Oregon · Nonprofit
Proud Ground
Proud Ground (Oregon) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,539,324 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,134,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $11M
- Funders on record
- 31
- Grants received
- $3.5M
- Net assets
- $57M
What Proud Ground does
Mission
Provide permanently affordable home ownership opportunities using the community land trust model, under which Proud Ground administers subsidy funds to buy down the purchase price of homes. Resale provisions ensure homes' permanent affordability.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Homebuyer, homeowner and outreach servicescommunity outreach deliberate research and dialogue resulted in an outreach strategy that has increased the organizations service to communities of color and strengthened its ability to understand and break down barriers for these households. The organization uses a combination of grass roots activities, partnerships, and outreach strategies to reach underserved communities with information about the organizations homeownership program and home buying opportunities. All outreach activities incorporate culturally-responsive materials and methods, with translation and interpreters provided to non-english speakers.home buyer education and counseling a key component of the organizations programs and services is its hud-approved, education and counseling provided to prospective and active home buyers. Hud and neighborworks certified counselors assist households working towards mortgage readiness through individual coaching and referral topics that include debt reduction; improving credit scores; budgeting; and creating a savings plan. Educational opportunities are also provided in bi-monthly newsletters and workshops.homebuyer criteria all of…
$1,623,173 spentof which $324,189 as grants$293,007 earned by the program83% of program spendingAcquisition and project developmentnew construction the organization has partnered with private and nonprofit developers to design, finance, and construct homes to sell to income-qualified buyers. The organization either owns the land or will receive the title to the land when the improvements are sold to a new homeowner. In 2010, condominiums first entered the organizations portfolio. With condominiums, the organization holds a deed covenant. From 1999 through the end of 2024, Proud Ground and its partners built 41 single-family residences and 214 residences in multi-family settings that are now occupied by homeowners.Proud Ground may consider the role of lead developer in new construction projects due to opportunities to build more inventory to meet the strategic goals of the organization. Each opportunity for Proud Ground to serve as lead developer in new construction projects will be thoroughly examined by board and staff to determine project feasibility. Buyer-initiated grants often funds are provided from external source/sources to offer home buyers grants with which to purchase homes on the open market; the amount of the grant buys down the purchase price of the home,…
$341,430 spent$265,295 earned by the program17% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,964,603.
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 2023 to 2024, from $54M to $68M (+26%).
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 45% · 2018 54% · 2019 57% · 2020 78% · 2021 78% · 2022 64% · 2023 91% · 2024 55%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
94% of Proud Ground’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (13% 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.
Board chair
Victor Caesar
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $38k → $397k.
4 of 31 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 34% 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 Proud Ground’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 31 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
Proud Ground leans on a few funders — its largest provides 32% 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
66% 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 Proud Ground.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 34% · 2018 25% · 2019 73% · 2020 56% · 2021 67% · 2022 44% · 2023 25% — 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
24% of Proud Ground's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 52% 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
75% of Proud Ground's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.2M 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.
Against its field
Proud Ground runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 817 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 817 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2024
Government funding Proud Ground receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $7.7M on record — $2.0M federal, $5.7M state.
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$2.0M
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$3.9M
- LOANS MADE-OTHER$1.8M
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 Proud Ground
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
89% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
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
- Pclt Development LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Proud Ground?
- Proud Ground (Oregon) receives grants from 31 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,539,324 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($1,134,500). 16 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Proud Ground have?
- IRS filings report 31 organizations giving $3,539,324 in grants to Proud Ground, 16 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Proud Ground?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $1,134,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Proud Ground 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.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 31 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