Oregon · Nonprofit
Mental Health Association of Oregon
Mental Health Association of Oregon (Oregon) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,104,353 to it, the largest being CAREOREGON INC ($1,010,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $22M
- Funders on record
- 22
- Grants received
- $3.1M
- Net assets
- $8.3M
What Mental Health Association of Oregon does
Mission
The Mental Health Association of Oregon dba the mental health & addiction association of oregon is an inclusive peer-run organization dedicated to self-direction honoring the voice of lived experience.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Peer delivered servicesmhaao has been in operation over 23 years, and in 2014 launched its direct peer-delivered services program, offering one of the first truly low-barrier, community-based peer support programs in the portland area. While staying true to its roots, mhaao has experienced continuous and steady growth and now comprises over 45 unique peer service programs. For over a decade, mhaao has successfully implemented and provided direct peer support services across multnomah, clackamas, and washington counties. Mhaao peer support specialists use their own lived experience of mental health and/or substance use challenges and recovery to connect with and support their peers individuals who are navigating similar experiences and are seeking support. All direct service staff at mhaao identify as having lived experience of mental health and/or addiction challenges and recovery, and many have the additional life experience of poverty, houselessness, incarceration or justice system involvement, hospitalization, dhs involvement, and more.
$16,435,025 spent88% of program spendingTraining and developmentmhaao is proud to offer our state and nationally approved peer wellness specialist (pws) training program, and our annual peer leadership conference, peerpocalypse. Our annual conference is a professional development and community-building opportunity for the peer workforce, where peer specialists from across the nation gather to learn, network, and share experiences, knowledge, and resources with each other.
$1,925,451 spent$436,895 earned by the program10% of program spendingFiscal sponsorshipmhaao acts as fiscal sponsor for two organizations:peergalaxy: an online portal to a large community of peer support, recovery, and wellness. The peergalaxy calendar featuring over 392,000 quarterly offerings for online and telephone accessible peer support, recovery and wellness activities plus webinars, consumer input, and special events.us first initiatives: us first initiatives (ufi) prioritizes the needs of black and african american communities, as well as other communities of color, particularly those affected by mental health and addiction challenges. The organization aims to provide peer support services, training, and workforce development to empower individuals and grassroots organizations. Ufi is committed to increasing equity and access across the behavioral health continuum and enhancing representation in the workforce.
$300,619 spent2% of program spendingManagement and generalmhaaos management and general activities encompass a broad range of critical functions. These include executive leadership, financial oversight, accounting, record-keeping, strategic planning, human resources, operations, information technology, and related activities. These diverse yet interconnected administrative activities lay the foundation for our organization, enabling us to provide the necessary developmental, organizational, and managerial support that ensures the effective operation of mhaaos programs.the development and marketing team at mhaao is dedicated to fostering relationships and inspiring diverse groups to support our mission and vision. Our development activities focus on providing ways for donors and volunteers to be involved in our work. This includes orchestrating fundraising campaigns, creating marketing materials, and managing endeavors to secure contributions from individuals, foundations, corporations, and public entities.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $18,661,095.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $1.4M to $9.9M (+580%).
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 92% · 2018 85% · 2019 90% · 2021 88% · 2022 88% · 2023 84% · 2024 80% · 2025 77%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 7 funders, grant income rose $50k → $169k.
4 of 22 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 3% 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 Mental Health Association of Oregon’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 21 of 22 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
Mental Health Association of Oregon leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 63%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
69% 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 Mental Health Association of Oregon.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2019 76% · 2020 79% · 2021 67% · 2022 79% · 2023 59% — 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
40% of Mental Health Association of Oregon's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 36% 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
73% of Mental Health Association of Oregon's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $82k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.
Government funding Mental Health Association of Oregon receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28.6M on record — $7.6M federal, $21.0M state.
- Department of Labor$4.0M
- Department of Health and Human Services$3.6M
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$15.9M
- OTHER DISTRIBUTION TO TAXABLE SUBRECIP$3.5M
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$990k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$328k
- LOANS MADE-OTHER$165k
- DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS$49k
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 Mental Health Association of Oregon
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
87% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
94%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Mhaao Properties I LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Mental Health Association of Oregon?
- Mental Health Association of Oregon (Oregon) receives grants from 22 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,104,353 to it, the largest being CAREOREGON INC ($1,010,000). 8 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Mental Health Association of Oregon have?
- IRS filings report 22 organizations giving $3,104,353 in grants to Mental Health Association of Oregon, 8 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Mental Health Association of Oregon?
- CAREOREGON INC is the largest funder on record, with $1,010,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Mental Health Association of Oregon 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 22 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