Nonprofit screen
Screen a listCreative Portland Corporation
Can you give?
Listed with the IRS. Every screen came back clear.
A 501(c)(3) on Publication 78 and the IRS master file.
- IRS nonprofit listing
- No issue
- Revocation
- None
- IRS files
- Agree
- Sanctions
- No match
- IRS bulletin
- No notice
- California
- No record
- Charity type
- 509(a)(1)
$235krevenue
FY2025 · +105% in 3 yrs3staff
8 of 8years filed
’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Revenue and spendingRevenueSpendingDeficit
Against similar nonprofits FY2025
Operating margin−0.5%
Months of reserve9.9mo
Revenue growth (annualized)+5.7%
Middle half of peersMedianCreative Portland
Where the money goes FY2025 · $236k spent
Programs$96k40%Management and general$117k50%Fundraising$24k10%990 FY2025 · Part IX line 25
Worth checking2
A funder worth 22% of revenue stopped after FY2022
Bowdoin College gave $25k in FY2022, 22% of revenue that year.
Funders’ 990-PF grant listsDeficits in 2 of the last 3 years
−$18k in FY2023 and −$1k in FY2025. Cash covers 9.9 months, above the peer median of 7.9.
990 Part I and balance sheetIn its favor1
A history of government grants
Government grants on 6 of its 8 returns, 85% of revenue in FY2025. $80k is traced federal awards from National Endowment for the Arts.
990 Part VIII · USAspending26funders
$111ka year, last 3 years
45%from its largest funder
Funder’17’18’19’20’21’22’23Elmina B Sewall FoundationStopped after FY2021$25k$10k–Onion FoundationStopped after FY2022$14k$10k$9k–The Bob Crewe Foundation A/K/A Crewe FoundationStopped after FY2021$5k$21k$2k–Bowdoin CollegeOn and off$25kGood Shepherd Food BankStopped after FY2022$8k$8k–The Dorothea and Leo Rabkin FoundationOn and off$500$1k$4k$5k$3k$2kDonor-advised giftsDonors not disclosed$132k$91k$77k$137k$187k$35k$12k12 other fundersUp to $10k a year each$20k$6k$12k$17k$2k$6k
FundedThrough a donor-advised fundStopped