Idaho · Nonprofit
FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC
FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC (Idaho) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $839,421 to it, the largest being EDWARDSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($332,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $839k
- Net assets
- $1.0M
What Family Promise of the Palouse Inc does
Mission
Program offerings include rotational shelter with on-site case management, homeless prevention appointments, rapid rehousing/diversion appointments, volunteer activities, administrative operations, daily living tasks for families & on-site overnight sleeping quarters for up to two families. Families enrolled in the rotational shelter program sleep at off-site shelters. Staff meet with clients daily; guiding their progress & helping them meet their goals. Using our resource center, they assist families in applying for benefits, local resources, housing & employment opportunities. Our center is used for daily living operations as well. This is their home during the day, complete with kitchen & bathing facilities. Administrative staff runs the behind-the-scenes operations. Thes include grant writing, fiscal operations & managing volunteers. Daily we have student & community volunteers on site to assist with family needs, cleaning, organizing, HomeStart & many other opportunities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported starting a significant new program and a significant change in how it conducts a program.
In 2025 we expanded our shelter program to include four on-site Interim housing units. Interim Housing allows eligible families from our Rotational Shelter Program (RSP) to exit the rotational model and stay at the Family Promise Day Center overnight while continuing in depth case management that focuses on budgeting and life skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and time management. The Interim Housing Program provides the opportunity to further serve families in our area and increase their overall success at achieving long-term sustainability and success. By creating this program expansion, we have doubled our shelter capacity from four families at one time to eight families at one time.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
In early 2024 our landlords notified us that they would be closing down the building we were leasing, requiring us to move out. In April 2025 we relocated our day center/office to Pullman Washington from Moscow Idaho. This move allowed us to continue operating and even increase capacity. However, our new landlord was unable to provide us with the same level of discounted rent and utilities, therefore, our monthly operating costs increased drastically.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Shelter Program Rotational model: Using a rotational shelter model, we provide homeless children, and their parents shelter for, generally, up to 90 days. While a family is in shelter, they are offered services that help guide them to stability in long term housing. Services include intense case management, financial literacy, parenting education and life skills education. Case-Management includes action planning, goal setting, housing and employment searches; these are broken down into manageable weekly activities. Family Promise operates with a broad array of community support and has a unique model that accesses 30 congregations in our community to provide the food and shelter services for families we are serving. Each week a pair of Congregations work together to provide shelter, meals and various support activities for our families. An important outcome of (FPP) is to provide our families with the support they need to have long term stability with education, parenting, housing, finances, and life skills so that families no longer live in poverty. While a family is in shelter with FPP they are required to take part in our intense case-management and have access to Parenting…
$187,601 spent$1,244 earned by the program45% of program spendingIn 2019, we implemented our Prevention Services programs. This program consists of Homeless Prevention Program and Homeless Diversion Program. Prevention is designed to prevent a family from becoming homeless. This program is offered to low income and A.L.I.C.E. population families who are close to becoming homeless due to financial reasons or emergency situations. Case management services are available to cover Financial Literacy, Parenting Courses and Life Choices Guidance. Financial assistance is available for each family. Generally, a Prevention Family is in this program for three months. During that time, they complete their case management goals and checklists, and a financial incentive is provided. A fuel card is given after every case management meeting and during budgeting and financial planning, it is determined what monthly bills Family Promise will assist with for three months' time. Family Promise generally can assist with utility bills, telephone bills, grocery cards, childcare tuition, etc. Cash funds are not given directly to families. This program has grown over the years and the need in our community has increased greatly. In 2024 we assisted 27 families in…
$177,973 spent$1,085 earned by the program43% of program spendingDiversion/Rapid Rehousing Services are offered to families who homelessness is imminent, yet they have another safe, affordable housing option available. We "divert" the family from entering shelter. This can be done by assisting with deposit funds to secure a new residence, assistance with a rent payment or paying for a hotel for the family to bridge the gap between exiting one housing situation and entering the next. Case management services such as budgeting tools and classes, parenting tools and classes and financial literacy are available. Diversion is not a long-term program and long-term case management is not required to obtain assistance. Aftercare services are offered with incentives to participate. We assisted 23 families including 35 adults and 45 children in avoiding shelter and moving into new homes.
$29,072 spent7% of program spendingIt can be quite a shock to families moving into a new home to go from paying zero dollars per month for housing to $1,200 per month in rent. In 2025 we began offering Bridge Housing services. This program assists families who are moving into a new home gradually increase their rent over an extended time period, allowing them to build a savings account, increase their budgeting skills and often obtain housing that they were not eligible for due to prior housing barriers. Families in this program continue with intense case management services and are required to meet certain goals. Parents bring their rent portion to our office, and we assist with bill pay services. This grows accountability and teaches families about due dates. This program also allows families to stay connected to family advocates and continue to build their support system. In this pilot year, we enrolled 6 families into this program, including 8 adults and 15 children.
$21,830 spent$13,823 earned by the program5% of program spendingOur Home Start program distributed new or gently used home goods, furniture and clothing to members of the community. This program is funded totally on donated items and is available to anyone in the community, not just those with children. Over 100 households accessed this program in 2025.
$7 spent$332 earned by the program0% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $416,483.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $501k to $1.0M (+104%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 6% · 2021 9% · 2022 22% · 2023 26% · 2024 44% · 2025 24%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 7 reported years ran a deficit.
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
Autumn Shafer
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $34k → $118k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 15% 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 FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 40% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
38% 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 FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 56% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 41% · 2021 46% · 2022 43% · 2023 17% — 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
50% of FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% give in more than one year at all.
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
FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC draws 68% of its grant income from funders outside Idaho, across 7 states in all.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $125k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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.
Against its field
FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC
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In Idaho
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
59% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
95%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
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Questions and answers
- Who funds FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC?
- FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC (Idaho) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $839,421 to it, the largest being EDWARDSON FAMILY FOUNDATION ($332,500). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $839,421 in grants to FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC?
- EDWARDSON FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $332,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like FAMILY PROMISE OF THE PALOUSE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Idaho. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 17 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