Oregon · Nonprofit
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,239 to it, the largest being RICHARD AND BARBARA MARX FOUNDATION ($25,990). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.0M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $32k
- Net assets
- $451k
What Creating Opportunities does
Mission
To support individuals with developmental disabilities, their families and communities in oregon's marion, polk and yamhill counties.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Sprecial projects - we received grant project funds to address service gaps for families and to develop practical emergency preparedness resources for individuals with developmental disabilities.
$492,095 spentof which $1,897 as grants$346,207 earned by the program45% of program spendingEmployer resource connection (erc) - through the employer resource connection (erc) program, we assist people with disabilities and/or mental health challenges and their families learn how to recruit, train and manage their support workers in 8 oregon counties. Our erc program supported more than 400 people in 2023. We conducted outreach presentations to dozens of community partner organizations. Our staff presented several free informational workshops. Erc staff attended monthly oregon home care commission (ohcc) erc program consultant meetings and dd/mh committee meetings.
$415,636 spent$510,046 earned by the program38% of program spendingRegional family network - our regional family network program is contracted by the oregon department of human services, office of developmental disabilities. We strengthen families and communities through support, information, advocacy and family events. We had many family-focused events in 2023, including parent workshops and family social activities. We continued to hold quarterly board meetings, partnered with other service organizations to increase awareness and advocate for systems change. We provided direct consultation to help families navigate systems and manage challenges related to their childs's disability.
$130,207 spent$87,184 earned by the program12% of program spendingGo project and hrsn
$50,459 spent$48,992 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,088,397.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $214k to $381k (+78%).
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.
2% of CREATING OPPORTUNITIES’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.
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.
Board chair
Elizabeth Barraza
Board president
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $100 → $4k.
1 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 4% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CREATING OPPORTUNITIES’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.
How concentrated its funding is
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 81% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 63% · 2020 97% · 2021 87% · 2022 91% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. 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
100% of CREATING OPPORTUNITIES's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. 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.
Against its field
CREATING OPPORTUNITIES's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 2 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding CREATING OPPORTUNITIES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $4.0M on record.
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$1.4M
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$1.2M
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$843k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT>$75K$312k
- OTHER DISTRIBUTION TO TAXABLE SUBRECIP$166k
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$74k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like CREATING OPPORTUNITIES
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
98% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
73%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CREATING OPPORTUNITIES: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CREATING OPPORTUNITIES?
- CREATING OPPORTUNITIES (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,239 to it, the largest being RICHARD AND BARBARA MARX FOUNDATION ($25,990). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does CREATING OPPORTUNITIES have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $32,239 in grants to CREATING OPPORTUNITIES, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CREATING OPPORTUNITIES?
- RICHARD AND BARBARA MARX FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $25,990 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CREATING OPPORTUNITIES find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 4 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