Oregon · Nonprofit
SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE
SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $188,492 to it, the largest being THE JAQUISH & KENNINGER FOUNDATION ($155,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $344k
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $188k
- Net assets
- $269k
What Salem Multi Institute does
Mission
Our mission is to celebrate and promote intercultural understanding through community engagement and heritage programming.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Successfully hosted the 24th annual "world beat festival" a celebration of cultural diversity, including over 20,000 visitors learning about cultural heritage and diversity through performance, music, dance, theater, storytelling, discussions, demonstrations, cultural activities and interactions.
$313,498 spentof which $22,158 as grants$160,671 earned by the program93% of program spendingCreated and hosted cultural exhibits in the world beat gallery, and hosted 1,333 visitors
$14,568 spentof which $13,199 as grants$80 earned by the program4% of program spendingHosted holiday night market providing cultural vendors, music, food & drink attending by 1,200 people.
$4,419 spent$6,539 earned by the program1% of program spendingHosted several stand-alone cultural activities and events.
$3,563 spentof which $13,199 as grants$1,550 earned by the program1% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $336,048.
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 2021 to 2022, from $203k to $336k (+66%).
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 21% · 2018 19% · 2019 16% · 2022 42% · 2023 20% · 2024 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
48% of SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE’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. 3 of the last 8 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
Kathleen Fish
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 3 funders, grant income rose $15k → $23k.
2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 5% 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 SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE’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
SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 82% 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: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2022 55% · 2023 87% — 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
SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE draws 86% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 2 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $8k 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.
Against its field
SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE's funding base is broadening — from 1 funders to 3 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $10k on record.
- National Endowment for the Arts$10k
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 SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE: 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 SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE?
- SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE (Oregon) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $188,492 to it, the largest being THE JAQUISH & KENNINGER FOUNDATION ($155,000). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $188,492 in grants to SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE?
- THE JAQUISH & KENNINGER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $155,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SALEM MULTI INSTITUTE 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 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