Oregon · Public charity
1803 Fund
To establish a resilient financial ecosystem that supports the long-term well-being of portland's black community by investing in education, preserving cultural heritage and fostering community via long-term grant funding, partnerships and investments.
- $15M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 32
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $15M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $61,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $5,000,000
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $50M
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2024 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2024 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Self Enhancement Inc | $5,050,000 | 2 | 14% |
| Albina Head Start Inc | $2,500,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Portland Art Museum | $2,100,000 | 2 | 3% |
| Portland Housing Center | $2,100,000 | 2 | 25% |
| Williams & Russell CDC | $1,612,500 | 2 | 36% |
| Prismid Inc | $1,050,000 | 2 | 75% |
| Oregon Black Pioneers Corporation | $1,050,000 | 2 | 66% |
| Taking Ownership | $1,050,000 | 2 | 47% |
| Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon | $780,000 | 2 | 5% |
| Black United Fund of Oregon | $557,500 | 2 | 21% |
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Where it is load-bearing
1803 Fund supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 21 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Meyer Memorial Trust · The Collins Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union · Seeding Justice · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · Ninety-Nine Girlfriends · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Portland Opportunities Indust Center · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation
How this is measured
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About 1803 Fund
- How much does 1803 Fund give?
- 1803 Fund reported 32 itemized grants totaling $14,945,750, out of $15,333,815 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing.
- What does 1803 Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2024 to FY2025, its largest causes are Community Improvement (31%), Arts & Culture (27%), Youth Development (21%).
- Who are 1803 Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2024 to FY2025: Self Enhancement Inc ($5.0M), Albina Head Start Inc ($2.5M), Portland Art Museum ($2.1M).
- Which funders back the same organizations as 1803 Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Meyer Memorial Trust, The Collins Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is 1803 Fund based?
- 1803 Fund is based in OR.
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