Oregon · Nonprofit
STONE SOUP PDX
STONE SOUP PDX (Oregon) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $501,182 to it, the largest being PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION ($84,574). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $1.4M
- Funders on record
- 28
- Grants received
- $501k
- Net assets
- $936k
What Stone Soup Pdx does
Mission
Stone soup empowers people experiencing barriers to employment to achieve self-reliance through training for careers in the food service industry.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
In 2024, Stone Soup Pdx continued to strengthen our community meals program, preparing and delivering more than 67,000 meals to shelters, residential facilities, day centers, and schools throughout the portland area. These meals provided nourishment where it was most needed while also serving as a mission-driven source of revenue and a meaningful training platform for our culinary workforce participants.through this program, we deepened our partnerships with nonprofit-run shelters and treatment programs, organizations that not only benefit from our meals but also represent potential employment pathways for stone soup graduates. The community meals program remains a cornerstone of our work, connecting training, community impact, and sustainability in every meal we serve.
$862,605 spent$712,444 earned by the program93% of program spendingIn 2024, Stone Soup Pdx continued to build on our mission of providing hands-on culinary job training for individuals facing barriers to employment. We welcomed 51 participants into our workforce training program and delivered more than 5,700 hours of industry-based instruction, mentorship, and wrap-around support.our reputation for impact and participant success remains strong, reflected in continued demand for enrollment and growing community partnerships that create meaningful employment pathways for our trainees. This year, we also expanded alumni engagement and strengthened supportive services to ensure participants have the tools they need to succeed both during and after training.
$68,230 spentof which $101,967 as grants$130,550 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $930,835.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2020 to 2021, from $588k to $1.2M (+96%).
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: 2020 83% · 2021 89% · 2022 12% · 2023 6% · 2024 22%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
39% of STONE SOUP PDX’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (81% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 5 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
Ellen Damschino
Executive director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2021 and FY2022, and between the FY2023 and FY2024 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2019 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 13 funders, grant income rose $85k → $98k.
8 of 28 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 45% 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 STONE SOUP PDX’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
STONE SOUP PDX has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 17% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
76% 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 STONE SOUP PDX.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 39% · 2021 39% · 2022 30% · 2023 18% — 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
17% of STONE SOUP PDX'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
64% of STONE SOUP PDX's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $226k 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
STONE SOUP PDX holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 11,263 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 11,263 human services nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding STONE SOUP PDX receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO CONTRACT SVC PROVIDER$1.2M
- CATERING SERVICES$3k
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 STONE SOUP PDX
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
67% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
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 STONE SOUP PDX: 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 STONE SOUP PDX?
- STONE SOUP PDX (Oregon) receives grants from 28 organizations whose IRS filings report $501,182 to it, the largest being PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION ($84,574). 10 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does STONE SOUP PDX have?
- IRS filings report 28 organizations giving $501,182 in grants to STONE SOUP PDX, 10 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of STONE SOUP PDX?
- PHILANTHROPIC VENTURES FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $84,574 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like STONE SOUP PDX 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 FY2024 (financials across 2020–2024), and the filings of 28 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