Top-Rated Nonprofits in Oregon 2026
Oregon has 20 nonprofits with $12.9B in combined revenue. The top-rated organization is Careoregon Inc with an Efficiency Score of 86/100.
Oregon has 20 nonprofits in the IRS Form 990 dataset ranked here by efficiency score. The NonprofitTruth nonprofit efficiency rubric combines financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and officer compensation relative to revenue (25%) into a 0-100 composite.
Reading the ranking: top of the list typically combines healthy operating reserves (the highest-weighted factor) with stable multi-year revenue and reasonable officer compensation. Large hospital and university systems often appear near the top in any state — their scale gives them deep balance sheets and steady revenue. Each nonprofit links to its full Form 990 profile. For donors trying to choose between organizations, the efficiency grade is a useful triage — but the underlying reserve position, the multi-year revenue trend, and the officer-comp ratio matter more than the composite letter on any individual decision.
Top 20 Nonprofits in Oregon
| # | Organization | Category | Revenue | CEO Pay | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Careoregon Inc | Health | $2.5B | $4.0M | A (86) |
| 2 | George Fox University | Education | $151.7M | $2.5M | B (78) |
| 3 | Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Of The Northwest | Health | $5.1B | $280K | B (77) |
| 4 | Energy Trust Of Oregon Inc | Environment & Animals | $222.7M | $534K | B (76) |
| 5 | Pacific University | Education | $179.4M | $1.3M | B (74) |
| 6 | Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Inc | Environment & Animals | $29.8M | $998K | B (72) |
| 7 | Bonneville Environmental Foundation | Environment & Animals | $22.1M | $962K | B (72) |
| 8 | Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Inc | Environment & Animals | $35.5M | $603K | B (71) |
| 9 | Lewis And Clark College | Education | $241.4M | $2.7M | B (67) |
| 10 | Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $35.8M | $1.6M | B (67) |
| 11 | University Of Portland | Education | $240.1M | $4.7M | C (61) |
| 12 | Health Share Of Oregon | Health | $3.4B | $0 | C (60) |
| 13 | University Of Oregon Foundation | Education | $191.0M | $1.2M | C (56) |
| 14 | Oregon State University Foundation | Education | $137.9M | $2.3M | C (56) |
| 15 | Oregon Public Broadcasting | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $56.8M | $1.7M | C (56) |
| 16 | Portland Art Museum | Arts, Culture & Humanities | $29.7M | $985K | C (54) |
| 17 | Reed Institute | Education | $150.4M | $2.7M | C (53) |
| 18 | Willamette University | Education | $137.8M | $3.0M | C (51) |
| 19 | Western Rivers Conservancy | Environment & Animals | $16.8M | $877K | C (51) |
| 20 | Oregon Humane Society | Environment & Animals | $28.9M | $613K | D (47) |
Nonprofit financial data for Oregon is sourced from IRS Form 990 filings, which all tax-exempt organizations must file annually.
Frequently Asked Questions
Careoregon Inc is the top-rated nonprofit in Oregon with an Efficiency Score of 86/100 (Grade A) and $2.5B in annual revenue.
Oregon has 20 nonprofits in our database with a combined $12.9B in total revenue.
The Efficiency Score (0-100, A-F) measures a nonprofit's financial structure based on financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), and current-officer compensation relative to revenue (25%), all from IRS Form 990 data. Higher scores indicate stronger financial structure. It does not include a program-spending ratio, which our data source does not provide.
Efficiency Score: financial health / operating reserves (40%), revenue-growth consistency (35%), current-officer compensation ratio (25%). No program-spending ratio is included — total program service expenses are not available from the ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer feed.