Oregon · Nonprofit
MASLOW PROJECT
MASLOW PROJECT (Oregon) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,697,606 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,331,950). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $3.6M
- Funders on record
- 54
- Grants received
- $4.7M
- Net assets
- $6.1M
What Maslow Project does
Mission
Maslow Projects mission is to offer every homeless child and youth the probability of success and the opportunity for a better life. We do this by providing resources for basic needs, removing barriers to education and employment, and fostering self-sufficiency.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Basic needs and outreach: our medford resource center offers a one-stop location for youth to access basic needs and increase immediate connections to supportive services, including: laundry service, hot meals, food boxes, clothing, hygiene supplies, sleeping bags, bus tokens, and emergency assistance. On- and off-site partnerships create a safety net that decreases the possibility of youth getting lost in the system. In addition, Maslow Projects street outreach workers, including a case manager, go out in teams of two, several days per week, distributing supplies and information/referrals to available services to youth in places where they are known to congregate throughout the county (parks, campgrounds, bike paths, etc.), and encouraging them to visit our resource center.
$1,223,404 spent58% of program spendingCase management and support services: skilled case managers are located in schools throughout the county and at our medford-based resource center to help identify and advocate for high-risk and homeless youth in need of basic needs and support services. Case managers act as liaisons between youth, agencies, schools, and parents, deliver immediate needs resources to youth in school, track relevant academic and attendance information, provide mentorship, and refer to services offered through our medford resource center. Maslows case managers also connect kids with positive youth development activities, promoting self-sufficiency through engagement in school, employment, and supportive services, while facilitating increased interpersonal skills.
$885,914 spent42% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,109,318.
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 2021 to 2022, from $3.2M to $4.3M (+36%).
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: 2017 28% · 2019 13% · 2020 13% · 2021 8% · 2022 42% · 2023 56% · 2024 50% · 2025 59%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
75% of MASLOW PROJECT’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 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
Mary Ferrell
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 26 funders, grant income rose $337k → $664k.
8 of 54 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 35% 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 MASLOW PROJECT’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 54 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
MASLOW PROJECT leans on a few funders — its largest provides 28% 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
65% 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 MASLOW PROJECT.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 49% · 2018 45% · 2019 45% · 2020 37% · 2021 24% · 2022 27% · 2023 22% — 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
59% of MASLOW PROJECT's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% 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
94% of MASLOW PROJECT's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.6M arriving through sponsors registered in 7 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
MASLOW PROJECT runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 1,152 youth development nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,152 youth development nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding MASLOW PROJECT receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.0M on record — $1.7M federal, $1.4M state.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.7M
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$677k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$375k
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$300k
- DISTRIBUTION TO CONTRACT SVC PROVIDER$14k
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 MASLOW PROJECT
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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
79% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for MASLOW PROJECT: 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 MASLOW PROJECT?
- MASLOW PROJECT (Oregon) receives grants from 54 organizations whose IRS filings report $4,697,606 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,331,950). 34 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MASLOW PROJECT have?
- IRS filings report 54 organizations giving $4,697,606 in grants to MASLOW PROJECT, 34 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MASLOW PROJECT?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,331,950 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MASLOW PROJECT 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 54 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