Oregon · Nonprofit
MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON
MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,215,224 to it, the largest being NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS INC ($4,636,969). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $18M
- Funders on record
- 34
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $10M
What Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon does
Mission
Our mission is to elevate the cultural tapestry of under-resourced and excluded entrepreneurs to build resilience and thriving communities through access to capital tailored business assistance and education.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Empower - meso's business development program, anchors, seeks to build stable and successful business in the community. The program provides support services in the areas of business strategies and implementation, marketing, financial management, and personal development.
$1,152,888 spent7% of program spendingCommunity capital - meso's financing program, community capital, provides financing to owners of small businesses who are unable to access capital through traditional banking institutions. Funding sources for the community capital program are the small business administration micro-loan program and the portland small business loan fund.
$679,796 spent$483,384 earned by the program4% of program spendingEarly childcare - meso's early care and education program is dedicated to enhancing childcare capacity and strengthening child care infrastructure in multnomah county and throughout oregon. The program administers funds in partnership with multnomah county's preschool for all initiative, providing financial support and technical assistance for child care providers selected by the county. These efforts focus on expanding culturally responsive access to early childhood education. Meso doesn't have variance power over these grant funds and receives an administrative fee for these services. In addition to administering these funds, meso collaborates with liif, craft3, and noah under the buildup oregon program to provide grants and loans for providers seeking to improve or acquire childcare spaces. These resources enable preschool providers to increase their capacity and improve services across multnomah county and the state of oregon. The revenue from these sources is reported as passthrough grants on the consolidated statement of activities.
$12,492,356 spentof which $11,424,030 as grants75% of program spendingIda individual development accounts is a matched savings program offered to income-qualified households to use for business-related assets and activities. Financial planning training and business education are provided to program participants.educate: meso offers classes, workshops, and seminars in business basics, business development, financial literacy, business marketing, and business funding. Meso future leaders: meso future leaders youth program partners with local schools and community partners to provide entrepreneurship and financial literacy programming for youth and young adults.
$2,287,877 spentof which $949,881 as grants$2,777,261 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $16,612,917.
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.
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 $11M to $16M (+38%).
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: 2017 44% · 2018 42% · 2019 67% · 2020 63% · 2021 70% · 2022 2% · 2025 65%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
78% of MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 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
Cobi Lewis
Executive director
Board chair
Cam Turner
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $650k → $1.8M.
9 of 34 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% 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 MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 34 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
MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 41% of grant income and the top three 59%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
71% 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 MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 82% · 2019 83% · 2020 35% · 2021 50% · 2022 56% · 2023 33% — 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
40% of MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% 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
84% of MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES 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. $1.4M 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.
Against its field
MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 290 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 290 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.4M on record — $6.4M federal, $1.0M state.
- Department of the Treasury$3.7M
- Small Business Administration$2.7M
- Department of Agriculture$31k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$521k
- LOANS MADE-OTHER$500k
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SERVICES$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 MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES 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
91% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Meso Resources LLC · disregarded
- Meso Impact Fund LLC · partnership
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Questions and answers
- Who funds MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON?
- MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 34 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,215,224 to it, the largest being NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS INC ($4,636,969). 18 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON have?
- IRS filings report 34 organizations giving $11,215,224 in grants to MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON, 18 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES OF OREGON?
- NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,636,969 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MICRO ENTERPRISE SERVICES 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.
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 34 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