Special Olympics Oregon Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930752969
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone
5032480600
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,602,147
Expenses
$4,500,594
Assets
$5,860,323
Liabilities
$469,197

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRITT CARLSON-OASE (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRITT CARLSON-OASE (CEO): $183,000 total reported compensation
  • MARK HANKEN (COO): $151,366 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Provide sports training and athletic competition for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Special olympics Oregon provides year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of olympic-type sports for children, youth and adults living with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy, and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and friendship with their families, other special olympics athletes, and the community.key accomplishments for 2024 included: unified champion schools- 119 unified champion schools engaged in 2023-24 school year- ucs basketball competitions with 46 unified high school and middle school teams - lake oswego hs receive ucs banner recognition- west salem hs received espn honor roll - ~6,000 students participated in unified sports (basketball, soccer, track, kickball, pe class) and55,000 students in Oregon were exposed to ucs activities and events2024 winter season- 6 regional basketball tournaments with 103 teams and 1,310 delegates- 3 regional powerlifting competitions with over 245 delegates 2024 summer season- 11 regional games (4 athletics, 3 bocce, 2 golf, 2 softball) - 745 delegates for athletics- 550 delegates for bocce- 261 delegates for golf - 584 delegates for softball - summer state games returned to special olympics Oregon (soor) after a 7-year hiatus, with 1,300 qualified delegates participating at the state level.2024 fall season- 6 regional bowling competitions - 4 regional swimming competitions- fall state games presented by providence and sponsored by the portland timbers and thorns fc at providence park for soccer and thprd for volleyball- fall state games also included the soor & timbers army green & white match, and a victory danceathlete leadership- 2 athletes traveled to Washington dc to meet with Oregon legislators as part of capital hill day- 20 athlete leaders from around the state take part in monthly meetings - 1 athlete attended a healthy athletes training young athletes is a unified motor skill and play program for children 2-7 years old - 5 clinics were hosted over the summer - 3 school districts provided head start and pre-school programs - an emphasis on bipoc community outreach resulted in a partnership with the confederated tribes of the siletz indians

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.6%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 74.6%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.2%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.4%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.6% of revenue deployed · 74.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $183K · 23 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $108K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 39/100.