.3m), Alameda Emergency Food ($5.3m) and Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry Inc ($5.3m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 58% and program service revenue 27% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $210k (4.1% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $1.2m. At year end it held assets of $4.1m against liabilities of $1.4m, net assets of $2.6m. It reported 37 employees.