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Central Oregon Visitors Association

To drive overnight visitation to central oregon to support an enduring economy.

$280k
Granted FY2025still arriving
7
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2025.

Recreation & Sports$879kArts & Culture$637kEnvironment$274kCommunity Improvement$246kAnimals$129kYouth Development$33kScience & Tech$24kEmployment$21kOther$0
02FY2025 · 7 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $180k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$43,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
TOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION$50,000
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM$50,000
ANTELOPE 3 LLC$49,890
DIRTY FREEHUB$43,000
PRINEVILLE CROOK COUNTY CHAMBER$39,800
OREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS$30,000
DESCHUTES RIVER ALLIANCE$17,310
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY23–23, $60k) land where the poverty rate runs at 16%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MAUPIN AREA CHAMBER ENDOWMENT: $60k → 16%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

62%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.4M · 15 repeat orgs$875k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +25% since the first grant, against 0% for the ones you funded once.

15 repeat relationships — 5 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
27

Total granted

$1.4M
$815k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+25%
0%

Still filing today

73%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EnvironmentRecreation & SportsArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHuman ServicesCivil RightsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • HIGH DESERT MUSEUM
    6× · 2018–2025 · $215k · revenue +228%
  • DY
    Discover Your Northwest
    5× · 2019–2023 · $209k · revenue +26%
  • CO
    Central Oregon Trail Alliance
    3× · 2020–2024 · $116k · revenue +301%

Funded once

  • BP
    Bend Park and Recreation Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $100k · revenue ×11
  • DS
    DESCHUTES SOIL AND WATER
    one grant, 2023 · $95k
  • SO
    SUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATION
    one grant, 2023 · $74k · revenue +1%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
2
Earth Day Oregon
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3
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc

To conserve and enhance land in southern oregon to sustain our human and natural communities forever.

Environment
4
Trailkeepers of Oregon

Trailkeepers of oregon is a non-profit organization whose mission is to protect and enhance the oregon hiking experience through stewardship, advocacy, outreach and education.

Environment
5
Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the eugene area chamber of commerce is to promote a healthy local economy by influencing business success, public policy, and community development.

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6
Bend Chamber of Commerce

Creating an environment where businesses, their employees and our community excel together through collaboration, advocacy, resources and leadership to meet bend's business challenges.

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7
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild

Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.

Environment
8
Deschutes Land Trust

To preserve and enhance natural ecosystems, scenic areas, open spaces, fish and wildlife habitat within deschutes basin.

Environment
9
Oregon Sports Authority

The mission of the Oregon Sports Authority, dba Sport Oregon, is to drive economic growth and enhance quality of life in Oregon through sports. This is accomplished through our work with state and regional tourism bureaus, event promoters,…

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10
Oregon Trail Association

To educate members and general public about the history of the oregon trail.

Arts & Culture
11
Methow Valley Trails Collaborative

Enhancing sustainable trail experiences in the Methow Valley.

Environment
12
Clackamas River Basin Council Inc

The council is organized to foster partnerships for clean water, healthy streams, and abundant fisheries in the Clackamas Watershed

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Central Oregon Environmental Center Inc Dba - the Environmental Center and the most unlike its peers is Father S Group. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 23 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number23%10%<5yr14%10%5–10yr19%29%10–20yr19%26%20–35yr11%19%35–55yr14%7%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value23%8%<5yr14%4%5–10yr19%23%10–20yr19%22%20–35yr11%37%35–55yr14%6%55yr+

The field is 23% startups (under 5 years old) — 10% of your grantees by number, and just 8% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/44
the rest of the field
13%
835/6,515

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 44 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/30
Grantees still filing
15/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

Bend Park and Recreation Foundation — $100,000 · OtherBend Park and Recreation FoundationANTELOPE 3 LLC — $99,890 · OtherANTELOPE 3 LLCDESCHUTES SOIL AND WATER — $95,000 · OtherDESCHUTES SOIL AND WATERPrineville-Crook Co Chamber of Commerce — $83,525 · OtherPrineville-Crook Co Chamber of CommerceCENTRAL OREGON FILM OFFICE — $79,980 · OtherCENTRAL OREGON FILM OFFICESUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATION — $74,148 · OtherSUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATIONTHE ONWARD PROJECT — $44,650 · OtherMADRAS-JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $38,000 · OtherPRONGHORN RESORT — $35,500 · OtherREDMOND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $31,000 · OtherBEND VISITOR & CONVENTION BUREAU DBA VISIT BEND — $30,000 · Other+10 more — $174,951 · Other+10 moreHIGH DESERT MUSEUM — $215,000 · Arts & CultureHIGH DESERT MUSEUMTOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC — $99,140 · Arts & CultureTOWER THEATRE FOUNDAT…SUNRIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL — $90,000 · Arts & CultureSUNRIVER MUSIC FESTIV…SCALEHOUSE — $28,000 · Arts & CultureSCALEHOUSECentral Oregon Trail Alliance — $115,900 · EnvironmentCentral Oregon Tra…OREGON EQUESTRIAN TRAILS — $94,594 · EnvironmentOREGON EQUESTRIAN …SUNRIVER NATURE CENTER & OBSERVATORY INC — $50,000 · EnvironmentSUNRIVER NATURE CE…DIRTY FREEHUB — $43,000 · EnvironmentDIRTY FREEHUBDARKSKY OREGON — $24,500 · EnvironmentDARKSKY OREGONDESCHUTES RIVER ALLIANCE — $17,310 · EnvironmentLEAVE NO TRACE CENTER FOR OUTDOOR ETHICS — $15,000 · EnvironmentCENTRAL OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER INC DBA - THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER — $15,000 · EnvironmentDiscover Your Northwest — $208,619 · Recreation & SportsDiscover Your Nor…OREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS — $97,475 · Recreation & SportsOREGON ADAPTIVE S…OREGON TIMBER TRAIL ALLIANCE — $22,000 · Recreation & SportsOREGON TIMBER TRA…Bend Endurance Academy — $13,200 · Recreation & Sports+1 more — $10,000 · Recreation & SportsWARM SPRINGS COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM — $110,000 · Community ImprovementWARM SPRI…SOUTH WASCO ALLIANCE — $42,064 · Community ImprovementSOUTH WAS…SISTERS TRAIL ALLIANCE — $37,152 · Community ImprovementSISTERS T…MAUPIN AREA CHAMBER ENDOWMENT — $60,000 · Human ServicesFATHER S GROUP — $14,000 · Civil RightsBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF BEND INC — $8,655 · Youth Development
Other$886,644Arts & Culture$432,140Environment$375,304Recreation & Sports$351,294Community Improvement$189,216Human Services$60,000Civil Rights$14,000Youth Development$8,655

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM — $215,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetDiscover Your Northwest — $208,619 over 5y, 3.2% of budgetCentral Oregon Trail Alliance — $115,900 over 3y, 8.2% of budgetWARM SPRINGS COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM — $110,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetTOWER THEATRE FOUNDATION INC — $99,140 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetOREGON ADAPTIVE SPORTS — $97,475 over 2y, 6.2% of budgetOREGON EQUESTRIAN TRAILS — $94,594 over 2y, 22% of budgetSUNRIVER MUSIC FESTIVAL — $90,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetPrineville-Crook Co Chamber of Commerce — $83,525 over 3y, 7.2% of budgetSUNRIVER OWNERS ASSOCIATION — $74,148 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetMAUPIN AREA CHAMBER ENDOWMENT — $60,000 over 1y, 72% of budgetSUNRIVER NATURE CENTER & OBSERVATORY INC — $50,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetDIRTY FREEHUB — $43,000 over 1y, 25% of budgetSOUTH WASCO ALLIANCE — $42,064 over 1y, 48% of budgetMADRAS-JEFFERSON COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $38,000 over 2y, 12% of budgetSISTERS TRAIL ALLIANCE — $37,152 over 1y, 26% of budgetREDMOND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE — $31,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetBEND VISITOR & CONVENTION BUREAU DBA VISIT BEND — $30,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetSCALEHOUSE — $28,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetIN A LANDSCAPE — $20,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetLEAVE NO TRACE CENTER FOR OUTDOOR ETHICS — $15,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCENTRAL OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER INC DBA - THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER — $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetFATHER S GROUP — $14,000 over 1y, 4.8% of budgetBend Endurance Academy — $13,200 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetAmerican Junior Golf Association Inc — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF BEND INC — $8,655 over 1y, 0.8% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Roundhouse Founda…The Oregon Community …Bend Visitor & Conven…First Interstate Banc…The Ford Family Found…The Autzen FoundationHelen M Clabough Char…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Marie Lamfrom Charita…The Kirby-Jones Found…The Anjulicia Foundat…The Collins Foundation
The Roundhouse FoundationOR32.5× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Roundhouse Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau Dba Visit Bend · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Ford Family Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Helen M Clabough Charitable Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Kirby-Jones Foundation · The Anjulicia Foundation · The Collins Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Central Oregon Visitors Association funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%6%25%56%100%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • South Wasco Alliance — 100% of income from government
  • Oregon Timber Trail Alliance — 61% of income from government
  • Warm Springs Community Action Team — 28% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Bend Inc — 16% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum — 11% of income from government
  • Scalehouse — 10% of income from government
  • Tower Theatre Foundation Inc — 8% of income from government
  • Oregon Equestrian Trails — 7% of income from government
  • Sunriver Owners Association — 2% of income from government
  • Central Oregon Trail Alliance — 1% of income from government
  • Sunriver Music Festival — 1% of income from government
  • Central Oregon Environmental Center Inc Dba - the Environmental Center — 0% of income from government
  • In a Landscape — 0% of income from government
  • Prineville-Crook Co Chamber of Commerce — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 44 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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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