Our Just Future

What it reported doing in 2023

Career and economic development services - the organization provided employment, job search and training services to 1,017 people during this year. Of those, 60% were either unhoused or at risk of becoming unhoused when they enrolled, and over 65% obtained jobs with an average starting wage of $19.75 per hour. Partnerships with the city of gresham, the city of portland/prosper portland, worksystems, inc., and Oregon department of human services/immigrant and refugee community organization ("irco") made these servicespossible.all employment programs at ojf are designed to help folks overcome barriers to employment and create their own paths toward career-track jobs with living wages. Two examples are:1. Living solutions is for residents of the city of gresham who face the most significant barriers. The vast majority of these participants enter the program with zero income, have very limited employment skills and don't have access to the training needed to secure a job. In this program, those who secured employment started with an average wage of $17.85 per hour and increased their annual earnings from from $9,538 to $31,835 (a 234% increase).2. Community works was designed to help people leave the state's temporary assistance to needy families ("tanf") program by obtaining jobs with wages sufficient to support their families. We collaborate with three partners to provide this program: the immigrant and refugee community organization (irco), self enhancement, inc. (sei) and the Oregon department of human services.volunteering across programs - community members are an essential part of our work and, while the ways they can engage has shifted since covid, their engagement has remained robust, especially providing home-cooked meals for residents in our shelters and driving to collect and deliver donations. This year, volunteers invested fewer hours than prior years because we are still building back after the covid pause, but still 250 wonderful volunteers gave approximately 1,200 hours to help our programs meet the needs of participants. We couldn't do what we do without them and firmly believe that volunteers gain as much from participating as program participants do! We look forward to inviting even more volunteers back into our work this coming year. Building connected communities is an important part of our vision for more just future.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
• Program expense ratio: 95.9%; rating input score 96
• Fundraising efficiency: $20.36 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • 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: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.1%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.33; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings