Disability Rights Oregon

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930686170
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5032432081
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disabled Persons' Rights

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,409,577
Expenses
$4,849,146
Assets
$4,841,384
Liabilities
$488,245

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EMILIE WYLDE TURNER (PRESIDENT)
  • BARBARA DIRKS (VICE PRESIDENT, ENDING JAN 2025)
  • MIKE TOM (VICE PRESIDENT, EFFECTIVE JAN 2025)
  • JAKE CORNETT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAKE CORNETT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $274,634 total reported compensation
  • EMILY R COOPER (LEGAL DIRECTOR): $132,732 total reported compensation
  • THOMAS W STENSON (DEPUTY LEGAL DIRECTOR): $119,892 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote and defend the rights of individuals with disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2024

During the year ended september 30, 2025, disability rights Oregon incurred program service expenses in the following major categories: (1) the children's rights project works to improve education, foster care, and other systems to support children with disabilities to reach their potential. (2) project independence works to expand job opportunities and independent living for people with disabilities. (3) the crime survivor project promotes empowerment and justice for crime survivors with disabilities who are twice as likely to be victims of crime compared to others. (4) the financial protection & empowerment program supports people with disabilities to live free of financial exploitation and supports employment of social security benefits who wish to work in Oregon and southwestern Washington state. (5) the guardianship and alternatives program helps people with disabilities and older adults to live with as much autonomy and freedom as possible. (6) the mental health rights project works to end the abuse and neglect of people with disabilities in state institutions, combat the criminalization of mental illness, and ensure due process in civil commitment proceedings. (6) the voting accessibility program lifts barriers to voting, promotes voting access, and supports participation in Oregon's electoral process for oregonians with disabilities. (7) the partners in policymaking leadership series is an 8-month long intensive civic engagement program for self-advocates and parents of children with disabilities that aims to create the next generation of community leaders.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $135.97 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.3%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.3%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.8% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $275K · 16 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $149K reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 58/100.