Weshine Initiative

What it reported doing in 2024

Fulfilling its mission to build and operate a network of neighborhood-based micro villages to provide transitional shelter for underserved groups of unsheltered adults, weshine has constructed three micro-villages to date in 3 areas of portland, or. Together the villages provide 30 safe, private sleeping pods along with shared hygiene, cooking, gathering space, and laundry facilities within a fenced area. Each pod is lockable, heated and cooled, and electrified with room lighting and electrical outlets. There is dedicated on-site staff 10 hours a day, 7 days a week with after-hour on- call support for villagers. Our parkrose community village focuses on serving adults who identify as lgbtqia++; our avalon community village focuses on serving adults who identify as female. All of our villages prioritize serving adults who are bipoc, identify as female, have chronic conditions or disabilities, who are older adults, who are fleeing interpersonal violence, or who have been camping in the nearby area. In fy 24-25, as we focused on strengthening our internal policies, procedures, training, and programmatic structures for staff and villagers at all three villages. At year end, parkrose community village had served 19 unduplicated individuals; 40% made positive exits to stable affordable housing and another 20% additional villagers exited to temporary housing situations. Our avalon community village was open for only 10 months in 2025. However, in that time, the village served 17 unduplicated individuals, exited 75% to stable, affordable housing, and achieved a 92% occupancy rate. Together, our parkrose and avalon micro-villages achieved an average 57% exit to housing rate, out-performing other local congregate, large alternative, and motel shelters. In the spring of 2025, we opened our third micro-village on the grounds of st. Andrews episcopal church. That village serves adults aged 45 and older, as well as adults of any age with physical disabilities. Throughout its construction, st. Andrews village received more than 200,000 in value of in-kind donations of materials and volunteer labor as well as in appliances and supplies to furnish and equip its community areas and sleeping pods. In 2025, we received grants from the marquis foundation, the randall charitable trust, united way, the assistance league of greater portland, Oregon health authority, and a go fund me campaign led by an eagle scout candidate who built a community garden at our st. Andrews village. Additionally, we received a number of individual donations through the willamette week give guide annual campaign. These grants and individual donations allowed us to offer a variety of training programs for our staff, enrichment programs for our villagers, no cost birth certificates and move-out kits for our villagers, and general operating support for our non-profit.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 54.3%; rating input score 54
• Program expense ratio: 78.1%; rating input score 78
• Fundraising efficiency: $35.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 30.5%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.15; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 27.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 29.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 33% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings