Oregon · Private foundation
Compton Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $281k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2026
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $100,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 15
- FY2020 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $5.5M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 13% of the organizations Compton Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $60k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 15 | $281k | 20% |
| FY2025 | 15 | $262k | 13% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $241k | 8% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $85k | 17% |
| FY2022 | 14 | $238k | 21% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $188k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 15 | $185k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion-Polk Food Share Inc | $265,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Willamette Master Chorus | $107,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Union Gospel Mission | $105,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Salem Health Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Church at the Park | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Building Blocks Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Liberty House | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salem Free Clinics | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Willamette Heritage Center | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion-Polk Food Share Inc | $265,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Willamette Master Chorus | $107,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Union Gospel Mission | $105,000 | 6 | n/a |
| Salem Health Foundation | $100,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Church at the Park | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Family Building Blocks Inc | $80,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $70,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Liberty House | $50,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salem Free Clinics | $40,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Willamette Heritage Center | $35,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Historic Elsinore Theatre Inc | $26,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Pentacle Theatre Inc | $23,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Mission Street Parks Conservancy | $10,000 | 1 | 17% |
| Sustainable Local Ministry | $10,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Special Olympics Oregon Inc | $7,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Bush House Museum | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Friends of Deepwood | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Willamette University | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($437k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Compton Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: Pioneer Trust Bank Na Foundation · Maps Community Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Salem Foundation · Gelco Charitable Foundation · Willamette Health Council · The Reser Family Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · W Walton Decd Charitable Trust · Salem Health · United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley · Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation
How this is measured
About Compton Family Foundation
- How much does Compton Family Foundation give?
- Compton Family Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $281,000 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 15 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2025.
- What does Compton Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2026, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (22%), Human Services (20%), Food & Nutrition (16%).
- Who are Compton Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2026: Marion-Polk Food Share Inc ($266k), Willamette Master Chorus ($107k), Union Gospel Mission ($105k).
- Does Compton Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Compton Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Compton Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Pioneer Trust Bank Na Foundation, Maps Community Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is Compton Family Foundation based?
- Compton Family Foundation is based in OR.
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