Oregon Realtists

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882419201
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Civil Rights, Social Action, Advocacy N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,408
Expenses
$34,069
Assets
$33,349

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Qualen Carter (President)
  • Debra Neal (1st Vice President)
  • Janet Warren (2nd Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Qualen Carter (President)
  • Debra Neal (1st Vice President)
  • Janet Warren (2nd Vice 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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of the National Association of Oregon REALTIST is to enhance the professional and business conditions of NAREB REALTIST members by strengthening the consumer capacity of Black minority and emerging target market segments that REALTIST serve. And by promoting the real estate industry in general utilizing economic political legal and social leverage to remediate disparate and discriminatory housing and property ownership policies and practices prevailing in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

What it reported doing in 2025

Throughout the year Oregon Realtists hosted and supported a variety of educational networking and community-focused events centered on advancing Black homeownership financial literacy wealth building and community engagement throughout Oregon. Resource Forum: Paving the Way for Black-Owned Members hosted a community resource forum attended by approximately 75 to 100 participants. The event featured a panel discussion with five panelists including an Oregon Realtists member and several community sponsors and leaders. Topics focused on homeownership access housing advocacy and wealth-building opportunities for Black communities. Sponsors provided significant direct community support including two separate 40,000 down payment assistance contributions to community members. Participants and speakers included leaders connected to housing non-profits the Portland Housing Bureau Oregon Housing and Community Services OHCS and legal and planning professionals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 60.8%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85

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: 28.1%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 52% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 60.8% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $29K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.