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Toolbox Project

EIN 47-2273830 · Eugene, OR

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthGood84 out of 100GovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

Tool Lending Library- nearly 1,000 members borrowed tools in 2025. Volunteers ensure tools are in good repair and ready to use. Borrowers are maintaining and improving their homes and yards with our tools, plus working on their cars and bikes. At our mobile repair events, over a hundred community members benefited from repairs to their personal items, including tools, kitchen appliances, household lights, fans, sewing machines and electronic gear, textiles, bicycles, etc. Volunteers did these repairs during one-day events around our metro area that drew crowds.

Income
$49,979
Spending
$54,195
Reserves
13.9 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 34%

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Good: 84 out of 100. Higher than 66% of charities in its peer group (public benefit, under $250k).

  • Reserves

    35 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 13.9 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 0% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    4 of 15

    Spending exceeded income by 8% of income.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Impact evidence

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (2)
  1. $42,817 spent. Nearly 1000 members borrowed over 1,000 of our 1,600 tools over the year. We've recorded over 6,000 loans to those members. Some of those tools have been borrowed 50 or more times. Our volunteers ensure the tools are in good repair and ready to use, between borrowers. About a third of those member borrowers are new users of our service. Borrowers are maintaining and improving their homes and yards with our tools, plus working on their cars and bikes.
  2. $5,586 spent. Scores of community members benefitted from repairs to their personal items over the year, including manual and power tools, kitchen tools & appliances, household lights, fans, sewing machines and electronic gear, textiles -- garments, outdoor gear -- and bicycles & skateboards. Volunteers did these repairs during one-day events around our metropolitan area that drew crowds. We partnered with other community organizations including youth workforce readiness programs to share the principles of repair and re-use.

Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Legitimacy checks

  1. Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.

    Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  2. Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.

    Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.

    Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  3. Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.

    On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.

    Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  4. Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.

    Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since March 2015.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.

    Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.

    Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.

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