Oregon · Nonprofit
PORTLAND TAIKO
PORTLAND TAIKO (Oregon) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $416,557 to it, the largest being Regional Arts & Culture Council ($142,050). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $305k
- Funders on record
- 16
- Grants received
- $417k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Portland Taiko does
Mission
Through innovation and excellence in taiko, Portland Taiko affirms asian american pride, inspires audiences, builds community and educates about our heritage and culture.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Cultural programs and performances: Portland Taiko performs throughout the pacific northwest, bringing the art of taiko to audiences at theaters, schools, community events, and festivals. Since its founding, the organization has reached more than 1 million audience members through over 1,500 performances. Portland Taiko's performing corps is entirely volunteer based, with the exception of summer interns.during 2025, Portland Taiko presented 30 paid performances and 10 pro bono performances, expanding access to cultural programming throughout the community.
$89,049 spent$30,497 earned by the program51% of program spendingSelf-presented concerts: Portland Taiko produces free community events such as people of the drum, a concert that brings together drumming ensembles from diverse cultural traditions. We believe the universal language of music can unite communities and help dismantle harmful stereotypes. The ensemble also collaborates with local composers as well as taiko artists from around the world, fostering artistic exchange and creative innovation.in 2025, Portland Taiko's outdoor concerts drew near-record attendance, expanded our fall programming to include two performances, and offered discounted tickets for students and snap recipients to ensure broader community access.
$62,153 spent$33,216 earned by the program35% of program spendingEducation and outreach programs: Portland Taiko is committed to sharing its artistry and educational programs throughout the greater portland community and across the country. Participants of all skill levels engage in a variety of physical and musical activities, including rhythms, stances, and drumming techniques, while learning about the traditions of taiko in japan and north america. Portland Taiko also provides need-based financial assistance for its community taiko classes and workshops. Scholarships are available to students of all experience levels, from introductory courses to advanced drumming classes. Continued on schedule o.during 2025, Portland Taiko conducted 21 classes and workshops and provided $1,372 in scholarship assistance to support participation in its educational programs.
$24,386 spentof which $1,372 as grants$32,565 earned by the program14% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $175,588.
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 2023 to 2024, from $721k to $919k (+28%).
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: 2018 2% · 2021 8% · 2022 11%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
47% of PORTLAND TAIKO’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Kelsey Furuta
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 5 funders, grant income rose $11k → $56k.
4 of 16 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% 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 TAIKO’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 TAIKO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
55% 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 PORTLAND TAIKO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 34% · 2019 42% · 2020 80% · 2021 62% · 2022 54% · 2023 54% — 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
30% of PORTLAND TAIKO's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 56% 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
65% of PORTLAND TAIKO's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $86k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
PORTLAND TAIKO holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 12,262 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding PORTLAND TAIKO receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $27k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$27k
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 PORTLAND TAIKO
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
85%
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 TAIKO: 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 TAIKO?
- PORTLAND TAIKO (Oregon) receives grants from 16 organizations whose IRS filings report $416,557 to it, the largest being Regional Arts & Culture Council ($142,050). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PORTLAND TAIKO have?
- IRS filings report 16 organizations giving $416,557 in grants to PORTLAND TAIKO, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PORTLAND TAIKO?
- Regional Arts & Culture Council is the largest funder on record, with $142,050 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PORTLAND TAIKO 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 16 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