Oregon · Private foundation
George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn
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.
- $133k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 12
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 64%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,500
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $41,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 33
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 64% of the organizations George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn funded were first-time grantees, receiving 37% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 63% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $61k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 12 | $133k | 17% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $162k | 64% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $139k | 87% |
| FY2022 | 19 | $159k | 11% |
| FY2021 | 16 | $135k | 19% |
| FY2020 | 23 | $127k | 26% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $124k | 26% |
| FY2018 | 33 | $139k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
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, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah State University | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| North Powder Community Partners | $32,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Eastern Oregon Museum | $28,500 | 4 | 17% |
| Eastern Oregon Regional Theater Inc | $20,800 | 4 | 8% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Corban University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cross the Divide | $11,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Baker Soccer United | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Historic Baker City Charitable Fund Ltd | $7,500 | 1 | 100% |
| Friends Of The Oregon Trail Regional Museum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
Show all 13 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah State University | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| North Powder Community Partners | $32,500 | 4 | n/a |
| Eastern Oregon Museum | $28,500 | 4 | 17% |
| Eastern Oregon Regional Theater Inc | $20,800 | 4 | 8% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $14,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Corban University | $12,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Cross the Divide | $11,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Baker Soccer United | $10,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Historic Baker City Charitable Fund Ltd | $7,500 | 1 | 100% |
| Friends Of The Oregon Trail Regional Museum Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 7% |
| Cal Poly Corporation | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lewis-Clark State College | $4,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest College | $3,500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 59 recipients with no EIN on record ($929k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 8 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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: Leo Adler Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn
- How much does George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn give?
- George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn reported 12 grants totaling $133,400 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 33 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (53%), Community Improvement (15%), Arts & Culture (10%).
- Who are George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Utah State University ($35k), North Powder Community Partners ($33k), Eastern Oregon Museum ($29k).
- Does George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 64% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn 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 George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Leo Adler Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation, Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc.
- Where is George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn based?
- George&Marion Buerkel Oscar&Ella Zoellner Fdn is based in OR.
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