Oregon · Nonprofit
PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR
PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,037 to it, the largest being The Herbert N and Olive Cohn Family Foundation ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $27k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $10k
- Net assets
- $20k
What Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir does
Mission
Our purpose is to exemplify through interfaith, multiracial, and multicultural membership, the principles of equality, justice, peace, unity, and cooperation, and to have a model for what is possible.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Concerts - The choir performs at least once a year in the City of Portland. The choir, local respected musicians, and an audience of 200-300 people come together in a multi-racial, multi-faith, and all welcoming celebration. The result is a rare event that honors the tradition and legacy of black gospel music while serving to unify the larger community around the principles of equality and inclusiveness. Being our first concert since over 400 people at the concert.
$3,497 spent19% of program spendingCommunity Outreach - We support organizations and events which align with our mission including Martin Luther King Celebrations and other events that celebrate Black Gospel Music.
$7,975 spent43% of program spendingRehearsals - Every week, the choir, director and pianist gather for a 2-3 hour rehearsal. In cooperation, the 40 plus members come together to learn about historical context of black gospel music, to learn new songs, and to practice the distinct rhythmic and vocal artistry of the music. As a result of this coming together, choir members are given the opportunity to live our mission. We join together in one inclusive community to elevate and celebrate the core values of cooperation, unity, peace and equality.
$6,940 spent38% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,412.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2018, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2018, 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 $21k to $17k (−20%).
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.
6% of PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (78% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $10k → $16.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR’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
PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR draws 100% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 1 state in all.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $37 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 10,242 arts & culture nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Public support
81%
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 PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR: 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 INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR?
- PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR (Oregon) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $10,037 to it, the largest being The Herbert N and Olive Cohn Family Foundation ($10,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $10,037 in grants to PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR?
- The Herbert N and Olive Cohn Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $10,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PORTLAND INTERFAITH GOSPEL CHOIR 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 2018–2025), 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