Blanchet House

hospitality, meals, shelter, and recovery nonprofit

Blanchet House

Industry Civic Services

A Portland hospitality nonprofit providing meals, clothing, hygiene, shelter, community, and transitional recovery support, with a downtown house and rural farm. It scores highly because free essential aid, dignity, and long-term recovery support directly serve people excluded from ordinary markets.

Why this matters: Blanchet House adds a Portland essential-aid institution and its related farm location to Oregon coverage.

Letter grade A Good Medium confidence (AI) Rubric gcd-rubric-v1

Final Score 57* A - Good

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.

Base Material52
Bonus+5
Cap66No structure cap
After Cap57
Penalties0
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Evaluation Overview

A - Good

The score turns mainly on Ownership; no penalty currently dominates the evaluation.

Strengths

  • Ownership7/10
  • Extraction7/10
  • Solidarity with the Unemployed7/7

Penalties

  • No penalties applied in this version.

Evidence state

  • ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
  • ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
  • Linked claims8
  • Direct axis claims8
  • Coverage8/12

Scoring Axes

Axis Score Why this score
Ownership
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Control rights: shareholder-dominated at 0, worker cooperative control at 10.
7 / 10

Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. [1]
  • context Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton. [2]
  • context Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs. [3]
Governance
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Binding decision authority: centralized control at 0, democratic stakeholder control at 10.
5 / 10

Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. [1]
  • context Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton. [2]
  • context Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs. [3]
Extraction
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Surplus allocation, wage share, CEO pay ratio, margins, and structured extraction judgment.
7 / 10

Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. [1]
  • context Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton. [2]
  • context Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs. [3]
Labor Sovereignty
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Worker power: coercive conditions at 0, co-determination or ownership at 7. Employee dissatisfaction matters only when source-backed evidence shows concrete limits on worker agency, such as coercive scheduling, retaliation, wage theft, harassment, unsafe conditions, suppression of worker voice, or extreme turnover.
4 / 7

Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. [1]
  • context Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton. [2]
  • context Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs. [3]
Solidarity with the Unemployed
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Treatment of exits and nonworkers, including severance, redeployment, and non-competes.
7 / 7

Blanchet House's mission is to alleviate suffering and offer hope by serving essential aid with dignity.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. [1]
  • context Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton. [2]
  • context Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs. [3]
  • Blanchet House's mission is to alleviate suffering and offer hope by serving essential aid with dignity. [4]
Loss-Bearing Fidelity
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Willingness to absorb costs to preserve values, workers, users, and public obligations.
7 / 7

Blanchet House welcomes and serves meals to everyone with compassion and dignity rather than charging guests.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. [1]
  • context Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton. [2]
  • context Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs. [3]
  • Blanchet House welcomes and serves meals to everyone with compassion and dignity rather than charging guests. [5]
Market Conduct
?
Pricing fairness, switching costs, lock-in, and rent extraction.
5 / 5

Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. [1]
  • Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton. [2]
  • context Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs. [3]
Product Integrity
?
Preservation of quality rather than degradation for monetization.
5 / 5

Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. [1]
  • context Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton. [2]
  • Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs. [3]
Scale Integrity
?
Whether growth improves or degrades fairness and accountability.
5 / 5

Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • context Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. [1]
  • context Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton. [2]
  • context Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs. [3]

Penalties

No penalties applied in this version.

Bonus Credits

Bonus Credit Why this credit
Openness to Dissent
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Credit for tolerating internal, user, customer, worker, and public dissent without retaliation, capture, or viewpoint laundering.
1 / 3

Blanchet House follows a Catholic Worker hospitality model focused on direct service to people excluded from ordinary comfort and stability.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • Blanchet House follows a Catholic Worker hospitality model focused on direct service to people excluded from ordinary comfort and stability. [6]
Constitutional Spirit
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Credit for respecting constitutional rights and civil-liberties norms even where private law does not strictly require it.
2 / 3

Blanchet House treats food, shelter, hygiene, and community as dignified essentials rather than privileges reserved for paying customers.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • Blanchet House treats food, shelter, hygiene, and community as dignified essentials rather than privileges reserved for paying customers. [7]
Good Deal
?
Credit for unusually fair value: durable quality, fair pricing, low lock-in, and clear customer surplus.
2 / 3

Blanchet House offers meals, clothing, hygiene, shelter, community, and support services to people in immediate need.

Calibration notes

Comparative anchor: WA/OR/IL A/B expansion calibrated against existing food banks, social-enterprise restaurants, workforce nonprofits, health clinics, shelter-service nonprofits, urban farms, and conventional retail/service comparators.

Linked evidence
  • Blanchet House offers meals, clothing, hygiene, shelter, community, and support services to people in immediate need. [8]

Confidence Basis

Confidence Basis

Confidence is computed from the evidence trail and review state, not typed into the profile by hand.

Medium 75/100

8 verified linked claims 8 direct axis claims 0 disputed claims 8/12 components covered

This confidence label measures the source-backed evidence trail. AI-scaffolded scores remain tentative until human review.

Claim confidence 20/20

8 verified linked claims

Source quality 10/18

Best source per verified claim, weighted by institutional reliability

Direct axis-specific claims 9/18

8 direct claims across 12 active components

Dispute load 12/12

0 disputed claims on this entity

Recency 10/10

Newest accepted timestamp: May 16, 2026

Reviewer status 7/12

Human-reviewed components score higher than AI scaffolding

Component coverage 7/10

8/12 evidence-bearing components have direct support

Evidence State

Evidence State

Profile stateAI draft / human-pending
VerificationUnverified
ConfidenceMedium confidence (AI)
ThoroughnessDeveloped (AI)
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Claims and Sources

Claims are the evidence record. Each claim needs a source link, axis category, status, confidence level, and timestamp before it can support a score.

* Tentative scaffolding score. Not human-checked or final.
1Blanchet House says it is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

Ownership Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

2Blanchet House publishes public locations at 310 NW Glisan Street in Portland and Blanchet Farm at 11750 NE Finn Hill Loop in Carlton.

Market Conduct Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

3Blanchet House provides food, clothing, hygiene items, community, and transitional recovery programs.

Product Integrity Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

4Blanchet House's mission is to alleviate suffering and offer hope by serving essential aid with dignity.

Solidarity Unemployed Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

5Blanchet House welcomes and serves meals to everyone with compassion and dignity rather than charging guests.

Loss Bearing Fidelity Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

6Blanchet House follows a Catholic Worker hospitality model focused on direct service to people excluded from ordinary comfort and stability.

Openness To Dissent Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

7Blanchet House treats food, shelter, hygiene, and community as dignified essentials rather than privileges reserved for paying customers.

Constitutional Spirit Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

8Blanchet House offers meals, clothing, hygiene, shelter, community, and support services to people in immediate need.

Good Deal Verified High confidence Human-reviewed

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