· Private foundation
Francis Cheney Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k9 grants · $8k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $37k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ASANTE FOUNDATION | $37,000 |
| HIGHER GROUND SUN VALLEY | $1,500 |
| NAMI-CENTRAL OREGON | $1,000 |
| HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST | $1,000 |
| FRIENDS OF GALENA TRAILS | $1,000 |
| SISTERS KIWANIS FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OREGON | $500 |
| MARY'S PLACE CO SAVING GRACE | $500 |
| HOSPICE OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY22–22, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
18 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
ASANTE FOUNDATION9× · 2017–2025 · $296k · revenue +36%- HGHIGHER GROUND USA INC9× · 2017–2025 · $16k · revenue +73%
- WRWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO9× · 2017–2025 · $9k · revenue +121%
Funded once
- TCTHRIVE CENTRAL OREGONgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $1k · revenue +25%
- HOHEART OF OREGON CORPS INCgraduatedone grant, 2022 · $500 · revenue +66%
How this is measured
Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.
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.
Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.
Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…
The oregon humane society ("ohs") is a private animal welfare organization, founded in 1868 and incorporated in 1880, whose mission is to create a more humane society with the vision of a world where all animals are treated with…
To conserve and enhance land in southern oregon to sustain our human and natural communities forever.
Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…
Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
To conserve and restore wild and working lands in oregons high desert for wildlife and people, and provide common ground to improve climate resilience, wildlife connectivity, habitat restoration, innovative grazing practices, cultural…
Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.
To foster community pride and involvement in the oregon zoo and to secure financial support for the zoo's conservation, education and animal well-being programs.
Advance health and social justice for all members of our community.
Wwt's mission is to protect and restore water in rivers and streams across washington state. washington water trust restores and protects water in rivers and streams and promotes sustainable freshwater management in washington, and, more…
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 21 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.
Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
- Who funds ASANTE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HIGHER GROUND USA INC ↗
- Who funds WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO ↗
- Who funds HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds Deschutes Land Trust ↗
- Who funds St Charles Foundation Inc ↗
- Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds HAWAII COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OREGON ↗
- Who funds CENTRAL OREGON ANIMAL FRIENDS HOME AT LAST HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds THRIVE CENTRAL OREGON ↗
- Who funds MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OREGON ↗
- Who funds HEART OF OREGON CORPS INC ↗
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 Roundhouse Foundation · Bend Foundation · The Anjulicia Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Charities Aid Foundation America · Network for Good · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Francis Cheney Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Francis Cheney Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Deschutes Land Trust: 46% of income from government
- Heart of Oregon Corps Inc: 28% of income from government
- Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
- Thrive Central Oregon: 12% of income from government
- High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
How this is measured
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