· Public charity
Heppner Economic Development Corp Dba Willow Cr Valley Economic Dev Group
Encourage & support the retention and expansion of existing businesses in the heppner, lexington and ione, oregon areas and to support economic growth in the local communities.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k6 grants · $42k
- $10k–50k20 grants · $485k
- $50k–250k3 grants · $158k
- $250k+1 grant · $338k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| COLUMBIA BASIN GEN CONSTRUCT | $338,234 |
| HEPPNER DAY CARE | $57,470 |
| NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER SOUTH MC | $50,250 |
| WILLOW CREEK PARK DISTRICT | $50,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $46,591 |
| CABINETS FLOORS & MORE INC | $43,720 |
| HEPPNER LITTLE LEAGUE | $40,530 |
| Individual grant recipient | $40,000 |
| HEPPNER COMMUNITY FOUNDATION | $34,337 |
| CLYDE MARIE ESTES TRUSTEE | $30,000 |
| WILLOW CREEK ASSISTED LIVING | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $25,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $24,286 |
| ROD WILSON CONSTRUCTION SERVI | $20,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY19–25, $238k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 16%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
32 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 17 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 67% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $325k went to new ones.
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- HDHeppner Day Care Inc2× · 2023–2025 · $72k · revenue +7%
- WCWILLOW CREEK COUNTRY CLUB3× · 2022–2025 · $34k · revenue +8%
- HCHEPPNER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE2× · 2024–2025 · $29k · revenue +40%
Funded once
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2024 · $53k
- IGIndividual grant recipientone grant, 2021 · $50k
- MCMORROW CO LIVESTOCK GROWERSone grant, 2023 · $50k
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.
4 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. 4 of the 106 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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.
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Heppner Economic Development Corp Dba Willow Cr Valley Economic Dev Group funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Heppner Economic Development Corp Dba Willow Cr Valley Economic Dev Group. Bigger dots raise more.
- Heppner Community Foundation: 6% of income from government
- Heppner Day Care Inc: 5% of income from government