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Boyer Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$1.1M
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
7
States reached
$638k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.

Environment$1.8MAnimals$49kRecreation & Sports$3kScience & Tech$250
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • Under $10k5 grants · $13k
  • $10k–50k14 grants · $201k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $230k
  • $250k+1 grant · $638k
$11,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WATER WATCH OF OREGON$637,581
CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH$230,000
TURNEFFE ATOLL TRUST$23,000
SMITH RIVER ALLIANCE$22,500
OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST$20,000
ROGUE CLIMATE$17,500
CRAG LAW CENTER$16,000
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND$15,000
PREDATOR DEFENSE$11,500
SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST$11,000
CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY$11,000
AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION$11,000
GREENPEACE FUND$11,000
WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY$10,500
Individual grant recipient$10,500
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.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST: $11k → 10%EARTHJUSTICE: $10k → 10%SMITH RIVER ALLIANCE: $23k → 17%EPIC: $2k → 18%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $10k → 17%AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $11k → 14%OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST: $20k → 10%ROGUE CLIMATE: $18k → 13%PREDATOR DEFENSE: $12k → 15%SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION: $6k → 6%SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST: $1k → 10%EARTHJUSTICE: $1k → 10%SMITH RIVER ALLIANCE: $3k → 17%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $6k → 17%OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST: $5k → 10%CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: $11k → 12%ROGUE CLIMATE: $3k → 13%SMITH RIVER ALLIANCE: $2k → 17%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $5k → 17%EASTERN OREGON LAND TRUST: $3k → 10%ROGUE CLIMATE: $3k → 13%NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL: $2k → 17%CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH: $230k → 10%KS WILD: $11k → 13%CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH: $80k → 10%CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH: $80k → 10%CRAG LAW CENTER: $16k → 12%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $15k → 14%CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH: $70k → 10%OREGON WILDLIFE FOUNDATION: $3k → 12%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $12k → 14%CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH: $60k → 10%CRAG LAW CENTER: $2k → 12%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $5k → 14%CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH: $50k → 10%GREENPEACE FUND: $11k → 14%CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH: $50k → 10%ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND: $3k → 14%THINK WILD OREGON WILDLIFE REHAB HOSPITAL: $6k → 10%WATER WATCH OF OREGON: $638k → 12%WATER WATCH OF OREGON: $50k → 12%WATER WATCH OF OREGON: $50k → 12%WATER WATCH OF OREGON: $50k → 12%WATER WATCH OF OREGON: $50k → 12%WATER WATCH OF OREGON: $50k → 12%WATER WATCH OF OREGON: $50k → 12%WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $11k → 12%OREGON PARKS FOREVER: $3k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

MT
IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
VA
NM
DC
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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.9M · 22 repeat orgs$11k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +45% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2023, 2 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
8

Total granted

$1.9M
$11k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+45%
+44%

Still filing today

77%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $250 went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EnvironmentAnimalsEducationInternationalOther
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

  • WO
    WaterWatch of Oregon
    7× · 2017–2023 · $938k · revenue +246% · 25% of their budget
  • CO
    CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH
    7× · 2017–2023 · $620k · revenue +91%
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED
    4× · 2020–2023 · $35k · revenue +121%

Funded once

  • Oregon Parks Forevergraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue +44%
  • OW
    OREGON WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $3k · revenue -10%
  • EO
    EASTERN OREGON LAND TRUST
    one grant, 2021 · $3k
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
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
2
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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3
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
4
Wild Earth Society Incorporated

Wildlands Network works to reconnect, restore and rewild North America so that life-in all its diversity-can thrive.

Arts & Culture
5
Washington Water Trust

Wwt's mission is to protect and restore water in rivers and streams across washington state. washington water trust restores and protects water in rivers and streams and promotes sustainable freshwater management in washington, and, more…

Environment
6
Resource Renewal Institute

The resource renewal institute facilitates the creation, development and implementation of practical strategies to solve the entire complex environmental problem by addressing it comprehensively.

Environment
7
CalWild

The California Wilderness Coalition protects the natural landscapes that make California unique, providing clean air and water, a home to wildlife, and a place for recreation and spiritual renewal.

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8
Western Environmental Law Center

Public interest law firm - the western environmental law center uses the power of the law to foster thriving, resilient western u.s. lands, waters, wildlife, and communities in the face of a changing climate. we envision a thriving west,…

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9
Wilderness Conservation Foundation
Environment
10
Idaho Wildlife Federation

The Idaho Wildlife Federation (IWF) promotes the conservation of Idaho's wildlife heritage and legacy of sporting opportunities for the current and future generations.

Animals
11
California Wildlife Foundation

The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species

Animals
12
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild

Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Western Rivers Conservancy; the most unlike its peers is Think Wild. 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

23 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. 23 of the 32 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
20/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WaterWatch of Oregon: $937,581 · OtherWaterWatch of OregonCENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH: $620,000 · OtherCENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH+10 more: $75,750 · OtherENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $34,500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMEN…Smith River Alliance Inc: $28,250 · EnvironmentSmith Rive…OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST: $25,000 · EnvironmentOREGON DES…NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $24,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RE…CRAG LAW CENTER: $20,000 · EnvironmentCRAG LAW C…EARTHJUSTICE: $13,500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTI…GREENPEACE FUND INC: $12,000 · EnvironmentGREENPEACE…WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $11,000 · EnvironmentWESTERN RI…+3 more: $5,500 · EnvironmentPREDATOR DEFENSE: $15,250 · AnimalsAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $14,750 · AnimalsThink Wild: $8,000 · AnimalsSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $7,000 · AnimalsOREGON WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Animals+2 more: $1,250 · AnimalsRogue Climate: $22,500 · EducationTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $250 · International
Other$1,633,331Environment$173,750Animals$48,750Education$22,500International$250

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 budgetWaterWatch of Oregon: $937,581 over 7y, 25% of budgetCENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH: $620,000 over 7y, 10% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $34,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSmith River Alliance Inc: $28,250 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetOREGON DESERT LAND TRUST: $25,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $24,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetRogue Climate: $22,500 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetCRAG LAW CENTER: $20,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetPREDATOR DEFENSE: $15,250 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetAFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC: $14,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEARTHJUSTICE: $13,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetGREENPEACE FUND INC: $12,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThink Wild: $8,000 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetSEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY: $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOregon Parks Forever: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOREGON WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING LANDS & WATERS: $2,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetWINDWARD FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetINTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC: $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER: $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.

  • Who funds WaterWatch of Oregon ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL OREGON LANDWATCH ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Smith River Alliance Inc ↗
  • Who funds OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds Rogue Climate ↗
  • Who funds CRAG LAW CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PREDATOR DEFENSE ↗
  • Who funds AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EARTHJUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds GREENPEACE FUND INC ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Think Wild ↗
  • Who funds SEA SHEPHERD CONSERVATION SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Parks Forever ↗
  • Who funds OREGON WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds LIVING LANDS & WATERS ↗
  • Who funds WINDWARD FUND ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds THE UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS INC ↗
  • Who funds WILD SALMON CENTER ↗

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 …PatagoniaorgMeyer Memorial TrustThe Brainerd Foundati…The Lazar FoundationAria Foundation Co Tg…The Burning FoundationThe Kirby-Jones Found…The Nature ConservancyHead & Heart Foundati…Resources Legacy FundThe Roundhouse Founda…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR22× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Patagoniaorg · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Brainerd Foundation · The Lazar Foundation · Aria Foundation Co Tg Tax & Accounting Services LLC · The Burning Foundation · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · Head & Heart Foundation Tr 12319 · Resources Legacy Fund · The Roundhouse 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 Boyer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Boyer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • WaterWatch of Oregon: 61% of income from government
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation: 16% of income from government
  • Oregon Natural Desert Association: 9% of income from government
  • Rogue Climate: 7% of income from government
  • Think Wild: 7% of income from government
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% 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)
1rely 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 Boyer Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Boyer 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 32 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$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