Form 990 for tax year 2022

Totals

Total revenue

$7,116,411

Total expenses

$3,572,905

Contributions and grants received

$7,034,433

Grants paid

$446,490

Program service revenue

$0

Investment income

$81,978

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$5,109,679

Total liabilities, end of year

$103,477

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$5,006,202

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$2,816,836

Management and general expenses

$756,069

Fundraising expenses

$0

Program service expenses (Part III)

$2,816,836

Program services were 78.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2022

• LAW: OCJ HAS PROVIDED EDUCATION AND ACCESS TO RESOURCES TO EXPAND THE POOL AND INCREASE THE CAPABILITIES OF SKILLED ATTORNEYS PRACTICING CONSUMER LAW IN OREGON. OVER THE PAST YEAR, WE HAVE DILIGENTLY LAID THE NECESSARY FOUNDATIONS TO LAUNCH A MULTI-FACETED LAW FIRM, OCJ LAW, TO USE THE LAW TO CENTER CONSUMERS, ENSURING THEY CAN ACCESS AND WIN JUSTICE THROUGH THE COURT. IN EARLY 2024, OUR LEGAL SERVICES WILL LAUNCH, BEGINNING WITH DIRECT REPRESENTATION. LATER IN THE YEAR, WE WILL ALSO TAKE ON IMPACT LITIGATION (E.G., CLASS ACTIONS) TO AFFECT LARGE-SCALE CHANGE.

  Expenses $956,587 · Grants $106,490

• POLICY: THE 2023 LEGISLATIVE SESSION SAW IMPORTANT VICTORIES THAT WILL BENEFIT OREGON FAMILIES IMMEDIATELY AND LONG TERM. OCJ'S POLICY TEAM HELPED PASS EIGHT NEW LAWS TO PROTECT OREGON CONSUMERS. THESE WINS INCLUDE LAWS TO PROTECT AGAINST TOXIC CHEMICALS, EXPAND BROADBAND ACCESS, ENACT SAFEGUARDS FOR PERSONAL DATA, AND TAKE ACTION ON OREGON'S HOUSING CRISIS. ADDITIONALLY, THE OCJ POLICY TEAM ENGAGED IN COALITIONS AND HELPED CREATE SPACES FOR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS TO LEARN ABOUT STATE-LEVEL POLICY AND ADVOCACY.

  Expenses $540,882

• COMMUNITY: OCJ SPENT 2023 BUILDING CONNECTIONS WITH CONSUMERS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS. WE HAVE ALSO FOSTERED RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE CONSUMER BAR, LEGAL SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS, NATIONAL CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS, AND GOVERNMENT PARTNERS AT THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVELS. WE DID THIS THROUGH ATTENDING AND PRESENTING AT CONFERENCES, WEBINARS, COMMUNITY EVENTS, AND BY CREATING AND ACTIVELY ENGAGING A COMMUNITY COHORT IN RESEARCH, MEETINGS, AND SPECIAL PROJECTS.

  Expenses $990,868 · Grants $40,000

• CONSUMER: OCJ FOCUSED ON ELEVATING THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCE THROUGH RESEARCH. OCJ'S RESEARCH INITIATIVES WERE TWOFOLD THIS PAST YEAR. THE FIRST COMES THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON THROUGH CONSUMER PROTECTION GRANTS AS OUTLINED IN OUR FOUNDING COURT ORDER. FURTHER, IN SPRING 2023, OCJ CONDUCTED PRELIMINARY RESEARCH WITH THE OREGON VALUES AND BELIEFS CENTER TO UNDERSTAND CONSUMER PROTECTION MATTERS THROUGH THE LENS OF A REPRESENTATIVE SURVEY SAMPLE OF OREGONIANS.

  Expenses $328,499 · Grants $300,000

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

• UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

  $300,000

  LEGAL EDUCATION & ACCESS

• AMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM OF OREGON

  $10,000

  CONSUMER ADVOCACY

• BIENESTAR

  $10,000

  CONSUMER ADVOCACY

• OREGON CONSUMER LEAGUE

  $10,000

  CONSUMER ADVOCACY

• STREET ROOTS

  $10,000

  CONSUMER ADVOCACY

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2022

Filed

21 February 2024

IRS schema version

2022v5.0

Source object

202400539349300225

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