· Private foundation
James and Shirley Rippey Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- $10k–50k11 grants · $275k
- $50k–250k41 grants · $4.4M
- $250k+1 grant · $600k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION | $600,000 |
| LIBRARY FOUNDATION | $225,000 |
| COLLEGE POSSIBLE | $200,000 |
| DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HS | $200,000 |
| CASA OF MULTWASHCOL CNTY | $200,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN | $200,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $200,000 |
| ST MARY'S HOME FOR BOYS | $150,000 |
| PORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE | $150,000 |
| OREGON ZOO | $150,000 |
| THE NEXT DOOR | $150,000 |
| BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS | $150,000 |
| NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH | $150,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $150,000 |
| MIKEROWE WORKS FOUNDATION | $125,000 |
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 (FY18–25, $2.3M) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 24% 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.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +29% since the first grant, against +28% for those funded once.
71 repeat relationships: 50 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 3 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, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $125k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION8× · 2018–2025 · $1.6M · revenue +156%- TLTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION8× · 2018–2025 · $1.3M · revenue +29%
- CPCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC8× · 2018–2025 · $1.1M · revenue +77%
Funded once
- EHEDISON HIGH SCHOOLgraduatedone grant, 2019 · $240k · revenue +28%
- PSPROVIDENCE ST VINCENT EMERGENCY DEPone grant, 2024 · $200k
- CCASAone grant, 2018 · $75k
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.
Our children oregon's mission is to be a voice and force for the common good for all oregon children, ensuring all children have the resources and opportunities they need to reach their full potential. we elevate data and the voices of…
Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…
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…
Kairospdx's singularly focused mission is to close the racial achievement and opportunity gaps by cultivating confident, creative, compassionate leaders exceeding academic standards at each developmental milestone from ages 0-10.
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…
Building brighter futures with children and families.
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…
Friends of the children - central oregon is a oregon based nonprofit with the mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years,…
The organization provides the highest quality services in education, mentoring, family outreach, employment training and placement.
Youthbuild pcs seeks to transform the lives of disconnected youth by offering a program, in english and spanish, that combines rigorous academic instruction with vocational training, life and employability skills- building, and community…
Building strong connections for healthy communities through mental health programs, youth empowerment services and family services.
To help strengthen and heal children and families, and the community. olalla center's staff believes all children and families can heal and this premise is the foundation of olalla center's treatment philosophy and the basis for their work.
How this is measured
49 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. 49 of the 82 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 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLLEGE POSSIBLE INC ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN ↗
- Who funds NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
- Who funds OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S HOME ↗
- Who funds ADELANTE MUJERES ↗
- Who funds SMART READING ↗
- Who funds THE NEXT DOOR INC ↗
- Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
- Who funds OREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC ↗
- Who funds SERENDIPITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds OPEN SCHOOL INC ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds Portland YouthBuilders ↗
- Who funds THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY ↗
- Who funds THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds OREGON CHILD ABUSE SOLUTIONS ↗
- Who funds OUTSIDE IN ↗
- Who funds EDISON HIGH SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds MIKEROWEWORKS 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: OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Juan Young Trust · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Braemar Charitable Trust · The Autzen Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Reser Family Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Hillman Family Foundations
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization James and Shirley Rippey Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from James and Shirley Rippey Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Elso Inc: 100% of income from government
- Reap Inc: 46% of income from government
- The Next Door Inc: 39% of income from government
- Portland YouthBuilders: 35% of income from government
- Clackamas Women's Services: 33% of income from government
- Outside in: 33% of income from government
- Adelante Mujeres: 31% of income from government
- Oregon Child Abuse Solutions: 30% of income from government
- Youth Progress Association: 29% of income from government
- Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
- New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
- Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
- High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
- Oregon Historical Society: 10% of income from government
- Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
- Portland Workforce Alliance: 8% of income from government
- Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
- Open School Inc: 5% of income from government
- Together We Are Greater Than: 5% of income from government
- Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
- Serendipity Center Inc: 2% of income from government
- Portland Center Stage: 1% of income from government
- Columbia Gorge Casa: 1% of income from government
- Casa of Clackamas County: 0% of income from government
- The Campbell Institute: 0% of income from government
- Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
- Childrens Center: 0% of income from government
- Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
- Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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