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Bp Lester & Regina John Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$2.0M
Granted FY2025still arriving
79
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$140k
Largest
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.

Education$6.1MHuman Services$1.5MReligion$1.2MHealth$918kFood & Nutrition$825kHousing & Shelter$755kYouth Development$480kInternational$214kOther$0
02FY2025 · 79 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k22 grants · $97k
  • $10k–50k43 grants · $823k
  • $50k–250k14 grants · $1.1M
$15,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$39M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ST MARY'S ACADEMY$140,000
BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY$125,000
LA SALLE CATHOLIC COLLEGE PREPARATORY$122,600
CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$110,000
SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL - PORTLAND COUNCIL$100,000
SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY$75,000
PROJECT LEMONADE$57,000
DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$51,000
ST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL$51,000
CATHOLIC CHARITIES$50,000
OREGON FOOD BANK$50,000
ROSE HAVEN CIC$50,000
AMERICAN RED CROSS$50,000
OUR LADY OF THE LAKE CATHOLIC CHURCH$50,000
VALLEY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$43,000
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.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $1.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 67% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%THE MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $31k → 16%THE MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $30k → 16%THE MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $30k → 16%THE MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $30k → 16%THE MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $19k → 16%THE MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $18k → 16%THE MARIPOSA DR FOUNDATION: $10k → 16%SAFETY COMPASS: $22k → 14%SAFETY COMPASS: $15k → 14%HANNAH GRACE FAMILY: $10k → 8%NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S OUTREACH: $50k → 8%NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S OUTREACH: $50k → 8%NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S OUTREACH: $50k → 8%NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S OUTREACH: $30k → 8%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $20k → 12%NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S OUTREACH: $30k → 8%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $15k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $15k → 12%NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S OUTREACH: $20k → 8%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $14k → 12%NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S OUTREACH: $20k → 8%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $11k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $10k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $10k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $20k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $20k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $20k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $20k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $20k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $20k → 12%TARAHUMARA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $20k → 8%TARAHUMARA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $15k → 8%TARAHUMARA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $15k → 8%TARAHUMARA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $15k → 8%TARAHUMARA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10k → 8%TARAHUMARA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL: $10k → 8%NORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT INC: $25k → 12%NORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT: $25k → 12%NORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT INC: $25k → 12%NORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT INC: $25k → 12%NORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT INC: $25k → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $40k → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $40k → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $35k → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $25k → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $25k → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $25k → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $20k → 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

AK
WA
NY
OR
RI
CA
UT
AZ
NM
HI
TX
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.

96%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$12M · 131 repeat orgs$475k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against -6% for those funded once.

131 repeat relationships: 74 still active in FY2025, 57 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

131
41

Total granted

$12M
$360k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
-6%

Still filing today

47%
20%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthEducationYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureReligionOther
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

  • BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY
    7× · 2019–2025 · $350k · revenue +215%
  • OREGON FOOD BANK
    7× · 2019–2025 · $340k · revenue +50%
  • PROJECT LEMONADE INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $268k · revenue +135%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    one grant, 2024 · $35k
  • GB
    GRACE BIBLE CHURCH MAUI
    one grant, 2023 · $25k
  • HF
    HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2024 · $25k
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
Lutheran Community Services Northwest

LCSNW partners with individuals, families and communities for health, justice and hope. LCSNW provides a wide variety of social services in Oregon, Washington and Idaho and serves people of all ages, cultures and faiths.

Human Services
2
Impact Nw

Impact nw prevents homelessness by supporting people as they navigate their journey to stability and strength. founded in portland in 1966, impact nw now serves 26,944 people a year in the greater portland, oregon metro area, including…

Human Services
3
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
4
Morrison Child and Family Services

Helping kids be kids, and supporting families when they need us most. morrison serves over 8,000 youth and families annually through ten distinct programs designed to meet the needs of our clients.

Health
5
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
6
Youth Progress Association

Youth progress is a nonprofit organization that is licensed as a child caring agency (cca) to serve youth ages 12-25 in the custody of the oregon youth authority (oya) or the oregon department of human services (dhs). youth progress uses…

Health
7
Trillium Family Services

Building brighter futures with children and families.

Housing & Shelter
8
Thrive Central Oregon

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

Human Services
9
Network Services

Network services has been serving homeless families in the puget sound area since 1990, with a focus on families with children. network services aims to break the cycle of homelessness by providing assistance to families with children to…

Human Services
10
Friends of the Children-Portland

Friends - portland commits to standing alongside our community's youth as they work to overcome barriers to their success. each child receives 1:1 support and guidance from a salaried, professional mentor (called a friend), from…

Youth Development
11
New Progressive Network

Next up amplifies the voice of diverse youth to achieve a more just oregon

Civil Rights
12
The Wallace Medical Concern

We partner with our community to make good health possible for all. wallace serves individuals and families who face barriers to care throughout the east multnomah county in the portland metropolitan area.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifeworks Nw; the most unlike its peers is Gearhart Volunteer Fire Department. 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

72 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. 72 of the 177 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)
18
Early backer (in before they grew)
72/72
Grantees still filing
54/72
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ST MARYS ACADEMY: $945,115 · OtherST MARYS ACADEMYCENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $877,885 · OtherCENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLLASALLE CATHOLIC COLLEGE PREPARATORY INC: $452,600 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $425,000 · OtherST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL: $403,750 · OtherALL SAINTS PARISH: $385,300 · OtherDE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $377,750 · OtherBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $350,400 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANK: $340,000 · Other+121 more: $4,841,937 · Other+121 morePROJECT LEMONADE INC: $267,900 · Human ServicesPROJECT LEMONA…NORTHWEST CHILDRENS OUTREACH: $250,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST CHIL…Oregon Community Warehouse Inc: $210,000 · Human ServicesOregon Communi…Mariposa DR Foundation: $168,000 · Human ServicesMariposa DR Fo…NORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT: $145,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST PILO…STORE TO DOOR: $130,000 · Human ServicesSTORE TO DOORRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $95,000 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL HOUSE …TARAHUMARA CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FUND: $95,000 · Human ServicesTARAHUMARA CHI…+11 more: $209,870 · Human Services+11 morePRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $175,000 · EducationCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $142,000 · EducationTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $84,500 · EducationWhittier College: $67,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $65,000 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $42,600 · Education+2 more: $32,000 · EducationPARKER BOUNDS JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $208,955 · HealthSERENITY LANE HEALTH SERVICES: $95,000 · HealthCentral City Concern: $45,000 · HealthWHEEL TO WALK FOUNDATION: $27,000 · HealthQuadriplegics United Against Dependency Inc: $25,000 · HealthLIFEWORKS NW: $20,000 · Health+4 more: $32,675 · HealthROSE HAVEN CIC: $252,500 · Housing & Shelter+1 more: $6,000 · Housing & ShelterCATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $115,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $32,500 · Youth DevelopmentSETPATH: $10,000 · Youth Development+1 more: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentChildren's Cancer Association: $110,300 · Arts & CultureTHE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE: $15,500 · Arts & CultureMusic Workshop: $15,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $10,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$9,399,737Human Services$1,570,770Education$608,100Health$453,630Housing & Shelter$258,500Youth Development$162,500Arts & Culture$150,800

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 budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $350,400 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $340,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $267,900 over 7y, 8.8% of budgetROSE HAVEN CIC: $252,500 over 7y, 2.3% of budgetNORTHWEST CHILDRENS OUTREACH: $250,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF PORTLAND OREGON: $225,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetOregon Community Warehouse Inc: $210,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetPARKER BOUNDS JOHNSON FOUNDATION: $208,955 over 6y, 24% of budgetPRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE: $175,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMariposa DR Foundation: $168,000 over 7y, 3.7% of budgetNORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT: $145,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetCORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY: $142,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSTORE TO DOOR: $130,000 over 7y, 2.4% of budgetCATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION: $115,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $115,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $110,300 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetMACDONALD CENTER: $100,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $95,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSERENITY LANE HEALTH SERVICES: $95,000 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetTHE NORTHWEST CATHOLIC COUNSELING CENTER: $95,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetTARAHUMARA CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FUND: $95,000 over 7y, 12% of budgetTEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $84,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEDISON HIGH SCHOOL: $70,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetWhittier College: $67,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $65,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetMOTHER & CHILD EDUCATION CENTER: $47,000 over 7y, 3.1% of budgetCentral City Concern: $45,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $42,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTransition Projects Inc: $40,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetSAFETY COMPASS: $36,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetTHE HAITIAN PROJECT INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetNORTHWEST FAMILY SERVICES: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $32,500 over 6y, 1.2% of budgetCASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $32,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetNEW NARRATIVE: $30,370 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetLArche Portland: $30,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCatholic Broadcasting Northwest Inc dba Mater Dei Radio: $30,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetJANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC: $30,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWHEEL TO WALK FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 6y, 2.6% of budgetQuadriplegics United Against Dependency Inc: $25,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCASA TERESA INC: $24,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetST MARY'S HOME: $20,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIFEWORKS NW: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLift Urban Portland: $20,000 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetSCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC: $17,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetNAMI MULTNOMAH: $16,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetTHE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE: $15,500 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE PARK ACADEMY: $15,000 over 3y, 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 BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds PROJECT LEMONADE INC ↗
  • Who funds ROSE HAVEN CIC ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST CHILDRENS OUTREACH ↗
  • Who funds SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF PORTLAND OREGON ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Community Warehouse Inc ↗
  • Who funds PARKER BOUNDS JOHNSON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PRESIDENT-BOARD OF TRUSTEES SANTA CLARA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Mariposa DR Foundation ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST PILOT PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds CORPORATION OF GONZAGA UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds STORE TO DOOR ↗
  • Who funds CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Children's Cancer Association ↗
  • Who funds MACDONALD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds SERENITY LANE HEALTH SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds THE NORTHWEST CATHOLIC COUNSELING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds TARAHUMARA CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FUND ↗

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.

OCF Joseph E Weston Public FoundationOR96.6× affinity47 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Clark Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Holzman Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Wheeler Foundation · The Reser Family 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 Bp Lester & Regina John Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bp Lester & Regina John Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 190%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • LArche Portland: 59% of income from government
  • Janus Youth Programs Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest: 38% of income from government
  • Northwest Family Services: 35% of income from government
  • Transition Projects Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Safety Compass: 25% of income from government
  • Oregon Community Warehouse Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Nami Multnomah: 16% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse: 11% of income from government
  • Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • Music Workshop: 10% of income from government
  • Lifeworks Nw: 8% of income from government
  • New Narrative: 6% of income from government
  • Northwest Pilot Project: 6% of income from government
  • The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization: 4% of income from government
  • Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
  • Casa for Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Gearhart Volunteer Fire Department: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
  • The Northwest Catholic Counseling Center: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
19get no government money at all
16report 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.

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 177 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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