Community Action Partnership of Oregon

What it reported doing in 2024

For fy2025 the balance of state continuum of care travelled through the 26 county geographic area and facilitated community wide meetings, worked in collaboration with state agencies to continue administering state shelter funding, acted as the lead agency for the coc pit count both in conducting the 2025 count and planning and training for the 2026 count, managed hmis data for all coc agencies, submitted agency support letters for state and federal grants, continued work on the coordinated entry system, administered rapid rehousing and permanent supportive housing standards to all bos agencies, monitored hud grant report submission, coordinated youth and domestic violence work groups, conducted a coc wide training conference with over 170 participants, expanded the training library, participated in the governor's emergency shelter system work group, managed and expanded the bos community hub, provided testimony on local and state level legislative and zoning concerns, held monthly governing board meetings including the in-person annual meeting, completed the 5 year strategic plan, and presented at multiple housing summits across the state. The hmis program successfully added and trained 204 new servicepoint users while consistently supporting an average of 315 users throughout the year. We provided comprehensive data quality support for agencies, encompassing 31,056 client entries for housing assistance, shelter, or outreach services. Additionally, our staff completed the annual system performance measures reports, longitudinal systems analysis, and pit and hic data on time and as required.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 90.8%; rating input score 91
• Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.3%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 16.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings