Washington · Nonprofit
Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition
Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $961,932 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound ($515,932). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2023
- $179k
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $962k
- Net assets
- $359k
What Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition does
Mission
To provide housing matching, educational/employment support and community resources to youth experiencing homelessness. Host works with community partners & volunteers to accomplish that mission.
As stated on its FY2023 Form 990.
Programs
Provided homeless/case management services to eliminate barriers in living and in education. In 2023 149 students across three counties were assisted by the Host program with case management services. Of that 149 students 9 graduated, 2 were still in GED programs to complete diplomas and 4 returned to the 2023/2024 school year. Of the remaining 134 students all were potentially able to be serviced by management support or fully as Host participants. Community partners include Initai Foundation, Liberty Hill Foundation, Satterberg Foundation, The Community Foundation, DCYF, Shelton Youth Connection, DSHS, Mason General Hospital, Crossroads Housing, The Shelton School District, North Mason School District,Squaxin, Kitsap Imigration Foundation, Hope Gardens, Pierce County AIDS Foundation, Mason County and Center for Independance.
$199,089 spentof which $35,181 as grants82% of program spendingThe Host program received a community systems and powers grant. The grant creates systems change in regards to youth and the community at large. In 2023 the HOST program planned an event around youth justice. The event was attended by Judges, Attorneys, DCYF and other interested parties in Mason County. In addition Host participated in projects with Cedar High School, Choice High School and North Mason High School. That impact is relevent systems change for youth. HOST program also began a systems change project for Guatemalan youth and their community.
$42,968 spent18% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $242,057.
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 $287k to $461k (+61%).
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: 2018 27% · 2019 18%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition’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. 2 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
Kim Rinehardt
Executive Director
Board chair
Peter Jones
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2023 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income rose $6k → $125k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 93% 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 Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition’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
Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition leans on a few funders — its largest provides 54% of grant income and the top three 98%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2019 100% · 2020 70% · 2021 100% · 2022 68% · 2023 60% — 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
93% of Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition'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 $71k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $891k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 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
Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 7,804 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,804 housing & shelter nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2023
Organizations like Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition
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
90% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition: 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 Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition?
- Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition (Washington) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $961,932 to it, the largest being The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound ($515,932). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 93% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $961,932 in grants to Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition?
- The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound is the largest funder on record, with $515,932 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Mason County Housing Options for Students in Transition 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 FY2023 (financials across 2017–2023), and the filings of 5 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