· Private foundation
Compton Family Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2026.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2026
- Under $10k5 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k9 grants · $160k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $100k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHURCH AT THE PARK | $100,000 |
| Salem Free Clinics | $40,000 |
| ACRES OF HOPE YOUTH RANCH | $40,000 |
| Willamette Master Chorus | $16,000 |
| Union Gospel Mission | $14,000 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Salem | $10,000 |
| St Paul's Episcopal Church | $10,000 |
| Family Building Blocks | $10,000 |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $10,000 |
| CAPITAL COMMUNITY MEDIA INC | $10,000 |
| Willamette Heritage Center | $5,000 |
| Historic Elsinore Theatre Inc | $5,000 |
| Oregon State Chapter PEO Sisterhood | $5,000 |
| Assistance League of Salem | $5,000 |
| Special Olympics Oregon Inc | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–26, $130k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +76% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2026, 2 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2026, 47% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- MFMARION-POLK FOOD SHARE INC4× · 2020–2025 · $266k · revenue +22%
- WMWILLAMETTE MASTER CHORUS7× · 2020–2026 · $107k · revenue +18%
FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC7× · 2020–2026 · $80k · revenue +132%
Funded once
- SHSALEM HEALTH FOUNDATIONone grant, 2022 · $100k · revenue -56%
LIBERTY HOUSEone grant, 2025 · $50k · revenue 0%- SFSalem Family YMCA of Marion & Polk Coone grant, 2022 · $50k
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.
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.
To improve the health and well-being of the people and communities we serve.
Providing health care services
To support salem health, salem health west valley and related organizations.
To conserve and enhance land in southern oregon to sustain our human and natural communities forever.
Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.
The mission of the salem art association is to actively engage the community in the appreciation of the arts through contemporary art exhibitions and events, arts education for youth and adults, and the preservation and interpretation of…
Portland museum is an innovative and compelling neighborhood museum. the museum boldly weaves exhibitions, performances, collections, and educational programs to excite, challenge and illuminate our neighbors, visitors, and participants…
Pfm operates world-class farmers markets that contribute to the success of local food growers and producers and create vibrant community gatherings. as a trade association, success for our vendors is our primary objective. listening and…
The lord & schryver conservancy preserves, interprets and stewards the legacy of landscape achitects elizabeth lord and edith schryver for public enrichment.
How this is measured
18 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.
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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 18 of the 28 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 MARION-POLK FOOD SHARE INC ↗
- Who funds THE SALEM FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds WILLAMETTE MASTER CHORUS ↗
- Who funds SALEM HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CHURCH AT THE PARK ↗
- Who funds FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC ↗
- Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
- Who funds LIBERTY HOUSE ↗
- Who funds SALEM FREE CLINICS ↗
- Who funds THE WILLAMETTE HERITAGE CENTER ↗
- Who funds HISTORIC ELSINORE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds PENTACLE THEATRE INC ↗
- Who funds MISSION STREET PARKS CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds SUSTAINABLE LOCAL MINISTRY ↗
- Who funds Special Olympics Oregon Inc ↗
- Who funds BUSH HOUSE MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF DEEPWOOD ↗
- Who funds WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY ↗
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
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Compton Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Compton Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Family Building Blocks Inc: 68% of income from government
- Liberty House: 23% of income from government
- Church at the Park: 12% of income from government
- Marion-Polk Food Share Inc: 5% of income from government
- Historic Elsinore Theatre Inc: 3% of income from government
- Pentacle Theatre Inc: 2% of income from government
- Willamette University: 1% of income from government
- Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
- The Willamette Heritage Center: 0% of income from government
- Salem Health Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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