Washington · Nonprofit
HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP
HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,250 to it, the largest being Frederic J Blanchett Found ($28,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $506k
- Funders on record
- 6
- Grants received
- $59k
- Net assets
- $281k
What Homeward Bound in Puyallup does
Mission
Homeward Bound in Puyallup will bring individuals, groups and partners together to deliver services and resources to eliminate involuntary homelessness in pierce county, washington. Homeward Bound in Puyallup sees a day when the community has a full understanding of homelessness and its citizens and leaders work cooperatively, efficiently and accountably with the individuals, groups and agencies that work to keep involuntary homelessness sustainably non-existent in pierce county, washington.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
New hope resource center is a daytime drop-in shelter program providing shelter, food, and supplies to people experiencing homelessness. Services are provided in a facility/location in puyallup. Nhrc staff provide navigation services to connect people to services that will move them towards becoming housed.
$267,827 spent53% of program spendingMobile resource response team is a non-facility community based program providing laundry, showers, food, clothing, and hygiene supplies to individuals experiencing homelessness. Services are provided in a mobile rv unit, mobile laundry trailer, and a mobile shower trailer. These services travel to locations in the community to provide services. Mrrt staff provide navigation services to connect people to services that will move them towards becoming housed.
$36,825 spent7% of program spendingIn january of 2022 homeward bound received a contract to provide a safe parking program for individuals experiencing homelessness and living in their vehicles. Services are provided at various churches in pierce county with a designated number of spots at each church. The safe parking program provides resources to the churches and coordinates access to identified services at each location. Safe parking staff also provide navigation services to connect people to services that will move them towards becoming housed.
$201,940 spent40% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $506,592.
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 2019 to 2020, from $446k to $650k (+46%).
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 68% · 2021 40% · 2022 76% · 2023 86% · 2024 87%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
100% of HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (37% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 8 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
Paula Anderson
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2018 → 2021: the base broadened from 1 funder to 4 funders, grant income rose $15k → $26k.
2 of 6 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 17% 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 HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 5 of 6 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
HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2021 77% — 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.
Where its funders are
97% of HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $10k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,828 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP
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.
In Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP?
- HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP (Washington) receives grants from 6 organizations whose IRS filings report $59,250 to it, the largest being Frederic J Blanchett Found ($28,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP have?
- IRS filings report 6 organizations giving $59,250 in grants to HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP?
- Frederic J Blanchett Found is the largest funder on record, with $28,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like HOMEWARD BOUND IN PUYALLUP find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 6 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