Oregon · Private foundation
Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation
Its FY2026 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $11M
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 34
- Grants FY2026
- 38
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 21%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Median grant, FY2026
- $149,451
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $2,498,135
- Organizations funded a year
- 38 to 39
- FY2023 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 4
- Total assets, FY2026
- $143M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 21% of the organizations Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 11% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.6M 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 | 34 | $11M | 9% |
| FY2025 | 38 | $15M | 21% |
| FY2024 | 39 | $15M | 23% |
| FY2023 | 38 | $18M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2023 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephens College | $10,004,188 | 4 | 11% |
| Santiam Christian Schools | $9,604,878 | 4 | 36% |
| Safehaven Humane Society | $4,303,250 | 4 | 39% |
| Boys & Girls Club of Albany | $3,648,258 | 4 | 29% |
| Abc House Inc | $2,006,460 | 4 | 28% |
| East Linn Christian Academy | $1,673,264 | 4 | 14% |
| Albany Helping Hands | $1,200,241 | 4 | 42% |
| Albany Boys & Girls Foundation Inc | $1,062,482 | 2 | 47% |
| Hawaii Wildlife Center | $1,046,394 | 3 | 25% |
| McKenzie River Discovery Center | $1,006,391 | 2 | n/a |
Show all 33 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 25 recipients with no EIN on record ($13M), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 15 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 28 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Morse Family Foundation · United Way of Linn Benton and Lincoln Counties · The Ford Family Foundation · Chambers Family Foundation · Albany General Hospital · Linn Benton Food Share · Benton Community Foundation · Assurant Foundation · Braemar Charitable Trust · The Autzen Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust
How this is measured
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About Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation
- How much does Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation give?
- Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation reported 34 grants totaling $10,771,880 in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 38 and 39 organizations a year over FY2023 to FY2025.
- What does Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2023 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (45%), Human Services (12%), Health (11%).
- Who are Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2023 to FY2026: Stephens College ($10M), Santiam Christian Schools ($9.6M), Safehaven Humane Society ($4.3M).
- Does Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 21% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Morse Family Foundation, United Way of Linn Benton and Lincoln Counties.
- Where is Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation based?
- Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation is based in OR.
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