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Hedinger Family Foundation at a glance

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Hedinger Family Foundation

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.

$22k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$16k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Youth Development$258kAnimals$82kEducation$73kArts & Culture$57kHuman Services$56kHealth$21kPublic Safety & Disaster$20kRecreation & Sports$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $7k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $16k
$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$2k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
The Roman Catholic Welfare Corp of SF - Marin Catholic High School$15,950
St Cecilia Parish & School$5,000
Youth Transforming Justice$1,500
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.

show:

Its 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. Its 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
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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MN
NY
OR
CA
NC
DC
FL
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.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$301k · 10 repeat orgs$319k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +36% since the first grant, against +13% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 9 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
28

Total granted

$301k
$312k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+36%
+13%

Still filing today

80%
71%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 71% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationYouth DevelopmentAnimalsHuman ServicesArts & CulturePublic Safety & DisasterOther
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

  • 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
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
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
2
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.

—
3
Mitch Charter School

We believe that the strength of our community lies in its diversity. we know the power of many different voices at the table. these voices resound from the hearts and minds of our youth, who hold the keys to a just, fair and sustainable…

Education
4
Family and Community Together

Fact oregon empowers families, youth, and communities to navigate disability systems, advocating together for disability justice and policy change so that people with disabilities have what they need to thrive at home, in school, and in…

Human Services
5
Friends of the Children-Portland

Friends - portland commits to standing alongside our community's youth as they work to overcome barriers to their success. each child receives 1:1 support and guidance from a salaried, professional mentor (called a friend), from…

Youth Development
6
Trillium Family Services

Building brighter futures with children and families.

Housing & Shelter
7
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
8
School's Out Washington

School's out washington (sowa) drives positive systemic change so that all washington's children and youth, particularly those furthest from justice, have access to a robust ecosystem of high-quality expanded learning programs.

Youth Development
9
Morrison Child and Family Services

Helping kids be kids, and supporting families when they need us most. morrison serves over 8,000 youth and families annually through ten distinct programs designed to meet the needs of our clients.

Health
10
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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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
Social Venture Partners Portland

Svp contributes financial resources, professional expertise, and connections to mission-driven organizations in order to strengthen their operations, grow their capacity, and expand their impact in our community.

Philanthropy
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Transforming Justice; 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.
04the grantee network

31 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. 31 of the 41 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
30/31
Grantees still filing
19/31
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $49,450 · OtherMARIN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLSELF ENHANCEMENT INC: $35,000 · OtherSELF ENHANCEMENT INCIndividual 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 INCCATHOLIC SCHOOL ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION: $10,000 · OtherST PATRICK SCHOOL: $7,550 · OtherEDWARDS CENTER INC: $11,000 · OtherDOWN SYNDROME DIAGNOSIS NETWORK: $10,000 · Other+16 more: $40,896 · Other+16 moreMAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION: $125,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATIONBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $30,455 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COL…+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 …+1 more: $50 · Human ServicesDOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC: $72,375 · AnimalsDOVE LEWIS EME…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 · EducationYOUTH TRANSFORMING JUSTICE: $1,500 · EducationHOPE CHINESE CHARTER SCHOOL: $1,125 · Education
Other$226,396Youth Development$156,055Human Services$86,827Animals$81,545Arts & Culture$30,500Public Safety & Disaster$20,000Education$19,545

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 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 budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBRAVO VANCOUVER CONCERT SERIES: $25,000 over 1y, 7.8% 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 budgetHEMINGWAY PARENTS AUXILIARY: $2,500 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetPORTLAND BOTANICAL GARDENS: $2,500 over 1y, 1.8% of budgetARCO IRIS SPANISH IMMERSION CHARTER SCHOOL: $1,920 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetYOUTH TRANSFORMING JUSTICE: $1,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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
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.

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 …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

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 Hedinger Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Hedinger Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%1%3%6%10%funder's 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
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 41 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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