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Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust

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.

$270k
Granted FY2025(still arriving)
36
Grants FY2025
31
Organizations funded FY2024
6%
First-time grantees FY2024
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Median grant, FY2025
$6,000
Largest grant, FY2025
$17,500
Organizations funded a year
31 to 46
FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025
4
Total assets, FY2025
$3.6M
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 6% of the organizations Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust funded were first-time grantees, receiving 6% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionHuman ServicesOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2025still arriving36$270k14%
FY202431$230k6%
FY202331$208k6%
FY202231$261k3%
FY202131$220k26%
FY202039$152k8%
FY201939$120k0%
FY201846$148k87%
94% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Environment$280kFood & Nutrition$209kHealth$207kHuman Services$173kArts & Culture$151kEducation$133kHousing & Shelter$117kAnimals$114kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wild Salmon Center$86,00080%
The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization$80,00080%
Outside In$70,68780%
Oregon Symphony Association$70,00090%
Ecotrust$62,50080%
Oregon Food Bank$60,67550%
Friends of the Columbia Gorge$50,50081%
Xerces Society Inc$46,50080%
Oregon Energy Fund$46,28781%
Meals on Wheels People Inc$44,93860%
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All grantees of Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Wild Salmon Center$86,00080%
The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization$80,00080%
Outside In$70,68780%
Oregon Symphony Association$70,00090%
Ecotrust$62,50080%
Oregon Food Bank$60,67550%
Friends of the Columbia Gorge$50,50081%
Xerces Society Inc$46,50080%
Oregon Energy Fund$46,28781%
Meals on Wheels People Inc$44,93860%
Ethos Inc$43,27572%
The Dental Foundation of Oregon$40,00082%
Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc$39,50080%
The San Diego River Park Foundation$39,50080%
St Mary's Home$37,18770%
Schoolhouse Supplies Inc$32,68770%
Feeding San Diego$32,00070%
Portland Art Museum$30,00030%
Smart Reading$28,18840%
Portland State University Foundation$25,50070%
The Oregon Zoo Foundation$25,00050%
Lan Su Chinese Garden$25,00050%
Literary Arts Inc$25,00080%
Providence Children's Health Foundation$20,05030%
Deschutes Land Trust$19,00040%
University of Oregon Foundation$18,50050%
Urban Gleaners$16,50020%
Lift Urban Portland$15,25020%
Free Geek$15,00050%
Japanese Garden Society of Oregon$15,00030%
Lines for Life$15,00030%
Portland Center Stage$15,00030%
Providence Portland Medical Foundation$10,00010%
Fora Health Inc$10,00040%
Share Our Strength$10,00010%
Sunshine Division Inc$10,00010%
The Children's Book Bank$9,50030%
Raphael House of Portland$8,50030%
The Campbell Institute$7,00010%
San Dieguito River Valley Land Conservancy$7,00031%
International Rescue Committee INC$7,00030%
Proud Ground$6,00020%
Rose Haven Cic$5,20020%
The Freshwater Trust$5,10010%
Impact Nw$5,00010%
The San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association$5,00010%
Blanchet House of Hospitality$3,00010%
Bradley Angle$3,00010%
Outdoor Outreach$3,00030%
Friends of the Children$3,00030%
Oregon Crime Victims Law Center$3,00030%
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education$3,0003n/a
Cascades Raptor Center$2,50030%
Forever Balboa Park$2,00020%
The Red Door Project$50010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($336k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWild Salmon Center: $86,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization: $80,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOutside In: $70,687 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOregon Symphony Association: $70,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetEcotrust: $62,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetOregon Food Bank: $60,675 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of the Columbia Gorge: $50,500 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetXerces Society Inc: $46,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOregon Energy Fund: $46,287 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetMeals on Wheels People Inc: $44,938 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetEthos Inc: $43,275 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetThe Dental Foundation of Oregon: $40,000 over 8y, 2.3% of budgetBird Alliance of Oregon Inc: $39,500 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetThe San Diego River Park Foundation: $39,500 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetSt Mary's Home: $37,187 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSchoolhouse Supplies Inc: $32,687 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFeeding San Diego: $32,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Art Museum: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSmart Reading: $28,188 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetPortland State University Foundation: $25,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetThe Oregon Zoo Foundation: $25,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetLan Su Chinese Garden: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetLiterary Arts Inc: $25,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence Children's Health Foundation: $20,050 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetDeschutes Land Trust: $19,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Oregon Foundation: $18,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetUrban Gleaners: $16,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetLift Urban Portland: $15,250 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFree Geek: $15,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJapanese Garden Society of Oregon: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetLines for Life: $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPortland Center Stage: $15,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetProvidence Portland Medical Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFora Health Inc: $10,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetShare Our Strength: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSunshine Division Inc: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Children's Book Bank: $9,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetRaphael House of Portland: $8,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetThe Campbell Institute: $7,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSan Dieguito River Valley Land Conservancy: $7,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $7,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetProud Ground: $6,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetRose Haven Cic: $5,200 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetThe Freshwater Trust: $5,100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetImpact Nw: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe San Diego Symphony Orchestra Association: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBlanchet House of Hospitality: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBradley Angle: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 54.

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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.

The Oregon Community …Juan Young TrustMarie Lamfrom Charita…Meyer Memorial TrustMaybelle Clark Macdon…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Collins FoundationThe Autzen FoundationThe Jackson FoundationThe Reser Family Foun…Rose E Tucker Charita…Oregon Jewish Communi…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR54.4× affinity31 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Meyer Memorial Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Oregon Jewish Community 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.

Compare Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust with peer funders

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About Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust

How much does Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust give?
Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust reported 36 grants totaling $270,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 31 and 46 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (17%), Food & Nutrition (13%), Health (12%).
Who are Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Wild Salmon Center ($86k), The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization ($80k), Outside In ($71k).
Does Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust fund new organizations?
In FY2024, 6% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust 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 Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Juan Young Trust, Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust.
Where is Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust based?
Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable Trust is based in OR.

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 70 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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