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Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2026still arriving
34
Grants FY2026still arriving
4
States reached
$2.5M
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, FY2023 to 2025.

Education$21MHuman Services$5.9MHealth$5.2MAnimals$5.1MYouth Development$4.5MArts & Culture$1.0MEnvironment$1.0MHousing & Shelter$953kOther$0
02FY2026 · 34 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2026

  • $10k–50k6 grants · $113k
  • $50k–250k19 grants · $2.7M
  • $250k+9 grants · $7.9M
$149,451
Median grant
4
States reached
$143M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
STEPHEN'S COLLEGE$2,498,135
SANTIAM CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS$2,394,135
YMCA - ALBANY$797,599
ABC HOUSE$502,425
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB OF ALBANY$494,530
SALVATION ARMY - CASCADE DIVISION$348,270
HAWAII WILDLIFE CENTER$346,132
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON LIBRARY$301,406
Individual grant recipient$251,484
SAFEHAVEN HUMANE SOCIETY$247,606
ALBANY HELPING HANDS$247,577
MERCY HOUSE$200,102
YOUNG ROOTS OREGON$200,000
EAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY$198,587
CASA OF LINN COUNTY$183,605
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 (FY23–26, $3.8M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%UNBRIDLED SPIRIT: $140k → 12%UNBRIDLED SPIRIT: $130k → 12%UNBRIDLED SPIRIT: $120k → 12%UNBRIDLED SPIRIT: $120k → 12%ALBANY HELPING HANDS: $453k → 13%HOME LIFE INC: $50k → 18%ALBANY HELPING HANDS: $250k → 13%ALBANY HELPING HANDS: $249k → 13%ALBANY HELPING HANDS: $248k → 13%ABC HOUSE: $502k → 13%ABC HOUSE: $502k → 13%ABC HOUSE: $502k → 13%ABC HOUSE: $500k → 13%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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$55M · 45 repeat orgs$3.0M to everyone else

45 repeat relationships: 31 still active in FY2026, 14 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2026 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

45
10

Total granted

$55M
$2.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

0%
0%

Still filing today

58%
30%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2026, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $160k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24’25’26
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’23’24’25’26
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentAnimalsHousing & ShelterArts & CultureOther
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

  • SC
    STEPHENS COLLEGE
    4× · 2023–2026 · $10M · revenue +45%
  • SH
    SAFEHAVEN HUMANE SOCIETY
    4× · 2023–2026 · $4.3M · revenue +29% · 39% of their budget
  • BG
    BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ALBANY
    4× · 2023–2026 · $3.6M · revenue +9% · 29% of their budget

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2023 · $696k
  • LC
    Linn-Benton Community College Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $495k · revenue +40% · 29% of their budget
  • LC
    LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $495k · revenue -32%
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
Every Child Central Oregon

Mobilizing the community to uplift children and families impacted by foster care in Oregon.

Human Services
2
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
3
Albany County Opportunity Inc

Acap works in partnership with families and communities to empower people to achieve economic self-sufficiency and an improved quality of life.

Human Services
4
Oregon Family School

Partnering with parents to provide a rich, innovative, and effective home- based education that nurtures academic success and personal growth.

Education
5
Albina Head Start Inc

To provide head start/early head start education services to children and families, and educate parents in the area of child development, social services and health care.

Unclassified
6
Albany Law School

Higher education: Albany Law School is an institution of higher education that provides instructional and educational activities singularly focused on the study of law. Completion of the programs by students culminates in the awarding of…

Education
7
Eugene Christian School

To assist families by proving a Christ-centered bible-based education that inspires each student to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and pursue excellence in moral character, academics, and service to others.

Education
8
Oregon Casa Network

To lead oregon's casa programs to provide a strong voice for every abused and neglected child

Human Services
9
Alpine Christian School

The school's mission is to raise the standard for education as well as establish an environment that would reflect the community's faith in god. in eighteen years, the school has grown from 6 students meeting in a church to 56 students…

Education
10
Oregon Council for Behavioral Health

We provide a voice for an effective and accessible behavioral health system of care for Oregonians.

Community Improvement
11
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
12
Adams County Children's Advocacy Center

To meet the needs of children and families in our community by providing a community based, child focused center that facilitates a compassionate multidisciplinary approach to the prevention, identification, investigation, prosecution and…

Crime & Legal
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Casa of Linn County Inc; the most unlike its peers is Benton Furniture Share. 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

31 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. 31 of the 59 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.

15
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
12/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

STEPHENS COLLEGE: $10,004,188 · EducationSTEPHENS COLLEGESANTIAM CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $9,604,878 · EducationSANTIAM CHRISTIAN SCHOOLSEAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,673,264 · EducationEAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY+4 more: $1,539,224 · Education+4 moreUNIVERSITY OF OREGON LIBRARY: $2,416,691 · OtherUNIVERSITY OF OREGON LIBRARYYMCA - ALBANY: $2,395,364 · OtherYMCA - ALBANYSALVATION ARMY - CASCADE DIVISION: $1,397,416 · OtherSALVATION ARMY - CASCADE DIVISIONALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS: $1,072,000 · OtherALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLSMCKENZIE RIVER DISCOVERY CENTER: $1,006,391 · OtherYOUNG ROOTS OREGON: $902,465 · OtherMENNONITE VILLAGE FOUNDATION: $751,021 · OtherALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $711,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipient: $695,676 · OtherCASA OF LINN COUNTY INC: $769,007 · Other+28 more: $6,821,080 · Other+28 moreSAFEHAVEN HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,303,250 · AnimalsSAFEHAVEN …HAWAII WILDLIFE CENTER: $1,046,394 · AnimalsHAWAII WIL…BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ALBANY: $3,648,258 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GI…ALBANY BOYS & GIRLS FOUNDATION INC: $1,062,482 · Youth DevelopmentALBANY BO…OPHELIA'S PLACE: $200,000 · Youth DevelopmentABC HOUSE INC: $2,006,460 · Human ServicesALBANY HELPING HANDS: $1,200,241 · Human ServicesUnbridled Spirit 7: $510,000 · Human ServicesBENTON FURNITURE SHARE: $450,046 · Human ServicesANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY: $400,000 · Human Services+1 more: $50,000 · Human ServicesCREATING HOUSING COALITION: $752,945 · Housing & ShelterFISH OF ALBANY INC: $210,000 · Housing & ShelterFAMILY TREE RELIEF NURSERY: $850,553 · Crime & Legal
Education$22,821,554Other$18,938,111Animals$5,349,644Youth Development$4,910,740Human Services$4,616,747Housing & Shelter$962,945Crime & Legal$850,553

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSTEPHENS COLLEGE: $10,004,188 over 4y, 11% of budgetSANTIAM CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS: $9,604,878 over 4y, 36% of budgetSAFEHAVEN HUMANE SOCIETY: $4,303,250 over 4y, 39% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ALBANY: $3,648,258 over 4y, 29% of budgetABC HOUSE INC: $2,006,460 over 4y, 28% of budgetEAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY: $1,673,264 over 4y, 14% of budgetALBANY HELPING HANDS: $1,200,241 over 4y, 42% of budgetALBANY BOYS & GIRLS FOUNDATION INC: $1,062,482 over 2y, 47% of budgetHAWAII WILDLIFE CENTER: $1,046,394 over 3y, 25% of budgetYOUNG ROOTS OREGON: $902,465 over 4y, 47% of budgetFAMILY TREE RELIEF NURSERY: $850,553 over 4y, 9.4% of budgetCASA OF LINN COUNTY INC: $769,007 over 4y, 42% of budgetCREATING HOUSING COALITION: $752,945 over 3y, 14% of budgetALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $711,000 over 2y, 35% of budgetUnbridled Spirit 7: $510,000 over 4y, 40% of budgetLinn-Benton Community College Foundation: $494,612 over 1y, 29% of budgetLANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $494,612 over 1y, 7.9% of budgetBENTON FURNITURE SHARE: $450,046 over 3y, 19% of budgetANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY: $400,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetALBANY REGIONAL MUSEUM CORPORATION: $391,955 over 4y, 42% of budgetSMART READING: $350,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetWORLD VISION INC: $300,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetALBANY CIVIC THEATER INC: $249,827 over 2y, 30% of budgetALBANY GENERAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $225,177 over 3y, 8.4% of budgetFISH OF ALBANY INC: $210,000 over 3y, 30% of budgetOPHELIA'S PLACE: $200,000 over 2y, 6.0% of budgetBUSHNELL UNIVERSITY FKA NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetMID-VALLEY YOUTH FOR CHRIST: $91,850 over 2y, 26% of budgetHOME LIFE INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% 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.

  • Who funds STEPHENS COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds SANTIAM CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS ↗
  • Who funds SAFEHAVEN HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF ALBANY ↗
  • Who funds ABC HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds EAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY HELPING HANDS ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY BOYS & GIRLS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds HAWAII WILDLIFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds MCKENZIE RIVER DISCOVERY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG ROOTS OREGON ↗
  • Who funds FAMILY TREE RELIEF NURSERY ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF LINN COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds CREATING HOUSING COALITION ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Unbridled Spirit 7 ↗
  • Who funds Linn-Benton Community College Foundation ↗
  • Who funds LANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BENTON FURNITURE SHARE ↗
  • Who funds Dalit Empowerment ↗
  • Who funds ANIMALS AS NATURAL THERAPY ↗
  • Who funds ALBANY REGIONAL MUSEUM CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds SMART READING ↗
  • Who funds WORLD VISION INC ↗

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 …Morse Family Foundati…United Way of Linn Be…The Ford Family Found…Chambers Family Found…Albany General Hospit…Linn Benton Food ShareBenton Community Foun…Assurant FoundationBraemar Charitable Tr…The Autzen FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR35.8× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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
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 Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Doris and Bill Scharpf Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Home Life Inc: 95% of income from government
  • Family Tree Relief Nursery: 57% of income from government
  • Abc House Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Ophelia's Place: 22% of income from government
  • Young Roots Oregon: 21% of income from government
  • Albany Helping Hands: 8% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Albany: 7% of income from government
  • Albany Regional Museum Corporation: 3% of income from government
  • Albany Public Schools Foundation: 3% of income from government
  • Bushnell University Fka Northwest Christian University: 3% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • Casa of Linn County Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Linn-Benton Community College Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
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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Find your warmest path to Doris and Bill Scharpf 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 59 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 2026, released 2026. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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