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Amaranthus Family Charitable Foundation at a glance

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Amaranthus Family Charitable Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$162k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.

Education$388kHealth$246kRecreation & Sports$171kReligion$115kYouth Development$39kPhilanthropy$33kArts & Culture$18kEnvironment$15kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $47k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
$2,500
Median grant
5
States reached
$2.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$30,000
OREGON ATHLETE FOUNDATION$25,000
JOSEPHINE COUNTY EDUCATIONAL FUND INC$20,000
OREGON CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA FOUNDATION$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION$10,000
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND$8,000
HEROIC HEARTS PROJECT INC$7,500
KAIROS NORTHWEST$5,000
CROSSING BRIDGES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC$4,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC$4,000
HEARTS WITH A MISSION$3,000
OREGON ATHLETE FOUNDATION$2,500
FRIENDS OF THE SHERWOOD PUBLIC LIBRARY INC$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $14k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FAMILY PLACE INC: $6k → 14%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - LANE COUNTY OREGON: $3k → 15%HEARTS WITH A MISSION: $3k → 13%FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - LANE COUNTY OREGON: $3k → 15%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

IL
NY
OR
CA
AZ
DC
HI
GA
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$885k · 19 repeat orgs$121k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +25% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

19 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 11 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

19
21

Total granted

$885k
$85k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
+12%

Still filing today

84%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $36k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureHuman ServicesFood & NutritionEnvironmentOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $228k · revenue +156%
  • OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    5× · 2018–2024 · $168k · revenue +144%
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND
    6× · 2019–2024 · $100k · revenue +16%

Funded once

  • OF
    OHSU FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • KC
    KATELYNS CAUSE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $8k
  • PW
    PACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2020 · $8k · revenue +12%
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc Oregon Chapter

The foundation advances science and technology in the united states by providing financial awards to academically outstanding u.s. citizens studying to complete doctoral degrees in science, engineering and medical research.

Education
2
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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3
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
4
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
5
The Oregon Community Foundation

The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
6
U of O Foundation Supporting Organization

See schedule othe purpose and mission of the organization is to support and assist the university of oregon foundation in its activities by management and administration of organization assets representing privately donated funds, by…

Education
7
Eastern Oregon University Foundation

Established in 1964 for the philanthropic benefit of Eastern Oregon University, the Foundation raises funds to support the mission of Eastern Oregon University.

Education
8
Oregon Public Health Association

Advocate for policies that protect and promote healthy and health equity for all people in oregon and provide learning, collaboration and leadership opportunities for public health professionals and the broader community.

Health
9
Cascades Academy of Central Oregon

Cascades academy is an engaged, vibrant community that weaves challenging academics with experiential learning to inspire socially responsible individuals ready for a diverse and changing world.

Education
10
Oregon Family School

Partnering with parents to provide a rich, innovative, and effective home- based education that nurtures academic success and personal growth.

Education
11
Doernbecher Children's Hospital Foundation

Doernbecher children's hospital foundation is a nonprofit organization established in 1924 that exists to secure private philanthropic support for doernbecher children's hospital.

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12
Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences educates and trains health care professionals emphasizing service among rural and medically under-served communities throughout the Northwest.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Oregon Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Bendable Therapy. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

42 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 42 of the 53 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
41/42
Grantees still filing
27/42
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $228,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATIONOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $167,500 · EducationOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $100,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PORTLANDUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $72,500 · EducationUniversity of Arizona FoundationJosephine County Educational Fund Inc dba Redwood Foundation for Education: $43,167 · EducationJosephine County Educational Fund Inc dba Redwood Foundation for Educ…Grants Pass High School Athletic Booster Club: $26,500 · Education+4 more: $16,800 · EducationST ANNES CATHOLIC CHURCH: $114,423 · OtherST ANNES CATHOLIC CHURCHOHSU FOUNDATION: $25,000 · OtherOHSU FOUNDATIONTHE KIWANIS FOUNDATION OF GRANTS PA: $13,000 · OtherKISS THE GROUND: $14,000 · OtherKISS THE GROUND+26 more: $82,575 · Other+26 moreOregon Athlete Foundation: $57,100 · EmploymentKAIROS NORTHWEST: $24,500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC: $7,750 · HealthASANTE FOUNDATION: $6,065 · HealthCROSSING BRIDGES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $4,000 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $4,000 · HealthMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 · HealthHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 · PhilanthropyOREGON CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING DBA KID TIME: $10,000 · Arts & CultureATLANTA HALL MANAGEMENT INC: $5,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $4,500 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN OREGON PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $2,500 · Arts & CultureBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE ROGUE VALLEY: $17,500 · Youth Development
Education$654,467Other$248,998Employment$57,100Health$48,315Philanthropy$25,000Arts & Culture$22,000Youth Development$17,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $228,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $167,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $100,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetUniversity of Arizona Foundation: $72,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Athlete Foundation: $57,100 over 3y, 13% of budgetJosephine County Educational Fund Inc dba Redwood Foundation for Education: $43,167 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetGrants Pass High School Athletic Booster Club: $26,500 over 5y, 5.5% of budgetHAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKAIROS NORTHWEST: $24,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE ROGUE VALLEY: $17,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetKISS THE GROUND: $14,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTHE KIWANIS FOUNDATION OF GRANTS PA: $13,000 over 3y, 15% of budgetOREGON CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING DBA KID TIME: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGrants Pass Active Club Inc: $9,800 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC: $7,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHEROIC HEARTS PROJECT INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPACIFIC WHALE FOUNDATION: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetASANTE FOUNDATION: $6,065 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon Inc: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetThe Family Place: $5,750 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - LANE COUNTY: $5,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBendable Therapy: $5,000 over 1y, 3.5% of budgetATLANTA HALL MANAGEMENT INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF HAWAII FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCROSSING BRIDGES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $4,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEMERALD KIDSPORTS: $3,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetHEARTS WITH A MISSION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON PUBLIC TELEVISION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetJOSEPHINE COUNTY FOOD BANK: $2,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAgricultural Research Foundation: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSISKIYOU FIELD INSTITUTE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetWILLAMETTE VALLEY BABE RUTH BASEBALL INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCHURCH ON THE GO INC: $1,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetRG Rotary Foundation: $1,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetMAUI FOOD BANK INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW HOPE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ROGUE VALLEY CHILDREN'S RELIEF NURSERY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCRATER FOUNDATION: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

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.

The Oregon Community …Four Way Community Fo…The Ford Family Found…The Carpenter Foundat…West Family FoundationCarrico Family Founda…Dutch Bros FoundationThe Roundhouse Founda…Robert and Frances Ch…OCF Joseph E Weston P…Quinn Hill FoundationArthur R Dubs Foundat…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR31.8× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Four Way Community Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Carpenter Foundation · West Family Foundation · Carrico Family Foundation · Dutch Bros Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · Robert and Frances Chaney Family Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Quinn Hill Foundation · Arthur R Dubs Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Amaranthus Family Charitable Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Amaranthus Family Charitable Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 140%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Hearts With a Mission: 51% of income from government
  • Oregon Center for Creative Learning Dba Kid Time: 42% of income from government
  • The Family Nurturing Center Rogue Valley Children's Relief Nursery: 38% of income from government
  • Siskiyou Field Institute: 17% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Josephine County Food Bank: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Public Television Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Kairos Northwest: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
14get no government money at all
9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 53 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home