MusicOregon
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 883255257
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5033089490
- Rating
- 43
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Music
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $102,275
- Expenses
- $165,515
- Assets
- $68,997
- Liabilities
- $59,006
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Eben Hoffer (President)
People named in this filing
- Alison Griggs (Treasurer)
- Meara McLaughlin (Secretary)
- Eben Hoffer (President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
MusicOregon supports Oregons independent music creators and related professionals through artistic, cultural, educational, and public interest programs. We are committed to empowering creative musical excellence, promoting professional development, providing fiscal support, and fostering community engagement.
What it reported doing in 2024
MusicOregon made 22 grant awards totaling $85,240 to support the careers of Oregon musicians. MusicOregon helped organize the Music Policy Forum, in partnership with King County Creative, KEXP, and Campfire Music Foundation, which brought together artists, policymakers, and industry leaders to discuss and shape policies for a more sustainable and equitable music ecosystem. MusicOregon sent a delegation of 10 music professionals to the Music Policy and Cascadia Music Summit meeting in Seattle (April 2025). MusicOregon initiated a pilot program of the Music Business Incubator (MBI), tailored for early or transitional career aspiring entrepreneurs seeking to excel in non-musical roles within the music industry (i.e., Artist Management, Recording Studios, Music Venue Ownership). During its pilot year, MBI spent 6 months coaching five aspiring entrepreneurs. MusicOregon sponsored Portland Music Month, a program of our sister organization, MusicPortland, with 31 days of curated performances at 21 local venues featuring hundreds of music acts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 5
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 6.5%; rating input score 6
- Program expense ratio: 4%; rating input score 4
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -61.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.86; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -95.2% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -34.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 6.5% of revenue deployed · 4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.