Outsiders Inn

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813259312
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Vancouver, WA, USA
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Housing Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,753,178
Expenses
$2,243,705
Assets
$785,690
Liabilities
$19,781

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Bridget McLeman (Chair)
  • Peter Fels (Vice Chair)
  • Yuechiang Stephanie Luo (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Outsiders Inn (OI) provides peer-lead homeless services and operates multiple shelter programs with a recovery focused model in the Clark County, WA area.

What it reported doing in 2024

Outsiders Inn operates the following: Men's Shelter: Outsiders Inn has managed a 30 bed mens overnight shelter since April 2020 in Vancouver, WA which is open year round. Prior to this, the shelter was only open during the winter months. More than a dozen of our guests transitioned to permanent housing. Outsiders Inn employs peer staff with formerly homeless experience, providing them a job and assisting current shelter guests to transition to a better life.Outpost Shelter funded by the City of Vancouver & SWATCH: Outpost Safe Stay Community is a year-round 24-hour staffed, 20-unit, with up to 40 beds total non-congregate shelter program that serves adult men, women, and couples, and pets. The units are small individual shelters that sleeps up to 2, in a fenced and secured space that has a community kitchen tent, portable toilets and regular trash pick-ups. It is staffed 24 hours with trained Peers and Recovery Coaches to help residents create goals focused on wellness and housing.Community Outreach, Other Shelter Operations, and Mailbox Services funded by local government and non-government grants: Outsiders Inn also runs a satellite overflow shelter for safe sleeping options in the winter, a resident mail services program that provides 6 days a week mail pickup run by people with lived experiences, and the Project HOPE Street Outreach program to find and assist individuals who are unsheltered on the streets, in encampments, or in their vehicles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 88% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 79.5%; rating input score 79
  • 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: Limited
  • 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: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.5%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 41.9% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 48.8% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 64.8% of revenue deployed · 79.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.