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THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS

THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS (Oregon) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,280,250 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ($1,927,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$1.1M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$2.3M
Net assets
$835k
5/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 40%
01What it does

What The Oregon League of Conservation Voters does

Mission

The Oregon League of Conservation Voters builds public support for environmental legislation, encourages lawmakers to pass laws that protect our natural legacy, holds all our elected officials accountable for their stances on key environmental issues, and works to help elect pro- environment candidates.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Communications, outreach, direct lobbying, indirect lobbying, nonpartisan voter participation, and ballot iniaitives program services and salaries for The Oregon League of Conservation Voters civic engagement and accountability activities including outreach, public communications, coalition-building, and grasstops/grassroots development to build public support for legislation and encourage lawmakers to pass laws which protect our natural legacy.

    $266,041 spent
    35% of program spending
  2. Engagement/membership program services and salaries for The Oregon League of Conservation Voters activities to develop local environmental leadership, engagement and activism through our local leadership committees.

    $479,561 spent
    64% of program spending
  3. Political activities political activities for The Oregon League of Conservation Voters, including advocacy of behalf of pro-conservation candidates.

    $9,214 spent
    1% of program spending

The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $754,816.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($1.3M) Expenses 100 ($1.4M) Net assets 100 ($55k)2018 Revenue 124 ($1.6M) Expenses 105 ($1.5M) Net assets 416 ($230k)2019 Revenue 120 ($1.6M) Expenses 108 ($1.5M) Net assets 581 ($322k)2020 Revenue 119 ($1.6M) Expenses 102 ($1.4M) Net assets 858 ($475k)2021 Revenue 79 ($1.0M) Expenses 70 ($982k) Net assets 978 ($541k)2022 Revenue 89 ($1.2M) Expenses 84 ($1.2M) Net assets 971 ($538k)2023 Revenue 89 ($1.2M) Expenses 73 ($1.0M) Net assets 1263 ($699k)2024 Revenue 83 ($1.1M) Expenses 69 ($957k) Net assets 1509 ($835k)
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Revenue (83)Expenses (69)Net assets (1509)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2017 to 2018, from $97k to $264k (+171%).

$97k
$264k
$342k
$481k
$606k
$638k
$723k
$853k
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

93% of THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 2,293 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$71k
’17
$175k
’18
$91k
’19
$153k
’20
$66k
’21
−$4k
’22
$161k
’23
$136k
’24
7.5
months of
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

Paige Spence

Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1416181717201412
Joined·+2+2+0+3+3+1+0
No longer listed·0013072
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income rose $16k → $472k.

From the IRS filings of THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS’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

THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS leans on a few funders — its largest provides 85% of grant income and the top three 97%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

98% 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 THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS.

85%
largest funder
97%
top three
~1
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 91% · 2018 100% · 2019 68% · 2020 76% · 2021 93% · 2022 84% · 2023 78% — 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

43% of THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y

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

THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS draws 96% of its grant income from funders outside Oregon, across 5 states in all.

WA
OR
NV
CA
DC

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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’22
’23
Oregon out of state home

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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,186 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin12% · above the median
Months of reserve7.5mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)−3% · bottom quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,186 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Organizations like THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS

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

05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

79% of spending goes to programs.

Program 79%Management 7%Fundraising 14%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OR

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • The Oregon League of Conservation · exempt
  • The Oregon League of Conservation · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS?
THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS (Oregon) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,280,250 to it, the largest being LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC ($1,927,000). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $2,280,250 in grants to THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS?
LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,927,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE OREGON LEAGUE OF CONSERVATION VOTERS 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 8 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