Oregon · Private foundation
First Fruits Foundation
Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $112k
- Granted FY2023
- 15
- Grants FY2023
- 15
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2023
- $6,000
- Largest grant, FY2023
- $18,700
- Organizations funded a year
- 13 to 43
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2023
- 4
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations First Fruits Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 8% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 92% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 15 | $112k | 20% |
| FY2022 | 35 | $907k | 60% |
| FY2020 | 13 | $180k | 23% |
| FY2018 | 41 | $253k | 46% |
| FY2017 | 43 | $174k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2023.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2023, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eugene Mission Inc | $202,037 | 2 | 3% |
| Save the Bee | $192,469 | 2 | 87% |
| Agricultural Research Foundation | $175,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $153,705 | 2 | 0% |
| Bushnell University Fka Northwest Christian University | $127,100 | 4 | 0% |
| Star of Hope Activity Center | $71,034 | 5 | 1% |
| Christian Outreach for Africa | $60,000 | 1 | 12% |
| Foodcorps Inc | $30,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Seattle Pacific University | $25,570 | 1 | 0% |
| Food 4 Farmers Inc | $22,300 | 4 | 2% |
Show all 49 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 40 recipients with no EIN on record ($412k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
First Fruits Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 43 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
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 · Chambers Family Foundation · United Way of Lane County · The Autzen Foundation · McKay Family Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Woodard Family Foundation · Crow Farm Foundation · The Suwinski Family Foundation Inc · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Sanford Foundation
How this is measured
About First Fruits Foundation
- How much does First Fruits Foundation give?
- First Fruits Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $111,774 in its FY2023 IRS filing. It funded between 13 and 43 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does First Fruits Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2023, its largest causes are Religion (23%), Education (21%), Food & Nutrition (15%).
- Who are First Fruits Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2023: Eugene Mission Inc ($202k), Save the Bee ($192k), Agricultural Research Foundation ($175k).
- Does First Fruits Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does First Fruits 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 First Fruits Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Chambers Family Foundation, United Way of Lane County.
- Where is First Fruits Foundation based?
- First Fruits Foundation is based in OR.
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