Commute Options for Central Oregon

Analysis

Commute Options for Central Oregon is a registered charity in United States, based in Bend, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 2002, 24 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 December 2023, Commute Options for Central Oregon reported income of $1.0m and spending of $1.0m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income grew from $527k to $1.0m (+95%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 19,475 United States charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Commute Options for Central Oregon sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile, and in the 80th percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Womens Collective ($1.0m), Timber Framers Guild Inc ($1.0m) and Production & Operations Management ($1.0m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 2.0% and program service revenue 98% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $98k (9.6% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $270k. At year end it held assets of $964k against liabilities of $72k, net assets of $892k. It reported 9 employees.