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Donald N McGregor Foundation at a glance

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Donald N McGregor Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$19k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$125kEducation$39kHuman Services$27kHealth$20kCivil Rights$14kYouth Development$9kReligion$5kHousing & Shelter$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $2k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $17k
$17,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$14k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY$17,000
LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE$1,500
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–19, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1k → 8%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.
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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$198k · 12 repeat orgs$40k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

12 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
15

Total granted

$198k
$40k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+20%

Still filing today

67%
47%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
EducationArts & CultureHousing & ShelterPhilanthropyInternationalHealthOther
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

  • OH
    OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $121k · revenue +38%
  • THE DOUGY CENTER INC
    2× · 2017–2020 · $6k · revenue +181%
  • CL
    COLUMBIA LEARNING CENTER
    2× · 2017–2019 · $5k · revenue ×31

Funded once

  • VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF OREGON INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $14k · revenue +52%
  • CF
    CORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP
    one grant, 2019 · $5k
  • CASCADE AIDS PROJECTgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $5k · revenue +349%
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
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
2
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
3
Morrison Child and Family Services

Helping kids be kids, and supporting families when they need us most. morrison serves over 8,000 youth and families annually through ten distinct programs designed to meet the needs of our clients.

Health
4
Youth Progress Association

Youth progress is a nonprofit organization that is licensed as a child caring agency (cca) to serve youth ages 12-25 in the custody of the oregon youth authority (oya) or the oregon department of human services (dhs). youth progress uses…

Health
5
Portland State University Foundation

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.

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6
University of Portland

The university of portland, an independently governed catholic university guided by the congregation of holy cross, addresses significant questions of human concern through interdisciplinary studies of the arts, sciences, and humanities…

Education
7
LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services
8
Oregon Center for Public Policy

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…

Employment
9
Oregon Progress Forum

Next up amplifies the voice and leadership of diverse young people to achieve a more just and equitable oregon.

Environment
10
Friends of the Children-Portland

Friends - portland commits to standing alongside our community's youth as they work to overcome barriers to their success. each child receives 1:1 support and guidance from a salaried, professional mentor (called a friend), from…

Youth Development
11
Oregon Public Health Association

Advocate for policies that protect and promote healthy and health equity for all people in oregon and provide learning, collaboration and leadership opportunities for public health professionals and the broader community.

Health
12
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Our House of Portland Inc; the most unlike its peers is Columbia Learning Center. 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

17 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. 17 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/17
Grantees still filing
14/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $121,325 · Arts & CultureOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureOUR HOUSE OF PORTLAND INC: $15,432 · OtherOUR HOUSE OF PORTLAND INCVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF OREGON INC: $13,735 · OtherVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF OREGON I…Individual grant recipient: $7,500 · OtherIndividual grant recipientGREATER THAN - PORTLAND OR: $6,300 · OtherGREATER THAN - PORTLAND ORTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $6,000 · OtherTHE DOUGY CENTER INCCORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIP: $5,000 · OtherCORNERSTONE FELLOWSHIPTOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN: $4,000 · OtherTOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THANTHESE NUMBERS HAVE FACES - PORTLAND OR: $3,500 · OtherCOMPASSION FIRST MINISTRY: $2,500 · Other+7 more: $6,250 · Other+7 moreCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyCONCORDIA…COLUMBIA LEARNING CENTER: $5,239 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $5,000 · EducationREED INSTITUTE: $2,250 · EducationCHESS FOR SUCCESS: $1,250 · EducationMY FATHERS HOUSE: $4,500 · Housing & ShelterTRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES: $3,500 · Housing & ShelterCASCADE AIDS PROJECT: $5,000 · HealthGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,000 · Human ServicesFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $500 · International
Arts & Culture$121,825Other$70,217Philanthropy$20,000Education$13,739Housing & Shelter$8,000Health$5,000Human Services$1,000International$500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $121,325 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetOUR HOUSE OF PORTLAND INC: $15,432 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF OREGON INC: $13,735 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $6,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $5,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCASCADE AIDS PROJECT: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMY FATHERS HOUSE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREED INSTITUTE: $2,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCHESS FOR SUCCESS: $1,250 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFEED MY STARVING CHILDREN INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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…Rose E Tucker Charita…The Jackson FoundationWheeler FoundationOCF Joseph E Weston P…The Harold & Arlene S…Juan Young TrustThe Collins FoundationHillman Family Founda…Meyer Memorial TrustHelen B Sutherland Fo…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR27.8× affinity12 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 · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Wheeler Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Juan Young Trust · The Collins Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Meyer Memorial Trust · Helen B Sutherland 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 Donald N McGregor Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Donald N McGregor Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Portland Opera Association Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Cascade Aids Project: 19% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Together We Are Greater Than: 8% of income from government
  • Trillium Family Services: 3% of income from government
  • Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Reed Institute: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
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.
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How do I get to Donald N McGregor Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Donald N McGregor Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 28 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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