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Hedinger Family 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.

$47k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$19k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2019–2024.

Youth Development$258kAnimals$82kEducation$73kArts & Culture$57kHuman Services$56kHealth$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kRecreation & Sports$18kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $8k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $39k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$116
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC WELFARE CORP OF SF - MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$18,500
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NW$10,000
MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION$10,000
OREGON BALLET THEATRE$5,500
PORTLAND BOTANICAL GARDENS$2,500
BE2LIVE ORGANIZATION$150
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY19–20, $62k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%RIP MEDICAL DEBT: $50 → 13%ST MARY'S HOME FOR BOYS: $62k → 8%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
ID
MN
NY
OR
CA
NC
DC
FL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

48%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$285k · 10 repeat orgs$312k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +36% since the first grant, against +19% for the ones you funded once.

10 repeat relationships — 4 still active in FY2024, 6 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
26

Total granted

$285k
$304k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+19%

Still filing today

80%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.

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

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentAnimalsHuman ServicesEducationArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • MAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION
    5× · 2019–2024 · $125k · revenue +125%
  • SELF ENHANCEMENT INC
    2× · 2020–2021 · $35k · revenue +90%
  • GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC
    2× · 2019–2023 · $25k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • DL
    DOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $72k · revenue +113%
  • SM
    ST MARY'S HOME
    one grant, 2019 · $62k · revenue +19%
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $25k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Edison High School

Edison high school empowers students with learning differences to experience academic success and personal growth, while preparing them for a productive future.

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2
LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services
3
Portland Business Alliance

To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.

Community Improvement
4
Oak Hill School

The mission of oak hill school is to provide the best pre-kindergarten through 8th grade education, creating caring and responsible critical thinkers.

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5
Health Share of Oregon

The charitable purposes of the organization include, but are not limited to, developing an integrated community health system that achieves better care, better health, and lower costs for the medicaid population and the tri-county…

Health
6
Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center

Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center (LGSHMC), founded in 1875 is one of the earliest hospitals in the Pacific Northwest. LGSHMC provides acute and tertiary care in Portland, OR with 539 licensed beds. LGSHMC provides a…

Health
7
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

To provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and advocacy for all.

Health
8
Provail

Provail's mission is to support people with disabilities to fulfill their life choices.

Health
9
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
10
Impact Nw

Impact nw prevents homelessness by supporting people as they navigate their journey to stability and strength. founded in portland in 1966, impact nw now serves 26,944 people a year in the greater portland, oregon metro area, including…

Human Services
11
Sunshine Division Inc

Sunshine division's mission is to provide immediate food relief to portland metro familes and individuals in need since 1923.

Crime & Legal
12
Mark Day School

Innovative and full of heart, mark day school nurtures each child to pursue their curiosity, think critically, embrace challenge with courage and joy, and work in partnership with others to build more caring and inclusive communities.

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For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Society of St Vincent De Paul of Portland Oregon and the most unlike its peers is Portland Botanical Gardens. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Ice Hockey ProgramsProfessional Ballet Compani…Christian Missionary Organi…Land Conservation Organizat…Independent K-8 SchoolsAsian American Advocacy & H…Food Pantries & AssistanceSubstance Abuse TreatmentDevelopmental Disabilities …Volunteer Fire DepartmentsAnimal Rescue and AdoptionChild and Family Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 31 years old; the field is 18. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number20%0%<5yr13%7%5–10yr19%31%10–20yr19%21%20–35yr12%14%35–55yr16%28%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value20%0%<5yr13%5%5–10yr19%30%10–20yr19%32%20–35yr12%17%35–55yr16%15%55yr+

The field is 20% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 11% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/34
the rest of the field
11%
2,771/25,397

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

30 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 30 of the 39 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
29/30
Grantees still filing
20/30
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SELF ENHANCEMENT INC — $35,000 · OtherSELF ENHANCEMENT INCMARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL — $33,500 · OtherMARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLIndividual grant recipient — $25,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY — $25,000 · OtherBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITYSUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 · OtherSUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION IN…CATHOLIC SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION — $10,000 · OtherST PATRICK SCHOOL — $7,550 · OtherEDWARDS CENTER INC — $11,000 · OtherEDWARDS CENTER INCDOWN SYNDROME DIAGNOSIS NETWORK — $10,000 · OtherEmgage Foundation Inc — $7,000 · Other+14 more — $28,896 · Other+14 moreMAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION — $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATIONBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW — $30,455 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLU…+1 more — $600 · Youth DevelopmentST MARY'S HOME — $61,677 · Human ServicesST MARY'S HOMEGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $25,100 · Human ServicesGUIDE DOGS FOR T…+1 more — $50 · Human ServicesDOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC — $72,375 · AnimalsDOVE LEWIS EMER…THE PONGO FUND — $8,920 · AnimalsTHE PONGO FUND+1 more — $250 · AnimalsBRAVO VANCOUVER CONCERT SERIES — $25,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON BALLET THEATRE — $5,500 · Arts & CultureGEARHART VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — $20,000 · Public Safety & DisasterFRIENDS OF LINCOLN — $15,000 · EducationARCO IRIS SPANISH IMMERSION CHARTER SCHOOL — $1,920 · EducationHOPE CHINESE CHARTER SCHOOL — $1,125 · Education
Other$205,446Youth Development$156,055Human Services$86,827Animals$81,545Arts & Culture$30,500Public Safety & Disaster$20,000Education$18,045

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetMAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION — $125,000 over 5y, 11% of budgetDOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC — $72,375 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetSELF ENHANCEMENT INC — $35,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW — $30,455 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetGUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND INC — $25,100 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetBRAVO VANCOUVER CONCERT SERIES — $25,000 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetGEARHART VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT — $20,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetFRIENDS OF LINCOLN — $15,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSUN VALLEY SKI EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC — $12,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetEDWARDS CENTER INC — $11,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE PONGO FUND — $8,920 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetEmgage Foundation Inc — $7,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON BALLET THEATRE — $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBe2live — $5,228 over 3y, 0.9% of budgetMOBILE SCHOOL PANTRY INC SOUTH FLORIDA — $4,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetPORTLAND BOTANICAL GARDENS — $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetHEMINGWAY PARENTS AUXILIARY — $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetARCO IRIS SPANISH IMMERSION CHARTER SCHOOL — $1,920 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY FOUNDATION — $1,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPE CHINESE CHARTER SCHOOL — $1,125 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL OF PORTLAND OREGON — $618 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSan Francisco City Impact — $600 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGilead House — $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION — $100 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH — $50 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Oregon Community …The Autzen FoundationOCF Joseph E Weston P…Maybelle Clark Macdon…The Jackson FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustMarie Lamfrom Charita…Bp Lester & Regina Jo…Andersen Construction…Juan Young TrustRemax Pnw FoundationThe William G Gilmore…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR31.6× affinity16 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Jackson Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Bp Lester & Regina John Foundation · Andersen Construction Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Remax Pnw Foundation · The William G Gilmore Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Hedinger Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Edwards Center Inc — 79% of income from government
  • Self Enhancement Inc — 14% of income from government
  • Arco Iris Spanish Immersion Charter School — 8% of income from government
  • Hope Chinese Charter School — 7% of income from government
  • Gearhart Volunteer Fire Department — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Ballet Theatre — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 39 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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