Performance Works Northwest Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 931267667
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2016–2025
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location: Portland, OR, USA
Phone: 5037771907
Rating: 58
Verdict: MIXED
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Arts, Culture, and Humanities N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue: $110,563
Expenses: $75,808
Assets: $119,848
Liabilities: $3,105

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

LINDA AUSTIN (SECRETARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
STEPHANIE TROTTER (BOARD PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

LINDA AUSTIN (SECRETARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
STEPHANIE TROTTER (BOARD PRESIDENT)
JEFF FORBES (BOARD MEMBER)

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

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What it reported doing in 2025

1. Alembic residency program.three movement-based artists received free studio space and their work was presented publicly in june 2025. A resident parent artist shared.

Operating model

Revenue model: Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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

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: 23
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 66
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 19.5%; rating input score 19
Program expense ratio: 28.8%; rating input score 29

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: 31.4%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.58; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 23.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 19.5% of revenue deployed · 28.8% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $22K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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 19/100.
High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.