2025-11-16T13:47:11Z 2025-06-30 990EZ 2024-07-01 923073909 SHELTER NOW SHEL 9718653238 6214 SE 15th Ave Portland OR 97202 Sean Green Board Chair 9718653238 2025-11-16 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X X X 89142 X 49000 39690 2 450 89142 5000 5247 19809 30056 59086 31578 90664 26941 83139 5000 5000 31941 88139 363 2112 31578 86027 Shelter Now empowers people with lived experience of houselessness through leadership development and policy advocacy. The organization advances equitable, community-driven solutions by supporting the Lived Experience Council and the Village Federation, elevating the voices of impacted individuals in local decision-making, and promoting safe, sustainable approaches to shelter. Shelter Now works to reduce homelessness in Multnomah County by increasing access to resources, expanding the village model, and helping unhoused individuals build community and drive positive change in the community. The Lived Experience Council convened twice-monthly meetings, along with additional sessions for individuals currently experiencing homelessness, to foster community building and provide guidance to policymakers, service providers, and community partners. The program organized workshops, supported member stipends to ensure equitable participation, and created a structured environment for meaningful leadership development. More than 40 members actively participated, contributing their expertise to city and county policy discussions and advancing more effective and inclusive approaches to addressing homelessness. 5642 Shelter Now supported the Village Federation, an independent body representing residents of Portlands micro-villages. The program convened twice-monthly meetings, along with supplemental trainings and community events, to strengthen resident leadership and create opportunities for collective advocacy. Approximately 20 residents from multiple village sites participated in these activities. Shelter Now also provided stipends to two representatives from each micro-village to ensure equitable involvement and support resident-led governance. 5423 Shelter Now advanced the Micro-Village Expansion Program (MVEP) to support the development, improvement, and expansion of micro-village shelter options in Portland. The program provided technical assistance, resident feedback facilitation, and advisory support to partner organizations and local agencies working to create safe, community-oriented alternative shelter sites. MVEP also gathered lived-experience input to inform design standards and operational practices, helping ensure new and existing villages reflect resident needs and promote stability. Through this work, the program contributed to the ongoing development of multiple micro-village projects across Multnomah County. 7898 18963 Sean Green Board Chair 5.00 0 0 0 Thomas Hickey Treasurer & Secretary 1.00 0 0 0 Carol Turner Director 1.00 0 0 0 Les Wardener Director 1.00 0 0 0 Barbra Weber Director 3.00 0 0 0 Matt Perkins Director 3.00 0 0 0 false false false false false 0 false false 0 0 0 false 0 0 false OR Thomas Hickey 6214 SE 15th Ave Portland OR 97202 9718653238 false false false false false false false false false false false false NONE 0 NONE 0 true X 0 0 0 0 12679 49000 61679 28987 39690 68677 0 0 0 41666 88690 130356 0 0 0 130356 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 41666 88690 130356 X 1.00000 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000 RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED Part I, Line 16 Meetings and Events $14,963.72 Operations $4,473.58 Taxes and Licenses $312.88 Bank fees & service charges $58.68 Part I, Line 8 Fiscal Sponsorship Admin Fees