SCHEDULE O
(Form 990 or 990-EZ)

Department of the Treasury
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OMB No. 1545-0047
2020
Open to Public
Inspection
Name of the organization
OREGON INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE
RESEARCH
Employer identification number

47-4837503
Return Reference Explanation
FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES OFFICE 1,434 TRAVEL 89 INSURANCE 1,972 WEB 6,799 ZOOM 63 BUSINESS CARDS 795 SPECIAL EVENTS 27,656 MAILING 1,905 BOOKS 1,755 SUBSCRIPTIONS 468 BANK FEES 30 SUPPLIES 99 EVENTS 281 NON-INVESTMENT DEPRECIATION 129 TOTAL 43,475
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 193 2,231 LESS ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION 0 2,167 TOTAL 193 64
FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 26 UNSECURED NOTES AND LOANS PAYABLE 51,946 54,584
FORM 990-EZ, PART III THE OREGON INSTITUTE FOR CREATIVE RESEARCH: E4 IS A NONPROFIT CORPORATION WHOSE PRIMARY PURPOSE IS TO OPERATE A HIGHER LEARNING AND RESEARCH INSTITUTION THAT ADVANCES WORK AT THE INTERSECTION OF ETHICS, STHETICS, ECOLOGY, AND EDUCATION, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE CHALLENGES OF THE 21ST CENTURY ARE SO GREAT THAT NO SINGLE DOMAIN IN AND OF ITSELF IS CAPABLE OF ADEQUATELY ADDRESSING THEM. TOWARDS THIS END, OICR FOSTERS THINKERS AND MAKERS DEVOTED TO ADDRESSING SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND ECOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYSSCHOLARS, THEORISTS, RESEARCHERS,JOURNALISTS, DOCUMENTARIANS, SOCIAL-JUSTICE ADVOCATES, ARTISTS, WRITERS, AND POETS. THE INSTITUTE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH, EDUCATION, CONFERENCES, ROUNDTABLES,COLLOQUIA, ARTIST RESIDENCIES, PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND SPECIAL PROJECTS.
FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 THE MAJOR SERVICE PROVIDED BY OICR DURING 2020 WAS TEACHING; NAMELY, THE CRITICAL THEORY SEMINAR, GRADUATE WRITING AND CRITIQUE SEMINAR, AND THE SPRING COLLOQUIUM AND ARTIST RESIDENCY. STUDENTS ANALYZED NOTIONS OF CRITIQUE IN THE WORK AND LIFE OF MAJOR THINKERS, PAYING PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF THEORY AND PRACTICE, THOUGHT AND ACTION, FORM AND FEELING, MEDIUM AND MESSAGE, MATTER AND MEMORY, TIME AND EXPERIENCE, INTELLIGENCE AND THE SENSES, AESTHETICS AND REPRESENTATION IN RELATION TO TECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES, SOCIOLOGICAL CATEGORIZATION, POLITICAL PHENOMENA, AND THE CAPTURE AND CREATION OF LIVED REALITIES. IN THE GRADUATE WRITING SEMINAR, STUDENTS REVISITED THE FUNDAMENTALS OF CRITIQUE AND TRANSLATED THEIR LEARNING INTO SUSTAINED WRITTEN DISCOURSE. STUDENTS PROGRESSED THROUGH THE VARIOUS STAGES OF WRITING A SCHOLARLY WORK, FROM BRAINSTORMING TECHNIQUES TO FORMULATING QUESTIONS, ABSTRACTS TO TABLES OF CONTENTS, AND OUTLINING TO GENERATING A RESEARCH BIBLIOGRAPHY, FROM GRAMMAR TO POETICS.
For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, see the Instructions for Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Cat. No. 51056K
Schedule O (Form 990 or 990-EZ) 2020


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