The Oregon Community Foundation

Tax-deductible

Portland, OR501(c)(3)Since 1973Foundations & GrantmakersEIN 23-7315673

The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives for all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
90¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 2,018 volunteers and 116 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $49.8M a year · 17% of revenue · last 5 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
90%
of spending
Looks good: 90% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.4M
to officers and key staff · 1% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 67% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 1% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $587K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$68.1M
2% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 2% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
Looks good: 15 of 15 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$293.7M
+52% vs prior year
Spent
$223.5M
To programs
90%
Net assets
$3.2B
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$293.7M
FY2024▲ +52%
Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$355.0M
FY2021$417.3M
FY2022$193.1M
FY2023$192.6M
FY2024$293.7M
Expenses
$223.5M
FY2024▼ -8%
Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$224.5M
FY2021$329.2M
FY2022$181.1M
FY2023$244.1M
FY2024$223.5M
Net assets
$3.2B
FY2024▲ +11%
Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$2.6B
FY2021$3.0B
FY2022$2.7B
FY2023$2.9B
FY2024$3.2B

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Nov 1973.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

90 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 90% · $201.0M Management & general 8% · $18.9M Fundraising 2% · $3.6M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

Who runs it and what they're paid

25 people listed on the 990; $2.4M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
CEO/Asst Secretary/Treasurer
$594,315Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Secretary/CFO
$391,623Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President of Equity and Culture
$300,050Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Philanthropy Officer
$298,599Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President of Communications
$280,117Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director - Gray Family Foundation
$193,953Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Human Resources
$186,556Pt VII · Sec A
Assistant Secretary
$169,612Pt VII · Sec A

Lisa Mensah’s $594K as CEO/Asst Secretary/Treasurer is at the 67th percentile of top reported officer pay among 129 $100M+ philanthropy & grantmaking nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Lisa Mensah$594,315$792,631$266,133——
Max Williams—$216,047$484,604$433,786$436,739
Erica D Daley$391,623$339,869$324,932$288,983$193,994
Marcy Bradley$300,050$221,230$170,708——
Kirsten Kilchenstein$298,599$265,724$253,466$225,999$220,991
Stephanie Swanson$280,117$210,266$182,529$151,593$157,800
Sonia Worcel——$253,635$213,964$217,680
Andrea Chrystine Durbin—$247,516———

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Administers charitable funds and distributes grants to support Oregon nonprofits, education, housing solutions, and community initiatives to improve lives across the state.

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1 program service account for $201.0M of program spending, described in the organization's own filed words · FY2024.
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The foundation administers charitable funds and makes grants from those funds for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, primarily in the State of Oregon. In 2024 OCF: -Made grants totaling $174.0 million to approximately 3500 nonprofit organizations including grants that support Foundation initiatives that focus on…

$201.0Mprogram expense

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Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
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Grants paid · 10,137 grants · $1.0B · 2020–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$10,100,629
Oregon Consumer JusticeOR · FY2024$7,978,664
University of Oregon FoundationOR · FY2024$5,046,750
Oregon Symphony AssociationOR · FY2024$2,041,501
Hospice of RedmondOR · FY2024$1,955,340
Portland Art MuseumOR · FY2024$1,916,178
Missoula International SchoolMT · FY2024$1,500,000
Food for Lane CountyOR · FY2024$1,417,143
Land Trust Alliance IncorporatedDC · FY2024$1,372,550
Wood River Land Trust CompanyID · FY2024$1,025,000
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By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$293.7M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$244.8M
Investment incomeLn 3$45.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.5M
Money outPt IX
$223.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$201.0M
Managementcol C$18.9M
Fundraisingcol D$3.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$3.2B
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$216.8M
Total assetsLn 16$3.3B
LiabilitiesLn 26$68.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
25
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$244.8M
Noncash giftsLn 1g$84.7M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$45.5M
Other incomeLn 4–11$892K
Gains on assetsLn 7$12.6M
Total revenueLn 12$293.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$14.7M
SavingsLn 2$202.1M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$216.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.89B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$7.0M
Other assetsLn 15$102.5M
Total assetsLn 16$3.3B
LiabilitiesLn 26$68.1M
Net assetsLn 32$3.2B
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5116
VolunteersI 62,018
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$208.3M$216.8M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.65B$2.89B
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$6.6M$7.0M
Total assetsLn 16$2.98B$3.32B
LiabilitiesLn 26$58.7M$68.1M
Net assetsLn 32$2.92B$3.25B
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$174.6M$174.6M
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$10.1M$10.1M
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.4M$406K$781K$239K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$12.0M$7.3M$2.9M$1.8M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$987K$596K$241K$150K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.6M$934K$390K$236K
Payroll taxesLn 10$1.1M$612K$290K$159K
Legal feesLn 11b$95K$35K$61K
Accounting feesLn 11c$91K$91K
Lobbying feesLn 11d$58K$58K
Investment management feesLn 11f$11.3M$11.3M
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5.0M$3.5M$1.4M$121K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1.1M$493K$271K$371K
Office expensesLn 13$325K$188K$89K$49K
Information technologyLn 14$1.0M$597K$282K$155K
OccupancyLn 16$861K$497K$235K$129K
TravelLn 17$395K$202K$132K$61K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$364K$210K$99K$55K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$80K$46K$22K$12K
InsuranceLn 23$120K$120K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$699K$569K$104K$26K
All other expensesLn 24e$92K$31K$52K$8K
Total functional expensesLn 25$223.5M$201.0M$18.9M$3.6M

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest Viewing $293.7M$223.5M$70.2M$3.2B 990 PDF
FY2023 $192.6M$244.1M−$51.5M$2.9B 990 PDF
FY2022 $193.1M$181.1M$12.0M$2.7B 990 PDF
FY2021 $417.3M$329.2M$88.0M$3.0B 990 PDF
FY2020 $355.0M$224.5M$130.5M$2.6B 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2024 990 (4 parts)
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $293,651,949 across 9 lines filed
VIII-1d Related organizations$16,086,651
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$228,722,928
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$84,678,205
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$244,809,579
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,491,801$2,491,801
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $3,935,768 · Excluded from tax $28,893,806$32,829,574
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $12,629,431$12,629,431
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $891,564$891,564
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,383,365 · Unrelated business $3,935,768 · Excluded from tax $41,523,237$293,651,949
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $223,460,179 across 24 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $174,646,081$174,646,081
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $10,100,629$10,100,629
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsPrograms $0$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for membersPrograms $0$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $405,513 · Management $780,811 · Fundraising $238,921$1,425,245
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $7,279,671 · Management $2,919,950 · Fundraising $1,780,267$11,979,888
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $595,947 · Management $241,108 · Fundraising $149,615$986,670
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $934,449 · Management $389,628 · Fundraising $235,836$1,559,913
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $612,486 · Management $289,862 · Fundraising $159,408$1,061,756
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $34,921 · Management $60,541$95,462
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $91,020$91,020
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $57,500$57,500
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $11,317,938$11,317,938
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $3,525,331 · Management $1,386,982 · Fundraising $120,818$5,033,131
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $493,058 · Management $270,647 · Fundraising $371,230$1,134,935
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $187,624 · Management $88,794 · Fundraising $48,832$325,250
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $596,813 · Management $282,445 · Fundraising $155,329$1,034,587
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $496,863 · Management $235,143 · Fundraising $129,316$861,322
IX-17 TravelPrograms $202,349 · Management $131,662 · Fundraising $61,076$395,087
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $209,837 · Management $99,306 · Fundraising $54,613$363,756
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $46,037 · Management $21,787 · Fundraising $11,982$79,806
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $119,507$119,507
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $568,584 · Management $104,061 · Fundraising $26,156$698,801
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $31,487 · Management $52,212 · Fundraising $8,196$91,895
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $201,025,180 · Management $18,883,404 · Fundraising $3,551,595$223,460,179
Part X · Balance sheet $3,317,661,859 assets, 19 lines filed
Asset lines not itemized here account for $1,058,588; see the IRS return.
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $17,218,980$14,706,993
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $191,124,837$202,076,423
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $14,154,959$103,109,813
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $939,537$1,166,653
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $564,127$563,852
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $6,637,283$6,969,943
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $1,121,036,744$1,203,843,058
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,501,195,970$1,666,891,523
X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $24,514,048$14,796,528
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $100,342,668$102,478,485
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $2,978,953,625$3,317,661,859
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,960,705$1,739,183
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $6,668,385$13,620,822
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $50,062,084$52,771,518
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $58,691,174$68,131,523
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,852,909,864$3,188,889,325
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $67,352,587$60,641,011
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,920,262,451$3,249,530,336
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $2,978,953,625$3,317,661,859
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,249,530,336 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$293,651,949
XI-2 Total expenses$223,460,179
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$70,191,770
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,920,262,451
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$277,230,727
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$297
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$18,154,909
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,249,530,336

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