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Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$250k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
18
Grants FY2025
16
Organizations funded FY2024
25%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$12,500
Largest grant, FY2025
$25,000
Organizations funded a year
13 to 19
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
3
Total assets, FY2025
$4.0M
Applications
Takes unsolicited applications
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 25% of the organizations Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 36% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 64% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $85k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
HealthHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentCrime & LegalEducationCivil RightsOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving18$250k17%
FY202416$235k25%
FY202315$203k20%
FY202217$211k35%
FY202119$245k32%
FY202013$213k54%
FY201916$211k44%
FY201815$223kn/a
100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$711kHuman Services$216kYouth Development$204kCrime & Legal$147kRecreation & Sports$112kAnimals$95kPublic Benefit$80kEducation$60kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic$138,00071%
Casa for Children Inc$116,75061%
Children's Cancer Association$108,00070%
Friends of the Children-Portland$97,00050%
The Oregon Zoo Foundation$94,75060%
Returning Veterans Project$79,50074%
Wheel to Walk Foundation$76,00086%
Willamette Community Health Solutions Inc$75,00010%
Operation Warm Inc$74,50060%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon$73,00051%
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All grantees of Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic$138,00071%
Casa for Children Inc$116,75061%
Children's Cancer Association$108,00070%
Friends of the Children-Portland$97,00050%
The Oregon Zoo Foundation$94,75060%
Returning Veterans Project$79,50074%
Wheel to Walk Foundation$76,00086%
Willamette Community Health Solutions Inc$75,00010%
Operation Warm Inc$74,50060%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon$73,00051%
Garten Services Inc$50,00010%
Casa of Clackamas County$40,00051%
Friends of the Children$36,00020%
Treehouse Therapies Associates$31,50021%
Tucker Maxon School$30,00030%
Gleaners of Clackamas County Inc$30,00030%
Childrens Center$30,00030%
Volunteers in Medicine$25,00022%
Providence Portland Medical Foundation$25,00020%
Financial Beginnings Oregon$25,00031%
Angel Flight West Inc$24,00040%
Bloomin Boutique$24,00023%
Store to Door$22,50021%
ALS Northwest$20,00020%
Special Olympics Oregon Inc$20,00011%
Northwest Association for Blind Athletes$15,00011%
Serenity Lane$15,00010%
Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest$15,00011%
Abc House Inc$15,00011%
Central Oregon Disability Support Network Inc$15,00012%
Phame Academy$12,50012%
Oregon Adaptive Sports$12,00012%
Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program$10,00020%
Albertina Kerr Centers$10,00010%
Albertina Kerr Centers Foundation$10,00015%
Community Transitional School$10,00020%
New Avenues for Youth Inc$10,00010%
Financial Beginnings$10,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 13 recipients with no EIN on record ($265k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetVolunteers in Medicine Clinic: $138,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetCasa for Children Inc: $116,750 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetChildren's Cancer Association: $108,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetFriends of the Children-Portland: $97,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetThe Oregon Zoo Foundation: $94,750 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetReturning Veterans Project: $79,500 over 7y, 3.9% of budgetWheel to Walk Foundation: $76,000 over 8y, 6.3% of budgetWillamette Community Health Solutions Inc: $75,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOperation Warm Inc: $74,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetMake-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon: $73,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetGarten Services Inc: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCasa of Clackamas County: $40,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetFriends of the Children: $36,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetTreehouse Therapies Associates: $31,500 over 2y, 1.1% of budgetTucker Maxon School: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetGleaners of Clackamas County Inc: $30,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetChildrens Center: $30,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetVolunteers in Medicine: $25,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetProvidence Portland Medical Foundation: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFinancial Beginnings Oregon: $25,000 over 3y, 1.4% of budgetAngel Flight West Inc: $24,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetBloomin Boutique: $24,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetStore to Door: $22,500 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetALS Northwest: $20,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSpecial Olympics Oregon Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNorthwest Association for Blind Athletes: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSerenity Lane: $15,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetGirls Inc of the Pacific Northwest: $15,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetAbc House Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetCentral Oregon Disability Support Network Inc: $15,000 over 1y, 2.0% of budgetPhame Academy: $12,500 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetOregon Adaptive Sports: $12,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetConstructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetAlbertina Kerr Centers: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAlbertina Kerr Centers Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 5.0% of budgetCommunity Transitional School: $10,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetNew Avenues for Youth Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFinancial Beginnings: $10,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 38.

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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 …OCF Joseph E Weston P…Marie Lamfrom Charita…Hillman Family Founda…The Robert D and Marc…The Jackson FoundationThe Autzen FoundationMaybelle Clark Macdon…Juan Young TrustThe Holzman FoundationThe Collins FoundationOnpoint Community Cre…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR54.2× affinity30 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Hillman Family Foundations · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust · The Holzman Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union

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.

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About Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn

How much does Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn give?
Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn reported 18 grants totaling $249,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn fund?
By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (40%), Human Services (12%), Youth Development (11%).
Who are Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Volunteers in Medicine Clinic ($138k), Casa for Children Inc ($117k), Children's Cancer Association ($108k).
Does Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 25% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn accept unsolicited applications?
Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust.
Where is Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn based?
Edward & Romell Ackley Fdn is based in MN.

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 51 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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