How much does Benton Community Foundation give?

Benton Community Foundation reported 60 itemized grants totaling $1,498,687, out of $1,882,184 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 52 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does Benton Community Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Youth Development (11%).

Who are Benton Community Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Psd 17j Philomath Community Pool & High School ($1.2M), Oregon State University ($778k), Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc ($536k).

Does Benton Community Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Benton Community Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Good Samaritan Hospital Corvallis, Ralph Hull Foundation.

Where is Benton Community Foundation based?

Benton Community Foundation is based in OR.

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Benton Community Foundation

The foundation's mission is to enhance our community through philanthropy. We aspire to co-create diverse, meaningful and innovative charitable giving that yields an exponential positive impact within local communities and beyond.

$1.9M
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 60
Itemized grants FY2025: 47
Organizations funded FY2024: 17%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Itemized, FY2025: $1.5M; The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
Median grant, FY2025: $13,414
Largest grant, FY2025: $207,391
Organizations funded a year: 20 to 52; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 1
Total assets, FY2025: $43M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 17% of the organizations Benton Community Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $78k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

Human ServicesEducationFood & NutritionHealthArts & CulturePhilanthropyOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	59	$1.5M	22%
FY2024	47	$1.2M	17%
FY2023	51	$1.0M	25%
FY2022	52	$1.1M	35%
FY2021	34	$829k	12%
FY2020	47	$1.0M	43%
FY2019	25	$494k	32%
FY2018	20	$1.1M	20%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Human Services$2.3MRecreation & Sports$1.3MYouth Development$994kFood & Nutrition$655kScience & Tech$637kArts & Culture$597kEducation$461kHousing & Shelter$443kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Psd 17j Philomath Community Pool & High School	$1,155,298	9	n/a
Oregon State University	$777,624	9	n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc	$535,821	9	2%
Grace Center for Adult Day Services	$510,725	9	8%
Strengthening Rural Families	$451,230	9	18%
Old Mill Center for Children and Families Inc	$449,068	9	4%
Vina Moses Welfare Center Inc	$367,204	9	24%
Corvallis Arts Center Inc	$298,458	5	24%
South Benton Resource Center	$196,000	5	28%
Community Outreach Inc	$179,264	9	4%

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All grantees of Benton Community Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Psd 17j Philomath Community Pool & High School	$1,155,298	9	n/a
Oregon State University	$777,624	9	n/a
Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc	$535,821	9	2%
Grace Center for Adult Day Services	$510,725	9	8%
Strengthening Rural Families	$451,230	9	18%
Old Mill Center for Children and Families Inc	$449,068	9	4%
Vina Moses Welfare Center Inc	$367,204	9	24%
Corvallis Arts Center Inc	$298,458	5	24%
South Benton Resource Center	$196,000	5	28%
Community Outreach Inc	$179,264	9	4%
Unity Shelter	$177,000	3	1%
City of Corvallis Parks & Recreation	$144,139	9	n/a
Church of the Good Samaritan	$141,191	9	n/a
Benton County Historical Society	$138,017	6	4%
Stone Soup Corvallis Inc	$132,432	6	10%
Corvallis Public Schools Foundation	$127,278	6	4%
Southside Youth Outreach Inc	$106,957	4	10%
Linn-Benton Community College Foundation	$104,431	3	2%
Abc House Inc	$102,041	7	1%
Myth Media	$100,000	3	21%
Benton County Health Department	$100,000	1	n/a
Casa-Voices for Children	$98,472	8	3%
Corvallis-Benton County Council of Religious Organizations Inc	$92,582	8	12%
Friends and Foundation of the Corvallis- Benton County Public Library	$85,595	4	20%
Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation Corvallis	$82,500	6	1%
Corvallis Homeless Shelter Coalition	$80,551	4	2%
Jackson Street Youth Shelter Inc	$79,979	7	1%
Cascade Pacific RC&D Area	$79,400	2	1%
United Way of Benton & Lincoln Counties	$70,000	2	14%
Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence	$69,000	6	1%
Philomath Community Services Inc	$68,442	5	7%
Philomath Youth Activities Club	$65,677	6	3%
Casa Latinos Unidos de Benton County	$59,691	5	13%
South Corvallis Food Bank	$55,690	5	3%
Heartland Humane Society	$54,534	7	1%
Benton Habitat for Humanity	$51,091	4	3%
First Congregational United Church of Christ	$50,000	4	n/a
Chintimini Wildlife Center	$49,808	6	2%
Corvallis Environmental Center	$48,046	5	4%
Linn-Benton Community College	$46,120	4	n/a
Dial a Bus	$44,000	3	1%
Whiteside Theatre Foundation	$43,484	2	13%
Pacific Crest Council Inc Boy Scouts of America	$43,004	4	1%
Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center	$42,200	7	10%
Alsea Valley Gleaners	$35,000	2	35%
Boost Oregon	$34,300	4	3%
Corvallis Community Children's Center Inc	$32,160	3	1%
Oregon State University Foundation	$31,776	3	0%
South Benton Community Enhancement Association	$30,512	4	n/a
Black Oregon Land Trust	$30,000	1	3%
Seeds for the Sol Inc	$30,000	1	n/a
Assistance League of Corvallis Inc	$29,269	3	9%
Eido LLC	$28,202	3	n/a
St Mary Catholic Church Corvallis Oregon	$28,200	2	n/a
Linn Benton Food Share	$25,165	2	0%
Smart Reading	$25,000	3	0%
Oregon Cascades West Senior Services Foundation	$23,383	4	14%
Marys River Gleaners Association	$23,300	3	6%
Philomath Fire & Rescue	$20,500	2	n/a
Corvallis Sustainability Coalition	$20,000	2	2%
Corvallis Community Band	$18,098	2	n/a
Jeni's Place - Alsea Food Bank	$17,800	2	n/a
Coastal Range Food Bank Inc	$17,531	2	n/a
Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services Inc	$17,500	2	0%
Greenbelt Land Trust	$17,000	2	1%
Trillium Family Services	$16,303	3	0%
The Arc of Benton County Inc	$16,300	2	1%
Corvallis Caring Place	$15,887	1	1%
Benton Furniture Share	$15,700	2	3%
Alsea School District 7j Alsea Charter School	$15,000	1	n/a
Corvallis Daytime Drop-In Center	$15,000	2	2%
Crossroads Corvallis Inc	$13,000	1	n/a
Alsea Community Action Collaborative	$12,581	1	n/a
Lumina Hospice and Palliative Care	$12,065	1	0%
Girl Scouts of Oregon & Sw Washington Inc	$12,009	1	0%
Oregon Cascades West Council of Governments	$12,000	2	n/a
Kings Valley Community Trust	$10,665	1	10%
Middle East Children's Alliance	$10,000	1	0%
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center	$10,000	1	0%
A Family for Every Child	$10,000	1	1%
Linn Benton Lincoln Health Equity Alliance	$10,000	1	1%
A Jewish Voice for Peace	$10,000	1	0%
United Way of Linn Benton and Lincoln Counties	$10,000	1	1%
Tsuga Community Commission	$10,000	1	21%
Corvallis Youth Symphony Assoc	$10,000	2	2%
Know Agenda Foundation	$10,000	1	10%
Home Life Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Peacehealth Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Ecotrust	$10,000	1	0%
Pathfinder Clubhouse	$10,000	1	1%
Ashbrook Independent School	$10,000	1	0%
The Corvallis Clinic Foundation Inc	$10,000	1	7%
da Vinci Days Inc	$10,000	1	n/a
Mid-Willamette Trans Support Network	$10,000	1	n/a
Marys River Watershed Council	$10,000	1	1%
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers of Corvallis Inc	$10,000	1	24%
Ophelia's Place	$10,000	1	1%
America Gives Inc	$10,000	1	0%
Bit by Bit	$10,000	1	13%
The Oregon American Legion Foundation	$9,613	1	n/a
Village Christian Church	$9,331	1	n/a
Hunters of Color	$8,000	1	1%
Bridges Oregon Inc	$7,636	1	0%
Service in Sports Northwest	$7,500	1	n/a
Alsea Christian Fellowship	$7,500	1	n/a
Corvallis Sister Cities Association	$7,500	1	2%
South Benton County Gleaners	$6,000	1	n/a
Bountiful Backyard	$6,000	1	n/a
Adaptive Riding Institute Dba Horses of Hope Oregon	$5,991	1	n/a
Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship of Corvallis Inc	$5,000	1	n/a
Housing Our Veterans Inc	$5,000	1	3%
Benton County 4-H Association	$5,000	1	6%
Evangelical Church of North America an Oregon Corporation	$5,000	1	n/a
Media Island International	$5,000	1	3%

Benton Community Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 2 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 84 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 84.

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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 FoundationOR80× affinity70 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Good Samaritan Hospital Corvallis · Ralph Hull Foundation · Chambers Family Foundation · Mario and Alma Pastega Family Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · United Way of Linn Benton and Lincoln Counties · Linn Benton Food Share · The Autzen Foundation · Franklin Conklin Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund

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.

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About Benton Community Foundation

How much does Benton Community Foundation give?: Benton Community Foundation reported 60 itemized grants totaling $1,498,687, out of $1,882,184 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 52 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Benton Community Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Recreation & Sports (15%), Youth Development (11%).
Who are Benton Community Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Psd 17j Philomath Community Pool & High School ($1.2M), Oregon State University ($778k), Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc ($536k).
Does Benton Community Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 17% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Benton Community Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Good Samaritan Hospital Corvallis, Ralph Hull Foundation.
Where is Benton Community Foundation based?: Benton Community Foundation is based in OR.