Oregon · Nonprofit
SHELTER NOW
SHELTER NOW (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being United Way of the Columbia-Willamette ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $89k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $35k
- Net assets
- $86k
What Shelter Now does
Mission
Shelter Now empowers people with lived experience of houselessness through leadership development and policy advocacy. The organization advances equitable, community-driven solutions by supporting the Lived Experience Council and the Village Federation, elevating the voices of impacted individuals in local decision-making, and promoting safe, sustainable approaches to shelter. Shelter Now works to reduce homelessness in Multnomah County by increasing access to resources, expanding the village model, and helping unhoused individuals build community and drive positive change in the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
The Lived Experience Council convened twice-monthly meetings, along with additional sessions for individuals currently experiencing homelessness, to foster community building and provide guidance to policymakers, service providers, and community partners. The program organized workshops, supported member stipends to ensure equitable participation, and created a structured environment for meaningful leadership development. More than 40 members actively participated, contributing their expertise to city and county policy discussions and advancing more effective and inclusive approaches to addressing homelessness.
$5,642 spent30% of program spendingShelter Now supported the Village Federation, an independent body representing residents of Portlands micro-villages. The program convened twice-monthly meetings, along with supplemental trainings and community events, to strengthen resident leadership and create opportunities for collective advocacy. Approximately 20 residents from multiple village sites participated in these activities. Shelter Now also provided stipends to two representatives from each micro-village to ensure equitable involvement and support resident-led governance.
$5,423 spent29% of program spendingShelter Now advanced the Micro-Village Expansion Program (MVEP) to support the development, improvement, and expansion of micro-village shelter options in Portland. The program provided technical assistance, resident feedback facilitation, and advisory support to partner organizations and local agencies working to create safe, community-oriented alternative shelter sites. MVEP also gathered lived-experience input to inform design standards and operational practices, helping ensure new and existing villages reflect resident needs and promote stability. Through this work, the program contributed to the ongoing development of multiple micro-village projects across Multnomah County.
$7,898 spent42% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $18,963.
Leadership and staff
Board chair
Sean Green
Board Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990-EZ.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of SHELTER NOW’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
SHELTER NOW leans on a few funders — its largest provides 71% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
71% 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 SHELTER NOW.
“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
86% of SHELTER NOW's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
SHELTER NOW runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,318 housing & shelter nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,318 housing & shelter nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
Organizations like SHELTER NOW
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.
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
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for SHELTER NOW: 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 SHELTER NOW?
- SHELTER NOW (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $35,000 to it, the largest being United Way of the Columbia-Willamette ($25,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SHELTER NOW have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $35,000 in grants to SHELTER NOW.
- Who is the largest funder of SHELTER NOW?
- United Way of the Columbia-Willamette is the largest funder on record, with $25,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SHELTER NOW 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 2025–2025), and the filings of 3 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