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Bendnext

BENDNEXT strengthens our businesses, economy, and our community through workforce development and retention, leadership development, and activating partnerships to tackle our region's most pressing issues.

$26k
Granted FY2025still arriving
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Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2023.

Community Improvement$896kHousing & Shelter$236kEducation$92kHuman Services$66kHealth$64kEmployment$59kRecreation & Sports$54kArts & Culture$40kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 1 grants below total $25,000, the rows itemized in this filing. The $26,317 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $1,317 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.
$25,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$529k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOAST WEAR INC$25,000
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 (FY20–20, $23k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%MOUNTAINSTAR FAMILY RELIEF NURSERY: $8k → 10%BENDTECH: $15k → 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 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.

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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
2
Oregon Children's Theatre Company

The mission of oregon children's theater is to create exceptional theater experiences that transform lives. we do this by producing professional stage plays for young audiences, and through arts education classes and programs.

Arts & Culture
3
Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
Environment
4
Bend International School Inc

Operate a charter school - education of kindergarten through eighth grade students through an international program that emphasizes high academic achievement, project-based learning,and an inclusive community.

Education
5
Oregon Family School

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

Education
6
Every Child Central Oregon

Mobilizing the community to uplift children and families impacted by foster care in Oregon.

Human Services
7
Central Oregon Disability Support Network Inc

To provide suppot, education, advocacy and resources to individuals and familys with disabilities

Health
8
Thrive Central Oregon

To connect individuals to the housing and community resources they seek.

Human Services
9
Bend Science Station

The Bend Science Station is the Leading Stem Education Resource in Central Oregon, teaching 7,000 k-12 students and 400 teachers a year through extensive school year programs, summer camps and partnerships with community agencies.

Education
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
Cottage Theatre

Operate a community theatre that produces a year-round season of plays and musicals and offers educational programming.

Arts & Culture
12
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Tower Theatre Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Tech Alliance of Central Oregon Dba BendTECH. 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

11 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. 11 of the 91 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/11
Grantees still filing
9/11
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

+80 more: $1,139,931 · Other+80 moreKOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST DBA ROOTEDHOMES: $200,000 · Housing & ShelterKOR COMMUNITY LAN…Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity: $36,000 · Housing & ShelterBend-Redmond Habi…WALDORF SCHOOL OF BEND: $36,000 · EducationTHE CENTER FOUNDATION: $22,500 · EducationHEART OF OREGON CORPS INC: $36,000 · EmploymentTOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Arts & CultureBEAT: $9,658 · Arts & CultureCamp Fire Central Oregon: $22,500 · Youth DevelopmentTech Alliance of Central Oregon DBA BendTECH: $15,000 · Human ServicesMOUNTAINSTAR FAMILY RELIEF NURSERY: $7,500 · Human ServicesSPARROW CLUBS USA: $13,307 · Religion
Other$1,139,931Housing & Shelter$236,000Education$58,500Employment$36,000Arts & Culture$24,658Youth Development$22,500Human Services$22,500Religion$13,307

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST DBA ROOTEDHOMES: $200,000 over 1y, 4.3% of budgetHEART OF OREGON CORPS INC: $36,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetWALDORF SCHOOL OF BEND: $36,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetCamp Fire Central Oregon: $22,500 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetTHE CENTER FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetTech Alliance of Central Oregon DBA BendTECH: $15,000 over 1y, 4.9% of budgetTOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSPARROW CLUBS USA: $13,307 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetMOUNTAINSTAR FAMILY RELIEF NURSERY: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% 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 KOR COMMUNITY LAND TRUST DBA ROOTEDHOMES ↗
  • Who funds Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity ↗
  • Who funds HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC ↗
  • Who funds WALDORF SCHOOL OF BEND ↗
  • Who funds Camp Fire Central Oregon ↗
  • Who funds THE CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Tech Alliance of Central Oregon DBA BendTECH ↗

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 Anjulicia FoundationOR17.4× affinity6 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Anjulicia Foundation · Helen M Clabough Charitable Foundation · St Charles Health System Inc · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Oregon Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Braemar Charitable Trust · Juan Young Trust · Washington Federal 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 Bendnext funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bendnext. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Kor Community Land Trust Dba Rootedhomes: 63% of income from government
  • Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery: 60% of income from government
  • Heart of Oregon Corps Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity: 17% of income from government
  • Tower Theatre Foundation Inc: 8% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 91 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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