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Bend Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$362k
Granted FY2024still arriving
4
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$200k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$1.6MEducation$696kHousing & Shelter$369kHealth$274kEnvironment$236kHuman Services$217kRecreation & Sports$152kYouth Development$101kOther$0
02FY2024 · 4 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k2 grants · $25k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $337k
$136,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$4.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM$200,000
CITY OF BEND - ROUNDABOUT ART$136,500
HEART OF OREGON CORPS$15,000
CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE$10,000
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 (FY19–23, $192k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, 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%THRIVE CENTRAL OREGON: $7k → 10%NEIGHBOR IMPACT: $5k → 10%EVERY CHILD CENTRAL OREGON: $5k → 10%PARTNER'S IN CARE: $50k → 10%PARTNER'S IN CARE: $50k → 10%PARTNER'S IN CARE: $50k → 10%LATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $15k → 10%DESCHUTES CHILDRENS FDN: $10k → 10%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.5M · 31 repeat orgs$482k to everyone else

31 repeat relationships: 3 still active in FY2024, 28 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

31
34

Total granted

$3.5M
$472k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+54%

Still filing today

65%
74%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Human ServicesArts & CultureHealthEducationHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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

  • HIGH DESERT MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2024 · $680k · revenue +274%
  • Oregon State University Foundation
    5× · 2018–2022 · $510k · revenue +27%
  • AI
    ART IN PUBLIC PLACES INC
    4× · 2017–2023 · $327k · revenue +9% · 50% of their budget

Funded once

  • BP
    BEND PARK AND RECREATION
    one grant, 2022 · $137k
  • M
    MBSEF
    one grant, 2019 · $52k
  • J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +76%
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
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
2
Priority Oregon

To support public policies that will help oregon's economy and create new family supporting jobs in oregon.

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3
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.

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4
Oregon Council for Behavioral Health

We provide a voice for an effective and accessible behavioral health system of care for Oregonians.

Community Improvement
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
Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
Environment
7
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
8
Earth Day Oregon
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9
Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau Dba Visit Bend

Develop tourism industry in bend,oregon

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10
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
11
LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services
12
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Oregon Environmental Center Inc Dba - the Environmental Center; the most unlike its peers is The 1017 Project. 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

45 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. 45 of the 66 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)
17
Early backer (in before they grew)
45/45
Grantees still filing
34/45
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CITY OF BEND - ROUNDABOUT ART: $409,500 · OtherCITY OF BEND - ROUNDABOUT ARTART IN PUBLIC PLACES INC: $326,500 · OtherART IN PUBLIC PLACES INCBEND HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $240,000 · OtherBEND HABITAT FOR HUMANITYBEND PARK AND RECREATION: $136,500 · OtherBEND PARK AND RECREATIONCO COUNCIL ON AGING: $73,000 · Other+35 more: $665,650 · Other+35 moreHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $680,000 · Arts & CultureHIGH DESERT MUSEUMCASCADE SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $54,000 · Arts & CultureCASCADE SCHOOL OF MUSICTOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $53,650 · Arts & CultureTOWER THEATRE FOUNDATIO…+3 more: $35,000 · Arts & CultureOregon State University Foundation: $510,000 · EducationOregon State Univ…BEND SCIENCE STATION: $100,000 · EducationBEND SCIENCE STAT…+1 more: $1,000 · EducationCENTRAL OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER INC DBA - THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER: $166,000 · EnvironmentDESCHUTES RIVER CONSERVANCY: $45,000 · EnvironmentDeschutes Land Trust: $25,000 · EnvironmentPARTNERS IN CARE: $150,000 · Human ServicesLATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $15,000 · Human ServicesHUNGER PREVENTION COALITION OF CENTRAL OREGON: $10,000 · Human ServicesDESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human Services+3 more: $16,500 · Human ServicesBETHLEHEM INN: $100,000 · Housing & ShelterSHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterKOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST DBA ROOTEDHOMES: $7,000 · Housing & ShelterSt Charles Foundation Inc: $50,000 · HealthMOSAIC COMMUNITY HEALTH: $40,730 · HealthDESTINATION REHAB: $5,000 · Health+1 more: $1,316 · Health
Other$1,851,150Arts & Culture$822,650Education$611,000Environment$236,000Human Services$201,500Housing & Shelter$117,000Health$97,046

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $680,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $510,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetART IN PUBLIC PLACES INC: $326,500 over 4y, 50% of budgetCENTRAL OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER INC DBA - THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER: $166,000 over 4y, 3.9% of budgetPARTNERS IN CARE: $150,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetBEND SCIENCE STATION: $100,000 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetBETHLEHEM INN: $100,000 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetCENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $59,900 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCASCADE SCHOOL OF MUSIC: $54,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetTOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $53,650 over 2y, 3.5% of budgetSt Charles Foundation Inc: $50,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetDESCHUTES RIVER CONSERVANCY: $45,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMOSAIC COMMUNITY HEALTH: $40,730 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHEART OF OREGON CORPS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetKIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDeschutes Land Trust: $25,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetTHE GIVING PLATE: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetBENDFILM INC: $20,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBRIDGE MEADOWS: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetLATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION: $15,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetCENTRAL OREGON FUSE INC: $15,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetSFF PRESENTS: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCAMP TAMARACK: $10,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetTHE 1017 PROJECT: $10,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetDESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTHE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetSHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetKOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST DBA ROOTEDHOMES: $7,000 over 1y, 6.2% of budgetCITY CLUB OF CENTRAL OREGON: $5,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetSCALEHOUSE: $5,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetDESTINATION REHAB: $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BEND: $5,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetEVERY CHILD CENTRAL OREGON: $5,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetNEIGHBORIMPACT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBENDNEXT: $2,500 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF RYE NEW YORK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHELMA'S PLACE: $1,316 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetIn Our Backyard: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

  • Who funds HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds ART IN PUBLIC PLACES INC ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER INC DBA - THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN CARE ↗
  • Who funds BEND SCIENCE STATION ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM INN ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASCADE SCHOOL OF MUSIC ↗
  • Who funds TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC ↗
  • Who funds St Charles Foundation Inc ↗
  • Who funds DESCHUTES RIVER CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds MOSAIC COMMUNITY HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds KIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds Deschutes Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds THE GIVING PLATE ↗
  • Who funds BENDFILM INC ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE MEADOWS ↗
  • Who funds LATINO COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL OREGON FUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SFF PRESENTS ↗
  • Who funds CAMP TAMARACK ↗

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 Roundhouse Founda…The Oregon Community …Maybelle Clark Macdon…First Interstate Banc…The Anjulicia Foundat…The Ford Family Found…The Autzen FoundationUnited Way of Deschut…St Charles Health Sys…Helen M Clabough Char…Marie Lamfrom Charita…M J Murdock Charitabl…
The Roundhouse FoundationOR62× affinity29 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Roundhouse Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Anjulicia Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · United Way of Deschutes County · St Charles Health System Inc · Helen M Clabough Charitable Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust

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 Bend Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bend Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Deschutes River Conservancy: 100% of income from government
  • J Bar J Youth Services Inc: 71% of income from government
  • Neighborimpact: 68% of income from government
  • Kor Community Land Trust Dba Rootedhomes: 63% of income from government
  • Deschutes Land Trust: 46% of income from government
  • Bridge Meadows: 36% of income from government
  • Central Oregon Fuse Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Heart of Oregon Corps Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Family Resource Center of Central Oregon: 22% of income from government
  • Thrive Central Oregon: 12% of income from government
  • Latino Community Association: 11% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
  • Scalehouse: 10% of income from government
  • Mosaic Community Health: 8% of income from government
  • Tower Theatre Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Bendfilm Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • Central Oregon Environmental Center Inc Dba - the Environmental Center: 0% of income from government
  • Bethlehem Inn: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
6report 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Bend Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Bend Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 66 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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