Maryland · Nonprofit
PROJECT PLASE INC
PROJECT PLASE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,990,914 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC ($4,341,938). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $9.7M
- Funders on record
- 32
- Grants received
- $10.0M
- Net assets
- $4.8M
What Project Plase Inc does
Mission
Project PLASE,Inc. addresses homelessness by providing temporary housing, permanent housing and supportive services to homeless adults and families. We serve the most vulnerable and underserved,including persons with mental illness,HIV/AIDS,addiction& developmental disabilities.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Continuum of care rental assistance- we receive government funding which we utilize to pay rent on behalf of our clients for apartments and homes as part of our permanent housing program to approximately 100 clients.
$2,790,881 spent$2,790,881 earned by the program35% of program spendingSupportive services for veterans families- the primary aim of the ssvf program is to help veteran families who are homeless, or at-risk of homelessness, quickly regain stability in permanent housing after experiencing a housing crisis and/or homelessness. For veterans at risk of losing housing, ssvf grant funds provide supportive servicess to very low-income veteran families that fall within one of the three categories of occupying permanent housing, including homeless prevention financial help and support services. The staff of ssvf grant provides the following supportive services: rapid rehousing, rental assistance, outreach services, case managment services, assistance in obtaining va benefits, employment assistance, legal services, health, child care, emergency supplies, and car repair, for veterans that are eligible.
$2,409,504 spent$2,409,504 earned by the program30% of program spendingOther programs
$2,157,017 spent$2,985,101 earned by the program27% of program spendingAmerican rescue plan act (arpa) are used to support a diverse range of community efforts. These funds were provided to assist non-profit organizations revenue reductions or operating expense increases due to the pandemic.
$676,392 spent$676,392 earned by the program8% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2023 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $8,033,794.
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 2024 to 2025, from $7.9M to $6.3M (−20%).
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 86% · 2018 86% · 2019 95% · 2020 94% · 2021 95% · 2022 89% · 2023 96% · 2024 76% · 2025 84%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of PROJECT PLASE INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (39% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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 Slicher
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income fell $1.0M → $76k.
8 of 32 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 1% 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 PLASE INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 25 of 32 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
PROJECT PLASE INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 79%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 PLASE INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 62% · 2019 64% · 2020 92% · 2021 67% · 2022 50% · 2023 33% — 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
42% of PROJECT PLASE INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
95% of PROJECT PLASE INC's grant income comes from Maryland funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $148k 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
PROJECT PLASE INC's revenue grew 41% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,196 housing & shelter nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding PROJECT PLASE INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $33.6M on record — $33.0M federal, $573k state.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$33.0M
- Grant$573k
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 PLASE INC
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 Maryland
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
55%
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 PROJECT PLASE INC: 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 PLASE INC?
- PROJECT PLASE INC (Maryland) receives grants from 32 organizations whose IRS filings report $9,990,914 to it, the largest being ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC ($4,341,938). 19 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PROJECT PLASE INC have?
- IRS filings report 32 organizations giving $9,990,914 in grants to PROJECT PLASE INC, 19 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PROJECT PLASE INC?
- ASSOCIATED BLACK CHARITIES INC is the largest funder on record, with $4,341,938 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PROJECT PLASE INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Maryland. 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 32 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