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PROJECT ABLE

PROJECT ABLE (Oregon) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,952 to it, the largest being WILLAMETTE HEALTH COUNCIL ($237,984). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2025
$1.8M
Funders on record
8
Grants received
$358k
Net assets
$599k
5/8 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 7%
01What it does

What Project Able does

Mission

Provide peer-to-peer services and support for individuals recovering from mental health and/or co-occurring issues. These supports and services embrace human dignity, expand the capacity for individuals to recover and promote lifelong empowerment.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Programs

  1. General programs - peer-to-peer mental health services and support

    $421,787 spentof which $25 as grants$1,000 earned by the program
    35% of program spending
  2. Able house can offer space for people in or near mental health crisis who believe they will benefit from time to heal in a calm nurturing environment with 24/7 peer support available.

    $344,592 spent
    28% of program spending
  3. Peer support - Project Able provides peer-to-peer services and supports for individuals recovering from mental health and co-occurring challenges. These supports and services embrace human dignity, recognize the capacity for individuals to recover, and promote life-long empowerment.

    $238,690 spentof which $79,822 as grants
    20% of program spending
  4. Other porgrams - this oha-approved training supports people to gain the skills necessary to foster empowering relationships and to model recovery. The training explores the ethos and philosophy of peer work - and how to remain true to the pss role.

    $211,938 spentof which $48,125 as grants$728,135 earned by the program
    17% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,217,007.

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 ($885k) Expenses 100 ($995k) Net assets 100 ($227k)2018 Revenue 138 ($1.2M) Expenses 99 ($985k) Net assets 204 ($464k)2019 Revenue 108 ($960k) Expenses 102 ($1.0M) Net assets 181 ($412k)2020 Revenue 132 ($1.2M) Expenses 102 ($1.0M) Net assets 247 ($561k)2021 Revenue 114 ($1.0M) Expenses 91 ($905k) Net assets 240 ($544k)2022 Revenue 113 ($1.0M) Expenses 91 ($909k) Net assets 280 ($636k)2023 Revenue 101 ($891k) Expenses 104 ($1.0M) Net assets 215 ($488k)2024 Revenue 203 ($1.8M) Expenses 182 ($1.8M) Net assets 212 ($481k)2025 Revenue 199 ($1.8M) Expenses 165 ($1.6M) Net assets 264 ($599k)
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Revenue (199)Expenses (165)Net assets (264)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 2019 to 2020, from $424k to $718k (+69%).

$236k
$471k
$424k
$718k
$709k
$641k
$490k
$481k
$660k
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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.

2017
2018
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2020
2021
2022
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2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2020 10% · 2021 96% · 2022 73% · 2023 88% · 2024 91% · 2025 19%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

58% of PROJECT ABLE’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 11,793 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

−$110k
’17
$237k
’18
−$52k
’19
$149k
’20
$101k
’21
$92k
’22
−$148k
’23
−$7k
’24
$119k
’25
2.2
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

Clay Peterson

Executive director

As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.

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Listed1279101191097
Joined·+1+5+4+1+0+2+1+0
No longer listed·63302122
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 3 funders, grant income fell $50k → $12k.

4 of 8 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 13% 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 PROJECT ABLE’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

PROJECT ABLE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 66% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

80% 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 PROJECT ABLE.

66%
largest funder
85%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 50% · 2020 98% · 2021 89% · 2022 98% · 2023 85% — growing more concentrated.

“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

25% of PROJECT ABLE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y

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

100% of PROJECT ABLE's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

OR

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. $47k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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

PROJECT ABLE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 6,891 human services nonprofits its size.

Operating margin7% · above the median
Months of reserve2.2mo · below the median
Revenue growth (annualized)9% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 6,891 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025

Government funding PROJECT ABLE receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $2.2M on record.

State$2.2M
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Top programs
  • OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$1.5M
  • PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$625k
  • DISTRIBUTION TO OTHER GOVERNMENTS$41k
  • DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS$36k
  • MEDICAL SERVICES$10k

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 PROJECT ABLE

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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

74% of spending goes to programs.

Program 74%Management 25%Fundraising 1%

Governance

6
board members
83%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

72%

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

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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for PROJECT ABLE: 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 PROJECT ABLE?
PROJECT ABLE (Oregon) receives grants from 8 organizations whose IRS filings report $357,952 to it, the largest being WILLAMETTE HEALTH COUNCIL ($237,984). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does PROJECT ABLE have?
IRS filings report 8 organizations giving $357,952 in grants to PROJECT ABLE, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of PROJECT ABLE?
WILLAMETTE HEALTH COUNCIL is the largest funder on record, with $237,984 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like PROJECT ABLE 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 8 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