Mainspring Portland
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 930638179
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5032335533
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $347,627
- Expenses
- $349,989
- Assets
- $2,102,904
- Liabilities
- $1
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Kyle Urban (Executive Dir.): $78,386 total reported compensation
- Tamara Nava Islas (Dep Director): $23,245 total reported compensation
- Lorren Snowwolf (Dep Director): $22,207 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide temporary emergency assistance to people in the Portland area who are unable to meet their basic needs, including food, clothing, and referral services. Clients include unemployed, under employed, families/individuals with physical or mental problems.
What it reported doing in 2022
Emergency Clothing and Household - Mainspring Portland facilitated the distribution of clothing and personal care items, along with emergency mobile services to home-bound individuals and individuals with barriers that prevent them from accesssing our services on site. During the year ended September 30, 2023, Mainspring Portland provided over 46,000 pounds of clothing and over 17,000 pounds of personal care items to children, families, and seniors in need.Additionally, the organization distributed a fare relief program that provides Tri-Met Public Transit passes and tickets to individuals that rely on this to access their jobs, medical appointments, and the local food pantry. Toiletries including toothpaste, dental floss, and toothbrushes are provided to promote oral and dental health and reduce the impact of dental caries in historically underserved communities. Toilet paper, soap, and other hygiene products are distributed to assist unemployed parents and individuals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- 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: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.01; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 35.4%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $314K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2009 to 2022
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.