Family and Community Together

What it reported doing in 2024

Fact Oregon: mission and history fact Oregon provides free, peer-delivered services to families, including a support line, trainings, resources, and opportunities for community engagement and advocacy. In october 2025, the organization updated its mission and vision to better reflect its work: mission: fact Oregon empowers families, youth, and communities to navigate disability systems, advocating together for disability justice and policy change so that people with disabilities have what they need to thrive at home, in school, and in their communities. (continued on schedule o)vision: we work toward a future in which communities are accessible and inclusive, and where the self-determination of people with disabilities is assured. Founded in 2002, fact Oregon began by serving the intellectual and developmental disability community in the portland metro area. The organization quickly became cross-disability and expanded its reach statewide. Since 2012, fact Oregon has served as Oregon's parent training & information center under contracts from the u.s. Department of education and the Oregon department of education. Staff, board members, and volunteers contribute to numerous statewide committees and coalitions, including the state advisory council on special education, state interagency coordinating council, state rehabilitation council, Oregon consortium of family networks, Oregon dd coalition, and Oregon partners for education justice. The need in Oregon, approximately 80,000 youth with disabilities receive special education services. They face disproportionately high rates of segregation and discipline, low reading and math proficiency, and some of the state's lowest graduation ratesfactors that limit adult opportunities. Families often struggle to understand and participate in the systems designed to support their children. The covid-19 pandemic magnified these challenges, disrupting whole-life planning, youth self-determination, and positive behavior supports. Since the 2020-21 school year, behavior-related support requests have remained elevated. Families urgently need early, accurate, and family-friendly information and assistance to envision full, inclusive lives for their children, navigate complex systems, and advocate for systemic change that creates accessible, inclusive communities. Our work in fy24-25, fact Oregon delivered impactful support, training, and advocacy for families, educators, and community partners. Feedback demonstrates strong satisfaction and effectiveness: support line: 96-97% of survey respondents reported the information provided was useful, relevant, understandable, increased their knowledge, and/or helped them identify next steps. Trainings: 95-97% of participants said sessions were high quality, clear, relevant, and helped them better support their child. Parent leadership (activate your advocacy): 100% of surveyed graduates reported continued engagement in education and disability equity work. Key fy24-25 highlights: provided 1:1 support to 1,855 unduplicated families and school professionals in english, spanish, and additional languages via interpreters, generating 32,322 contacts (averaging 13 per request). Delivered over 100 trainings and technical assistance sessions to 1,019 unique individuals (total attendance: 2,610). Participated in statewide policy and advisory groups, including the children's agenda steering committee, Oregon partners for education justice, sacse, sicc, statewide cte advisory council, Oregon healthy schools advisory group, cadre dispute resolution community of practice, and many more. Expanded outreach via e-newsletters, social media, resource fairs, listservs, and the website, resulting in: 77,000 website visits (15% increase from prior year) 61,000 unique visitors (17% increase) 135,000 page views launched new resources, including: self-paced trainings: understanding special education: introducing the six core principles of idea (335 unique viewers since jan 1, 20

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
• Program expense ratio: 83.6%; rating input score 84
• Fundraising efficiency: $19.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• 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: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.97; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 14.9%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings