Share
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
SHARE BELIEVES EVERY PERSON COUNTS. TOGETHER WE PURSUE A STRONGER COMMUNITY BY BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, ADVOCATING FOR EQUITABLE ACCESS TO HOUSING AND FOOD STABILITY WHILE EMPOWERING EVERY INDIVIDUAL TO GROW AND THRIVE.
- Income
- $15.8 million
- Spending
- $16.0 million
- Spent on programs
- 83%
- Reserves
- 3.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 81%
- Employees
- 200
- Volunteers
- 1,350
- Highest pay
- $178,834, executive director
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 68 out of 100.
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.2 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 11% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 1% of income.
Income trend
5 of 15Income fell 18% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1583% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 4 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 2518 of 18 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $6.8 million spent. SEE SCHEDULE ORAPID REHOUSING AND PERMANENT SUPPORTED HOUSING:SHARE HAS A PERMANENT HOUSING FIRST COMPONENT TO THIS PROGRAM, PROVIDING HOUSING TO CHRONICALLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. IN 2024 AND 2023, THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAMS HELPED SUPPORT 69 AND 82 CHRONICALLY HOMELESS HOUSEHOLDS TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HOUSING. IN 2024, 32 OF THE MOST VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO DIE ON THE STREETS WERE SUPPORTED BY SHARE'S SUPPORTIVE SERVICES AT LINCOLN PLACE. IN 2023, 30 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED AT LINCOLN PLACE. SHARE'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND STABILITY (AHAS) PROGRAM PROVIDES SUPPORTED HOUSING THROUGH CASE MANAGEMENT TO FAMILIES AND SINGLE ADULTS ON THEIR WAY TO STABILITY AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY. THE AHAS PROGRAM IS A COORDINATED SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT, HOUSING AND CONNECTION TO SUPPORTIVE SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. IN 2024, THE AHAS PROGRAM SERVED AN AVERAGE OF 48 HOUSEHOLDS EACH MONTH. THE PROGRAM SERVED 219 AND 238 PEOPLE IN 2024 AND 2023, RESPECTIVELY. SHARE PURCHASED THREE HOMES TO PROVIDE GROUP LIVING ENVIRONMENTS FOR SINGLE INDIVIDUALS. SHARE PROVIDES CASE MANAGEMENT TO THESE HOMES (ONE SERVING SINGLE WOMEN, ONE SERVING SINGLE MEN AND ONE SERVING SINGLE VETERAN MEN). AN ADDITIONAL HOME PROVIDES HOUSING FOR A FAMILY. SHARE ALSO OWNS A DUPLEX OF TWO 3-BEDROOM HOMES FOR FAMILIES, WHICH ARE RENTED AT LESS THAN HALF OF FAIR VALUE AS PART OF SHARE'S EFFORTS TO KEEP HOUSING AFFORDABLE. IN THE FALL OF 2011, SHARE BEGAN A HOUSING AND ESSENTIAL NEEDS PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS FOUND BY THE STATE TO BE TEMPORARILY UNABLE TO WORK DUE TO MENTAL OR PHYSICAL HEALTH ISSUES. THIS PROGRAM WAS ORIGINALLY AN ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES. IN NOVEMBER 2011, IT WAS REALLOCATED TO NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS AND COUNTIES ACROSS THE STATE AS A NON-ENTITLEMENT PROGRAM THAT COULD PAY RENT, UTILITIES, AND PROVIDE ESSENTIAL NEEDS, SUCH AS HYGIENE PRODUCTS, TOILET PAPER AND OTHER SUCH NEEDS.
- $3.5 million spent. SEE SCHEDULE OSHELTERS:SHARE PROVIDES TEMPORARY, EMERGENCY HOUSING AT FOUR YEAR-ROUND SHELTERS. SHARE ORCHARDS INN AND SHARE HOMESTEAD SHELTER HOMELESS FAMILIES AND ARE OPERATED BY THE ORGANIZATION BUT OWNED BY THE VANCOUVER HOUSING AUTHORITY. IN 2024, 292 INDIVIDUALS WERE PROVIDED SHELTER WITH 32% OF THEM EXITING INTO HOUSING. THE SHARE HOUSE FOR SINGLE MEN IS BOTH OWNED AND OPERATED BY SHARE. IN 2024, SHARE HOUSE SERVED 155 INDIVIDUALS WITH 38% OF THEM EXITING INTO HOUSING. THE ORGANIZATION ALSO OPERATES A WOMEN'S SHELTER AT ST. LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH CALLED WOMEN HOUSING AND TRANSITION (WHAT). IN 2024, 42 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED WITH 46% OF THEM EXITING INTO HOUSING. SHARE ALSO PROVIDES STAFFING SUPPORT TO A WINTER SEASONAL SHELTER THAT OPERATES FROM NOVEMBER MARCH. THE SHELTER IS OPERATED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS, ST. ANDREW LUTHERAN CHURCH AND LOCAL CHURCHES. IN 2024, 228 INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED.
- $1.7 million spent. SEE SCHEDULE OSUPPORTIVE SERVICES:SHARE OUTREACH PROGRAM:STREET OUTREACH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1996, THE RESULT OF A TASKFORCE FORMED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES OF HOMELESSNESS IN DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER. THE PROGRAM PROVIDES STREET OUTREACH SERVICES TO HARD-TO-REACH AND HARD-TO-SERVE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS EACH YEAR. OVER THE YEARS, SHARE HAS WORKED TO CHANGE THIS PROGRAM TO BE LESS LIGHT TOUCH PROVIDING BASIC NEEDS AND MORE FOCUSED ON CONNECTING PEOPLE TO HOUSING. THIS HAS RESULTED IN LESS PEOPLE BEING SERVED AND MORE SIGNIFICANT OUTCOMES. THE TEAM SERVED 308 PEOPLE AND AIDED 145 IN BECOMING PERMANENTLY HOUSED IN 2024. THE TEAM SERVED 544 PEOPLE AND AIDED 191 IN BECOMING PERMANENTLY HOUSED IN 2024.TALKIN' TRASH, A PARTNERSHIP WITH CITY OF VANCOUVER:ONE OF THE ISSUES BELIEVED TO BE CONNECTED TO HOMELESSNESS THAT MANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS EXPRESS CONCERNS ABOUT IS TRASH. VISIBLE TRASH ON THE STREETS, PARKS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND NEAR BUSINESSES, HAS A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE COMMUNITY AND IMPACTS HEALTH AND SAFETY. IN 2018, SHARE BEGAN A PROGRAM CALLED TALKIN' TRASH THAT EMPLOYS PEOPLE WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS TO PICK UP REFUSE WITHIN THE CITY OF VANCOUVER. THE PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT SUPPORT AND PLACEMENT, AIMED AT HIRING, TRAINING, AND ASSISTING INDIVIDUALS IN THEIR JOURNEY TOWARD SECURING PERMANENT JOBS. DURING THE 69-MONTH PROGRAM, PARTICIPANTS EARN A FAIR MINIMUM WAGE AS THEY ENGAGE IN LITTER PICKING AND CLEANING UP THE CITY OF VANCOUVER'S PUBLIC SPACES, ALL WHILE GAINING VALUABLE TRAINING TO ENHANCE THEIR SOFT, DEVELOPMENTAL, AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS. EVERY PARTICIPANT IS PROVIDED WITH CASE MANAGEMENT TO ASSIST THEM IN OVERCOMING THE CHALLENGES THEY ENCOUNTER IN THEIR LIVES WHILE THEY ARE ENGAGED IN WORK. THE PROGRAM IS FUNDED BY THE CITY AND THE CITY HAS SOUGHT ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO AID THIS PROGRAM IN SUSTAINING AND GROWING. IN 2024, THIS PROGRAM DISPOSED OF JUST OVER 242 TONS OF TRASH, IN 2023, THOSE NUMBERS WERE 226 TONS.
- $1.3 million spent. MEAL & NUTRITION PROGRAMS:SHARE PROVIDES DAILY MEALS FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND PEOPLE STRUGGLING WITH POVERTY THROUGH THE HOT MEAL PROGRAM AS WELL AS SACK MEALS. THE PROGRAM SERVED 96,987 AND 88,788 MEALS IN 2024 AND 2023, RESPECTIVELY. THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO BE IN HIGH DEMAND BY THE COMMUNITY, SERVING ON AVERAGE OVER 8,000 MEALS A MONTH. SHARE SERVES 3 MEALS A DAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (IN PERSON DINING FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER, AND A TO-GO LUNCH), AND 2 MEALS ON THE WEEKEND (IN-PERSON DINING FOR BREAKFAST AND DINNER). THE PROGRAM TENDS TO GET BUSIER LATER INTO THE MONTH, AS MORE INDIVIDUALS IN THE COMMUNITY RUN OUT OF INCOME OR BENEFITS BY THAT TIME. MUCH OF THE FOOD USED IN THE PROGRAM IS DONATED THROUGH FOOD DRIVES OR BY AREA GROCERY STORES OR PURCHASED THROUGH THE CLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK AND IS PREPARED EACH DAY BY VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF. RESEARCH INDICATES THAT A CHILD THAT IS EVEN MILDLY UNDER-NOURISHED DURING CRITICAL PERIODS OF GROWTH IMPACTS THEIR BEHAVIOR, SCHOOL PERFORMANCE AND OVERALL COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT. SHARE'S BACKPACK PROGRAM PROVIDES WEEKEND FOOD PACKS TO CHILDREN AT 93 SCHOOLS IN FIVE SCHOOL DISTRICTS EVERY WEEK THAT SCHOOL IS IN SESSION. IN 2024 AND 2023, SHARE PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 1,069 AND 972 FOOD PACKS PER WEEK, RESPECTIVELY. SHARE'S SUMMER LUNCH PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH VANCOUVER PARKS & RECREATION, VANCOUVER AND EVERGREEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS SEVERAL CHURCH GROUPS AND LOW-INCOME APARTMENTS TO PROVIDE MEALS DURING A TIME THAT CHILDREN WILL NOT RECEIVE BREAKFAST OR LUNCH AT SCHOOL. IN 2024 AND 2023, SHARE PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY 12,093 AND 10,236 MEALS TO CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES FOR THIS PROGRAM, RESPECTIVELY.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2024.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since August 1983.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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