Our mission is to foster empathy and build a more inclusive community by sharing immigrants' stories. We envision a compassionate world that celebrates immigrants and values diversity. We share stories with live storytelling events, exhibits around the Portland/Metro area, stories posted to our website, and podcasts to name a few. The stories told by immigrants showcase their experiences, hurdles they encountered, and their successes.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
89¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 26 volunteers.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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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
FY2025
latest Form 990
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Spent on programs
89%
of spending
Looks good: 89% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
31 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 31.1 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $16K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$0
0% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 0% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$206K
+165% vs prior year
Spent
$79K
To programs
89%
Net assets
$339K
By yearFY2021–FY2025
Revenue
$206K
FY2025▲ +165%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021$121K
FY2022$140K
FY2023$66K
FY2024$78K
FY2025$206K
Net assets
$339K
FY2025▲ +69%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021$124K
FY2022$180K
FY2023$171K
FY2024$201K
FY2025$339K

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 2018.

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Where the money goes

89 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 89% · $71K Management & general 7% · $6K Fundraising 4% · $3K

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

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Who runs it and what they're paid

6 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

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

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Shares immigrants' stories through events, exhibits, and podcasts to build empathy and inclusion.

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3 programs · $70K · in their own filed words · FY2025
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We shared immigrants' stories through The Immigrant Story Live events. These events take place 3-4 times per year at various locations. For 2025, the main event was held at the Patricia Reser Center for the Arts. The other events were held at two universities and Portland Center Stage.

$61Kprogram expense
02

The organization produces several podcasts each year in it's Many Roads To Here program. For 2025, eight podcasts were produced featuring success stories and what hurdles were overcome.

$6Kprogram expense
03

We award small scholarships to students majoring in journalism or a related field where students write stories about immigrants or participate in podcast production. Each student is assigned a mentor who coaches the student in the art of writing, publishing articles, and creating a portfolio.

$3Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$16K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$206K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$195K
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Money outPt IX
$79K
Ln 25
Programscol B$71K
Managementcol C$6K
Fundraisingcol D$3K
Owns and owesPt X
$339K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$206K
Total assetsLn 16$339K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
PeoplePt VI, VII
6
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$195K
Government grantsLn 1e$63K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$1K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$0
Investment incomeLn 3$12K
Total revenueLn 12$206K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$48K
SavingsLn 2$157K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$206K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$119K
Total assetsLn 16$339K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0
Net assetsLn 32$339K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 50
VolunteersI 626
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$110K$206K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$74K$119K
Total assetsLn 16$201K$339K
LiabilitiesLn 26$0$0
Net assetsLn 32$201K$339K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$3K$3K
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$0$0$0$0
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$0$0$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$0$0$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$0$0$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$0$0$0$0
Management feesLn 11a$0$0$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$40$0$40$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$44$0$44$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0$0$0$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0$0$0$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$0$0$0$0
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$900$0$349
Office expensesLn 13$3K$2K$194$417
Information technologyLn 14$0$0$0$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0$0$0$0
OccupancyLn 16$0$0$0$0
TravelLn 17$4K$4K$34$0
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0$0$0$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$7K$4K$0$2K
InterestLn 20$0$0$0$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$0$0$0$0
InsuranceLn 23$500$0$500$0
All other expensesLn 24e$61K$57K$5K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$79K$71K$6K$3K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $206K$79K$127K$339K 990 PDF
FY2024 $78K$201K 990 PDF
FY2023 $66K$171K 990 PDF
FY2022 $140K$180K 990 PDF
FY2021 $121K$124K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $206,307 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $52,358$195,337
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $8,000$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $11,258$11,641
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $6,120−$671
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $77,736$206,307
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $3,000$2,600
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $0$0
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $44,454$76,668
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $47,454$79,268
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $30,282$127,039
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $206,307 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for −$671 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$0
VIII-1b Membership dues$0
VIII-1c Fundraising events$0
VIII-1d Related organizations$0
VIII-1e Government grants$62,681
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$132,656
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$1,131
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$195,337
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $11,641 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$11,641
VIII-5 RoyaltiesRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $10,970 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$206,307
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $79,268 across 30 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $0$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $2,600$2,600
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 $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-6 Pay of disqualified personsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $40 · Fundraising $0$40
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $44 · Fundraising $0$44
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11e Professional fundraising feesFundraising $0$0
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $900 · Management $0 · Fundraising $349$1,249
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,240 · Management $194 · Fundraising $417$2,851
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-15 RoyaltiesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,054 · Management $34 · Fundraising $0$4,088
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officialsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $4,324 · Management $0 · Fundraising $2,252$6,576
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $500 · Fundraising $0$500
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $56,580 · Management $4,740 · Fundraising $0$61,320
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $70,698 · Management $5,552 · Fundraising $3,018$79,268
Part X · Balance sheet $338,827 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $13,015$48,049
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $97,163$157,478
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $0$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $14,500$12,108
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $1,677$2,444
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $154$0
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $74,310$118,748
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $0$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $200,819$338,827
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $0$0
X-18 Grants payableStart of year $0$0
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $0$0
X-20 Tax-exempt bond liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $0$0
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $0$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $200,819$338,827
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $200,819$338,827
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $338,827 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$206,307
XI-2 Total expenses$79,268
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$127,039
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$200,819
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$10,969
XI-6 Donated services and use of facilities$0
XI-7 Investment expenses$0
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$0
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$338,827

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