Transition Projects, Inc.

Transition Projects, Inc., a Portland, Oregon-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization, operates as a federal grant recipient delivering permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and supportive services to homeless individuals, families, and very low-income veterans—with 95% of recent awards as prime recipient and 5% as sub-recipient across HUD and VA grant programs.

Transition Projects functions entirely within the federal grant space rather than federal contracting, with no prime contract awards or IDVs in its portfolio. The organization's mission centers on establishing and operating housing and service delivery models that address homelessness in the Portland metropolitan area while meeting HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) program objectives and VA's veteran-family support priorities. Concrete grant work includes multiple HUD CoC Program (CFDA 14.267) awards supporting permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) administration, and homelessness prevention across five program components; and Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF, CFDA 64.033) grants from the VA providing outreach, case management, VA and public benefits assistance, and temporary financial assistance for housing-related expenses including rental assistance, utilities, security deposits, moving costs, and child care.

Customer concentration is nearly monolithic. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development accounts for 95 awards (the source does not provide combined dollar value by customer), while the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration (including subordinate network designations) holds 26 awards. The portfolio carries no diversification across other federal agencies—the remaining 6 awards distribute across DOJ and unmapped accounts.

Recent grant activity shows a stable volume of recurring CoC and SSVF awards. The awards-per-year trend holds steady at 8–10 annual awards from 2022 through 2025, with 6 awards recorded year-to-date in 2026. Six awards carry ultimate completion dates within the next twenty-four months, signaling a modest recompete cliff concentrated in HUD CoC and VA SSVF renewals—the organization's primary funding streams. Representative recent work includes five HUD CoC Project Grants with obligated dates of July 1, 2026, each carrying values in the $374,876 to $601,305 range for fiscal-year 2026–2027 operations; a $7.09 million VA SSVF award (October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026) supporting comprehensive supportive services to very low-income veteran families; and a $7.094 million VA SSVF award from October 5, 2024 providing identical services under a prior-year cycle.

Transition Projects collaborates with sub-partners including the City of Portland and Human Solutions, Inc., on joint service delivery. The organization itself serves as a sub-recipient on a limited basis—four sub-awards document participation as a subgrantee under larger HUD and administrative awards for adult shelter services and device lending (most recent: December 3, 2025). The organization's sustained track record reflects consistent annual CoC and SSVF funding since at least 2021, with combined obligated dollars across the visible portfolio reaching approximately $107.1 million across 127 awards spanning nineteen years.