Oregon · Nonprofit
Transition Projects Inc
Transition Projects Inc (Oregon) receives grants from 103 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,453,987 to it, the largest being Central City Concern ($3,172,879). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $42M
- Funders on record
- 103
- Grants received
- $11M
- Net assets
- $11M
What Transition Projects Inc does
Mission
Transition projects helps people move from homelessness to housing through a variety of programs that include shelter, supportive housing, outreach, and a day center.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Shelters - on a given night, we shelter hundreds of people. During the winter months, we increase our shelter capacity based on the season and severe weather. The agency operates both permanent and temporary low-barrier emergency shelters. The temporary shelters include the sos shelter for 70 women, willamette center for 120 people including single women and couples, the walnut park shelter for 80 men, women and couples, river district navigation center for 100 men, women and couples, and laurelwood shelter for 120 people focusing on single women and couples. Our residential programs include jean's place shelter for 60 women, doreen's place shelter for 90 men (45 of whom are veterans), and clark center shelter serving 90 men.corrections the corrections program is included in various housing activities. The corrections program provides intensive case management services to participants leaving the criminal justice system. Participants receive assistance with housing, food, clothing, hygiene items, referrals for medical and dental care, and access to mental health and chemical dependency treatment. This program is funded through the department of community justice, multnomah county,…
$17,033,586 spent$55,484 earned by the program47% of program spendingHousing - in 2024/2025, we helped more than 500 people find permanent housing. The housing department operates across agencys service locations: the resource center, doreens place, clark center, clark center annex, sos shelter, jeans place, and willamette center; and in the community through outreach and home visits. Housing assistance provides rent and deposit assistance to people experiencing, and at-risk of, homelessness. Participants are assessed and provided case management support to ensure they will be able to remain in housing. We have robust programs that serve homeless and at-risk veterans and their families. These services span 4 counties including multnomah, washington, clackamas, (oregon) and clark county (washington).
$15,217,764 spent$122,321 earned by the program42% of program spendingSupportive programs: - we help more than 2,000 people a year connect to community-based services, health providers, and employment opportunities. Supportive services we administer and deliver rentwell, a tenant education program. Our wellness team offers health navigation services, direct access to mental and physical health resources, support groups, and participant-directed behavioral health interventions. Our employment services connect job seekers with employers making real connections to lasting employment opportunities. Our mobile engagement team provides street-based outreach to people who are otherwise disconnected from basic services and the supports they need to end their homelessness.resource center the resource center provides a variety of emergency services to homeless and low-income persons. These services include access to shelter, housing assistance, eviction prevention, information and referral, showers, transportation assistance, identification and birth certificate assistance, and computers. The day center serves as a mailing address for people who need one.
$3,820,246 spent11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $36,071,596.
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.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $10M to $16M (+54%).
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 91% · 2018 89% · 2019 89% · 2020 87% · 2021 91% · 2022 90% · 2023 91% · 2024 89% · 2025 91%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 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.
Board chair
Kirk Dobbins
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 16 funders to 42 funders, grant income rose $325k → $1.5M.
17 of 103 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 25% 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 Transition Projects Inc’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 103 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
Transition Projects Inc has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 28% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
82% 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 Transition Projects Inc.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 33% · 2018 36% · 2019 35% · 2020 25% · 2021 30% · 2022 38% · 2023 31% — 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.
How long its funders stay
44% of Transition Projects 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
88% of Transition Projects Inc's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $2.8M arriving through sponsors registered in 11 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.
Government funding Transition Projects Inc receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $92.8M on record — $85.0M federal, $7.8M state.
- Department of Veterans Affairs$63.6M
- Department of Housing and Urban Development$21.4M
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$5.0M
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$2.8M
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 Transition Projects 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 Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
87% 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
- Lisah Limited Partnership · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds Transition Projects Inc?
- Transition Projects Inc (Oregon) receives grants from 103 organizations whose IRS filings report $11,453,987 to it, the largest being Central City Concern ($3,172,879). 61 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does Transition Projects Inc have?
- IRS filings report 103 organizations giving $11,453,987 in grants to Transition Projects Inc, 61 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Transition Projects Inc?
- Central City Concern is the largest funder on record, with $3,172,879 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Transition Projects Inc 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 103 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing