Oregon Science Teachers Association

Analysis

Oregon Science Teachers Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Portland, OR. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in August 1966, 60 years ago. 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, Oregon Science Teachers Association reported income of $81k and spending of $110k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income grew from $59k to $81k (+39%), an average of +6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2019, when income rose by 190%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 72,936 United States charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Oregon Science Teachers Association sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 31st percentile, and in the 31st percentile within OR. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guernsey County Feed My People Inc ($81k), Portland Chinese Scholarship Foundation ($81k) and Apollo Memorial Library Inc ($81k).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 25% and program service revenue 67% of the total. At year end it held assets of $752k against liabilities of $0, net assets of $752k.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.