Transition Projects

Legal name: Transition Projects Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
930591582
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, US
Phone
503.280.4700
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,017,827
Expenses
$41,272,517
Assets
$17,273,127
Liabilities
$6,552,821

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • TONY BERNAL (Executive Dir.): $224,804 total reported compensation
  • BERNARD BURCZAK (CFO): $170,671 total reported compensation
  • ROMA PEYSER (VP DEVELOPMENT): $139,294 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Helping people transition from homelessness to housing

What it reported doing in 2024

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, Oregon. The program operates at the clark center, jean's place, and clark center annex with the corrections program-related expenses included in jean's place, men's residential programs and clark center annex program expenses. Barbara maher building the barbara maher building provides 32 units of permanent housing to low-income women in recovery from homelessness and alcoholism or other drug addiction. The facility offers single room occupancy units, a community kitchen, and other shared facilities for women who are re-establishing their lives. Subsidies are provided through home forwards section 8 program. Clark center annex the clark center annex provides 22 units of permanent supportive housing to formerly homeless men. The program offers connections to supportive services, including case management and mental health providers

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 91% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.9%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 87.4%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $46.03 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 66th 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: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 85.9% of revenue deployed · 87.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $36.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $225K · 19 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.