Oregon · Nonprofit
MEC Disabilities
MEC Disabilities (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,800 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $115k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $96k
- Net assets
- $4k
What MEC Disabilities does
Mission
Our primary mission is to bridge the gap and empower individuals with disabilities by offering accessible sensory spaces advocacy for insurance coverage of adaptive equipment support groups educational workshops and community outreach events. Through these initiatives we aim to foster a culture of acceptance understanding and inclusion ensuring that every individual has equal opportunities regardless of their abilities. Our vision is to empower individuals with disabilities creating a more inclusive tomorrow where they have equal access to opportunities resources and support. We envision a society that celebrates diversity and dismantles barriers allowing individuals with disabilities to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Resource & Support Services Provided: MEC Disabilities offers one-on-one family navigation diagnosis support educational advocacy and referrals to local and national resources. Services include guidance on IEP processes understanding disability rights and locating funding or therapy options. Number of Persons Benefited: Over 300 families received personalized support or case navigation assistance last year. Other Relevant Information: Many families are served from the point of diagnosis creating long-term relationships that foster stability and empowerment for caregivers and their children.
$50,000 spentof which $50,000 as grants48% of program spendingOutreach Events and Sensory Experiences Services Provided: MEC Disabilities hosts inclusive community outreach events awareness campaigns and provides access to sensory-friendly experiences including its flagship Sensory Space. Events are tailored for children with sensory processing challenges and offer accessible judgment-free environments. Number of Persons Benefited: More than 1,000 individuals attended MEC-led events or used sensory spaces in the past year. Other Relevant Information: Events promote community inclusion provide respite opportunities and increase public awareness around disability access and acceptance.
$27,396 spentof which $27,396 as grants26% of program spendingAdaptive Equipment Program Services Provided: MEC Disabilities provides adaptive equipment such as wheelchairs gait trainers communication devices and other mobility or daily-living aids to children and young adults ages 021 with disabilities whose insurance denies or does not cover these items. Number of Persons Benefited: In the past year over 120 children across 17 states received life-changing equipment. Other Relevant Information: This program directly impacts families facing financial and systemic barriers allowing children to access education therapy and social activities with greater independence and dignity.
$27,250 spentof which $27,250 as grants26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $104,646.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2024, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2024, 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 at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $19k to $4k (−78%).
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.
99% of MEC Disabilities’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 2 reported years ran a deficit.
Leadership and staff
Chief executive
Nikki Sanger
Founder & CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 MEC Disabilities’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
MEC Disabilities leans on a few funders — its largest provides 84% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% 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 MEC Disabilities.
“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
100% of MEC Disabilities'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. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $96k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
MEC Disabilities's revenue fell 28% between 2024 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like MEC Disabilities
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.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MEC Disabilities: 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 MEC Disabilities?
- MEC Disabilities (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $95,800 to it, the largest being COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION ($80,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does MEC Disabilities have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $95,800 in grants to MEC Disabilities, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MEC Disabilities?
- COLORADO GIVES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $80,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MEC Disabilities 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 2024–2025), and the filings of 2 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