Legal & Compliance
Status, plainly stated.
Tax status, state registration, political activity limits, and the compliance lines we hold carefully.
Status
Political Activity
The facts, verifiable independently.
- Legal name: Bloom Ministries
- EIN: 39-4922713
- Tax status: registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
- State of incorporation: Oregon, October 17, 2025
- Principal location: Salem, Oregon
- Type: Registered religious nonprofit
Where the line is, and why we hold it tightly.
As a 501(c)(3), Bloom Ministries does not support or oppose candidates for public office. Not through endorsements, not through contributions, not through communications that could reasonably be read as electoral advocacy. This is an absolute prohibition under federal law and we treat it as one.
What we do engage in is issue education and community organizing — explaining what a law does, what a court decision changes, and how a policy affects trans and disabled people materially. That is fully permitted, and it is most of what our Newsroom is.
Bloom Rising, our campus program, operates entirely inside these limits. It is a program of the 501(c)(3), not a separate advocacy entity, and student organizers are trained on exactly where the line sits — both because compliance requires it and because a technicality is an easy way to make a student a target.
Charitable solicitation
Bloom is registered with the Oregon Department of Justice Charitable Activities Section. Where other states require separate registration to solicit, we register or refrain accordingly.
Privacy & data
What we collect, how long we keep it, and the specific confidentiality applied to crisis contacts.
Accessibility
Our accessibility standard, current known gaps, and how to report a barrier. A disabled-led organization with an inaccessible site would be an embarrassment.