· Private foundation
James and Katherine Clark 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| ACLU FOUNDATION OF OREGON | $5,000 |
| GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION | $4,000 |
| NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS | $4,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIAWILLAMETTE INC | $4,000 |
| IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER | $3,500 |
| CLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK | $3,500 |
| COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPERS | $3,500 |
| NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATION FUND | $3,000 |
| SHARE VANCOUVER | $3,000 |
| HUMANE SOCIETY OF SW WASHINGTON | $3,000 |
| THE TREVOR PROJECT | $2,500 |
| K9S FOR WARRIORS | $2,500 |
| NEW BEGINNINGS FOR ANIMALS | $1,500 |
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 (FY25–25, $4k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Where the work is directed
The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.
About 43% of James and Katherine Clark Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 62% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 25%.
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
14 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 83% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $8k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- ACAmerican Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon Inc9× · 2017–2025 · $31k · revenue +16%
- PPPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC9× · 2017–2025 · $30k · revenue +30%
- CRColumbia Riverkeeper9× · 2017–2025 · $26k · revenue +92%
Funded once
- GSGOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATIONgraduatedone grant, 2021 · $4k · revenue +818%
- ILINDIAN LAW RESOURCE CENTERone grant, 2017 · $2k
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.
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.
To preserve and enhance the quality of life at home, with dignity and care.
Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.
The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.
To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.
To protect and extend civil liberties and civil rights by supporting the aclu-wa foundation.
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…
Founded in 1973, dove lewis emergency animal hospital, inc. (dovelewis) is one of the premier veterinary medical service organizations in the us and the only 24/7 not-for-profit animal emergency, critical care, and specialty hospital in…
We believe that the freedoms of press, speech, assembly, and religion, and the rights to due process, equal protection and privacy, are fundamental to a free people. We advance civil liberties and civil rights by activities that include…
Shelter Animal Resource Alliance rescues, assists, and advocates for shelter animals in Lane County by developing and implementing programs designed to increase the number of animals adopted into permanent, loving homes and decrease the…
Disability rights washington's mission is to advance the dignity, equality, and self determination of people with disabilities. we work to pursue justice on matters related to human and legal rights.
In 2024, Inner City Law Center, ICLC, served over 3,400 people, helping vulnerable Angelenos to remain in their homes and recover nearly $20.5 million in financial benefits.
Marin humane transforms lives through exceptional animal care, humane education, and advocacy. every day, marin humane inspires compassion and positive relationships between people and animals.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 18 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.
- Who funds American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon Inc ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC ↗
- Who funds Columbia Riverkeeper ↗
- Who funds LEGACY HEALTH FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds CLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds INDIAN LAW RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds SHARE ↗
- Who funds NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC ↗
- Who funds ITS THE PITS ↗
- Who funds New Beginnings for Animals Inc ↗
- Who funds K9S FOR WARRIORS INC ↗
- Who funds TREVOR PROJECT INC ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER ↗
- Who funds GOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION ↗
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.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Network for Good · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James and Katherine Clark Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Katherine Clark Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 7% of income from government
- Columbia Riverkeeper: 1% of income from government
- K9S for Warriors Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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