Community Alliance of Tenants

What it reported doing in 2024

Tenant education program - the tenant education department served over 2,000 households in Oregon through our renters' rights hotline. Staying true to our mission and values of serving the most vulnerable members of our communities, about 50% of the renters we served were extremely low income (0-30% mfi) and about 40% of them identified as having a disability. We would not have been able to help as many renters as we did without the many volunteers who helped us return calls on our hotline, helped present helpful information at community events such as fairs and workshops. In the education department, our amazing volunteers and members contributed over hundreds of hours to cat and our community. [continued in schedule o]we attended and hosted 50 community events providing tenants with renters education and advocacy information throughout the portland metropolitan area at public schools, partnering agencies, public libraries and at tenants' buildings. Cat maintained the program called the tenant protections team, which is a culturally specific program in partnership with apano, sei, and irco. Through the new program, our 3 staff members are able to work within the communities that face more challenges in navigating and accessing social services and advocating for their rights. Tenants receive one-on-one support and with people that "look like them and may even speak their language". All employees from every department participated in the community outreach, demographic data gathering, approval process, and documentation and distribution of these funds by the end of june 2025.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 86.9%; rating input score 87
• Program expense ratio: 85.4%; rating input score 85
• Fundraising efficiency: $59.76 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Pass
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.72; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5.8%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings