How much does Gray Family Foundation give?

Gray Family Foundation reported 89 grants totaling $2,520,462 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 55 and 86 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.

What does Gray Family Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (31%), Education (27%), Recreation & Sports (11%).

Who are Gray Family Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Outdoor School ($1.2M), Elso Inc ($356k), Natureconnect Central Oregon ($327k).

Does Gray Family Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Which funders back the same organizations as Gray Family Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Collins Foundation.

Where is Gray Family Foundation based?

Gray Family Foundation is based in OR.

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Oregon · Public charity

Gray Family Foundation

The Gray Family Foundation is a supporting organization of The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF). The Foundation makes grants that further the mission of OCF which is to improve lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024(still arriving): 89
Grants FY2024: 79
Organizations funded FY2023: 20%
First-time grantees FY2023

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Median grant, FY2024: $25,000
Largest grant, FY2024: $86,000
Organizations funded a year: 55 to 86; FY2017 to FY2023
Total assets, FY2024: $1.7M

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Gray Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 14% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $298k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

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

EnvironmentEducationYouth DevelopmentHuman ServicesArts & CultureRecreation & SportsOther

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 year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2024still arriving	87	$2.4M	22%
FY2023	79	$2.1M	20%
FY2022	79	$3.1M	27%
FY2021	86	$1.9M	30%
FY2020	84	$2.1M	32%
FY2019	72	$1.4M	44%
FY2018	69	$1.5M	72%
FY2017	55	$1.2M	n/a

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$5.0MEducation$4.4MRecreation & Sports$1.8MYouth Development$1.7MPublic Benefit$1.1MArts & Culture$631kReligion$307kCommunity Improvement$273kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Friends of Outdoor School	$1,225,926	5	74%
Elso Inc	$356,400	5	5%
Natureconnect Central Oregon	$326,700	6	36%
Wallowa Resources Inc	$271,400	8	2%
Capaces Leadership Institute	$265,000	6	4%
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry	$258,700	6	0%
Beyond Toxics	$250,730	5	6%
Soul River Inc	$245,000	5	39%
Curry Soil and Water Conservation District	$244,960	6	n/a
Rogue Climate	$240,000	5	4%

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All grantees of Gray Family Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Friends of Outdoor School	$1,225,926	5	74%
Elso Inc	$356,400	5	5%
Natureconnect Central Oregon	$326,700	6	36%
Wallowa Resources Inc	$271,400	8	2%
Capaces Leadership Institute	$265,000	6	4%
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry	$258,700	6	0%
Beyond Toxics	$250,730	5	6%
Soul River Inc	$245,000	5	39%
Curry Soil and Water Conservation District	$244,960	6	n/a
Rogue Climate	$240,000	5	4%
Euvalcree	$230,000	6	2%
Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors	$221,700	7	4%
Lomakatsi Restoration Project	$202,000	5	1%
General Council on Finance & Admins of the United	$201,000	5	n/a
Camp Tamarack	$188,010	6	5%
Camp Lutherwood Association	$180,000	6	n/a
Environmental Grantmakers Association	$175,000	8	1%
Siskiyou Field Institute	$172,900	6	16%
Friends of Tryon Creek	$170,000	7	5%
The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science	$163,700	6	2%
Camp Fire Columbia	$152,500	4	1%
Apano Communities United Fund	$150,000	5	1%
Camp Myrtlewood Inc	$149,250	5	22%
Verde Inc	$147,787	6	1%
Alder Creek Community Forest	$142,420	5	n/a
Cascade Pacific RC&D Area	$142,400	5	2%
Growing Gardens	$141,773	6	4%
Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center	$140,576	3	8%
Klamath Outdoor Science School	$140,100	7	20%
Columbia Slough Watershed Council Inc	$134,000	6	6%
Adelante Mujeres	$133,800	6	0%
Rural Organizing Project	$131,000	4	3%
Camp Arrah Wanna Inc	$130,000	4	9%
Westwind Stewardship Group	$130,000	3	4%
Salem Keizer Public Schools	$128,200	5	n/a
Understory Initiative	$120,997	4	8%
Progressive Multiplier Fund	$115,000	3	4%
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc	$115,000	5	4%
American-Hellenic Educational Center Inc	$114,800	4	10%
High Desert Museum	$109,000	6	1%
Wild Diversity	$107,500	4	18%
Blue Mountain Conservative Baptist Association	$105,000	3	n/a
Oregon State University Foundation	$103,000	2	0%
Young Men's Christian Association of Columbia-Willamette	$100,000	3	0%
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council	$98,460	4	7%
Grove Christian Service Camp	$97,400	4	8%
Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon 601 Union	$96,417	3	n/a
Central Oregon Environmental Center Inc Dba - the Environmental Center	$94,488	5	2%
Marys River Watershed Council	$93,000	4	10%
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center	$90,000	4	13%
Springfield Education Foundation	$90,000	8	4%
Mennonite Camp Association of Oregon Inc	$90,000	3	9%
Columbia Riverkeeper	$88,000	4	1%
Long Tom Watershed Council	$87,500	3	2%
Camp Attitude of Oregon Inc	$87,000	3	9%
Kenton Action Plan	$87,000	2	n/a
The CREST	$86,509	4	28%
Northwest Conservative Baptist Association Inc	$86,500	4	n/a
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians	$85,000	3	1%
Latino Network	$81,657	4	0%
Tualatin Riverkeepers Inc	$81,400	4	5%
Catholic Youth Organization	$80,000	2	1%
Lake Creek Youth Recreational Camp Inc	$80,000	4	20%
Institute for Applied Ecology	$79,820	4	1%
Blue Mountain 4-H Center Inc	$76,200	3	23%
Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc	$75,000	4	1%
Bible Teaching Inc	$75,000	2	5%
National Caucus of Environmental Legislators	$75,000	1	2%
Kairospdx	$73,200	3	1%
Cascade Pacific Council Boy Scouts of America	$72,250	2	0%
Calapooia Watershed Council	$67,858	4	4%
Camp Fire Wilani	$67,580	4	17%
Gorge Ecology Outdoors	$66,950	3	16%
Butte Falls Charter School District #91	$65,500	4	n/a
Oregon 4-H Foundation	$65,000	2	2%
Rogue Valley Farm to School	$65,000	3	9%
Multnomah Education Service District	$64,600	3	n/a
Straub Outdoors	$61,200	3	13%
The Next Door Inc	$61,000	3	0%
Seed to Table Oregon	$61,000	3	6%
Siuslaw Watershed Council Inc	$61,000	3	3%
Rose Community Development Corporat	$61,000	3	1%
Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership	$60,500	4	0%
Oregon State University	$60,500	3	n/a
Mazamas	$60,000	1	6%
Ecotrust	$60,000	2	0%
Native American Youth and Family Center	$60,000	2	0%
Camp Kiwanilong Board Inc	$60,000	2	8%
Grande Ronde Model Watershed Foundation	$59,906	3	1%
Center for Diversity and the Environment	$57,700	3	8%
The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization	$57,000	2	0%
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission	$56,400	3	n/a
Friends of Zenger Farm	$56,400	3	1%
Impact Nw	$55,000	3	0%
Black Oregon Land Trust	$55,000	2	7%
Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center	$53,000	4	7%
Camp Cascade Foundation	$51,500	2	n/a
Eastern Oregon University	$50,500	2	n/a
Mt Adams Institute	$50,409	3	2%
Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp Foundation Inc	$50,000	1	19%
Better Together Central Oregon	$50,000	2	1%
Friends of the Owyhee	$49,743	3	8%
Neighbors for Kids	$45,000	2	4%
Intermountain Education Service DiStrict	$45,000	2	n/a
The Blueprint Foundation	$45,000	2	3%
Mt Hood Kiwanis Camp	$44,500	2	1%
Ayco	$42,767	2	2%
St Clare Church & School	$42,351	3	n/a
Regents of the University of California	$41,981	1	n/a
EASTERN OREGON REGIONAL ARTS COUNCIL dba ART CENTER EAST	$41,823	3	5%
Zack Packard Memorial Foundation	$41,500	1	7%
Rios to Rivers	$41,000	2	2%
Northeast Oregon Network	$41,000	3	1%
Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc	$40,924	3	n/a
Confluences Inc Confluence Project	$40,725	3	6%
North Fork John Day Watershed Council	$40,280	4	2%
The Salvation Army	$40,000	1	n/a
Coos Watershed Association	$40,000	2	1%
High Desert Partnership	$40,000	2	0%
Tillamook School District No 9 Foundation	$37,850	2	11%
Eco-School Network	$37,850	2	9%
Food Roots	$35,000	2	4%
Washington School Principals Education Foundation	$35,000	1	1%
Caldera	$35,000	3	1%
Board of Camp and Retreat Ministries Or/Id Conference United Methodist Church	$35,000	1	n/a
The Northwest Academy	$34,200	3	0%
Discover Your Northwest	$34,000	2	1%
School Garden Project of Lane County	$32,750	2	8%
Boy Scouts of America	$32,500	2	0%
Lincoln County School District	$32,406	2	n/a
Holy Redeemer Catholic School	$32,312	3	n/a
Pacific Crest Council Inc Boy Scouts of America	$32,250	1	2%
Portland State University Foundation	$30,250	2	0%
Word Is Bond	$30,000	1	8%
The Trust for Public Land	$30,000	1	0%
Jump in Nw Canby Grove Conference Center	$30,000	1	2%
Whole Earth Nature School	$30,000	2	2%
Sauvie Island Center	$29,881	2	10%
Rogue Valley Council of Governments	$29,150	3	n/a
Luckiamute Valley Charter Schools	$28,229	2	1%
Institute for Sustainability Education and Ecology	$27,500	2	7%
Upward Bound Camp for Persons With Special Ne	$26,750	1	8%
United States Catholic Conference	$26,556	3	n/a
Trash for Peace	$25,550	2	20%
Gales Creek Camp Foundation	$25,400	1	4%
Portland State University	$25,000	1	n/a
Yakona Nature Preserve	$25,000	1	4%
Beach School PTA	$25,000	1	51%
Oregon Council for the Social Studies	$25,000	1	n/a
Yakona Learning Center	$25,000	1	4%
Glide School District	$25,000	1	n/a
Willamette Cascades Community Land Trust	$25,000	1	8%
Cedar Ridge Retreat and Conference Center	$25,000	1	n/a
Southern Oregon University Foundation	$25,000	1	0%
Oregon Environmental Council	$25,000	1	1%
Coalition of Communities of Color	$25,000	1	n/a
Educational Equity Now	$25,000	1	n/a
Garfield Elementary PTA	$24,400	3	n/a
Kings Valley Charter School	$24,036	1	1%
Westside Lutheran School Association	$22,730	3	n/a
North Clackamas Urban Watersheds Council	$22,000	2	2%
Umpqua Natural Leadership Science Hub	$20,800	1	n/a
Sandy River Basin Watershed Council	$20,500	2	2%
Jefferson County Soil & Water Conservation District	$20,300	3	n/a
St Ignatius Parish School	$20,229	1	n/a
Im Hooked Inc	$20,000	1	14%
McKenzie School District #68	$20,000	1	n/a
Oregon Agriculture in the Classroom	$20,000	1	7%
St Andrew Nativity School	$20,000	2	n/a
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC MEDFORD dba RV FAMILY YMCA	$20,000	1	1%
City of St Helens	$20,000	1	n/a
Tillamook Estuaries Partnership	$19,998	1	1%
Outgrowing Hunger	$19,950	1	n/a
Young Mens Christian Assoc Ashland	$19,000	2	0%
Portland Jewish Academy	$18,544	2	0%
Creative Education Networks Environmental Education Project	$17,500	2	n/a
St Rose School	$17,010	2	n/a
Walla Walla Basin Watershed Foundation	$15,920	1	1%
Bend-Lapine School District	$15,700	1	n/a
O'Hara Catholic School	$15,414	1	n/a
Madeleine School Endowment Fund	$15,119	1	n/a
Elevate Oregon	$15,000	1	2%
Biodiversity Research Collective	$15,000	1	35%
YWCA of Greater Portland	$15,000	1	1%
Opal	$15,000	1	1%
Agricultural Research Foundation	$15,000	1	n/a
Childpeace Montessori Community	$15,000	1	0%
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette	$15,000	1	0%
Environmental Education Association of Oregon	$15,000	1	n/a
Powell Butte Charter School	$14,337	1	1%
Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative	$14,000	1	1%
Oregon Zoo	$14,000	1	n/a
Valor Global Foundation	$13,823	1	0%
Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund	$13,720	1	n/a
Zion Lutheran Church	$13,674	2	n/a
Portland Parks Foundation	$13,500	2	1%
Blue Mountain Conservancy Inc	$12,583	1	32%
Central Pacific Conference UCC	$12,000	1	n/a
Queen of Peace School	$11,692	2	n/a
Friends of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument	$11,000	1	9%
Camp Taloali Inc	$10,900	1	3%
Portland Community Media	$10,000	1	0%
Bonneville Environmental Foundation	$10,000	1	0%
Sunriver Nature Center & Observatory Inc	$10,000	1	1%
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition	$10,000	1	2%
Willamette Partnership	$10,000	1	n/a
Boys and Girls Clubs of Snohomish County	$9,883	1	0%
Corvallis Waldorf Association	$9,120	1	1%
Friends of the Children of the Klamath Basin	$9,024	1	1%
Love Is King Inc	$9,000	1	5%
Sunny Wolf Charter School	$8,950	1	0%
Trinity Academy of Portland	$8,797	1	1%
Playa	$8,500	1	2%
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council	$8,000	1	n/a
Holy Trinity Catholic Church Beaverton Or	$7,987	1	n/a
Pacifica a Garden in the Siskiyous	$7,680	1	1%
Warm Springs Community Action Team	$7,500	1	0%
Ridgeline Montessori Public	$7,462	1	0%
Salem Environmental Education	$7,095	1	n/a
Portland Community Football Club	$7,000	1	2%
Church of St Thomas More	$6,144	1	n/a
Four Rivers Community School Inc	$6,000	1	0%
Redmond School District 2J	$6,000	1	n/a
High Desert Esd	$6,000	1	n/a
Phoenix-Talent School District #4	$6,000	1	n/a
Johnson Creek Watershed Council	$6,000	1	1%
Pine Eagle School District 61	$5,908	1	n/a
Church of St Joseph	$5,856	1	n/a
Holy Family Church	$5,843	1	n/a
Eastern Oregon Legacy Lands	$5,500	1	n/a
Desert Sky Montessori	$5,500	1	0%

Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($280k), not named here.

Gray Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 7 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 167 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.

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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 167.

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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 FoundationOR119.7× affinity157 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Collins Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Seeding Justice · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · Braemar Charitable Trust

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.

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About Gray Family Foundation

How much does Gray Family Foundation give?: Gray Family Foundation reported 89 grants totaling $2,520,462 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 55 and 86 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Gray Family Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (31%), Education (27%), Recreation & Sports (11%).
Who are Gray Family Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Friends of Outdoor School ($1.2M), Elso Inc ($356k), Natureconnect Central Oregon ($327k).
Does Gray Family Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Which funders back the same organizations as Gray Family Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Collins Foundation.
Where is Gray Family Foundation based?: Gray Family Foundation is based in OR.