Oregon · Public charity
Brilliance Labs
The christ-centered mission of BRILLIANCE LABS is to catalyze innovation and strategic investment for the flourishing of under-resourced and multi-ethnic communities in portland and worldwide (continued on schedule o)supporting new churches, social enterprises, and faith-based ventures that represent and serve them
- $74k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 4
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 6
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $24k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $6,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 6
- FY2022 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.4M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 50% of the organizations Brilliance Labs funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $19k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 4 | $24k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 6 | $38k | 50% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $18k | 67% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $31k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2022 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One H O P E Fellowship | $24,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Together Pamoja House | $14,000 | 2 | 14% |
| We Belong Pdx | $12,072 | 2 | 3% |
| River City Church Vancouver | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jubilee Hall Pdx | $7,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Thrive Church Planting | $6,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Holla School | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Refugee Care Collective Northwest | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mision Hispana El Buen Pastor | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sanctuary Inn Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| One H O P E Fellowship | $24,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Community Together Pamoja House | $14,000 | 2 | 14% |
| We Belong Pdx | $12,072 | 2 | 3% |
| River City Church Vancouver | $12,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Jubilee Hall Pdx | $7,000 | 1 | 30% |
| Thrive Church Planting | $6,500 | 1 | 10% |
| Holla School | $6,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Refugee Care Collective Northwest | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mision Hispana El Buen Pastor | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Sanctuary Inn Inc | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| African Family Holistic Health Organization | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Community Development Corporation of Oregon | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Brilliance Labs
- How much does Brilliance Labs give?
- Brilliance Labs reported 4 itemized grants totaling $24,000, out of $73,607 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 6 organizations a year over FY2022 to FY2024.
- What does Brilliance Labs fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2022 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (28%), Human Services (24%), Youth Development (15%).
- Who are Brilliance Labs's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2022 to FY2025: One H O P E Fellowship ($25k), Community Together Pamoja House ($14k), We Belong Pdx ($12k).
- Does Brilliance Labs fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Brilliance Labs?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust, Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc.
- Where is Brilliance Labs based?
- Brilliance Labs is based in OR.
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