Waymark Research · Oregon Nonprofits

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Most Oregon nonprofit leaders have more financial data than they know what to do with. And still can't answer the question that actually matters: where do we stand, and how worried should we be? Waymark translates your 990 into plain language. Your position scored across five pillars, benchmarked against Oregon nonprofits your size, with a clear picture of what to prioritize first. No documents required from you.

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Portland nonprofits have less than 90 days of cash on hand. Below the sector benchmark, based on 990 data from 200+ Oregon organizations.
40%
of Portland nonprofits ran a deficit in their most recently filed 990. A pattern most leaders can't see without sector-wide data.
53→35%
of American households gave to a nonprofit, down from 53% in 2000 to 35% today. The funding model most organizations were built on is shifting.
Data from Waymark Research 990 dataset (289 Oregon nonprofits) and Giving USA.
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Aaron Sabin
Founder · Waymark Research · CMA

I've spent the last decade in nonprofit finance, building grant tracking systems, automating close processes, and presenting financials to boards that needed clarity, not just compliance.

Along the way I noticed something. The financial information available to nonprofit leaders is heavy on compliance and light on context. Audits confirm the books are clean. Grant reports satisfy funders. But nobody answers the questions that actually drive decisions: are we healthy? Are we okay relative to our peers? What should we do about it?

So I started pulling Oregon nonprofit 990 data to find out. What I found was a sector producing enormous amounts of financial information and almost none of it translated into something a leader could actually act on. Finance should serve the people making decisions, not just satisfy the people preparing filings. That's why I built Waymark.

CMA · Certified Management Accountant 300+ Nonprofit Financials Reviewed 289 Oregon Org 990 Dataset