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Bruggere Family Foundation at a glance

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Bruggere Family 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.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
21
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$4k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Health$23kArts & Culture$17kYouth Development$17kHuman Services$17kInternational$10kFood & Nutrition$9kAnimals$6kReligion$6kOther$0
02FY2024 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$450k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MERCY CORPS$4,000
DOERNBECHER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$4,000
PLANNED PARENTHOOD COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE$3,000
RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON$2,000
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF PORTLAND$2,000
TRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES$2,000
SPECIAL OLYMPICS OREGON$2,000
THE DOUGY CENTER$2,000
BRIDGE MEADOWS$2,000
Individual grant recipient$2,000
UNION GOSPEL MISSION$2,000
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$2,000
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NW$2,000
LUMINA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE$2,000
BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY$2,000
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 (FY20–24, $7k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 92% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%WILSONVILLE COMMUNITY SHARING: $500 → 8%LUMINA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: $2k → 18%LUMINA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: $2k → 18%LUMINA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: $1k → 18%WORLD PULSE: $1k → 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

WA
OR
CA
CO
KY
LA
GA
FL
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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$93k · 20 repeat orgs$35k to everyone else

20 repeat relationships: 14 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
10

Total granted

$93k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+23%
+64%

Still filing today

65%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 68% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.

50%100%’20’21’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’20’21’23’24
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterHealthInternationalCivil RightsOther
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

  • MC
    Mercy Corps
    4× · 2020–2024 · $8k · revenue +16%
  • BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW
    4× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +9%
  • OREGON FOOD BANK
    4× · 2020–2024 · $6k · revenue +7%

Funded once

  • LF
    LOUISVILLE FILM SOCIETY INC
    one grant, 2020 · $9k
  • LF
    LOUISIANA FILM SOCIETY
    one grant, 2021 · $4k
  • WP
    World Pulse Voices
    one grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue -6%
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
LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services
2
Opportunity Partners

Mission: together we advance the quality of life for people with disabilities. vision: people of all abilities thrive in the world. values: impact- generate solutions that make a difference. choice - create opportunities for people to lead…

Employment
3
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
4
Priority Oregon

To support public policies that will help oregon's economy and create new family supporting jobs in oregon.

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5
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.

—
6
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
7
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

To provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and advocacy for all.

Health
8
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
9
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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10
Portland Business Alliance

To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.

Community Improvement
11
North Olympic Healthcare Network

To provide patient-centered, quality-driven, whole-person healthcare services, accessible to everyone in our community.

Health
12
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northw; the most unlike its peers is Louisville Film Society Inc. 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

22 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. 22 of the 37 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
16/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

LOUISVILLE FILM SOCIETY INC: $9,000 · OtherLOUISVILLE FILM SOCIETY INCDOERNBECHER HOSPITAL: $7,000 · OtherDOERNBECHER HOSPITALOREGON FOOD BANK: $5,500 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKSpecial Olympics Oregon Inc: $5,000 · OtherSpecial Olympics Oregon IncTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $5,000 · OtherTHE DOUGY CENTER INCCASA: $5,000 · OtherCASALOUISIANA FILM SOCIETY: $4,000 · OtherDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $4,000 · OtherUNION GOSPEL MISSION: $4,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $4,000 · OtherBOYS AND GIRLS CLUB: $4,000 · OtherDOERNBECHER HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $4,000 · OtherOREGON CHILDRENS THEATER: $3,000 · OtherBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $3,000 · OtherRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE: $3,000 · Other+6 more: $9,000 · Other+6 moreBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $6,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHER…BRIDGE MEADOWS: $5,000 · Youth DevelopmentBRIDGE MEAD…BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA: $2,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS AND GI…LUMINA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: $5,000 · Human ServicesLUMINA HOS…PROJECT LEMONADE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesPROJECT LE…World Pulse Voices: $1,000 · Human ServicesWorld Puls…WILSONVILLE COMMUNITY SHARING: $500 · Human ServicesMercy Corps: $8,000 · InternationalTRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 · Housing & ShelterOREGON ENERGY FUND: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterProud Ground: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC: $4,000 · HealthRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $2,000 · HealthBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 · HealthGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $2,000 · Civil RightsGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $500 · Public Safety & Disaster
Other$78,500Youth Development$13,000Human Services$11,500International$8,000Housing & Shelter$7,000Health$6,500Civil Rights$2,000Public Safety & Disaster$500

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 budgetMercy Corps: $8,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $5,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSpecial Olympics Oregon Inc: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE MEADOWS: $5,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $5,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetLUMINA HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $5,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetDian Fossey Gorilla Fund International Inc: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $3,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetRONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITIES OF OREGON AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF PORTLAND METROPOLITAN AREA: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWorld Pulse Voices: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON ENERGY FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetProud Ground: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL EMPOWERMENT MISSION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWILSONVILLE COMMUNITY SHARING: $500 over 1y, 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.

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 P…Marie Lamfrom Charita…The Oregon Community …Maybelle Clark Macdon…Meyer Memorial TrustJuan Young TrustM J Murdock Charitabl…The Robert D and Marc…The Jackson FoundationOnpoint Community Cre…The Harold & Arlene S…The Reser Family Foun…
OCF Joseph E Weston Public FoundationOR26× affinity10 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 · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Meyer Memorial Trust · Juan Young Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care 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 Bruggere Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Bruggere Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Bridge Meadows: 36% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Proud Ground: 11% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Trillium Family Services: 2% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Global Empowerment Mission Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 37 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2025) is on record and reports no grant expense, so the figures above are from FY2024, the most recent year this funder made grants.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
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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