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OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON

OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,967 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($59,135). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$63k
Funders on record
5
Grants received
$70k
Net assets
$112k
3/5 repeat funders
01What it does

What Optimist Club of Hillsboro Oregon does

Mission

Youth education and scholarships supporting leadership, citizenship development, minor sports, and technical skills development in support of the mission and vision of Optimist International and Scouting America.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.

Program

  1. $11575 Troop 615 Scout Summer camp 25 scouts. $5015 yearly Troop 615 scout campouts and meetings 40 scouts and adult leaders. $3302 Jr Golf qualifier 12 player sponsoring 4 to OI Champions Tournament. $1070 donation to Scout Troop 870. $2000 Science HS academic scholarship. $1090 alternative HS achievement scholarships 2 individuals. $1545 HS Robotics program 30 plus students. $1026 grant to International Technovision for Girls coding program. $1000 for 40 bikes purchased for local Boys and Girls Club. $1000 grant to support conduct of PNW Science Expo Science Fair operation. $1000 grant to Sports Outreach NW conducting sports clinics with hundreds of participants. $5188 for minor donations and grants to local individual as OI Essay Contest, food banks, school gardening programs.

    $11,575 spentof which $35,962 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $11,575.

02Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $50 → $10k.

2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 85% 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 OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO 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

OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% 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

85% 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 OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON.

85%
largest funder
100%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 64% · 2023 95% — 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.

Where its funders are

85% of OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON'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 $11k that is directly attributable, 93% of it comes from Oregon funders.

ID
OR
MO

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

’20
’22
’23
Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $59k 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.

03Its place in the field

Against its field

OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin20% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025

Organizations like OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON

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In Oregon

Nationally

04Profile & governance

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

Public support

100%

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 OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON?
OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $69,967 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($59,135). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 85% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON have?
IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $69,967 in grants to OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO OREGON?
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $59,135 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like OPTIMIST CLUB OF HILLSBORO 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 5 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