Liabilities / Assets
98th percentile
Higher debt load relative to assets than 98% of similar nonprofits.
Phoenix Rising Transitions
990EZ • Fiscal year 2019 • EIN 77-0617778
Siviq Scores
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
2.86x
Liabilities / Revenue
92nd percentile
Higher debt load relative to revenue than 92% of similar nonprofits.
Net Margin
19th percentile
Higher net margin than 19% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
77th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 77% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 3.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
12th percentile
Faster asset growth than 12% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
9th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 9% of similar nonprofits.
Balance Sheet
Assets
Down$5,041
Down $3,377 (-40%) from 2018
Net Assets
Down-$9,357
Down $5,274 (-129%) from 2018
Liabilities
Up$14,398
Up $1,897 (+15%) from 2018
Revenue And Expenses
Revenue
Down$33,023
Down $35,958 (-52%) from 2018
Expenses
Down$38,297
Down $25,235 (-40%) from 2018
Net Income
Down-$5,274
Down $10,723 (-197%) from 2018
Historical Trend
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Filing Snapshot
- Filing Period
- Jul 1, 2018 to Jun 30, 2019
- Signed
- Nov 15, 2019
- Return Version
- 2018v3.0
- Gross Receipts
- $33,023
Mission and Program Overview
Mission
Support for people coming home from prison to reduce chances that they will return to crime and prison. We accomplish this through leadership training, life skills training, mentoring and transition housing. Specifically, we foster one-on-one conversation between ordinary community members (coming into our prison classes as visitors). These conversations are on specific topics in a classroom environment. The conversations are debriefed in the large group. These one-on-one interactions with community members are the bedrock of our work. Prisoners recognize that they can talk to "normal" people when they return to the community. It gives them confidence that they can make it.
Support for people coming home from prison to reduce chances that they will return to crime and prison. We accomplish this through leadership training, life skills training, mentoring and transition housing. Specifically, we foster one-on-one conversation between ordinary community members (coming into our prison classes as visitors) and prisoners. These conversations are on specific topics in a classroom environment. The conversations are debriefed in the large group. These one-on-one interactions with community members are the bedrock of our work. Prisoners recognize that they can talk to "normal" people when they return to the community. It gives them confidence that they can make it.
Program Services
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| PHOENIX Transitional Housing - for people coming out of prison. The objective is to acclimate ex-cons to a successful life in the community so they won't return to crime and prison. Residents must participate in PHOENIX mentor project because the link between housing, mentor meetings and life skills development together strengthen the likelihood of success. There were 10 residents over the year. The house has the capacity for six residents at a time. The average stay is 6.5 months. The house is funded through rents paid by the residents and rental assistance to residents through Impact NW when they participate in our Mentor Project. Portland's housing crisis during the year meant that some residents were feeling much more pressed and desperate. We ran into more behavior issues with some residents that required us to remove them. In addition, the owner of the property wanted to sell, so we closed our transition house, effective June 30, 2019. A few final costs will still accrue for next year. The board had considered opening other housing. But energy in our organization seems to be elsewhere, namely in our in-prison work. We may reopen housing down the road, but have no immediate plans to do so. | $0 | $27,717 |
| In-the-Community Mentor Project - Our Certified Peer Recovery Mentor worked with 8 mentees over the course of the year, averaging 7.1 unique contact encounters with each mentee (average 1 hour or more per contact). Additionally each mentee was exposed to several hours of life skills training in the community. Almost all mentoring and life skills in the community are contracted with Impact NW (in Portland, Oregon). We had two separate contracts with them to do mentoring, but one was from a grant that reached its sunset mid-year. We have one remaining contract with them, but it was also reduced in terms of contact per mentee. | $0 | $1,670 |
| Community InReach (In-prison mentoring) - We taught a weekly leadership class in the prison to 31 prisoners over the course of the year. We convene a leadership class (2 hours) and a communications class (2 hours) each week. We relaunched communications (writing) in March 2019. There were 1,114 contact hours with students during the year for both classes. We teach a 12-hour intensive on leadership skills that sets the agenda for the class the rest of the year. We graduated 8 people (1 teacher, 1 small group leader and 6 students) in November 2018. These students in turn become class leaders and help teach future trainings. If they remain with PHOENIX in the community, they may be eligible to become mentors. The most important characteristic about our prison InReach is that we take community volunteers into almost every single class. Over the course of the year, 70 volunteers came into our classes (in addition to two staff members). These volunteers are OHSU students and professors, National University of Natural Medicine medical students, members of churches, and members of institutions that are part of Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good (MACG) and other community groups. MACG is a community organizing collective. We use a version of their leadership training to teach men in prison about personal and community transformation. The focus is a culture of positive relationships built on one-on-one conversations around a directed topic (e.g., what are the pressures in your life?) and reporting out to the large group. These one-on-one conversations with community members normalize community contact before release and give hope that one may become a positive, contributing member of society. In addition, community members are transformed by the experience and are more motivated to work with those coming home - as 95% of all prisoners do - to help them succeed and become actively engaged citizens. When people get out of prison, they may participate in training and actions through MACG. This year PHOENIX staff and volunteers traveled to Salem to make presentations at the Oregon State Penitentiary with a view toward expanding our work to that prison. In February we made a presentation to a large inmate club (7th Step Club) of 100+ members. We also made a presentation at their annual release fair in April. As a result, we were able to go back three times in May to teach an abbreviated version of our community organizing training over three 1-1/2 hour sessions drawing around 15 men to each class. | $0 | $1,512 |
| The Impact of Incarceration on Health: Educating Prisoners & Health Care Providers - we continue to work with the School of Nursing at the Oregon Health & Science University, serving as a practicum site for 2-3 student teams (most terms) taking their "Population Health" class - specifically looking at the impact of incarceration on health. Student teams attend PHOENIX classes at the prison and any events or trainings we hold in the community. They also interact with the men in the PHOENIX House for their projects. We worked with two teams (4 students) from OHSU during the year. They build on the collective knowledge gathered from their peers (through research and in-person interviews with prisoners/ex-cons in our program) from term to term. This year, both teams worked on strengthening our community meetings after release. We also continue to have monthly presentations from medical students from the National University of Natural Medicine to educate the men in the prison class about healthy diet, natural pain management, self-massage and other things they can do on right now in the prison - and on their own after they get out - to live healthier lives. This is critical because health problems are staggering for those getting out of prison. They are 12.9% more likely to die within the first two weeks of release from all causes compared to the general population. And one in 12 convicts is hospitalized within 90 days of release from prison. This prisoner health work is geared toward speaking to medical professionals and students as well as prisoners. This interaction is extremely important since 95% of all incarcerated people are eventually released. Because the prison population is hard to access (because of safety and security issues), many OHSU and NUNM students join our prison class as visitors to have the experience and exposure to the health and subculture issues that impact them. | $0 | $369 |
Compensation and Service Providers
Employees
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Olsen | Board President And Director Of Projects | PT | $1,000 | - | $1,000 |
| Karen Meurer | Executive Director | PT | $1,000 | - | $1,000 |
| Willow Moore | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Daniel Ryel | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Donald Heschel | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| David Kreisman | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Sherry Archer | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Jeff Gosda | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Brad Vollmer | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Josh Cook | Board Member | - | $0 | - | - |
| Roy Hedrick | House Manager - Volunteer | PT | $0 | - | - |
Filing and Contact Details
Filer
- Filer Name
- PHOENIX Rising Transitions
- EIN
- 77-0617778
- Phone
- 5038661554
- Address
- PO Box 723, Gresham, OR 97030
Signing Officer
- Name
- Karen Meurer
- Title
- Executive Director
- Phone
- 9716450446
- Signed
- 2019-11-15
Supplemental Narrative
Additional Explanations
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8
“Description;Amount^Gift Cards;78^Total;78^”
Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16
“Description;Amount^Training for staff and volunteers;1106|Travel and other expenses;350|Payroll services;197|Insurances;4596|Office supplies and equipment;1027|Memberships;95|Hospitality;320|Fundraising;55|Oregon filing fees;140|Bank fees and interest;1456|Depreciation;180|Misc purchase;22|Misc court fees;193^Total;9737^”
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24
“Description;EOY Amount^Furniture and equipment;1023|PHOENIX House rental deposit;1500|Cash advance to house manager for house supplies;2^Total;2525^”
Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26
“Description;EOY Amount^Long term loan;2050|Short term loan;550|Credit card debt;9743|Rental assistance not distributed;2055^Total;14398^”
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| IRS990EZ/PrimaryExemptPurposeTxt | 0 | Support for people coming home from prison to reduce chances that they will return to crime and prison. We accomplish this through leadership training, life skills training, mentoring and transition housing. Specifically, we foster one-on-one conversation between ordinary community members (coming into our prison classes as visitors) and prisoners. These conversations are on specific topics in a classroom environment. The conversations are debriefed in the large group. These one-on-one interactions with community members are the bedrock of our work. Prisoners recognize that they can talk to "normal" people when they return to the community. It gives them confidence that they can make it. |
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| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 0 | In-the-Community Mentor Project - Our Certified Peer Recovery Mentor worked with 8 mentees over the course of the year, averaging 7.1 unique contact encounters with each mentee (average 1 hour or more per contact). Additionally each mentee was exposed to several hours of life skills training in the community. Almost all mentoring and life skills in the community are contracted with Impact NW (in Portland, Oregon). We had two separate contracts with them to do mentoring, but one was from a grant that reached its sunset mid-year. We have one remaining contract with them, but it was also reduced in terms of contact per mentee. |
| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 1 | PHOENIX Transitional Housing - for people coming out of prison. The objective is to acclimate ex-cons to a successful life in the community so they won't return to crime and prison. Residents must participate in PHOENIX mentor project because the link between housing, mentor meetings and life skills development together strengthen the likelihood of success. There were 10 residents over the year. The house has the capacity for six residents at a time. The average stay is 6.5 months. The house is funded through rents paid by the residents and rental assistance to residents through Impact NW when they participate in our Mentor Project. Portland's housing crisis during the year meant that some residents were feeling much more pressed and desperate. We ran into more behavior issues with some residents that required us to remove them. In addition, the owner of the property wanted to sell, so we closed our transition house, effective June 30, 2019. A few final costs will still accrue for next year. The board had considered opening other housing. But energy in our organization seems to be elsewhere, namely in our in-prison work. We may reopen housing down the road, but have no immediate plans to do so. |
| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 2 | Community InReach (In-prison mentoring) - We taught a weekly leadership class in the prison to 31 prisoners over the course of the year. We convene a leadership class (2 hours) and a communications class (2 hours) each week. We relaunched communications (writing) in March 2019. There were 1,114 contact hours with students during the year for both classes. We teach a 12-hour intensive on leadership skills that sets the agenda for the class the rest of the year. We graduated 8 people (1 teacher, 1 small group leader and 6 students) in November 2018. These students in turn become class leaders and help teach future trainings. If they remain with PHOENIX in the community, they may be eligible to become mentors. The most important characteristic about our prison InReach is that we take community volunteers into almost every single class. Over the course of the year, 70 volunteers came into our classes (in addition to two staff members). These volunteers are OHSU students and professors, National University of Natural Medicine medical students, members of churches, and members of institutions that are part of Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good (MACG) and other community groups. MACG is a community organizing collective. We use a version of their leadership training to teach men in prison about personal and community transformation. The focus is a culture of positive relationships built on one-on-one conversations around a directed topic (e.g., what are the pressures in your life?) and reporting out to the large group. These one-on-one conversations with community members normalize community contact before release and give hope that one may become a positive, contributing member of society. In addition, community members are transformed by the experience and are more motivated to work with those coming home - as 95% of all prisoners do - to help them succeed and become actively engaged citizens. When people get out of prison, they may participate in training and actions through MACG. This year PHOENIX staff and volunteers traveled to Salem to make presentations at the Oregon State Penitentiary with a view toward expanding our work to that prison. In February we made a presentation to a large inmate club (7th Step Club) of 100+ members. We also made a presentation at their annual release fair in April. As a result, we were able to go back three times in May to teach an abbreviated version of our community organizing training over three 1-1/2 hour sessions drawing around 15 men to each class. |
| IRS990EZ/ProgramSrvcAccomplishmentGrp/DescriptionProgramSrvcAccomTxt | 3 | The Impact of Incarceration on Health: Educating Prisoners & Health Care Providers - we continue to work with the School of Nursing at the Oregon Health & Science University, serving as a practicum site for 2-3 student teams (most terms) taking their "Population Health" class - specifically looking at the impact of incarceration on health. Student teams attend PHOENIX classes at the prison and any events or trainings we hold in the community. They also interact with the men in the PHOENIX House for their projects. We worked with two teams (4 students) from OHSU during the year. They build on the collective knowledge gathered from their peers (through research and in-person interviews with prisoners/ex-cons in our program) from term to term. This year, both teams worked on strengthening our community meetings after release. We also continue to have monthly presentations from medical students from the National University of Natural Medicine to educate the men in the prison class about healthy diet, natural pain management, self-massage and other things they can do on right now in the prison - and on their own after they get out - to live healthier lives. This is critical because health problems are staggering for those getting out of prison. They are 12.9% more likely to die within the first two weeks of release from all causes compared to the general population. And one in 12 convicts is hospitalized within 90 days of release from prison. This prisoner health work is geared toward speaking to medical professionals and students as well as prisoners. This interaction is extremely important since 95% of all incarcerated people are eventually released. Because the prison population is hard to access (because of safety and security issues), many OHSU and NUNM students join our prison class as visitors to have the experience and exposure to the health and subculture issues that impact them. |
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| IRS990EZ/TaxImposedOnOrganizationMgrAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990EZ/TaxImposedUnderIRC4911Amt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990EZ/TaxImposedUnderIRC4912Amt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990EZ/TaxImposedUnderIRC4955Amt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990EZ/TaxReimbursedByOrganizationAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990EZ/TotalExpensesAmt | 0 | 38297 |
| IRS990EZ/TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt | 0 | 31268 |
| IRS990EZ/TotalRevenueAmt | 0 | 33023 |
| IRS990EZ/TransactionWithControlEntInd | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990EZ/TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990EZ/TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd | 0 | X |
| IRS990EZ/WebsiteAddressTxt | 0 | www.phoenix-rising-transitions.org |
| IRS990ScheduleA/Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Line 10 This is under the category of gift cards in my financial software. It reflects cash rewards from Costco. |
| IRS990ScheduleA/Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 0 | Schedule A, Part II, Line 10 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/CurrentTaxYearAmt | 0 | 8497 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt | 0 | 21296 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt | 0 | 12897 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt | 0 | 10707 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt | 0 | 12640 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 66037 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp/CurrentTaxYearAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/GrossReceiptsRltdActivitiesAmt | 0 | 24448 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/OtherIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearAmt | 0 | 78 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/OtherIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt | 0 | 89 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/OtherIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt | 0 | 10 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/OtherIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt | 0 | 30 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/OtherIncome170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt | 0 | 147 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/OtherIncome170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 354 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/PublicOrganization170Ind | 0 | X |
| IRS990ScheduleA/PublicSupportCY170Pct | 0 | 0.91796 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/PublicSupportPY170Pct | 0 | 0.42786 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/PublicSupportTotal170Amt | 0 | 60944 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/SubstantialContributorsTotAmt | 0 | 5093 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp/CurrentTaxYearAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind | 0 | X |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TotalCalendarYear170Grp/CurrentTaxYearAmt | 0 | 8497 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TotalCalendarYear170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt | 0 | 21296 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TotalCalendarYear170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt | 0 | 12897 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TotalCalendarYear170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt | 0 | 10707 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TotalCalendarYear170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt | 0 | 12640 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TotalCalendarYear170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 66037 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/TotalSupportAmt | 0 | 66391 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp/CurrentTaxYearAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp/CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleA/UnrelatedBusinessNetIncm170Grp/TotalAmt | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleB/ContributorInformationGrp/ContributorBusinessName/BusinessNameLine1 | 0 | RESTRICTED |
| IRS990ScheduleB/ContributorInformationGrp/ContributorNum | 0 | RESTRICTED |
| IRS990ScheduleB/ContributorInformationGrp/ContributorUSAddress/AddressLine1 | 0 | RESTRICTED |
| IRS990ScheduleB/ContributorInformationGrp/ContributorUSAddress/AddressLine2 | 0 | RESTRICTED |
| IRS990ScheduleB/ContributorInformationGrp/ContributorUSAddress/City | 0 | RESTRICTED |
| IRS990ScheduleB/ContributorInformationGrp/ContributorUSAddress/State | 0 | RESTRICTED |
| IRS990ScheduleB/ContributorInformationGrp/ContributorUSAddress/ZIPCode | 0 | RESTRICTED |
| IRS990ScheduleB/ContributorInformationGrp/TotalContributionsAmt | 0 | RESTRICTED |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/BalanceDueAmt | 0 | 2050 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/BalanceDueAmt | 1 | 550 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd | 1 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/DefaultInd | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/DefaultInd | 1 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/LoanPurposeTxt | 0 | Loan to repay a foundation for unused grant |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/LoanPurposeTxt | 1 | Loan to cover rent for transition house |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/LoanToOrganizationInd | 0 | X |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/LoanToOrganizationInd | 1 | X |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/OriginalPrincipalAmt | 0 | 5000 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/OriginalPrincipalAmt | 1 | 550 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/PersonNm | 0 | Harry Olsen and Karen Meurer |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/PersonNm | 1 | Harry Olsen and Karen Meurer |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/RelationshipWithOrgTxt | 0 | Founder and staff member |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/RelationshipWithOrgTxt | 1 | Founder and staff person |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/WrittenAgreementInd | 0 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/LoansBtwnOrgInterestedPrsnGrp/WrittenAgreementInd | 1 | 0 |
| IRS990ScheduleL/TotalBalanceDueAmt | 0 | 2600 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Description;Amount^Gift Cards;78^Total;78^ |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 1 | Description;Amount^Training for staff and volunteers;1106|Travel and other expenses;350|Payroll services;197|Insurances;4596|Office supplies and equipment;1027|Memberships;95|Hospitality;320|Fundraising;55|Oregon filing fees;140|Bank fees and interest;1456|Depreciation;180|Misc purchase;22|Misc court fees;193^Total;9737^ |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 2 | Description;EOY Amount^Furniture and equipment;1023|PHOENIX House rental deposit;1500|Cash advance to house manager for house supplies;2^Total;2525^ |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/ExplanationTxt | 3 | Description;EOY Amount^Long term loan;2050|Short term loan;550|Credit card debt;9743|Rental assistance not distributed;2055^Total;14398^ |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 0 | Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 8 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 1 | Form 990-EZ, Part I, Line 16 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 2 | Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 24 |
| IRS990ScheduleO/SupplementalInformationDetail/FormAndLineReferenceDesc | 3 | Form 990-EZ, Part II, Line 26 |
| ReasonableCauseExplanation/ExplanationTxt | 0 | Is this late? It's 3:05 p.m. in Oregon. I thought I had till at least 9:00 p.m. PST (midnight EST). Anyway, I'm filing today on the due date. If it's past the correct hour, that is the only reason I'm late. |
| ReturnHeader/BuildTS | 0 | 2020-03-31 21:24:44Z |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonNm | 0 | Karen Meurer |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PersonTitleTxt | 0 | Executive Director |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/PhoneNum | 0 | 9716450446 |
| ReturnHeader/BusinessOfficerGrp/SignatureDt | 0 | 2019-11-15 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/BusinessName/BusinessNameLine1Txt | 0 | PHOENIX Rising Transitions |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/BusinessNameControlTxt | 0 | PHOE |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/EIN | 0 | 770617778 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/PhoneNum | 0 | 5038661554 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/AddressLine1Txt | 0 | PO Box 723 |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/CityNm | 0 | Gresham |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/StateAbbreviationCd | 0 | OR |
| ReturnHeader/Filer/USAddress/ZIPCd | 0 | 97030 |
| ReturnHeader/FilingSecurityInformation/IPAddress/IPv4AddressTxt | 0 | 50.43.30.247 |
| ReturnHeader/ReturnTs | 0 | 2019-11-15T17:38:42-07:00 |
| ReturnHeader/ReturnTypeCd | 0 | 990EZ |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2018-07-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2019-06-30 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2018 |
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2019 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.
- Assets
- $5,041
- Liabilities
- $14,398
- Net assets
- -$9,357
- Revenue
- $33,023
- Expenses
- $38,297
- Net income
- -$5,274