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Art4Life

Portland, Oregon · EIN 11-3663044 · Arts, Culture & Humanities · tax-exempt since 2004

B

Charity Clarity grade B (score 73.2 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended August 2025.

Graded against 44,780 arts, culture & humanities nonprofits with revenue $500K–$2M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.2.7 months91
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.64% of practices64
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.20
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.0% from one source100
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.97.6%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.2.4%not scored

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Year by year

201620172018201920212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Aug 2025Form 990$970K$1.01M−$36K$230K2.736B
Aug 2024Form 990$1.47M$970K$496K$2.53M31.234C
Aug 2023Form 990$1.78M$935K$844K$2.03M26.141C
Aug 2022Form 990$2.14M$791K$1.35M$1.19M18.023C
Aug 2021Form 990$236K$556K−$320K−$164K-3.551D
Aug 2019Form 990$1.55M$1.33M$216K$314K2.848A
Aug 2018Form 990$1.28M$1.25M$37K$98K0.947B
Aug 2017Form 990$1.27M$1.15M$115K$61K0.655C
Aug 2016Form 990$990K$1.07M−$76K−$54K-0.696C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

Read the filings

Every figure here comes from the returns this charity filed with the IRS. These sites show the full returns and more about the organisation:

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