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Halton Foundation at a glance

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Halton 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.

$12k
Granted FY2024still arriving
3
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$7k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$1.2MArts & Culture$127kAnimals$35kFood & Nutrition$25kCivil Rights$20kRecreation & Sports$19kReligion$19kEnvironment$11kOther$0
02FY2024 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$406k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL$7,000
GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION$3,000
ARLINGTON CLUB HERITAGE FOUNDATION$2,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY20–20, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $1k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

98%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.4M · 26 repeat orgs$23k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +20% for those funded once.

26 repeat relationships: 2 still active in FY2024, 24 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

26
10

Total granted

$1.4M
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+20%

Still filing today

50%
90%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $3k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Arts & CultureAnimalsEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM
    5× · 2017–2021 · $60k · revenue +172%
  • OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY
    5× · 2017–2021 · $23k · revenue +26%
  • AC
    ARLINGTON CLUB HERITAGE FOUNDATION
    6× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • TL
    THE LIBRARY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +59%
  • TI
    THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $3k · revenue +34%
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.

04Its field

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.

1
Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
Environment
2
Portland Seamens Friend Society
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3
University of Oregon Foundation

The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…

Education
4
Oregon Music Festival

Oregon Music Festival's mission is the performance, production, and promotion of classical music through orchestral, choral/orchestra, and chamber music.

Arts & Culture
5
Oregon Historical Society

As the steward of oregon's history, the oregon historical society educates, informs, and engages the public through collecting, preserving, and interpreting the past....in other words, oregon history matters.

Arts & Culture
6
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
7
The Oregon Community Foundation

The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy.

Philanthropy
8
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
9
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
10
Agricultural Research Foundation

Our mission is to encourage facilitate support and engage in scientific investigation and research experimentation and to advance educational and training activities related to agriculture and natural resources throughout the state of…

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11
Oregon Medical Education Foundation

To do our part for a stronger and healthier oregon by supporting and encouraging students along their personal continuums of medical education.continued on schedule o.oregon medical education foundation (omef) also strives to be good…

Education
12
The Oregon Zoo Foundation

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.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Friends of West Sylvan. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

23 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. 23 of the 37 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/23
Grantees still filing
17/23
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL: $1,114,300 · OtherJESUIT HIGH SCHOOL+17 more: $177,000 · Other+17 moreCOLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM: $60,000 · Arts & CultureARLINGTON CLUB HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $16,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $10,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $9,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $4,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $23,000 · AnimalsPixie Project Inc: $10,500 · Animals+1 more: $1,000 · AnimalsHoyt Arboretum Friends Foundation: $10,500 · EnvironmentCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 · PhilanthropyGOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION: $3,000 · HealthHELPING HANDS REENTRY OUTREACH CENTERS: $2,500 · HealthTHE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $3,000 · EducationVillage Home Education Resource Center: $1,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF WEST SYLVAN: $1,000 · EducationDress for Success Oregon: $1,000 · Human ServicesAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 · Human Services
Other$1,291,300Arts & Culture$105,000Animals$34,500Environment$10,500Philanthropy$10,000Health$5,500Education$5,000Human Services$2,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCOLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM: $60,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $23,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $18,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetARLINGTON CLUB HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $16,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetPixie Project Inc: $10,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetHoyt Arboretum Friends Foundation: $10,500 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $10,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $9,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON FENCING ALLIANCE: $4,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetGOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $3,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHELPING HANDS REENTRY OUTREACH CENTERS: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVillage Home Education Resource Center: $1,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDress for Success Oregon: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
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 COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ARLINGTON CLUB HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Pixie Project Inc ↗
  • Who funds Hoyt Arboretum Friends Foundation ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
  • Who funds OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FENCING ALLIANCE ↗
  • Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds HELPING HANDS REENTRY OUTREACH CENTERS ↗
  • Who funds OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds Village Home Education Resource Center ↗
  • Who funds OREGON WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dress for Success Oregon ↗
  • Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF WEST SYLVAN ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN ↗

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 …Meyer Memorial TrustOCF Joseph E Weston P…Marie Lamfrom Charita…The Harold & Arlene S…Maybelle Clark Macdon…The Collins FoundationThe Autzen FoundationThe Swigert FoundationWheeler FoundationThe Holzman FoundationOregon Jewish Communi…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR28.4× affinity13 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 · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Collins Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Swigert Foundation · Wheeler Foundation · The Holzman Foundation · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Halton Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Halton Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers: 18% of income from government
  • Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation: 16% of income from government
  • Together We Are Greater Than: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Columbia River Maritime Museum: 3% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

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 37 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home