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HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC

HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC (Oregon) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,428,752 to it, the largest being YOUTHBUILD GLOBAL INC ($1,740,467). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$4.7M
Funders on record
60
Grants received
$6.4M
Net assets
$5.6M
34/60 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 26%
01What it does

What Heart of Oregon Corps Inc does

Mission

Heart of oregon corps, inc. (hoc) is a human services nonprofit focusing on youth workforce, education, and well-being. The mission of hoc is to empower youth and young adults through employment, job training, education, and service to central oregon communities.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.

After changes in partnership and community needs were analyzed, heart of oregon implemented a plan to close the "heart of oregon thrift store" program in madras, jefferson county, closing the store and the youth training opportunities related to it. Hoc rebranded the jefferson county space as a general program office for recruitment and support of youth in other programs. In addition, hoc received and implemented a planning grant through oregon serves, to prepare to open a new food heroes americorps youth program, which was successfully launched in the fall of 2025.

Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).

  1. Heart of oregon corps, inc. (the organization or hoc) is a human services nonprofit providing workforce training and continuing education to hundreds of youth ages 16-24 annually. The organization's mission is to empower youth and young adults through employment, job training, education, and service to central oregon communities and primarily serves low-to-moderate income opportunity youth who are disconnected from school or work but are ready to thrive when given adequate support.to be continued on schedule othrough the work-earn-learn model of the organization's six programs, the organization powerfully engages participants in meaningful, growth filled workforce development and educational opportunities. With the goal of career readiness, the organization's programs provide youth training and certification while the youth training projects address the community problems of affordable housing, wildfire, the childcare crisis, and hunger. Since its inception in 2000, the organization has grown into a nonprofit leader with programs and projects in deschutes, crook, jefferson, and northern klamath counties, including the confederated tribes of warm springs.heart of oregon corps'…

    $3,651,438 spent$486,923 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $3,651,438.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 = 20182018 Revenue 100 ($2.8M) Expenses 100 ($2.6M) Net assets 100 ($1.3M)2019 Revenue 104 ($2.9M) Expenses 106 ($2.8M) Net assets 111 ($1.4M)2020 Revenue 96 ($2.7M) Expenses 103 ($2.7M) Net assets 111 ($1.4M)2021 Revenue 109 ($3.1M) Expenses 105 ($2.8M) Net assets 136 ($1.7M)2023 Revenue 188 ($5.3M) Expenses 148 ($3.9M) Net assets 418 ($5.2M)2024 Revenue 166 ($4.7M) Expenses 164 ($4.3M) Net assets 449 ($5.6M)
201820192020202120232024
Revenue (166)Expenses (164)Net assets (449)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 2020 to 2021, from $1.5M to $1.8M (+25%).

$1.4M
$1.6M
$1.5M
$1.8M
$5.6M
$5.8M
201820192020202120232024
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.

2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2018 57% · 2019 35% · 2020 36% · 2021 51% · 2023 52% · 2024 68%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

87% of HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 1,616 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$203k
’18
$139k
’19
$7k
’20
$316k
’21
$1.4M
’23
$394k
’24
11
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.

Chief executive

Laura Handy

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

201820192020202120232024
Listed101415131110
Joined·+8+3+4·+0
No longer listed·426·1
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $542k → $1.3M.

8 of 60 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 8% 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 HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 60 funders by total. 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

HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left

54% 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 HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC.

27%
largest funder
52%
top three
~8
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 68% · 2019 51% · 2020 42% · 2021 25% · 2022 46% · 2023 38% — 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.

How long its funders stay

52% of HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC draws 54% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 12 states in all.

WA
MT
MN
MA
OR
CA
MO
VA
DE
NC
DC
TX

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

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’18
’19
’20
’21
’22
’23
Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $486k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin8% · above the median
Months of reserve11.0mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $15.1M on record — $9.3M federal, $5.9M state.

Federal$9.3M
grants $9.3Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Labor$5.6M
  • Department of Agriculture$3.4M
  • Department of the Interior$302k
State$5.9M
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Top programs
  • OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS TO SUBRECIPIENTS$3.0M
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$2.1M
  • DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS$491k
  • PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$92k
  • DISTRIBUTION TO COMM COLLEGE DISTRICTS$59k
  • ADVERTISE, PUBLICITY, PUBLISH/PRINT SRVS$30k

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.

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

81% of spending goes to programs.

Program 81%Management 16%Fundraising 4%

Governance

9
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

96%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OR

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Questions and answers

Who funds HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC?
HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC (Oregon) receives grants from 60 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,428,752 to it, the largest being YOUTHBUILD GLOBAL INC ($1,740,467). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC have?
IRS filings report 60 organizations giving $6,428,752 in grants to HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC?
YOUTHBUILD GLOBAL INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,740,467 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HEART OF OREGON CORPS 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 2018–2024), and the filings of 60 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