· Private foundation
Demorest Family Foundation
Its FY2025 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, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k21 grants · $75k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $235k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $390k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND | $175,000 |
| OHSU FOUNDATION | $115,000 |
| UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION | $50,000 |
| THE FRESHWATER TRUST | $50,000 |
| OHSU DOERNBECHER FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN | $25,000 |
| OMSI | $25,000 |
| JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION | $25,000 |
| THE NATURE CONSERVANCY | $25,000 |
| SOAR4 FOUNDATION | $20,000 |
| BLANCHETT HOUSE | $20,000 |
| OLD TIMERS BASEBALL OF PORTLAND | $15,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $15,000 |
| PARKINSONS RESOURCES OF OREGON | $10,000 |
| OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $10,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $56k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 73% 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
Which US states its grants reach
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 +29% since the first grant, against +6% for those funded once.
62 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2025, 31 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (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 FY2025, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $53k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- UOUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND9× · 2017–2025 · $675k · revenue +7%
THE FRESHWATER TRUST9× · 2017–2025 · $496k · revenue +40%- HFHABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST6× · 2017–2022 · $300k · revenue +58%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2023 · $47k
- DFDOERNBECHER FOUNDATIONone grant, 2019 · $25k
- MCMCMINNVILLE COMMUNITY TENNIS ASSone grant, 2024 · $20k
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.
Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.
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…
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
See schedule othe purpose and mission of the organization is to support and assist the university of oregon foundation in its activities by management and administration of organization assets representing privately donated funds, by…
The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…
To lead, serve and collaborate to mobilize enduring philanthropy for a better arizona.
To support our members and promote the growth and quality of oregon's technology industry by providing opportunities for business and professional development through networking and informational programs.
The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy.
See schedule ofbo advances oregon's commitment to support every child to learn, grow, and thrive. we bridge community, policymakers, and philanthropy to collaborate toward realizing a shared long-term vision for our children and young…
To do our part for a stronger and healthier oregon by supporting and encouraging students along their personal continuums of medical education.continued on schedule o.oregon medical education foundation (omef) also strives to be good…
Connecting people across oregon and the pacific northwest through the power of a shared story.
The mission of mit is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.
How this is measured
56 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. 56 of the 104 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 UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds THE FRESHWATER TRUST ↗
- Who funds HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND METRO EAST ↗
- Who funds OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ↗
- Who funds ALL HANDS RAISED ↗
- Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
- Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
- Who funds Central City Concern ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON'S RESOURCES OF OREGON ↗
- Who funds Clackamas Community College Foundation ↗
- Who funds THE NORTHWEST ACADEMY ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds ST JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL INC ↗
- Who funds Bradley Angle ↗
- Who funds Renaissance Charitable Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds INCIGHT COMPANY ↗
- Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds JOHN MUIR HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SAM DAY FOUNDATION ↗
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: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Onpoint Community Credit Union · The Reser Family Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Demorest Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Demorest Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
- New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
- The Freshwater Trust: 17% of income from government
- Latino Network: 15% of income from government
- Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East: 14% of income from government
- Oregon Historical Society: 10% of income from government
- Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
- Bradley Angle: 10% of income from government
- Open School Inc: 5% of income from government
- Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
- University of Portland: 1% of income from government
- Caldera: 1% of income from government
- Youth Music Project: 1% of income from government
- William Temple House: 0% of income from government
- Clackamas Community College Foundation: 0% of income from government
- Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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