· Private foundation
Courtney Irvin Trust
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k9 grants · $35k
- $10k–50k7 grants · $115k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $140k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Northwest Baptist Foundation | $140,000 |
| Northwest Baptist Foundation | $35,000 |
| Cascadia Technical Academy | $20,000 |
| Clark County Historic Museum | $18,750 |
| Goldwater Institute | $10,768 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,700 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Clark College Foundation | $10,000 |
| Vancouvers Downtown Association | $9,000 |
| Beaches Charity Fund | $6,000 |
| New Groove Performing Arts | $5,000 |
| Community Foundation of SW WA | $5,000 |
| The Giving Closet | $5,000 |
| Calvary Community Church | $2,000 |
| Clark County Rotary Foundation | $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 (FY19–24, $13k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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 +33% since the first grant, against +18% for those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2024, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (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 FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CCCLARK COLLEGE DISTRICT 14 FOUNDATION7× · 2018–2024 · $120k · revenue +14%
- VDVANCOUVERS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION3× · 2020–2024 · $59k · revenue +56%
COLUMBIA LAND TRUST3× · 2018–2022 · $25k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- NANW ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETESone grant, 2018 · $14k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2018 · $11k
- CDCOBALT DESIGN WORKSone grant, 2019 · $7k
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.
The Clark County Historical Society is dedicated to the collection, preservation, and interpretation of the cultural history of Clark County, WA and the Pacific Northwest. It also sponsors educational programs and exhibits for the…
The mission of the tourism office is to help promote economic development for the City of Vancouver and Clark County through tourism promotion.
Foster Growth in the Community
To provide access to justice in Clark County for low income individuals by facilitating civil legal services through volunteer attorneys.
Clark County Sheriffs Office Search and Rescue is a self-funded volunteer organization serving under the direction of the Clark County Sheriff. Our dedicated members train year-round in all terrains, urban and wild, and in all weather,…
The mission of the parks foundation of clark county is to improve the quality of life in clark county by supporting parks, trails, and recreational programs.
Through community partnerships and the effort of volunteers, we promote bicycle access, education, safety and the enjoyment of cycling to the children and adults of SW Washington. In simple terms, that translates to getting more people out…
Inspire and engage leaders by providing experiences and opportunities to build a strong community
A non-profit developer of permanent, affordable, tiny homes for the unsettled residents of Clark County, Washington.
The council for the homeless is a non-profit organization that provides community leadership, compelling advocacy and practical solutions to prevent and end homelessness in clark county, wa.
The council is organized to foster partnerships for clean water, healthy streams, and abundant fisheries in the Clackamas Watershed
The NW Energy Coalition is an alliance of over 100 environmental, civic, and human service organizations, utilities, and businesses in Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and British Columbia, plus many individual members. The NW Energy…
How this is measured
16 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. 16 of the 57 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 CLARK COLLEGE DISTRICT 14 FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds VANCOUVERS DOWNTOWN ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA LAND TRUST ↗
- Who funds BARRY GOLDWATER INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RESEARCH ↗
- Who funds The Giving Closet ↗
- Who funds VANCOUVER NATIONAL HISTORIC RESERVE TRUST ↗
- Who funds IDENTITY CLARK COUNTY ↗
- Who funds ARTSTRA ↗
- Who funds KE KUKUI FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds YWCA CLARK COUNTY ↗
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: Kmr Group Foundation · Columbia Community Credit Union · Clark County Food Bank · The Honorable Frank L & Arlene G Price Foundation · The Swigert Foundation · The Firstenburg Foundation · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Courtney Irvin Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Courtney Irvin Trust. Bigger dots raise more.
- Christmas Ships Inc: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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