Optimist Club of Hillsboro Oregon

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
936049245
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2025
Location
Hillsboro, OR, USA
Phone
5037061988
Rating
53
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,390
Expenses
$50,543
Assets
$111,800
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • James V Torgerson (Optimist Club President)
  • Bruce Rumsch (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • James V Torgerson (Optimist Club President)
  • Bruce Rumsch (Vice President)
  • Ananda Vardhana (Secretary/Treasurer)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Youth education and scholarships supporting leadership, citizenship development, minor sports, and technical skills development in support of the mission and vision of Optimist International and Scouting America.

What it reported doing in 2025

$11575 Troop 615 Scout Summer camp 25 scouts. $5015 yearly Troop 615 scout campouts and meetings 40 scouts and adult leaders. $3302 Jr Golf qualifier 12 player sponsoring 4 to OI Champions Tournament. $1070 donation to Scout Troop 870. $2000 Science HS academic scholarship. $1090 alternative HS achievement scholarships 2 individuals. $1545 HS Robotics program 30 plus students. $1026 grant to International Technovision for Girls coding program. $1000 for 40 bikes purchased for local Boys and Girls Club. $1000 grant to support conduct of PNW Science Expo Science Fair operation. $1000 grant to Sports Outreach NW conducting sports clinics with hundreds of participants. $5188 for minor donations and grants to local individual as OI Essay Contest, food banks, school gardening programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 20
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.3%; rating input score 18
  • Program expense ratio: 22.9%; rating input score 23

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.3%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.21; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.3% of revenue deployed · 22.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 18/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.