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Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest

To help small companies give back to the community.

$81k
Granted FY2020
5
Grants FY2020
1
States reached
$40k
Largest
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2020.

Arts & Culture$250kCommunity Improvement$142kHuman Services$60kHealth$50kYouth Development$50kEducation$10kAnimals$5kFood & Nutrition$5k
02FY2020 · 5 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2020

  • Under $10k2 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $70k
$10,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
VETERAN'S LEGACY$40,000
A FAMILY PLACE (LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST)$20,000
NEWBERG EDUCATION FOUNDATION$10,000
NEWBERG ANIMAL SHELTER FRIENDS$5,000
FISH FOOD PANTRY (NEWBERG FISH EMERGENCY SERVICE)$5,000
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 (FY20–20, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 62% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%VETERAN'S LEGACY: $40k → 15%A FAMILY PLACE (LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST): $20k → 11%FISH FOOD PANTRY (NEWBERG FISH EMERGENCY SERVICE): $5k → 11%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 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
Northeast Oregon Network

Northeast Oregon Network (the Organization) is a non-profit organization established to create a healthier Oregon by reducing barriers for both residents and regional systems that support their health. The Organization fulfills its mission…

Health
2
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
3
Eastern Oregon University Foundation

Established in 1964 for the philanthropic benefit of Eastern Oregon University, the Foundation raises funds to support the mission of Eastern Oregon University.

Education
4
Legal Aid Services of Oregon

The primary purpose of legal aid services of oregon shall be to achieve justice for the low-income communities of oregon by providing a full range of the highest quality civil legal services.

Crime & Legal
5
Lane Community College Education Association

Lane Community College Education Association is the union that represents 200 full-time and 375 part-time faculty members at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. LCCEA is an affiliated unit of the Oregon Education Association (OEA)…

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6
Northeast Oregon Economic Development District

The mission of NEOEDD is to contribute to a vibrant rural economy by providing consulting, training, financing, referrals and other assistance to businesses, entrepreneurs, local governments and non-profit organizations in Northeast Oregon.

Religion
7
Nonprofit Association of Oregon

The mission of the nonprofit association of oregon is to strengthen the collective voice, leadership, and capacity of nonprofits to enrich the lives of all oregonians.

Community Improvement
8
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
9
Reedsport Community Charter School

Reedsport community charter school's mission is to provide community based, technology-infused, problem-solving curriculum to students in grades 7 through 12 and living within the reedsport school district on the southern oregon coast.

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10
Linc Nw

To provide innovative collaborative solutions to economic, social, environmental, and spiritual challenges in the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Religion
11
North Clackamas Education Foundation

NCEF raises community funds to bridge the gap between North Clackamas School District (NCSD) funding and the unmet needs of it's students. It's mission is to ensure NCSD students are engaged in school and ready to learn. Key investment…

Education
12
Oregon Dog Rescue

Conduct rescue of dogs, facilitate adoptions of same. provide emergency vet services for dogs needing rescue

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Newberg Education Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Boy Scouts of America. 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

9 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
8/9
Grantees still filing
5/9
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Chehalem Center Association dba Chehalem Cultural Center: $250,000 · Recreation & SportsChehalem Center Association dba Chehalem Cultural…OREGON ENTREPRENEURS FORUM: $142,239 · OtherOREGON ENTREPRENEURS FORUMLINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · OtherLINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL FOUNDATION INCNEWBERG EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherVETERANS LEGACY: $40,000 · Human ServicesVETERANS LEG…Lutheran Community Services Northwest: $20,000 · Human ServicesLutheran Com…NEWBERG FISH EMERGENCY SERVICE: $5,000 · Human ServicesNEWBERG FISH…BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOY SCOUT…NEWBERG ANIMAL SHELTER FRIENDS: $5,000 · Animals
Recreation & Sports$250,000Other$202,239Human Services$65,000Youth Development$50,000Animals$5,000

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 budgetChehalem Center Association dba Chehalem Cultural Center: $250,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetOREGON ENTREPRENEURS FORUM: $142,239 over 1y, 15% of budgetBOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA: $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVETERANS LEGACY: $40,000 over 1y, 30% of budgetLutheran Community Services Northwest: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEWBERG EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 8.6% of budgetNEWBERG FISH EMERGENCY SERVICE: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetNEWBERG ANIMAL SHELTER FRIENDS: $5,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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.

Austin Family FoundationOR13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 1 of 1Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Austin Family Foundation · Amazonsmile 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 Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest. Bigger dots raise more.

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no gov · 10%2%8%17%30%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Veterans Legacy: 63% of income from government
  • Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum: 1% of income from government
  • Newberg Animal Shelter Friends: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.
04Through Plinth

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How do I get to Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest?

Find your warmest path to Entrepreneurs Foundation of the Northwest 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 9 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2020, released 2020. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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