Oregon · Nonprofit
Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente
Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente (Oregon) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,249,000 to it, the largest being SEEDING JUSTICE ($750,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.1M
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $1.2M
- Net assets
- $193k
What Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente does
Mission
To provide culturally specific services to Ethiopian, Eritrean and other African refugees help newly immigrated individuals residing in Oregon to successfully integrate, especially in the areas of health, education and economic assistance.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Child Care EECRC has successfully implemented the Child Care Provider Capacity Building Project with a grant from Seeding Justice. This initiative has recruited and trained over 24 community members, with 8 establishing their own culturally specific child care centers, and 6 employed in these centers. The project has provided comprehensive support, including training, home assessments, licensing fees, furnishings and equipment, child care supplies, rent/mortgage assistance, and scholarships for low-income families.
$197,221 spent20% of program spending2025 Transportation safety ODOT The Community Transportation Safety project was implemented to improve transportation safety awareness among African immigrant and refugee communities in the Portland metro area. The initiative addressed barriers such as language access, limited familiarity with U.S. traffic laws, and the lack of culturally responsive safety education. Key focus areas included distracted driving, teen driver education, pedestrian and bicycle safety, public transit navigation, emergency preparedness, roadside safety, and child passenger safety. EECRC successfully delivered 11 multilingual workshops and participated in community outreach activities that reached 181 participants, exceeding the original target of 100 participants by 81%. Workshops were conducted in Amharic, Tigrinya, Oromo, and English to ensure accessibility and meaningful engagement. The organization also partnered with the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT), Everybody Bikes, Community Cycling Center, OHSU, Portland Fire & Rescue, DMV, and Portland Police Bureau to strengthen training quality and outreach efforts. A total of 227 pre- and post-surveys were completed, surpassing the project…
$113,051 spent$128,888 earned by the program11% of program spendingRegenerating Agriculture By PCEF 2024-2029 The projects long-term goals are to increase equitable access to fresh, healthy, and culturally appropriate foods; strengthen local food systems; create economic opportunities through community-based agriculture; and build community resilience in the face of climate and food security challenges. By combining regenerative farming practices with cultural knowledge and food justice principles, the project will empower community members, preserve agricultural traditions, and promote long-term environmental stewardship and sustainability.
$93,770 spent$109,629 earned by the program9% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$585,044 spent$838,659 earned by the program59% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $989,086.
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 2022 to 2023, from $121k to $934k (+674%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 97% · 2022 61% · 2023 80% · 2024 45% · 2025 54%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (63% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 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.
Chief executive
Yonas Kassie
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $10k → $845k.
1 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 60% 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 Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente’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
Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente leans on a few funders — its largest provides 60% of grant income and the top three 92%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
68% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 89% — 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
60% of Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $499k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $750k 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
Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,430 arts & culture nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $744k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$486k
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$134k
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$120k
- DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS$4k
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 Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
38%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 51 states
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente: 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 Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente?
- Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente (Oregon) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,249,000 to it, the largest being SEEDING JUSTICE ($750,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 60% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $1,249,000 in grants to Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente?
- SEEDING JUSTICE is the largest funder on record, with $750,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Cente 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 7 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing