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CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC

CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $700 to it, the largest being Gelco Charitable Foundation ($700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$274k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$700
Net assets
$48k
1/1 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 13%
01What it does

What Center for Peace West Inc does

Mission

To promote the messages of our lady, the blessed virgin mary, given in medjugorje

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. We conduct pilgrimages to medjugorje, a catholic shrine located in bosnia- herzegovenia. We arrange for ground transportation, lodging/meals and a local english-speaking or spanish-speaking guide. We provide experienced coordinators to accompany the pilgrims, as well as a catholic priest to offer spiritual direction. During 2024 we conducted three pilgrimages to medjugorje: march (104 pilgrims), august (56 pilgrims), and october (43 pilgrims. We are currently planning for eight pilgrimages during 2025.

    $250,411 spent$268,568 earned by the program
    99% of program spending
  2. We publish and distribute various pamphlets with information about medjugorje and other catholic religious information. We distribute them to churches, other religious organizations and our pilgrims, and we mail them to individual subscribers upon request. We publish the monthly message from medjugorje on our facebook page at www.facebook.com/centerforpeacewest and email it to our list of individual subscribers.

    $2,694 spent
    1% of program spending
  3. Monthly prayer group and medjugorje evening of prayer: on june 25, 2023, the mir medjugorje english information center was established. Our board member father john marshall is the spiritual leader for this group. There is a monthly virtual prayer group hosted on zoom and live on youtube. We hosted a medjugorje evening of prayer which included the monthly prayer group; father zvonimir pavicic, pastor of st james church in medjugorje spoke at the event, followed by a catholic mass, adoration and fellowship.

    $390 spent
    0% of program spending
  4. Annual peace mass (expenses 277, revenue -0- ): we organize and host a peace mass at a local parish on or near june 25th each year. A catholic bishop and multiple priests usually concelebrate the mass. Participants are invited to a reception following the mass, where refreshments are served and medjugorje information, photos and religious articles are displayed. Participants of previous medjugorje pilgrimages reunite to reminisce and extend their friendships.

    $277 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $253,772.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($27k) Expenses 100 ($31k) Net assets 100 ($23k)2018 Revenue 70 ($19k) Expenses 65 ($20k) Net assets 96 ($22k)2019 Revenue 167 ($45k) Expenses 113 ($35k) Net assets 140 ($32k)2020 Revenue 14 ($4k) Expenses 12 ($4k) Net assets 141 ($32k)2021 Revenue 32 ($9k) Expenses 29 ($9k) Net assets 140 ($32k)2022 Revenue 196 ($53k) Expenses 182 ($56k) Net assets 127 ($29k)2023 Revenue 191 ($51k) Expenses 170 ($52k) Net assets 124 ($29k)2024 Revenue 1022 ($274k) Expenses 835 ($255k) Net assets 209 ($48k)
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Revenue (1022)Expenses (835)Net assets (209)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $29k to $139k (+372%).

$23k
$25k
$36k
$32k
$32k
$29k
$139k
$49k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

2% of CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (100% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 15,288 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$4k
’17
−$951
’18
$10k
’19
$67
’20
−$159
’21
−$3k
’22
−$657
’23
$20k
’24
2.2
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

201720182019202220232024
Listed654469
Joined·+0+0·+2+4
No longer listed·11·01
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2020: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $200 → $500.

Funder
'19
'20
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 1 state in all.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

’19
’20
Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 12,816 religion nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve2.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)39% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,816 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

100% of spending goes to programs.

Program 100%Management 0%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
–Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

99%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

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Questions and answers

Who funds CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC?
CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $700 to it, the largest being Gelco Charitable Foundation ($700). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $700 in grants to CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC?
Gelco Charitable Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $700 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like CENTER FOR PEACE WEST INC find more funders?
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 1 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing