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Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by OREGON LAW FOUNDATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$10,831,492
Total expenses
$3,308,336
Contributions and grants received
$132,240
Grants paid
$2,681,369
Program service revenue
$10,284,467
Investment income
$414,785
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$16,194,114
Total liabilities, end of year
$57,303
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$16,136,811
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$3,083,759
Management and general expenses
$224,577
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$3,083,759

Program services were 93.2% 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.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $132,240

  • 2a · Program service revenue: IOLTA RECEIPTS

    total $10,284,467 · related or exempt $10,284,467

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $379,876 · excluded $379,876

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $2,730,145

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $2,695,236

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $34,909

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $34,909 · excluded $34,909

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $2,681,369 · program services $2,681,369

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $173,386 · program services $86,693 · management and general $86,693

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $163,106 · program services $118,312 · management and general $44,794

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $23,629 · program services $15,869 · management and general $7,760

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $7,710 · program services $5,178 · management and general $2,532

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $26,490 · program services $15,702 · management and general $10,788

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $1,961 · management and general $1,961

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $18,500 · management and general $18,500

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $46,474 · management and general $46,474

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $98,624 · program services $98,624

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $750 · program services $750

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $20,193 · program services $20,193

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $4,265 · program services $4,265

  • 17 · Travel

    total $4,830 · program services $4,830

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $6,435 · program services $6,435

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $20,371 · program services $15,296 · management and general $5,075

  • 24a · Other expenses: IOLTA FEES

    total $9,984 · program services $9,984

  • 24b · Other expenses: MISC EXP

    total $259 · program services $259

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $418,846 · end of year $166,123

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,229,141 · end of year $3,342,663

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $5,654,877 · end of year $11,791,622

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $916,901 · end of year $893,706

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $13,728 · end of year $57,303

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $58,254 · end of year $0

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $7,520,573 · end of year $15,499,704

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $627,210 · end of year $637,107

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE OREGON LAW FOUNDATION BUILDS A FAIRER LEGAL SYSTEM AND SUPPORTS JUSTICE FOR ALL IN OREGON BY:-ENSURING ACCESS TO CIVIL LEGAL HELP FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES, OR WHO EXPERIENCE OTHER SYSTEMIC BARRIERS;-PROMOTING THE ACCESSIBILITY OF LEGAL EDUCATION AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS TO ALL; AND-EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE LAW AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO BUILD A MORE EQUITABLE LEGAL SYSTEM TO SUPPORT AND FUND JUSTICE FOR ALL IN OREGON.

  • THE OREGON LAW FOUNDATION AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $2.6 MILLION IN GRANTS TO STRENGTHEN OREGON'S CIVIL LEGAL SYSTEM. FUNDS SUPPORTED THE DELIVERY OF CIVIL LEGAL HELP TO OREGONIANS, PROMOTED THE ACCESSIBILITY OF LEGAL EDUCATION TO ALL OREGONIANS, AND PROMOTED PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAW AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM. THE FOUNDATION COLLABORATED WITH FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGH ITS LEADERSHIP BANKER ADVISORY COMMITTEE, CONDUCTED OUTREACH TO LAWYERS ABOUT IOLTA, AND PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL INITIATIVES THROUGH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF IOLTA PROGRAMS. IT ALSO CONTINUED RESEARCH ON CONSUMER DEBT LITIGATION IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE OREGON JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT. THE FOUNDATION'S GOAL IS A LEGAL SYSTEM THAT PEOPLE CAN TRUST - ONE THAT IS FAIR, OPEN, AND SERVES ALL OREGONIANS.

    Expenses $3,083,759 · Grants $2,681,369 · Revenue $10,284,467

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Rima Ghandour

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Justin Thorp

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Elise Bouneff

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kristen Connor

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • G Valerie Colas

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Chris Costantino

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Brent Hall

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gus Martin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Faith Morse

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Bonnie Richardson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Laura Shipley-Strobbe

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Diane Sykes

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Debra Velure

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • William Penn

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $173,385
    From this org
    $133,913
    From related orgs
    $19,385
    Other
    $20,087
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $121,154 + $4,853 related
    Bonus
    $12,600
    Other
    $159 + $14,532 related
    Deferred
    $20,087
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $154,000 + $19,385 related

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

Answered yes

  • 3 · Written employment contract

Answered no

  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2024
Filed
7 November 2025
IRS schema version
2024v5.2
Source object
202533179349305958

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