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Clarklewis Family Foundation at a glance

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Clarklewis Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$460k
Granted FY2024still arriving
53
Grants FY2024still arriving
5
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Education$1.0MEnvironment$679kHealth$521kAnimals$254kArts & Culture$183kHuman Services$134kFood & Nutrition$106kPhilanthropy$96kOther$0
02FY2024 · 53 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k35 grants · $115k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $245k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$5,000
Median grant
5
States reached
$45k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE LIVING DESERT$50,000
PROVIDENCE ST VINCENT$50,000
EDISON HIGH SCHOOL$40,000
ST MARY'S ACADEMY$25,000
THE LIVING DESERT$25,000
HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC CHURCH$20,000
CANNON BEACH HISTORY CENTER$19,811
THE LIVING DESERT$13,650
OK YOU$12,000
FRIENDLY HOUSE PROJECT$10,000
EQUAMORE FOUNDATION$10,000
THINK TOGETHER$10,000
REBUILDING AMERICA'S WARRIORS$10,000
EISENHOWER HEALTH$10,000
JOHN TRACY CENTER$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $231k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 91% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%YOUTH VILLAGES: $5k → 8%BAKER RELIEF NURSERY: $5k → 16%HIDDEN HARVEST: $10k → 11%YOUTH VILLAGES: $5k → 8%HIDDEN HARVEST: $5k → 11%YOUTH VILLAGES: $5k → 8%THE GOOD SAMARITAN HOME OF QUINCY: $5k → 13%YOUTH VILLAGES: $5k → 8%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $25k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $25k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $25k → 14%JOHN TRACY CLINIC: $20k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $10k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $5k → 14%JOHN TRACY CENTER: $5k → 14%ARCH CAPE-FALCON COVE COMMUNITY CLU: $50 → 13%FRIENDLY HOUSE: $10k → 12%FRIENDLY HOUSE: $10k → 12%FRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $10k → 12%FRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $10k → 12%FRIENDLY HOUSE: $10k → 12%FRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $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

IL
NY
OR
IN
OH
PA
CA
MO
AZ
TN
NC
MS
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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 53 repeat orgs$331k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +44% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

53 repeat relationships: 22 still active in FY2024, 31 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

53
41

Total granted

$2.9M
$194k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+44%
+20%

Still filing today

68%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $137k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentOther
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

  • LD
    LIVING DESERT THE
    8× · 2017–2024 · $628k · revenue +84%
  • THE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $192k · revenue +54%
  • EH
    EDISON HIGH SCHOOL
    4× · 2019–2024 · $160k · revenue +28%

Funded once

  • ST
    ST THOMAS MORE CATHOLIC CHURCH
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • OR
    OREGON RAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2021 · $20k · revenue +25%
  • OD
    OREGON DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN RE
    one grant, 2017 · $10k
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
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
Cascades Academy of Central Oregon

Cascades academy is an engaged, vibrant community that weaves challenging academics with experiential learning to inspire socially responsible individuals ready for a diverse and changing world.

Education
3
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
4
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
5
Great Peninsula Conservancy

Preserve in perpetuity the natural habitats, rural landscapes, and open spaces of the great peninsula of washington's puget sound.

Environment
6
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc

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

Environment
7
Oregon Cancer Foundation

Our mission is to empower, strengthen and sustain those impacted by cancer in our community through education, support and financial assistance.

Health
8
Cowiche Canyon Conservancy

Protecting our shrub-steppe and connecting people to this vanishing landscape.

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9
Oregon Council for Behavioral Health

We provide a voice for an effective and accessible behavioral health system of care for Oregonians.

Community Improvement
10
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
11
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is We Belong Pdx; the most unlike its peers is Friends Involved in Dog Outreach. 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

70 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. 70 of the 118 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)
15
Early backer (in before they grew)
69/70
Grantees still filing
45/70
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC SCHOOL: $255,000 · OtherDE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC SCHOOLST MARYS ACADEMY: $160,000 · OtherST MARYS ACADEMYEDISON HIGH SCHOOL: $160,000 · OtherEDISON HIGH SCHOOLST THOMAS MORE SCHOOL: $150,000 · OtherST THOMAS MORE SCHOOLPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT: $150,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE ST VINCENTJESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $100,000 · OtherJESUIT HIGH SCHOOLMACDONALD CENTER: $70,000 · OtherWomens Foundation of Oregon: $65,000 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANK: $61,264 · Other+64 more: $572,292 · Other+64 moreLIVING DESERT THE: $627,890 · EnvironmentLIVING DESERT THE+3 more: $51,000 · Environment+3 moreTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $192,466 · AnimalsSINGER SANCTUARY: $14,000 · AnimalsCASCADES RAPTOR CENTER: $11,000 · AnimalsEQUAMORE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Animals+4 more: $15,021 · AnimalsJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $135,140 · Human ServicesFRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $51,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesHIDDEN HARVEST CORPORATION: $15,000 · Human Services+3 more: $10,050 · Human ServicesTHE BLESSING FOUNDATION INC: $46,000 · HealthIRAQ STAR INC: $40,500 · HealthVIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthOK YOU INC: $12,000 · HealthEisenhower Medical Center: $10,000 · HealthALS Northwest: $5,000 · HealthHEALTHY LIVING COMMUNITY: $5,000 · Health+4 more: $6,500 · HealthUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $60,000 · EducationTHINK TOGETHER: $40,000 · EducationTHE CANNON BEACH ACADEMY: $25,000 · EducationWEST HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 · EducationCULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE: $5,000 · Education+3 more: $6,000 · EducationOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $53,000 · Arts & CultureCOASTER THEATER FOUNDATION: $34,680 · Arts & CultureOREGON RAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureCANNON BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 · Arts & CulturePICKLEBERRY PIE INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $1,350 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,743,556Environment$678,890Animals$242,487Human Services$236,190Health$145,000Education$141,000Arts & Culture$121,030

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 budgetLIVING DESERT THE: $627,890 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $192,466 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetEDISON HIGH SCHOOL: $160,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetJOHN TRACY CLINIC: $135,140 over 8y, 1.0% of budgetMACDONALD CENTER: $70,000 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetWomens Foundation of Oregon: $65,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $61,264 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $60,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $53,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $51,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPORTLAND TENNIS & EDUCATION: $50,000 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTHE BLESSING FOUNDATION INC: $46,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetIRAQ STAR INC: $40,500 over 7y, 55% of budgetTHINK TOGETHER: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCOASTER THEATER FOUNDATION: $34,680 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetGleaners of Clackamas County Inc: $28,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $26,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $25,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CANNON BEACH ACADEMY: $25,000 over 3y, 81% of budgetChildrens Center: $25,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetCOACHELLA VALLEY YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetOREGON RAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetVIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetCASA OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY: $20,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetTHE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY: $19,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWORLD FORESTRY CENTER: $17,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetHIDDEN HARVEST CORPORATION: $15,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetSINGER SANCTUARY: $14,000 over 4y, 4.7% of budgetOK YOU INC: $12,000 over 1y, 5.1% of budgetCANNON BEACH FIRE & RESCUE ASSOCIATION: $11,100 over 4y, 12% of budgetCASCADES RAPTOR CENTER: $11,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetEQUAMORE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetGUIDE DOGS OF THE DESERT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCANNON BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $7,000 over 3y, 6.2% of budgetFriends Involved in Dog Outreach: $7,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetCANNON BEACH LIBRARY: $6,900 over 6y, 1.6% of budgetALS Northwest: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetWE BELONG PDX: $5,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetWEST HILLS CHRISTIAN SCHOOL: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN HOME OF QUINCY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPICKLEBERRY PIE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 4.6% of budgetHEALTHY LIVING COMMUNITY: $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetALBERTINA KERR CENTERS FOUNDATION: $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCULVER-STOCKTON COLLEGE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBaker Relief Nursery Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetThink Wild: $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% 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 LIVING DESERT THE ↗
  • Who funds THE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds EDISON HIGH SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds JOHN TRACY CLINIC ↗
  • Who funds MACDONALD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Womens Foundation of Oregon ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDLY HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND TENNIS & EDUCATION ↗
  • Who funds THE BLESSING FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds IRAQ STAR INC ↗
  • Who funds THINK TOGETHER ↗
  • Who funds COASTER THEATER FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Gleaners of Clackamas County Inc ↗
  • Who funds DESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH VILLAGES INC ↗
  • Who funds THE CANNON BEACH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Childrens Center ↗
  • Who funds COACHELLA VALLEY YOUTH GOLF FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON RAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds THE FOREST PARK CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds WORLD FORESTRY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds North Coast Land Conservancy 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.

The Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…Juan Young TrustThe Autzen FoundationOCF Joseph E Weston P…The Jackson FoundationClark FoundationHillman Family Founda…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Rose E Tucker Charita…The Collins FoundationHoover Family Foundat…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR50.5× affinity34 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Juan Young Trust · The Autzen Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · Clark Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Collins Foundation · Hoover 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 Clarklewis Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Clarklewis Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 210%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Baker Relief Nursery Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • The Cannon Beach Academy: 10% of income from government
  • Think Wild: 7% of income from government
  • North Coast Land Conservancy Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc: 3% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Equamore Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Womens Foundation of Oregon: 0% of income from government
  • Casa of Clackamas County: 0% of income from government
  • World Forestry Center: 0% of income from government
  • Childrens Center: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
21get no government money at all
15report 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 118 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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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
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
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