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BIENESTAR INC

BIENESTAR INC (Oregon) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,163,347 to it, the largest being MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST ($1,049,944). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$9.8M
Funders on record
40
Grants received
$4.2M
Net assets
$33M
23/40 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 9%
01What it does

What Bienestar Inc does

Mission

Bienestar builds and operates affordable housing for the benefit of low-income families earning just 60% or less of area median income. Our portfolio consists of over 750 units of housing throughout washington and columbia counties, providing homes to more than 2,500 people.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Bienestar owns and operates 774 units of affordable multifamily housing for families earning 60% or less of area median income. In 2024, bienestar completed plaza los amigos, a 113-unit affordable housing development in cornelius, oregon.

    $6,780,549 spent$5,664,520 earned by the program
    79% of program spending
  2. Bienestar's supportive housing services team works diligently on prevention, intervention, restoration, and stabilization for our community members who are houseless, at-risk of becoming homeless, or facing housing instability. Using a trauma informed lens, we provide access to supportive wraparound services, housing, employment, and education services for underserved and marginalized populations through a comprehensive, community-based approach. In 2024, we helped 434 households access the services they needed to help stabilize their living situation.

    $1,133,257 spent
    13% of program spending
  3. Bienestar's homeownership program offers a path to asset-building, financial stability, and economic mobility for low- and moderate-income households, providing first-time homebuyer and financial literacy education, one-on-one counseling for renters, pre-/post-purchase, and foreclosure prevention, and downpayment assistance to help families build intergenerational wealth.

    $677,994 spent
    8% of program spending
  4. Provide asset management services to ensure fiscal and physical compliance and high quality of life for its residents.

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,591,800.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($3.2M) Expenses 100 ($3.4M) Net assets 100 ($16M)2018 Revenue 108 ($3.4M) Expenses 103 ($3.5M) Net assets 99 ($16M)2019 Revenue 175 ($5.6M) Expenses 110 ($3.8M) Net assets 110 ($18M)2020 Revenue 387 ($12M) Expenses 169 ($5.8M) Net assets 154 ($25M)2021 Revenue 254 ($8.1M) Expenses 233 ($8.0M) Net assets 167 ($27M)2022 Revenue 407 ($13M) Expenses 220 ($7.6M) Net assets 189 ($31M)2023 Revenue 314 ($10.0M) Expenses 229 ($7.9M) Net assets 202 ($33M)2024 Revenue 307 ($9.8M) Expenses 274 ($9.5M) Net assets 204 ($33M)
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Revenue (307)Expenses (274)Net assets (204)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $27M to $39M (+44%).

$27M
$27M
$27M
$39M
$44M
$44M
$46M
$47M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

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2018
2019
2020
2021
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2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 2% · 2018 5% · 2019 3% · 2020 21% · 2021 26% · 2022 38% · 2023 30% · 2024 26%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

36% of BIENESTAR INC’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (39% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,214 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

−$269k
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−$127k
’18
$1.8M
’19
$6.5M
’20
$48k
’21
$5.3M
’22
$2.1M
’23
$312k
’24
10
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Nathan Teske

Executive director

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1917151615151615
Joined·+4+0+2+1+0+8+2
No longer listed·6212073
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 18 funders, grant income rose $34k → $608k.

7 of 40 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of BIENESTAR INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 40 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

BIENESTAR INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 25% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left

60% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund BIENESTAR INC.

25%
largest funder
44%
top three
~10
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 66% · 2018 41% · 2019 38% · 2020 21% · 2021 56% · 2022 28% · 2023 35% — diversifying over time.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How long its funders stay

36% of BIENESTAR INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.

Where its funders are

74% of BIENESTAR INC's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

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In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $753k arriving through sponsors registered in 5 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BIENESTAR INC has grown faster than three-quarters of the 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin3% · below the median
Months of reserve10.1mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)17% · top quartile

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 3,973 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024

Government funding BIENESTAR INC receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.0M on record.

State$7.0M
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Top programs
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$5.1M
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$721k
  • OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$550k
  • PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$331k
  • OTHER DISTRIBUTION TO TAXABLE SUBRECIP$221k
  • PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$33k

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

91% of spending goes to programs.

Program 91%Management 8%Fundraising 1%

Governance

11
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

92%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OR

Part of a family of 5 related entities

  • Proyecto Adelantes Familias LLC · disregarded
  • Lincoln St Bienestar LLC · disregarded
  • Montebello Bienestar Apartments Ltd Ps · partnership
  • Nueva Esperanza Limited Partnership · partnership
  • Plaza Los Amigos Limited Partnership · partnership

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for BIENESTAR INC: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.

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Questions and answers

Who funds BIENESTAR INC?
BIENESTAR INC (Oregon) receives grants from 40 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,163,347 to it, the largest being MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST ($1,049,944). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BIENESTAR INC have?
IRS filings report 40 organizations giving $4,163,347 in grants to BIENESTAR INC, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BIENESTAR INC?
MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $1,049,944 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BIENESTAR INC find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 40 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing