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JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC (Oregon) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $336,010 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($181,844). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$131k
Funders on record
9
Grants received
$336k
Net assets
$1.4M
6/9 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 47%
01What it does

What Junior League of Portland Oregon Inc does

Mission

Promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving communities through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Endowment - this program is used to award local non-profits that align with our goalsand focus areas for the league year.

    $37,687 spentof which $37,687 as grants
    38% of program spending
  2. Membership - the organization devotes substantial volunteer time and resources for training members to become civic and community leaders. Through this program, members can attend leadership conferences and training sessions which focus on non-profit and community leadership development.

    $29,728 spent
    30% of program spending
  3. Operations - opeartions cost of league

    $28,989 spent
    30% of program spending
  4. Other program which include community.

    $1,836 spent
    2% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $98,240.

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 ($280k) Expenses 100 ($185k) Net assets 100 ($791k)2018 Revenue 117 ($328k) Expenses 89 ($165k) Net assets 121 ($955k)2019 Revenue 81 ($228k) Expenses 98 ($182k) Net assets 127 ($1.0M)2020 Revenue 93 ($260k) Expenses 157 ($290k) Net assets 125 ($991k)2021 Revenue 85 ($239k) Expenses 82 ($151k) Net assets 165 ($1.3M)2022 Revenue 64 ($179k) Expenses 100 ($186k) Net assets 162 ($1.3M)2023 Revenue 32 ($90k) Expenses 62 ($115k) Net assets 157 ($1.2M)2024 Revenue 37 ($103k) Expenses 84 ($155k) Net assets 165 ($1.3M)2025 Revenue 47 ($131k) Expenses 95 ($176k) Net assets 171 ($1.4M)
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Revenue (47)Expenses (95)Net assets (171)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 $1.0M to $1.4M (+33%).

$864k
$1.0M
$1.1M
$1.0M
$1.4M
$1.3M
$1.3M
$1.5M
$1.5M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

75% of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (62% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 12,439 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$95k
’17
$164k
’18
$46k
’19
−$30k
’20
$87k
’21
−$7k
’22
−$25k
’23
−$52k
’24
−$44k
’25
20
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.

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Listed10898988109
Joined·+4+6+7+4+7+4+7+0
No longer listed·65838451
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 4 funders, grant income fell $46k → $42k.

3 of 9 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 66% 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 JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON 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.

How concentrated its funding is

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 96%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

66% 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 JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC.

54%
largest funder
96%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 69% · 2018 65% · 2019 91% · 2020 84% · 2021 57% · 2022 77% · 2023 95% — growing more concentrated.

“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

43% of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

66% of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC'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 $114k that is directly attributable, 91% of it comes from Oregon funders.

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

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Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $222k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,175 community improvement nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−34% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve19.9mo · top quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)−9% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,175 community improvement nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

56% of spending goes to programs.

Program 56%Management 43%Fundraising 1%

Governance

8
board members
88%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention–Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

89%

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

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

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Questions and answers

Who funds JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC?
JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC (Oregon) receives grants from 9 organizations whose IRS filings report $336,010 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($181,844). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 66% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC have?
IRS filings report 9 organizations giving $336,010 in grants to JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC?
THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $181,844 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like JUNIOR LEAGUE OF PORTLAND OREGON INC 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.

These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 9 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