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Chiles Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$375k
Granted FY2025still arriving
1
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$375k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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 2025.

Education$5.8MHuman Services$1.5MHealth$1.2MArts & Culture$840kYouth Development$575kReligion$155kPublic Safety & Disaster$15kEmployment$13kOther$0
02FY2025 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$375,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION$375,000
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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Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GIG HARBOR KIWANIS FOUNDATION: $30k → 9%FRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $20k → 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.

39%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.9M · 11 repeat orgs$6.2M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +17% for those funded once.

11 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
22

Total granted

$3.9M
$6.2M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+17%

Still filing today

64%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHealthYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesPublic BenefitOther
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

  • Music Workshop
    4× · 2020–2023 · $650k · revenue +271% · 41% of their budget
  • PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2025 · $545k · revenue +103%
  • TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $400k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND
    one grant, 2023 · $5.0M · revenue +17%
  • OC
    OLIVE CRESTgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $300k · revenue +37%
  • FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- CENTRAL OREGON
    one grant, 2023 · $180k · revenue +5%
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
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
2
Phillips Exeter Academy

Unite goodness and knowledge and inspire youth from every quarter to lead purposeful lives. [text in quotations is taken from the academy's deed of gift, drafted in 1781] knowledge and goodness "above all, it is expected that the attention…

Education
3
Oregon Recreation and Park Association

Oregon recreation and park association (opra) mission is to support the recreation and park profession in oregon through leadership, education, advocacy and member services.

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4
Kairospdx

Kairospdx's singularly focused mission is to close the racial achievement and opportunity gaps by cultivating confident, creative, compassionate leaders exceeding academic standards at each developmental milestone from ages 0-10.

Education
5
The Salish Sea School

The salish sea schools mission is to awaken curiosity and deepen connections with the sea through shore and sea exploration programs for all ages.

Environment
6
Oregon Symphony Association

The oregon symphony is dedicated to moving music forward. our vision is bold and adventurous: to inspire audiences with exhilarating performances, present the best musicians in a wide range of styles, explore new art forms, shine light on…

Arts & Culture
7
The Trustees of Grinnell College

To educate students in the liberal arts through free inquiry and the open exchange of ideas.when grinnell college framed its charter in the iowa territory of the united states in 1846, it set forth a mission to educate its students "for…

Education
8
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

—
9
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
10
Family and Community Together

Fact oregon empowers families, youth, and communities to navigate disability systems, advocating together for disability justice and policy change so that people with disabilities have what they need to thrive at home, in school, and in…

Human Services
11
Occidental College

See schedule othe mission of occidental college is to provide a gifted and diverse group of students with a total educational experience of the highest quality - one that prepares them for leadership in an increasingly complex,…

Education
12
Scuola Italiana Di Portland

Italian language and cultural enrichment classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced learners ages 3-11. full-immersion reggio emilia inspired preschool program.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Olive Crest; the most unlike its peers is Focus On Youth. 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

17 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. 17 of the 33 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
13/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $5,000,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND+1 more: $8,000 · EducationCATHOLIC CHARITIES: $1,156,333 · OtherCATHOLIC CHARITIESPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDAT: $610,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDA…TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $400,000 · OtherTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITYFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CENTRAL O: $300,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - CENTRAL …ST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL: $125,000 · Other+15 more: $485,850 · Other+15 morePROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $545,000 · HealthPROVIDENC…OLIVE CREST: $300,000 · HealthOLIVE CRE…Music Workshop: $650,000 · Arts & CultureMusic Wor…BOSTON 4 CELEBRATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 · Arts & CultureBOSTON 4 …YOUTH MUSIC PROJECT: $50,000 · Arts & CultureYOUTH MUS…+1 more: $10,000 · Arts & CultureFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- CENTRAL OREGON: $180,000 · Youth DevelopmentFOCUS ON YOUTH: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIG HARBOR KIWANIS FOUNDATION: $30,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $20,000 · Human ServicesCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 · Public Benefit
Education$5,008,000Other$3,077,183Health$845,000Arts & Culture$810,000Youth Development$265,000Human Services$50,000Public Benefit$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 budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $5,000,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetMusic Workshop: $650,000 over 4y, 41% of budgetPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $545,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY: $400,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOLIVE CREST: $300,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- CENTRAL OREGON: $180,000 over 1y, 9.6% of budgetBOSTON 4 CELEBRATIONS FOUNDATION INC: $100,000 over 1y, 4.1% of budgetFOCUS ON YOUTH: $85,000 over 3y, 51% of budgetREADING RESULTS: $75,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetYOUTH MUSIC PROJECT: $50,000 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetGIG HARBOR KIWANIS FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 76% of budgetFRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCOAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGERMAINES CULINARY INC: $10,750 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON CONSULAR CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $8,000 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC: $5,000 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.

  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds Music Workshop ↗
  • Who funds PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds TRUSTEES OF BOSTON UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds OLIVE CREST ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- CENTRAL OREGON ↗
  • Who funds BOSTON 4 CELEBRATIONS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds FOCUS ON YOUTH ↗
  • Who funds READING RESULTS ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH MUSIC PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds GIG HARBOR KIWANIS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDLY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds COAST GUARD FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds GERMAINES CULINARY INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON CONSULAR CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds OREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC ↗

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.

Juan Young TrustThe Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…Maybelle Clark Macdon…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Autzen FoundationClark FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…James F & Marion L Mi…Harry a Merlo Foundat…The Jackson FoundationHillman Family Founda…
Juan Young TrustOR28× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Juan Young Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Clark Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · Harry a Merlo Foundation Inc · The Jackson Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations

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 Chiles Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Chiles Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children- Central Oregon: 16% of income from government
  • Trustees of Boston University: 12% of income from government
  • Boston 4 Celebrations Foundation Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Oregon Historical Society: 10% of income from government
  • Music Workshop: 10% of income from government
  • Providence Portland Medical Foundation: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Consular Corps Scholarship Fund: 3% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc: 3% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Youth Music Project: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Chiles Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Chiles Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 33 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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