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Bruce and Susan Kilgore Family Foundation at a glance

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Bruce and Susan Kilgore Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$634k
Granted FY2024still arriving
11
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$209k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2024.

Food & Nutrition$834kEnvironment$340kHousing & Shelter$111kArts & Culture$25kHealth$15kReligion$15kInternational$13kRecreation & Sports$10kOther$0
02FY2024 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $60k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $559k
$10,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$5.2M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLAY STREET TABLE$209,347
WILLAMETTE RIVER PRESERVATION TRUST$200,000
OREGON FOOD BANK INC$150,000
WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER$20,000
OCEAN CONSERVANCY INC$10,000
COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER$10,000
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST$10,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - OREGON CHAPTER$10,000
BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC$5,000
FRIENDS OF TRYON CREEK PARK$5,000
HEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION$5,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 80% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RE-VOLV: $10k → 10%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $10k → 17%HEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5k → 17%LAKE OSWEGO MEAL NETWORK ADVISORY BOARD: $5k → 8%COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER: $10k → 10%THE STREET TRUST COMMUNITY FUND: $2k → 12%WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER: $20k → 15%TULALIP FOUNDATION: $25k → 9%RE-VOLV: $1k → 10%PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $5k → 17%FINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $3k → 14%WILLAMETTE RIVER PRESERVATION TRUST: $200k → 8%COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER: $10k → 10%OREGON FOOD BANK INC: $150k → 12%OCEAN CONSERVANCY INC: $10k → 14%NORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES INC: $40k → 8%COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER: $2k → 10%OREGON FOOD BANK INC: $150k → 12%OCEAN CONSERVANCY INC: $5k → 14%OREGON FOOD BANK INC: $150k → 12%OCEAN CONSERVANCY INC: $1k → 14%OREGON FOOD BANK INC: $25k → 12%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST: $10k → 12%HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST: $10k → 12%FUND FOR PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $4k → 12%BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $5k → 12%PORTLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY: $2k → 12%PORTLAND AUDUBON SOCIETY: $2k → 12%WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER: $10k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - OREGON CHAPTER: $10k → 12%COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER: $10k → 12%WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER: $10k → 12%WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER: $5k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - OREGON CHAPTER: $5k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - OREGON CHAPTER: $5k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - OREGON CHAPTER: $2k → 12%WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER: $2k → 12%ST STEPHENS EPISCOPAL PARISH: $10k → 12%FRIENDS OF TRYON CREEK PARK: $5k → 12%ST STEPHENS EPISCOPAL PARISH: $5k → 12%FRIENDS OF TRYON CREEK PARK: $2k → 12%FRIENDS OF TRYON CREEK PARK: $2k → 12%CLAY STREET TABLE: $209k → 12%CLAY STREET TABLE: $75k → 12%CLAY STREET TABLE: $65k → 12%CLAY STREET TABLE: $5k → 12%COMMUNITY PARTNERS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING: $25k → 12%HUMAN SOLUTIONS INC: $25k → 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.
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.

76%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.0M · 13 repeat orgs$337k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +47% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

13 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

13
9

Total granted

$1.0M
$132k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+47%
+17%

Still filing today

85%
89%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $205k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHousing & ShelterInternationalCommunity ImprovementArts & CultureFood & NutritionOther
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

  • CS
    Clay Street Table
    3× · 2022–2024 · $354k · revenue +110% · 56% of their budget
  • WR
    WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER
    5× · 2020–2024 · $47k · revenue +47%
  • CR
    Columbia Riverkeeper
    4× · 2020–2024 · $32k · revenue +17%

Funded once

  • NORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES
    one grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue +16%
  • HS
    HUMAN SOLUTIONS INC DBA OUR JUST FUTURE
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue 0%
  • CP
    Community Partners For Affordable Housinggraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue +109%
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
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
2
Portland Trails

Over the next five years, portland trails will work to transform greater portland into a regional hub of connectivity and sustainability. by facilitating the expansion and enhancement of our trail network, we will foster inclusive…

Environment
3
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
4
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
5
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Foundation

To engage and catalyze global seafood supply chains in rebuilding depleted fish stocks and reducing the environmental impacts of fishing and fish farming.

Animals
6
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
7
Oregon Environmental Council

Oregon environmental council champions equitable, innovative, and collaborative solutions to oregons environmental challenges for today and future generations.

Environment
8
Washington Coast Sustainable Salmon Foundation

The foundation board is comprised of members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who devote their shared commitment and passion to collectively support protection and restoration of the washington coast region salmon by providing…

Animals
9
Wild Salmon Rivers

To conserve functioning salmon/steelhead eco-system at watershed levels, integrate angling activities with basic scientific research, collect raw data, monitor environmental functions, salmon/steelhead population dynamics, public…

Environment
10
Wood River Land Trust Co

The wood river land trust's mission is to protect and sustain the treasured landscapes and life-giving waters of the wood river valley and to inspire love for this special place for generations to come.

Environment
11
Earth Day Oregon
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12
Oregon Tilth Inc

Oregon tilth is a leading nonprofit certifier, educator and advocate for sustainable organic agriculture and products since 1974. the organizations mission to make the food system and agriculture biologically sound and socially equitable…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Clay Street Table. 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

21 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. 21 of the 24 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/21
Grantees still filing
16/21
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON FOOD BANK: $475,000 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY - OREGON CHAPTER: $22,000 · Other+8 more: $58,000 · Other+8 moreClay Street Table: $354,347 · Food & NutritionClay Street TableWILLAMETTE RIVER PRESERVATION TRUST: $200,000 · EnvironmentWILLAMETTE RIVER PRESERVA…WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER: $47,000 · EnvironmentWILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPERColumbia Riverkeeper: $32,000 · EnvironmentColumbia RiverkeeperOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $16,100 · EnvironmentRE-VOLV: $11,000 · Environment+2 more: $9,300 · EnvironmentNORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES: $40,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunity Partners For Affordable Housing: $25,000 · Housing & ShelterHABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST: $21,000 · Housing & ShelterHUMAN SOLUTIONS INC DBA OUR JUST FUTURE: $25,000 · Community ImprovementTULALIP FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 · Health
Other$555,000Food & Nutrition$354,347Environment$315,400Housing & Shelter$86,000Community Improvement$25,000Arts & Culture$25,000Health$15,000

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 budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $475,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetClay Street Table: $354,347 over 3y, 56% of budgetWILLAMETTE RIVER PRESERVATION TRUST: $200,000 over 1y, 34% of budgetWILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER: $47,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetNORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES: $40,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetColumbia Riverkeeper: $32,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHUMAN SOLUTIONS INC DBA OUR JUST FUTURE: $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCommunity Partners For Affordable Housing: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTULALIP FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetHABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST: $21,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOCEAN CONSERVANCY: $16,100 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $15,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE STREET TRUST COMMUNITY FUND: $12,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetRE-VOLV: $11,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetFriends of Tryon Creek: $9,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $9,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEIFER INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetLake Oswego Meal Network Advisory Board: $5,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetFUND FOR PORTLAND PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $3,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFINCA INTERNATIONAL INC: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD WILDLIFE FUND INC: $300 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.

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.

Meyer Memorial TrustThe Oregon Community …The Collins FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…The Jackson FoundationMaybelle Clark Macdon…OCF Joseph E Weston P…United Way of the Col…Juan Young TrustSeattle FoundationClark FoundationThe Larson Legacy
Meyer Memorial TrustOR25.6× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Meyer Memorial Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · Juan Young Trust · Seattle Foundation · Clark Foundation · The Larson Legacy

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 Bruce and Susan Kilgore Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruce and Susan Kilgore Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%13%25%38%50%share of the org’s income from government →median 14%
  • Willamette Riverkeeper: 42% of income from government
  • Community Partners for Affordable Housing: 22% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Human Solutions Inc Dba Our Just Future: 17% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East: 14% of income from government
  • The Street Trust Community Fund: 6% of income from government
  • Northwest Housing Alternatives: 1% of income from government
  • Columbia Riverkeeper: 1% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–50%
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 24 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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