Oregon · Nonprofit
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $513,122 to it, the largest being THE CAROL AND VELMA SALING FOUNDATION ($401,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $183k
- Funders on record
- 10
- Grants received
- $513k
- Net assets
- $698k
What League of Women Voters of Oregon does
Mission
The League of Women Voters of Oregon is a grassroots political organization that encourages informed and active participation in government in order to build better communities. The Leagues purpose is to influence public policy through education and advocacy.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
For the Oregon general election November 2024 and the primary election May 2025 the League provided a non-partisan on-line voters guide Vote411 that provides information based on user address. Vote411 covers all state and local candidates and measures. It is mobile-friendly and was provided at no cost to recipients and candidates. For the general election 113,793 voters engaged with League voter service online offerings. For the primary election approximately 3,500 people actively used the tool. Class 303 + 313
$8,474 spent6% of program spendingFor the Oregon the general election in November 2024 the League provided a non-partisan printed voters guide The Voters Guide provides complete candidate and ballot measure coverage for all Oregon state and local candidates and ballot measures. The League charges neither the candidates to be included nor voters who use the Guide fees for the Voters Guide. 19,520 Voters Guides were distributed in print in English and Spanish. The Voters Guide was also distributed online in English and Spanish in audio reader compatible formatting in podcast and video voters guide formats and for registered clients of the Talking Book and Braille Library through the Oregon State Library. Class 308 + 311
$9,447 spent6% of program spendingThe LWVOR supports a Youth Council launched in early 2023 to directly connect young peoples priorities and concerns to civic engagement. Opportunities to participate include workshops training panel presentations and outreach within their local communities. Youth Council members engage in local civic events educating peers on voting and nonpartisan advocacy. LWVOR again sponsored a Mock Election during the fall of 2024 general election for state elementary 2 schools middle 43 schools and high school 82 schools students enabling students across the state to gain the experience of registering for and voting in an mock election. A total of 33,654 students across 21 of the 36 Oregon counties were registered by their teachers to participate. Class 304 312 314
$9,600 spent6% of program spendingOther program service projects
$126,220 spent82% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $153,741.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 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 $692k to $713k (+3%).
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.
88% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (99% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 5 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2023: the base held at 4 funders, grant income rose $55k → $65k.
3 of 10 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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON’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
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 78% of grant income and the top three 91%; 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: 2018 76% · 2019 86% · 2020 61% · 2021 77% · 2022 82% · 2023 77% — broadly stable.
“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
57% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 50% give in more than one year at all.
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
88% of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $43k 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.
Against its field
LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON's funding has concentrated — grant income rose while the number of funders held roughly flat.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 904 civil rights nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON: 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 LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON?
- LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 10 organizations whose IRS filings report $513,122 to it, the largest being THE CAROL AND VELMA SALING FOUNDATION ($401,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON have?
- IRS filings report 10 organizations giving $513,122 in grants to LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON?
- THE CAROL AND VELMA SALING FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $401,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF OREGON 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 10 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