Oregon · Private foundation
Frank and Margaret Bitar 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.
- $77k
- Granted FY2020
- 39
- Grants FY2020
- 39
- Organizations funded FY2020
- 3%
- First-time grantees FY2020
Read this first · the figures below need context
100% of Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation’s FY2022 grant dollars went to The Oregon Community Foundation, not to grantees.
Its money now reaches organizations through that sponsor, which does not report who recommended each grant. FY2022 names 0 organizations directly, so a portfolio cannot be read from it. Everything below is therefore FY2020, the last year Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation named its own grantees at scale: 24 organizations, $77k. It is dated, not current.
Organizations named directly on the return
Amber years are those where most dollars went to a sponsor.
- Median grant, FY2020
- $1,500
- Largest grant, FY2020
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 39 to 43
- FY2018 to FY2020
- States reached, FY2020
- 6
- Total assets, FY2020
- $2.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2020, 3% of the organizations Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2020, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 39 | $77k | 3% |
| FY2019 | 40 | $83k | 5% |
| FY2018 | 43 | $100k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edwards Center Inc | $27,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Dress for Success Oregon | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Providence Children's Health Foundation | $10,500 | 3 | 0% |
| De la Salle North Catholic High School | $9,000 | 3 | n/a |
| St Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc | $8,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Project Mexico of the Orthodox Church | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon | $6,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Oregon Inc | $5,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Cappella Romana | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington | $4,500 | 3 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
Plus 19 recipients with no EIN on record ($110k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Frank and Margaret Bitar 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 · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Wentworth Foundation · Wheeler Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation with peer funders
About Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation
- How much does Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation give?
- Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation reported 39 grants totaling $76,500 in its FY2020 IRS filing. It funded between 39 and 43 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2020.
- What does Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2022, its largest causes are Philanthropy (90%), Health (3%), Education (1%).
- Who are Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2022: Edwards Center Inc ($28k), Dress for Success Oregon ($15k), Providence Children's Health Foundation ($11k).
- Does Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2020, 3% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Frank and Margaret Bitar 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 Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation, The Reser Family Foundation.
- Where is Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation based?
- Frank and Margaret Bitar Foundation is based in OR.
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