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HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST (Oregon) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,487,723 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($8,500,000). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$22M
Funders on record
76
Grants received
$23M
Net assets
$35M
44/76 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 32%
01What it does

What Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East does

Mission

Seeking to put god's love into action, habitat for humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope to realize our vision of a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat for humanity portland region adheres to a strict non-proselytizing policy and will not base an offer of assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Homeownership program:families in need of a decent place to live build safe and affordable homes in partnership with us. Habitat houses are modestly sized. They are large enough for the homeowner family's needs, but small enough to keep construction and maintenance costs affordable. By using the labor of volunteers and prospective homeowners, employing efficient building methods, keeping house sizes modest, using donated construction materials and appliances, and issuing noprofit loans, habitat makes its houses affordable for low-income families to purchase. Affordable homeownership helps create the conditions that free families from instability, stress and fear and encourage self-reliance and confidence. (see continuation on schedule o). Studies show that strong and stable households are foundational to child development and growth. When a home fosters instead of hinders health and safety, families can flourish. Owning an affordable home also allows homeowners to lift up their entire family by saving for their futures and investing in educational opportunities, bolstering job opportunities and long-term career growth. During fiscal year 2025, habitat for humanity portland region…

    $12,648,443 spent$5,832,051 earned by the program
    72% of program spending
  2. The organization operates retail stores that sell donated building materials to the public. Net proceeds are used towards the organization's mission.

    $4,891,659 spent
    28% of program spending

The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $17,540,102.

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 ($14M) Expenses 100 ($13M) Net assets 100 ($10M)2018 Revenue 95 ($13M) Expenses 84 ($11M) Net assets 116 ($12M)2019 Revenue 89 ($12M) Expenses 89 ($12M) Net assets 119 ($12M)2020 Revenue 81 ($11M) Expenses 84 ($11M) Net assets 118 ($12M)2021 Revenue 127 ($17M) Expenses 129 ($17M) Net assets 187 ($20M)2022 Revenue 235 ($32M) Expenses 138 ($18M) Net assets 319 ($33M)2023 Revenue 205 ($28M) Expenses 191 ($25M) Net assets 342 ($36M)2024 Revenue 214 ($29M) Expenses 220 ($29M) Net assets 341 ($36M)2025 Revenue 158 ($22M) Expenses 164 ($22M) Net assets 338 ($35M)
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Revenue (158)Expenses (164)Net assets (338)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 2021 to 2022, from $36M to $57M (+59%).

$25M
$29M
$28M
$28M
$36M
$57M
$61M
$60M
$70M
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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
2022
2023
2024
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 3% · 2018 2% · 2020 5% · 2021 6% · 2022 19% · 2023 29% · 2024 33% · 2025 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

70% of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 888 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$321k
’17
$1.7M
’18
$232k
’19
−$52k
’20
$128k
’21
$14M
’22
$2.5M
’23
−$114k
’24
−$303k
’25
5.3
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

Steve Messinetti

President & CEO

Board chair

Nancy Lee

Chair

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed212524222525282828
Joined·+6+5+0+15+0+11+3+10
No longer listed·2621208310
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 18 funders to 31 funders, grant income rose $820k → $2.3M.

20 of 76 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 55% 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 76 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

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST leans on a few funders — its largest provides 36% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

88% 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 HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST.

36%
largest funder
65%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 70% · 2018 43% · 2019 29% · 2020 18% · 2021 29% · 2022 82% · 2023 50% — 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

54% of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

55% of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $11M that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from funders outside Oregon, across 18 states.

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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. $13M arriving through sponsors registered in 15 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

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST is better cushioned than half of the 488 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.

Operating margin−1% · below the median
Months of reserve5.3mo · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)6% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 488 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025

Government funding HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $36.1M on record — $4.0M federal, $32.1M state.

Federal$4.0M
grants $4.0Mcontracts $0
Top agencies
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$4.0M
State$32.1M
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Top programs
  • LOANS MADE-OTHER$18.8M
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$6.3M
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$5.5M
  • OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$1.3M
  • PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$250k

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.

Organizations like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST

Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.

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Nationally

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 9%Fundraising 10%

Governance

21
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

99%

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 2 related entities

  • Hfhpme Company LLC · disregarded
  • Hfhpme Company II LLC · disregarded

Screen this organization

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Questions and answers

Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST?
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST (Oregon) receives grants from 76 organizations whose IRS filings report $23,487,723 to it, the largest being The Chicago Community Trust ($8,500,000). 44 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 55% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST have?
IRS filings report 76 organizations giving $23,487,723 in grants to HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST, 44 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST?
The Chicago Community Trust is the largest funder on record, with $8,500,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST 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 FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 76 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing