Oregon · Public charity
First Story
First Story provides quality affordable housing through a 30-year, zero-interest and zero-down home loan to lower-income families (defined as below 80% of area median income). In addition, First Story provides financial support to low-income individuals, persons in need and at-risk youth and funding for housing/shelter services, hunger…
- $215k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $171,500
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 1
- FY2018 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $24M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 0% of the organizations First Story funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 6 | $215k | 83% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $295k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $281k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $263k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $193k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $175k | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| US Vet Connect Inc | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Helping Captives | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Clear Mourning | $7,000 | 1 | 13% |
| Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 598 Bikes for Tikes Charity | $6,000 | 1 | 5% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($1.4M), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About First Story
- How much does First Story give?
- First Story reported 6 grants totaling $214,500 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 1 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2023.
- What does First Story fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2024, its largest causes are Human Services (100%).
- Who are First Story's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2024: St Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County Inc ($10k), US Vet Connect Inc ($10k), Helping Captives ($10k).
- Does First Story fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as First Story?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is First Story based?
- First Story is based in OR.
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