Oregon · Private foundation
Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $89k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 14
- Grants FY2024
- 16
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 13%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 18
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 13% of the organizations Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 14 | $89k | 7% |
| FY2023 | 16 | $92k | 13% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $93k | 14% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $84k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 16 | $89k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 0% |
| 1000 Friends of Oregon | $50,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Literary Arts Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Campbell Institute | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Portland Art Museum | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest College of Art | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of the Columbia-Willamette | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Japanese Garden Society of Oregon | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
Show all 19 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $110,000 | 6 | 0% |
| 1000 Friends of Oregon | $50,000 | 6 | 1% |
| Literary Arts Inc | $50,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | $30,000 | 6 | 0% |
| The Campbell Institute | $27,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Portland Art Museum | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Pacific Northwest College of Art | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| United Way of the Columbia-Willamette | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| University of Oregon Foundation | $15,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Japanese Garden Society of Oregon | $12,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Portland Center Stage | $11,000 | 6 | 0% |
| Impact Nw | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Oregon Environmental Council | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Southern Poverty Law Center Inc | $10,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Seattle University | $10,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Willamette University | $9,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Oregon Ballet Theatre | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sightline Institute | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($126k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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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 · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Oregon Jewish Community Foundation · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Regional Arts & Culture Council · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust
How this is measured
Compare Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation with peer funders
About Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation
- How much does Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation give?
- Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation reported 14 grants totaling $89,000 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 18 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (40%), Arts & Culture (18%), Environment (11%).
- Who are Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: Portland Community College Foundation Inc ($110k), 1000 Friends of Oregon ($50k), Literary Arts Inc ($50k).
- Does Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 13% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Edwards Lienhart Family 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 Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, The Collins Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust.
- Where is Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation based?
- Edwards Lienhart Family Foundation is based in OR.
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