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Apano Communities United Fund

Apano unites asians and pacific islanders to build power, develop leaders, and advance equity through organizing, advocacy, community development, and cultural work.

$354k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$40k
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.

Health$637kCommunity Improvement$305kPublic Benefit$300kCivil Rights$134kArts & Culture$133kHuman Services$117kYouth Development$95kPublic Safety & Disaster$66kOther$0
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 16 grants below total $259,995, the rows itemized in this filing. The $354,486 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $94,491 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k4 grants · $35k
  • $10k–50k12 grants · $225k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$7.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PCUN(V) - PINEROS Y CAMPESINOS UNIDOS DEL NOROESTE$40,000
FAMILY FORWARD OREGON$40,000
KA AHA LAHUI O OLEKONA HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB$20,800
A-1 BIRD BATH$16,745
OREGON MARSHALLESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION$15,800
FILIPINO BAYANIHAN CENTER$15,800
Individual grant recipient$15,000
Individual grant recipient$15,000
AYCO$15,000
ZOMI INNKUAN PORTLAND OREGON$11,000
HAP RESTAURANT$10,250
EAST COUNTY RISING$10,000
CHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE$9,800
MICRONESIAN ISLANDER COMMUNITY$9,800
Individual grant recipient$7,500
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, $86k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FILLIPINO: $15k → 10%NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FILIPINO: $12k → 10%SAMOA PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT CORP: $7k → 12%SAMOA PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $7k → 12%AYCO: $15k → 12%FILIPINO BAYANIHAN CENTER: $16k → 12%FILIPINO BAYANIHAN CENTER: $15k → 12%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.
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.

36%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$690k · 16 repeat orgs$1.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +12% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

16 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2024, 9 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

16
50

Total granted

$690k
$1.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+12%
0%

Still filing today

63%
34%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $110k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’19’20’22’23’24
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesCrime & LegalCivil RightsHealthSocial ScienceOther
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

  • FF
    FAMILY FORWARD OREGON
    3× · 2022–2024 · $132k · revenue +55%
  • WV
    WILLAMETTE VALLEY LAW PROJECT DBA PCUN FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2025 · $92k · revenue +88%
  • KA
    KA AHA LAHUI O OLEKONA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $46k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • OC
    OREGON COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ASSOCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $374k · revenue +44%
  • A
    APANO
    2× · 2023–2025 · $66k · revenue -35%
  • CO
    COALITION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLORgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $63k · revenue +42%
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
Unite Oregon Action

unite oregon action works across urban and rural divides to build a unified political, intercultural movement for justice in oregon. we are led by people of color, immigrants and refugees, rural communities, and people experiencing poverty.

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2
Oceania Northwest

Oceania Northwest equips Pacific Islanders and other most impacted communities through leading community health initiatives, creating village healing spaces, and offering meaningful social and economic stabilization support.

Human Services
3
Latino Network Action Fund

Latino network action fund seeks to create a more representative democracy in oregon.

Community Improvement
4
Affordable Housing for Oregon

Support state ballot measure

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5
Our Oregon

Promote economic and social fairness by working in coalition open a broad range of issues and activities in the public arena

Human Services
6
Iaf Northwest

In 2024, IAF Pacific continued its work of connecting and strengthening broad-based alliances throughout the Pacific region.Through its Building Partnerships for Collaborative Action initiativethe organization supported Indigenous and…

Community Improvement
7
Cofa Alliance National Network of Oregon

Cofa alliance national network of oregon (cann or) is a non-profit organization that is dedicated to advocating for the people of the three compact of free association island nations - republic of palau, republic of the marshall islands,…

Civil Rights
8
Earth Day Oregon
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9
Portland Esl Scholarship Fund
Philanthropy
10
Cultural Advocacy Coalition Foundation

To raise funds which will be used to increase ongoing public investment in cultural, history, heritage and humanities. By amplifying artists work, publicizing creativity around the State of Oregon, advocating for equal access to funding…

Arts & Culture
11
Causa of Oregon

Causa works to improve the lives of latino immigrants and their families through advocacy, leadership development, civic engagement and coalition building. latino immirgants and their families are the heart of causa and inspire, implement…

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12
Oregon Websites and Watershed Project Inc

Develop educational network to communicate historical and scientific information empasizing natural and cultural resources to pacific northwest.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Coalition of Communities of Color; the most unlike its peers is No Cuts to Care Pac. 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

32 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 32 of the 75 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
28/32
Grantees still filing
15/32
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PCUN: $55,000 · OtherPCUNEast Portland Neighbors: $34,725 · OtherYes for Portland Clean Energy Fund: $30,000 · OtherOregonians United Against Profiling: $30,000 · OtherNo Cuts to Care PAC: $30,000 · OtherCHINESE AMERICAN CITIZENS ALLIANCE: $30,000 · OtherNATIONAL CACA COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FUND: $45,500 · OtherNATIONAL CACA COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FUND+48 more: $550,779 · Other+48 moreOREGON COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS ASSOC: $373,909 · HealthOREGON COMMUNITY HEALT…FAMILY FORWARD OREGON: $131,667 · Human ServicesFAMILY FORWAR…FILIPINO BAYANIHAN CENTER: $30,600 · Human ServicesFILIPINO BAYA…NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR FILIPINO CONCERNS: $27,000 · Human ServicesNATIONAL ALLI…AYCO: $15,000 · Human ServicesAYCOAFRICAN FAMILY HOLISTIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesAFRICAN FAMIL…Samoa Pacific Development Corporation: $13,000 · Human ServicesSamoa Pacific…APANO: $66,000 · Arts & CultureAPANOKA AHA LAHUI O OLEKONA: $45,800 · Arts & CultureKA AHA LAHU…OREGON MARSHALLESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $36,300 · Arts & CultureOREGON MARS…MICRONESIAN ISLANDER COMMUNITY: $29,800 · Arts & CultureMICRONESIAN…IU-MIEN ASSOCIATION OF OREGON: $10,000 · Arts & CultureHMONG AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF OREGON LLC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureWILLAMETTE VALLEY LAW PROJECT DBA PCUN FOUNDATION: $91,667 · Crime & LegalTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $25,000 · Crime & LegalWOMENFIRST TRANSITION REFERRAL CENTER: $15,000 · Crime & LegalUTOPIA PDX UNITED TERRITORIES OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS: $63,500 · Civil RightsKOREAN AMERICAN COALITION: $30,000 · Civil RightsCOFA ALLIANCE NATIONAL NETWORK: $15,000 · Civil RightsCOALITION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR: $62,500 · Social Science
Other$806,004Health$373,909Human Services$232,267Arts & Culture$195,400Crime & Legal$131,667Civil Rights$108,500Social Science$62,500

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFAMILY FORWARD OREGON: $131,667 over 3y, 6.1% of budgetWILLAMETTE VALLEY LAW PROJECT DBA PCUN FOUNDATION: $91,667 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetAPANO: $66,000 over 2y, 8.7% of budgetUTOPIA PDX UNITED TERRITORIES OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS: $63,500 over 3y, 3.0% of budgetCOALITION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR: $62,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetKA AHA LAHUI O OLEKONA: $45,800 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetNATIONAL CACA COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT FUND: $45,500 over 4y, 23% of budgetOREGON MARSHALLESE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $36,300 over 4y, 12% of budgetFILIPINO BAYANIHAN CENTER: $30,600 over 2y, 6.1% of budgetOregonians United Against Profiling: $30,000 over 1y, 49% of budgetMICRONESIAN ISLANDER COMMUNITY: $29,800 over 4y, 1.0% of budgetCORVALLIS NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $25,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetROGUE VALLEY MENTORING: $25,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetVerde Inc: $21,648 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOFA ALLIANCE NATIONAL NETWORK: $15,000 over 1y, 4.2% of budgetOREGON PROGRESS FORUM: $15,000 over 1y, 7.7% of budgetAYCO: $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWOMENFIRST TRANSITION REFERRAL CENTER: $15,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetOregon Student Foundation: $15,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetAFRICAN FAMILY HOLISTIC HEALTH ORGANIZATION: $15,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetSamoa Pacific Development Corporation: $13,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetCAMBODIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY OF OREGON: $13,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetIU-MIEN ASSOCIATION OF OREGON: $10,000 over 2y, 19% of budgetFilipino American Association of Portland & Vicinity: $6,000 over 1y, 12% 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.

Meyer Memorial TrustSeeding JusticeThe Collins FoundationThe Oregon Community …United Way of the Col…Northwest Health Foun…Ronald W Naito Md Fou…Careoregon IncMarie Lamfrom Charita…Womens Foundation of …Social Justice Fund N…Northwest Area Founda…
Meyer Memorial TrustOR46.9× affinity23 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Meyer Memorial Trust · Seeding Justice · The Collins Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · Northwest Health Foundation Fund II · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · Careoregon Inc · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Womens Foundation of Oregon · Social Justice Fund Northwest · Northwest Area 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 Apano Communities United Fund funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Apano Communities United Fund. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 39%
  • Cofa Alliance National Network: 100% of income from government
  • Oregon Marshallese Community Association: 100% of income from government
  • Ayco: 89% of income from government
  • African Family Holistic Health Organization: 76% of income from government
  • Oregon Community Health Workers Assoc: 45% of income from government
  • Filipino Bayanihan Center: 42% of income from government
  • Rogue Valley Mentoring: 42% of income from government
  • The Next Door Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Samoa Pacific Development Corporation: 28% of income from government
  • Ka Aha Lahui O Olekona: 27% of income from government
  • Micronesian Islander Community: 25% of income from government
  • Willamette Valley Law Project Dba Pcun Foundation: 18% of income from government
  • Coalition of Communities of Color: 15% of income from government
  • Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Verde Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Cambodian-American Community of Oregon: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
4rely on government for over half their income
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 75 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports $371k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2024, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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