· Private foundation
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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
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
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
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.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
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
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY7× · 2019–2025 · $350k · revenue +215%
OREGON FOOD BANK7× · 2019–2025 · $340k · revenue +50%
PROJECT LEMONADE INC7× · 2019–2025 · $268k · revenue +135%
Funded once
- UOUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTONone grant, 2024 · $35k
- GBGRACE BIBLE CHURCH MAUIone grant, 2023 · $25k
- HFHOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCHone 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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
Building brighter futures with children and families.
To connect individuals to the housing and community resources they seek.
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…
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…
Next up amplifies the voice of diverse youth to achieve a more just oregon
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.
How this is measured
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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
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
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.
- 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
How this is measured
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