Washington · Nonprofit
THE SOBER PLACE
THE SOBER PLACE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,055 to it, the largest being FRIENDS OF RECOVERY CAFE ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $811k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $150k
- Net assets
- $240k
What The Sober Place does
Mission
Couve Collective is a community space--rooted in downtown Vancouver--dedicated to building meaningful connections which restore dignity, foster belonging, and transform lives. We freely offer our services to empower lasting change through hope and authenticity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Café - Over the past year, we have supported individuals in entering and sustaining treatment, securing stable housing, accessing onsite medical and behavioral health services, reconnecting with family members, and gaining employment. Participants consistently report increased hope, improved emotional stability, and stronger community connection because of their involvement in our community space. Specifically, we provided 4,087 meals, 213 bus tickets and 66 hygiene kits in addition to providing a safe community space for 174 individuals on a regular basis.
$302,941 spent58% of program spendingSAGA- SAGA is a 9-month, 3-phase initiative which provides long-term, community-centered support, focusing on utilizing evidenced-based skills to assist adults from all walks of life who are looking to promote long-term stability and change. The SAGA program has assisted 51 participants; conducting 570 hours of groups, and 340 hours of one-on-one coaching. Within the SAGA census, 31% are PPW and 74% have a history of substance use.
$91,569 spent17% of program spendingCORE - Couve Opiate Response Effort (CORE) engages with those struggling with opiate use and living outside in downtown Vancouver. With CORE, we have expanded our reach by getting Naloxone into the hands of active users and those engaging with them, removed barriers for those on fentanyl seeking Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT), and provided on-going case management and support for people to remain fentanyl-free. We have distributed over 300 doses of Naloxone in our custom Narcan kits, that are durable and refillable. In 2025, CORE supported 20 individuals with daily rides to and from their MAT appointments along with providing accountability and recovery support.
$67,031 spent13% of program spendingRoom for Change is drop-in style system navigation and outreach support developing data-driven solutions to end homelessness. In 2025 Room for Change provided intensive case management for 17 individuals and had over 500 contacts with individuals to provide referrals and supportive supplies. On a regular basis, Room for Change provides individualized, dignity-affirming material support during outreach and one-on-one interactions to reduce immediate barriers to survival and stability. Supports included hygiene kits and individual hygiene items, emergency survival supplies (tarps, blankets, sleeping bags, hand warmers, ponchos), food, snacks, and pet food during outreach, and bus passes for medical appointments.
$62,017 spent12% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $523,558.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2021, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2021, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.
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 $120k to $394k (+229%).
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: 2023 79% · 2024 81% · 2025 36%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
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
Karen Peterson
President/Executive Director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income rose $50k → $60k.
1 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 THE SOBER PLACE’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
THE SOBER PLACE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 100% 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
100% 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 THE SOBER PLACE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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
100% of THE SOBER PLACE's grant income comes from Washington funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $55 arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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.
Organizations like THE SOBER PLACE
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 Washington
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
76% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE SOBER PLACE: 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 THE SOBER PLACE?
- THE SOBER PLACE (Washington) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $150,055 to it, the largest being FRIENDS OF RECOVERY CAFE ($150,000). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE SOBER PLACE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $150,055 in grants to THE SOBER PLACE, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE SOBER PLACE?
- FRIENDS OF RECOVERY CAFE is the largest funder on record, with $150,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE SOBER PLACE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Washington. 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 2021–2025), and the filings of 2 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