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At l'arche Portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. We nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. In doing so we forge a more human society.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
72¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 45 volunteers and 32 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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FY2025 · 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
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $67K a year · 6% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
72%
of spending
Fine: 72% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$89K
to officers and key staff · 7% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 7% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 1.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $61K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$519K
66% of total assets
Worth a look: liabilities are 66% of assets; over 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
7
of 7 voting members
Looks good: 7 of 7 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$1.3M
+9% vs prior year
Spent
$1.3M
To programs
72%
Net assets
$271K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.3M
FY2025▲ +9%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.3M
FY2022$1.3M
FY2023$934K
FY2024$1.2M
FY2025$1.3M
Expenses
$1.3M
FY2025▼ -6%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.1M
FY2021$1.2M
FY2022$1.2M
FY2023$1.3M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.3M
Net assets
$271K
FY2025▼ -6%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$604K
FY2021$720K
FY2022$825K
FY2023$490K
FY2024$287K
FY2025$271K

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · 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: FY2025. IRS ruling in Aug 1985.

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

Where the money goes

72 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 72% · $924K Management & general 20% · $253K Fundraising 8% · $108K

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

8 people listed on the 990; $89K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Dir.
$88,542Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Secretary
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Julia Brown’s $89K as Executive Dir. is at the 24th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3869 $1–10M human services 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 · 3 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Julia Brown$88,542$31,450————
Andrew Noethe———$85,377$82,788$80,565
Maggie Clack——$85,000———

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

Builds community and creates home for people with and without developmental disabilities.

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1 program · $924K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

We provide safe nurturing homes with long term relationships for the adults with developmental disabilities living in our community. We provide regular training and support for our assistant caregivers to ensure quality and continuity of care for our core members and to develop life-long skills for cooperation shared leadership and…

$924Kprogram expense

Funders

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 3 funders$61K
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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.3M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$897K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$364K
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Money outPt IX
$1.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$924K
Managementcol C$253K
Fundraisingcol D$108K
Owns and owesPt X
$271K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$164K
Total assetsLn 16$790K
LiabilitiesLn 26$519K
PeoplePt VI, VII
8
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b7
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$364K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$57K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$897K
Investment incomeLn 3$696
Other incomeLn 4–11$6K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$1.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$163K
SavingsLn 2$1K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$164K
Accounts receivableLn 4$31K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$595K
Total assetsLn 16$790K
LiabilitiesLn 26$519K
Net assetsLn 32$271K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 532
VolunteersI 645
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$195K$164K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$0
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$559K$595K
Total assetsLn 16$851K$790K
LiabilitiesLn 26$564K$519K
Net assetsLn 32$287K$271K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$0
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$0
Grants and assistance to foreign recipientsLn 3$0
Benefits paid to or for membersLn 4$0
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$89K$69K$12K$7K
Pay of disqualified personsLn 6$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$712K$555K$98K$58K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1K$996$176$112
Other employee benefitsLn 9$65K$51K$9K$6K
Payroll taxesLn 10$63K$19K$28K$16K
Management feesLn 11a$0
Legal feesLn 11b$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$0
Professional fundraising feesLn 11e$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$80K$14K$51K$15K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$0
Office expensesLn 13$7K$6K$1K
Information technologyLn 14$0
RoyaltiesLn 15$0
OccupancyLn 16$25K$25K$602
TravelLn 17$14K$5K$9K
Travel and entertainment for public officialsLn 18$0
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$3K$3K
InterestLn 20$26K$26K
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$39K$39K$67
InsuranceLn 23$26K$5K$21K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$119K$109K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$17K$2K$9K$5K
Total functional expensesLn 25$1.3M$924K$253K$108K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Mar 30, 2026 $1.3M$1.3M−$17K$271K 990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS Apr 29, 2025 $1.2M$1.4M−$202K$287K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Apr 30, 2024 $934K$1.3M−$326K$490K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 9, 2023 $1.3M$1.2M$104K$825K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Apr 11, 2022 $1.3M$1.2M$116K$720K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS May 4, 2021 $1.1M$1.1M−$78K$604K 990 PDF

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 $1,268,435 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $245,802$364,376
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $893,119$896,864
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $455$696
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $27,750$6,499
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $1,167,126$1,268,435
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,035,425$930,128
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $334,054$355,019
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $1,369,479$1,285,147
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$202,353−$16,712
Part VI · Governance 7 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members7
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,268,435 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1c Fundraising events$57,255
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$307,121
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$364,376
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $896,864$896,864
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $696$696
VIII-5 Royalties$0
VIII-6 Net rental income or loss$0
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assets$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$1,077−$1,077
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $7,576$7,576
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $904,440 · Excluded from tax −$381$1,268,435
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $1,285,147 across 31 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizations$0
IX-2 Grants to domestic individuals$0
IX-3 Grants and assistance to foreign recipients$0
IX-4 Benefits paid to or for members$0
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $69,043 · Management $12,224 · Fundraising $7,275$88,542
IX-6 Pay of disqualified persons$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $554,843 · Management $98,235 · Fundraising $58,465$711,543
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $996 · Management $176 · Fundraising $112$1,284
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $50,709 · Management $8,963 · Fundraising $5,684$65,356
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $19,017 · Management $28,474 · Fundraising $15,912$63,403
IX-11a Management fees$0
IX-11b Legal fees$0
IX-11c Accounting fees$0
IX-11d Lobbying fees$0
IX-11f Investment management fees$0
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $14,270 · Management $50,560 · Fundraising $15,154$79,984
IX-12 Advertising and promotion$0
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,795 · Management $1,466$7,261
IX-14 Information technology$0
IX-15 Royalties$0
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $24,693 · Management $602$25,295
IX-17 TravelPrograms $4,604 · Management $8,926$13,530
IX-18 Travel and entertainment for public officials$0
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $3,249$3,249
IX-20 InterestPrograms $25,764$25,764
IX-21 Payments to affiliates$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $38,681 · Management $67$38,748
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,132 · Management $20,621$25,753
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $108,740 · Management $9,845$118,585
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $1,962 · Management $9,416 · Fundraising $5,472$16,850
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $924,249 · Management $252,824 · Fundraising $108,074$1,285,147
Part X · Balance sheet $789,883 assets, 24 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $93,222$162,803
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $101,351$1,124
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$0
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $97,117$30,788
X-5 Loans to officers and key people$0
X-6 Loans to other insiders$0
X-7 Notes and loans receivable$0
X-8 Inventories for sale or use$0
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred charges$0
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $559,391$595,168
X-11 Publicly traded securities$0
X-12 Other securities$0
X-13 Program-related investments$0
X-14 Intangible assets$0
X-15 Other assets$0
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $851,081$789,883
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $42,242$108,995
X-23 Secured mortgages and notes payableStart of year $271,392$260,153
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $250,000$150,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $563,634$519,148
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $273,447$240,735
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $14,000$30,000
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $287,447$270,735
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $851,081$789,883
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $270,735 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,268,435
XI-2 Total expenses$1,285,147
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$16,712
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$287,447
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$270,735

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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