Oregon · Nonprofit
PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $542k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $0
- Net assets
- $-24947
What Portland Forest School of the Pacific Northwest does
Mission
Portland forest school combines outdoor education and robust academics to develop a connection to the land, accountability to the community, common sense, limitless enthusiasm, and instill a genuine curiosity for learning for students in the kindergarten through 8th grade.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
Portland forest school combines outdoor education and robust academics to develop a connection to the land, accountability to the community, common sense, limitless enthusiasm, and instill a genuine curiosity for learning for students in the kindergarten through 8th grade.
$617,478 spent$428,786 earned by the program100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $617,478.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2023, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2023, 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 2023 to 2024, from $212k to $77k (−64%).
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.
21% of PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (57% 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.
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
Amanda Mayther
Board president
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Against its field
PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST has grown faster than three-quarters of the 22,812 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 22,812 education nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
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
93% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: 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 PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST?
- PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $0 to it, the largest being AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC ($0). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $0 in grants to PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
- Who is the largest funder of PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST?
- AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $0 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PORTLAND FOREST SCHOOL OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST 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 FY2024 (financials across 2023–2024), 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