Public Charity

Street Books

Street Books, of Portland, OR, is a Public Charity tracked in Imperigo's IRS 990 database. The 2025 filing shows $407K in revenue, $332K in expenses, $234K in total assets. 24 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $382K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 454081674 Portland, OR Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$407K
Total Expenses$332K
Total Assets$234K
Grant Records24
Funding Total$382K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

Street Books is a street library that provides community resources and advocacy for people living outside or at the margins in Portland Oregon. We cultivate mutual relationships rooted in dignity and autonomy by showing up every week year after year in all kinds of weather all around the city to meet people where they are. We believe in the transformative capacity of books both for the individual and collective. Books offer access to ideas education and liberation.

Officers & Directors

Board Member Ben Hodgson
Board Member Betsy Holzgraf
Board Member Ed Edmo
Co-Director Joshua Pollock
Board Member Karen Russell
Secretary Leah Benson

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Top Grant Purposes

GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
$92,000 3 grants
EDUCATION
$69,750 4 grants
General Support
$62,792 1 grant
Libraries
$56,800 5 grants
GENERAL SUPPORT
$28,427 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $407K $332K $234K
2024 $308K $324K $160K
2023 $258K $303K $172K
2022 $261K $173K $212K
2021 $147K $134K $124K

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $147K to $407K (+176%), with total assets most recently reported at $234K.

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