Oregon · Nonprofit
OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE
OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $22,000 to it, the largest being LEGACY HEALTH ($22,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $524k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $22k
- Net assets
- $79k
What Oregon Assn of Minority Entreprene does
Mission
Organized to promote and develop entrepreneurship and economic development for ethnic minorities in the state of oregon and southwest washington state and thereby reducing racism and discrimination.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Oregon association of minority entrepreneurs (oame) provided free technical assistance to minority, women-owned, veteran-owned, and emerging small businesses throughout 2025. During the year, oame supported more than 195 individual businesses, delivering approximately 2,200 hours of direct one- on-one assistance. Oame also engaged with hundreds of additional small businesses through outreach, networking, and training programs. These efforts helped emerging enterprises strengthen operations, create jobs, and build long-term economic stability in traditionally underrepresented communities. Oames technical assistance services included training in bookkeeping, business planning, management, marketing, software applications, and communications. Staff and business owners participated in ongoing capacity-building workshops designed to enhance entrepreneurial skills and promote sustainable business growth.
$74,211 spent$13,020 earned by the program20% of program spendingOame also hosted its annual conference and trade show, which attracted more than 1,000 attendees. In addition, oame held coffee & issues and contractors forums twice each month, each drawing over 100 participants. These forums fostered meaningful dialogue among entrepreneurs, corporations, public agencies, contractors, and veteran-owned businesses, providing valuable opportunities to exchange information, discuss industry trends, and strengthen partnerships in support of oregons diverse and growing small business ecosystem.
$269,049 spent$335,981 earned by the program72% of program spendingThe youth entrepreneurship program provided selected high school students with hands-on business and retail experience. In 2025, oame hosted a youth entrepreneurship academy where more than 20 students worked in teams to develop comprehensive business plans. The plans were evaluated by a panel of business professionals, and the top teams received awards for innovation and presentation.
$29,767 spent$28,987 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $373,027.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $220k to $280k (+27%).
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 12% · 2018 22% · 2024 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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.
Board chair
Mel Jones
Chair of the
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2018: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $11k.
From the IRS filings of OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE’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.
Where its funders are
100% of OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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.
Government funding OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.4M on record.
- Small Business Administration$1.4M
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 OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE
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
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE: 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 OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE?
- OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $22,000 to it, the largest being LEGACY HEALTH ($22,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $22,000 in grants to OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE?
- LEGACY HEALTH is the largest funder on record, with $22,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like OREGON ASSN OF MINORITY ENTREPRENE 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 1 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