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SELF ENHANCEMENT INC

EIN 93-1086629 PORTLAND, OR

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Revenue 2023
$33,123,648
Expenses 2023
$30,459,342

Program services were 83.9% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
Z99Z
Classification
1000
Street
3920 N KERBY AVE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

3 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

SELF ENHANCEMENT, INC. (SEI) IS DEDICATED TO GUIDING UNDERSERVED YOUTH TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. WORKING WITH SCHOOLS, FAMILIES AND PARTNER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SEI PROVIDES SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS. SEI BRINGS HOPE TO INDIVIDUAL YOUNG PEOPLE AND ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF COMMUNITY LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

SELF ENHANCEMENT IS DEDICATED TO GUIDING UNDERSERVED YOUTH TO REALIZE THEIR FULL POTENTIAL. WORKING WITH SCHOOLS, FAMILIES, AND PARTNER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS, SELF ENHANCEMENT, INC. (SEI) PROVIDES SUPPORT, GUIDANCE, AND OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC SUCCESS. SEI BRINGS HOPE TO INDIVIDUAL YOUNG PEOPLE AND ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF COMMUNITY LIFE.

  • YOUTH SERVICESSELF ENHANCEMENT INC. IS ONE OF THE NATION'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND SUCCESSFUL YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS. SELF ENHANCEMENT HAS A 44 YEAR HISTORY SERVING THE PORTLAND COMMUNITY. OVER 90% OF THE PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS HAVE OVERCOME SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS TO SUCCESS SUCH AS POVERTY, FAMILY SUBSTANCE ABUSE, GANG INVOLVEMENT, ABSENT PARENTS, AND LOW ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT. THESE STUDENTS HAVE GONE ON TO BECOME POSITIVE CONTRIBUTING CITIZENS, WHICH IS DEFINED BY SELF ENHANCEMENT AS AT LEAST 2 YEARS OF POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION OR LIVING WAGE EMPLOYMENT. THE CORE PROGRAM SERVICES ARE BASED ON THE RELATIONSHIP MODEL IN WHICH ADULTS TAKE ON THE ROLES OF TEACHER, PARENT, AND MENTOR. (CONTINUED ON SCH O) SELF ENHANCEMENT SERVICES ARE OFFERED WITHIN A CULTURE OF SUCCESS; ARE COMPREHENSIVE (SUMMER, IN-SCHOOL, AND AFTER-SCHOOL); AND OFFERED ON A CONTINUUM (SERVING STUDENTS FROM AGE 8 THROUGH 25). EACH STUDENT IS ASSIGNED TO A COORDINATOR WHO MONITORS THE STUDENT'S ATTENDANCE, BEHAVIOR, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS.AN INDIVIDUAL SUCCESS PLAN IS CREATED FOR EACH STUDENT THAT SETS ACADEMIC, PERSONAL, AND SOCIAL GOALS. ACADEMIC SUPPORT, ARTS EXPERIENCES, RECREATION ACTIVITIES, COMMUNITY SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES, LEADERSHIP TRAINING, AND SOCIAL AND LIFE SKILLS CLASSES ARE OFFERED THROUGH THE AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM. AN INTENSIVE 5-WEEK SUMMER PROGRAM HELPS KEEP STUDENTS ENGAGED YEAR-ROUND.

    Expenses $11,213,346 · Grants $385,768

  • SCHOOLS UNITING NEIGHBORHOOD YOUTH PROGRAMSELF ENHANCEMENT SERVES NEARLY 5,000 YOUTH EACH YEAR, THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS. SELF ENHANCEMENT MANAGES 18 SCHOOLS UNITING NEIGHBORHOODS (SUN) COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND PROVIDES SOCIAL AND SUPPORT SERVICES FOR EDUCATIONAL SUCCESS UNDER THE MULTNOMAH COUNTY SUN SERVICE SYSTEM FOR BOTH REGION 2 AND AFRICAN AMERICAN TARGET OUTREACH POPULATION. SELF ENHANCEMENT ALSO PROVIDES SERVICES TO YOUTH UNDER MULTNOMAH COUNTY'S SCHOOL ATTENDANCE INITIATIVE AND PORTLAND CHILDREN'S LEVY FOSTER CARE PROGRAM.

    Expenses $5,002,327 · Grants $846,508

  • COMMUNITY + FAMILY PROGRAMS SELF ENHANCEMENT RECOGNIZES THAT AT-RISK YOUTH MOST OFTEN COME FROM AT-RISK FAMILIES. THE POSITIVE WORK SEI DOES WITH YOUNG PEOPLE DURING THE DAY AND AFTER-SCHOOL CAN EASILY BE UNRAVELED BY AN UNHEALTHY SITUATION IN THE HOME. FOR THIS REASON, SELF ENHANCEMENT'S PROGRAMS INCLUDE OUTREACH SERVICES TO FAMILIES INCLUDING CASE MANAGEMENT, PARENTING CLASSES, ENERGY ASSISTANCE, JOB PLACEMENT, AND REFERRALS TO OUTSIDE RESOURCES. SELF ENHANCEMENT PROVIDES CULTURALLY COMPETENT SUPPORT SERVICES THROUGH THE IN-HOME SAFETY AND REUNIFICATION PROGRAM, THE DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM, THE PARENT-CHILD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, THE HEALTHY HOMES PROGRAM, AND THE COMMUNITY WORKS PROGRAM. (CONTINUED ON SCH O) SELF ENHANCEMENT ALSO PROVIDES ASSISTANCE WITH BASIC NEEDS SUCH AS HOUSING AND ENERGY ASSISTANCE. SELF ENHANCEMENT CURRENTLY SERVES OVER 9,000 INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES FOR ALL AGE GROUPS THROUGH COMMUNITY AND FAMILY PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $9,090,753 · Grants $4,205,909 · Revenue $567,241

  • OTHER PROGRAMMING INCLUDES CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMS.

    Expenses $251,779 · Grants $47,120

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Tony L Hopson Sr

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,023,792
    From this org
    $1,003,349
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,443
    Hours/week
    40 + 2 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $339,349
    Bonus
    $664,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,635
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,808
    Filer's total
    $1,023,792
  • Mariet Steenkamp

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $174,027
    From this org
    $160,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,527
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,500
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,624
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,903
    Filer's total
    $174,027
  • Freda Walker

    CCO

    Total calculated
    $152,871
    From this org
    $147,407
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,464
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $147,407
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,482
    Nontaxable benefits
    $982
    Filer's total
    $152,871
  • Trent Aldridge

    CHIEF PROGRAMS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $167,165
    From this org
    $153,712
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $13,453
    Hours/week
    40 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $153,712
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,633
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,820
    Filer's total
    $167,165
  • Tannya Jenkins

    CHIEF PEOPLE & STRATEGY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $56,045
    From this org
    $49,272
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $6,773
    Hours/week
    40
  • Carla Penn-Hopson

    SUSTAINABILITY OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $149,237
    From this org
    $143,693
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $5,544
    Hours/week
    40
  • Anthony Deloney

    DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $128,453
    From this org
    $115,919
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,534
    Hours/week
    40
  • Carrie Pritchard

    DIRECTOR OF FINANCE

    Total calculated
    $134,138
    From this org
    $121,587
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,551
    Hours/week
    40
  • Cherie Davis

    DIRECTOR OF HR

    Total calculated
    $127,802
    From this org
    $115,728
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,074
    Hours/week
    40
  • Melissa Hicks

    DIRECTOR OF CFP

    Total calculated
    $121,660
    From this org
    $109,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,118
    Hours/week
    40
  • Bryan Steelman

    RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT COMM

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Morgan Beltz

    GVT RELATIONS COMM, BOARD

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Darryl May

    FINANCE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Orlando Williams

    BOARD CHAIR, GVT RELATIONS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.3 related
  • Lolenzo Poe

    CHAIR EMERIT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Jesse Welch

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Miles Davis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ray Edwards

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tracy Curtis

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Vanessa Morgan

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Abdul Rutherford

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Chabre Vickers

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Robin Beavers

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $33,123,648
    Expenses
    $30,459,342
    Contributions
    $30,913,608
    Grants paid
    $5,485,305
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $31,744,631
    Expenses
    $31,781,095
    Contributions
    $29,621,462
    Grants paid
    $6,918,422

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,982,468
    Expenses
    $24,087,795
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,480,253
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $38,753,460
    Expenses
    $21,605,887
    Assets (EOY)
    $28,150,324
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,097,181
    Expenses
    $19,689,256
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,840,119
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,180,225
    Expenses
    $19,374,499
    Assets (EOY)
    $10,841,831
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $17,462,590
    Expenses
    $18,186,186
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,726,443
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $16,987,149
    Expenses
    $16,850,558
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,189,394
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $11,333,339
    Expenses
    $13,296,548
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,667,768
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $12,089,822
    Expenses
    $12,391,214
    Assets (EOY)
    $8,692,515
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,292,114
    Expenses
    $11,566,796
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,247,700
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $10,139,955
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,745,052

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

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

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

Declared as related by

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Disregarded entities on its 2023 return

  • SEI - 5020 N INTERSTATE

    REAL ESTATE RENTAL · OR

  • SEI - STRONG DEVELOPMENT

    REAL ESTATE RENTAL · OR

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • SELF ENHANCEMENT COMMUNITY ALBERTA ALIVE LLC

    C · REAL ESTATE RENTAL · OR · controlled entity

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.