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Jason E Zidell Foundation at a glance

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Jason E Zidell Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$197k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$43k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$160kReligion$115kYouth Development$109kHealth$95kHuman Services$91kRecreation & Sports$66kFood & Nutrition$40kArts & Culture$34kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $22k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $175k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL$43,333
MJCC$43,333
MORRISON CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES$25,000
PORTLAND JEWISH ACADEMY$13,600
ISRAEL TECH MISSION$10,000
B'NAI B'RITH CAMP$10,000
OUTSIDE IN$10,000
NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER$10,000
NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH$10,000
VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION$7,000
OUTSIDE THE FRAME$5,000
PATHFINDERS$5,000
JEWISH FEDERATION OF PORTLAND$5,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 72% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%ISRAEL TECH MISSION: $10k → 9%VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $7k → 8%AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $10k → 14%VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $7k → 8%VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $7k → 8%VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $7k → 8%VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $7k → 8%VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $7k → 8%CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $43k → 8%CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $10k → 8%OREGON FOOD BANK: $8k → 12%CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $10k → 8%OREGON FOOD BANK: $8k → 12%CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $10k → 8%OREGON FOOD BANK: $8k → 12%CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $8k → 8%OREGON FOOD BANK: $8k → 12%CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $8k → 8%OREGON FOOD BANK: $8k → 12%CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $8k → 8%NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 12%CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $8k → 8%NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH & FAMILY CENTER: $10k → 12%B'NAI B'RITH CAMP: $14k → 8%B'NAI B'RITH CAMP: $13k → 8%B'NAI B'RITH CAMP: $10k → 8%B'NAI B'RITH CAMP: $10k → 8%B'NAI B'RITH CAMP: $10k → 8%NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH: $10k → 12%NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH: $10k → 12%OUTSIDE IN: $10k → 12%OUTSIDE IN: $10k → 12%NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH: $10k → 12%OREGON SYMPHONY: $6k → 12%OUTSIDE IN: $6k → 12%MJCC: $43k → 12%MJCC: $15k → 12%PORTLAND JEWISH ACADEMY: $14k → 12%MJCC: $10k → 12%MJCC: $10k → 12%MJCC: $10k → 12%MJCC: $10k → 12%PORTLAND JEWISH ACADEMY: $10k → 12%MJCC: $10k → 12%NCNM - FAME PROGRAM: $19k → 12%MORRISON CHILD & FAMILY SERVICES: $25k → 12%IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $10k → 12%IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $10k → 12%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$781k · 18 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +61% for those funded once.

18 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 7 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
4

Total granted

$781k
$27k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+61%

Still filing today

78%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentHealthAnimalsInternationalOther
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

  • CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL
    8× · 2017–2025 · $105k · revenue +74%
  • BB
    B'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION
    8× · 2017–2025 · $66k · revenue +86%
  • MC
    MORRISON CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
    8× · 2017–2025 · $61k · revenue +54%

Funded once

  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2017 · $19k
  • PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
    one grant, 2017 · $4k · revenue +3%
  • RB
    REBECCA BENDER INITIATIVEgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $3k · revenue +61%
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
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
2
Oregon Progress Forum

Next up amplifies the voice and leadership of diverse young people to achieve a more just and equitable oregon.

Environment
3
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
4
New Progressive Network

Next up amplifies the voice of diverse youth to achieve a more just oregon

Civil Rights
5
Oregon Family School

Partnering with parents to provide a rich, innovative, and effective home- based education that nurtures academic success and personal growth.

Education
6
Oregon Public Broadcasting

Connecting people across oregon and the pacific northwest through the power of a shared story.

Arts & Culture
7
French International School of Oregon

The school provides a robust and immersive multilingual curriculum, fostering an inclusive community that celebrates diverse perspectives and creates the foundation for reflective learners to thrive and effect change in an interconnected…

Arts & Culture
8
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
9
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.

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10
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
11
Cascades Academy of Central Oregon

Cascades academy is an engaged, vibrant community that weaves challenging academics with experiential learning to inspire socially responsible individuals ready for a diverse and changing world.

Education
12
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Native American Youth and Family Center; the most unlike its peers is Rebecca Bender Initiative. 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

17 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. 17 of the 24 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
16/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

MJCC: $113,333 · OtherMJCCOUTSIDE IN: $53,000 · OtherOUTSIDE INOREGON FOOD BANK: $40,000 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKPATHFINDERS: $38,000 · OtherPATHFINDERSNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $30,000 · OtherNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INCTHE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $25,000 · OtherTHE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONOMSI: $21,500 · OtherOMSIIndividual grant recipient: $18,577 · OtherAMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS: $13,000 · Other+2 more: $12,000 · OtherCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $105,333 · EducationCATLIN GABEL SCHOOLPORTLAND JEWISH ACADEMY: $49,600 · EducationPORTLAND JEWISH ACADE…+1 more: $5,000 · EducationB'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION: $66,020 · Youth DevelopmentB'NAI BRITH MEN…NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER: $48,000 · Youth DevelopmentNATIVE AMERICAN…MORRISON CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $60,500 · HealthMORRISON CHIL…VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $42,000 · HealthVIRGINIA GARC…OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $30,000 · Arts & CultureOUTSIDE THE FRAME: $27,500 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $4,000 · Arts & CultureJewish Federation of Greater Portland: $27,000 · PhilanthropyTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $13,000 · AnimalsREBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE: $2,500 · International
Other$364,410Education$159,933Youth Development$114,020Health$102,500Arts & Culture$61,500Philanthropy$27,000Animals$13,000International$2,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $105,333 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetB'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION: $66,020 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetMORRISON CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $60,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOUTSIDE IN: $53,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetPORTLAND JEWISH ACADEMY: $49,600 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER: $48,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetVIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION: $42,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $40,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $30,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $30,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOUTSIDE THE FRAME: $27,500 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetJewish Federation of Greater Portland: $27,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSMART READING: $5,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $4,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetREBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% 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.

  • Who funds CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds B'NAI BRITH MEN'S CAMP ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds MORRISON CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds OUTSIDE IN ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND JEWISH ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER ↗
  • Who funds VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds OUTSIDE THE FRAME ↗
  • Who funds Jewish Federation of Greater Portland ↗
  • Who funds THE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION ↗
  • Who funds THE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SMART READING ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds REBECCA BENDER INITIATIVE ↗

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 …OCF Joseph E Weston P…Oregon Jewish Communi…United Way of the Col…Juan Young TrustThe Harold & Arlene S…Meyer Memorial TrustM J Murdock Charitabl…Jay and Diane Zidell …The Holzman FoundationOnpoint Community Cre…Careoregon Inc
The Oregon Community FoundationOR22× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Oregon Jewish Community Foundation · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · Juan Young Trust · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Jay and Diane Zidell Charitable Foundation · The Holzman Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union · Careoregon Inc

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 7%
  • Morrison Child and Family Services: 91% of income from government
  • Outside in: 33% of income from government
  • Native American Youth and Family Center: 23% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • B'nai Brith Men's Camp Association: 7% of income from government
  • The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization: 4% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Outside the Frame: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
  • Catlin Gabel School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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.
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Find your warmest path to Jason E Zidell Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 24 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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