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John and Ginger Niemeyer Foundation

The John and Ginger Niemeyer Foundation is a supporting organization of the oregon community foundation (ocf).

$941k
Granted FY2023
21
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$85k
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, FY2018 to 2023.

Education$1.7MHousing & Shelter$1.1MYouth Development$588kHuman Services$450kArts & Culture$339kCommunity Improvement$335kEmployment$333kCrime & Legal$70kOther$0
02FY2023 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k15 grants · $543k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $398k
$40,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$368k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Linn-Benton Community College$85,000
Bethel School District$75,000
Clackamas Community College Foundation$69,992
J Bar J Youth Services$68,200
The Family Nurturing Center$50,000
Northwest Children's Theater & School$50,000
Pine Eagle School District 61$49,431
Oregon 4-H Foundation$48,300
Arts in Education of the Gorge$40,000
Illinois Valley 2010 Community Response Team$40,000
Autism Family Support of Rural Clackamas County$40,000
Lane Arts Council$40,000
ScienceWorks Hands-On Museum$40,000
Friends of the Children - Central Oregon$40,000
Pendleton Children's Center$40,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–23, $320k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 55% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants spread fairly evenly across need levels.

area typical 13%Oregon Association of Relief Nurseries: $25k → 11%Condon Early Learning Center: $25k → 11%Building Healthy Families: $35k → 12%Rogue Valley Family YMCA: $30k → 13%Lutheran Community Services Northwest - Klamath Falls: $30k → 16%Lutheran Community Services Northwest - McMinnville: $30k → 11%Family Building Blocks: $30k → 14%Family Development Center: $30k → 17%Family Building Blocks: $30k → 14%Family Development Center: $25k → 17%Lutheran Community Services Northwest: $30k → 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.

61%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.1M · 22 repeat orgs$2.0M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +66% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

22 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 15 since wound down; 14 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

22
36

Total granted

$3.1M
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+66%
+19%

Still filing today

86%
75%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $636k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationHuman ServicesYouth DevelopmentArts & CultureCommunity ImprovementHealthOther
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

  • HH
    HELPING HANDS REENTRY OUTREACH CENTERS
    2× · 2020–2022 · $1.0M · revenue +127%
  • LC
    Lutheran Community Services Northwest
    5× · 2019–2023 · $150k · revenue +66%
  • Oregon State University Foundation
    3× · 2018–2020 · $121k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • CR
    COMMUNITY RESOURCE TR
    one grant, 2018 · $250k · revenue -99%
  • BT
    BAKER TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
    one grant, 2020 · $50k
  • WR
    Willamette Regional Education
    one grant, 2021 · $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.

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 Family School

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

Education
2
The Family Center

The family center provides affordable, high quality education for children. our community is a cooperative effort between families and center staff to raise happy, healthy and socially confident children.

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3
Oregon Child Development Coalition

Oregon child development coalition is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families by providing early childhood education, care and advocacy with unique and supportive services to enhance family growth and community success.

Human Services
4
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
5
Oregon Child Abuse Solutions

To ensure children and youth in oregon have access to high quality, comprehensive services and resources to address child abuse.

Crime & Legal
6
Every Child Central Oregon

Mobilizing the community to uplift children and families impacted by foster care in Oregon.

Human Services
7
Family Forward Oregon

We work collectively to educate and advocate for systems that elevate the vital work of care and caregiving in its many forms within our community.

Human Services
8
Priority Oregon

To support public policies that will help oregon's economy and create new family supporting jobs in oregon.

—
9
Young Roots Oregon

The mission of young roots oregon is to creatively help young families build healthy foundations. our multi-generational vision is to give pregnant and parenting adolescents through age 24 and their children equitable opportunities for…

—
10
Oregon Children's Theatre Company

The mission of oregon children's theater is to create exceptional theater experiences that transform lives. we do this by producing professional stage plays for young audiences, and through arts education classes and programs.

Arts & Culture
11
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
12
Malheur County Child Development Center

Head start & other children services

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Children-Portland; the most unlike its peers is Glide Revitalization. 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

59 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 59 of the 72 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
21
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/59
Grantees still filing
42/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Clackamas Community College Foundation: $330,529 · EducationClackamas Community Col…In4All: $140,000 · EducationIn4AllOregon State University Foundation: $121,400 · EducationOregon State University…CONNECTED LANE COUNTY: $83,000 · EducationCONNECTED LANE COUNTYREACH OUT AND READ INC: $80,000 · EducationREACH OUT AND READ INCBETHEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationBETHEL EDUCATION FOUNDA…OREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 · EducationOREGON TECH FOUNDATION …GLADSTONE EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $55,000 · EducationTHE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ROGUE VALLEY CHILDREN'S RELIEF NURSERY: $50,000 · Education+3 more: $55,000 · EducationHELPING HANDS REENTRY OUTREACH CENTERS: $1,000,000 · HealthHELPING HANDS REENTRY O…Autism Family Support of Rural Clackamas County: $40,000 · HealthLinn-Benton Community College: $105,000 · OtherLinn-Benton Community CollegePORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $97,292 · OtherPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATI…Santiam Canyon School District: $95,500 · OtherSantiam Canyon School DistrictST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL: $70,000 · OtherJ BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC: $68,200 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC: $210,000 · OtherJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND S…+24 more: $888,531 · Other+24 moreLutheran Community Services Northwest: $150,000 · Human ServicesLutheran C…FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $60,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY BUI…FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $55,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY DEV…BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES: $35,000 · Human ServicesBUILDING H…YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC MEDFORD dba RV FAMILY YMCA: $30,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS…CONDON CHILD CARE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesCONDON CHI…OREGON ASSOCIATION OF RELIEF NURSERIES: $25,000 · Human ServicesOREGON ASS…Baker Relief Nursery Inc: $25,000 · Human ServicesBaker Reli…CENTER FOR HOPE AND SAFETY: $20,000 · Human ServicesFAMILIES FIRST OF GRANT COUNTY INC: $20,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesPENDLETON CHILDRENS CENTER: $110,000 · Youth DevelopmentPortland YouthBuilders: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentTeaching Preschool Partners: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- CENTRAL OREGON: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentCALDERA: $30,000 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentCamp Fire Central Oregon: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC UNION COMMUNITY HALL: $60,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $54,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER AND SCHOOL INC: $50,000 · Arts & CultureLANE ARTS COUNCIL: $40,000 · Arts & CultureARTS IN EDUCATION OF THE GORGE: $40,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCEWORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHE GILBERT HOUSE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCOMMUNITY RESOURCE TR: $250,000 · Food & Nutrition
Education$1,049,929Health$1,040,000Other$1,534,523Human Services$455,000Youth Development$375,000Arts & Culture$309,000Food & Nutrition$250,000

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 budgetHELPING HANDS REENTRY OUTREACH CENTERS: $1,000,000 over 2y, 15% of budgetClackamas Community College Foundation: $330,529 over 5y, 3.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY RESOURCE TR: $250,000 over 1y, 2.3% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC: $210,000 over 3y, 5.8% of budgetLutheran Community Services Northwest: $150,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIn4All: $140,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $121,400 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPENDLETON CHILDRENS CENTER: $110,000 over 3y, 28% of budgetPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $97,292 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONNECTED LANE COUNTY: $83,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetREACH OUT AND READ INC: $80,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetBETHEL EDUCATION FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 17% of budgetJ BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC: $68,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE HISTORIC UNION COMMUNITY HALL: $60,000 over 2y, 42% of budgetFAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetOREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC: $60,000 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetFAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $55,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $54,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY TREE RELIEF NURSERY: $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetNORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER AND SCHOOL INC: $50,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetTHE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ROGUE VALLEY CHILDREN'S RELIEF NURSERY: $50,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSOUTH LANE FAMILY NURSERY INC: $50,000 over 2y, 2.2% of budgetOregon 4-H Foundation: $48,300 over 1y, 3.6% of budgetCOLUMBIA PACIFIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPME: $45,000 over 2y, 1.7% of budgetPortland YouthBuilders: $40,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetLANE ARTS COUNCIL: $40,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetSOUTH COAST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CORPORATION: $40,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetPORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $40,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTeaching Preschool Partners: $40,000 over 1y, 7.4% of budgetAutism Family Support of Rural Clackamas County: $40,000 over 1y, 54% of budgetARTS IN EDUCATION OF THE GORGE: $40,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetSCIENCEWORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM: $40,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN- CENTRAL OREGON: $40,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetILLINOIS VALLEY 2010 COMMUNITY RESPONSE TEAM: $40,000 over 1y, 5.2% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC: $35,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES: $35,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $30,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC MEDFORD dba RV FAMILY YMCA: $30,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetSAMARITAN HOUSE INC: $30,000 over 1y, 6.9% of budgetCALDERA: $30,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetCOLLEGE DREAMS INC: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCONDON CHILD CARE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 5.6% of budgetOREGON ASSOCIATION OF RELIEF NURSERIES: $25,000 over 1y, 4.4% of budgetTHE GILBERT HOUSE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $25,000 over 1y, 2.8% of budgetST FRANCIS SHELTER: $25,000 over 1y, 3.1% of budgetBENDNEXT: $25,000 over 1y, 21% of budgetKIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON: $25,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCamp Fire Central Oregon: $25,000 over 1y, 2.9% 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 Ford Family Found…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Roundhouse Founda…The Autzen FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…Juan Young TrustThe Collins FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…Braemar Charitable Tr…JTMF FoundationUmpqua Bank Charitabl…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR89.7× affinity63 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Juan Young Trust · The Collins Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Braemar Charitable Trust · JTMF Foundation · Umpqua Bank Charitable 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 John and Ginger Niemeyer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John and Ginger Niemeyer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%4%15%34%60%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 18%
  • Pendleton Childrens Center: 100% of income from government
  • Glide Revitalization: 87% of income from government
  • Columbia Pacific Economic Developme: 77% of income from government
  • J Bar J Youth Services Inc: 71% of income from government
  • Family Development Center: 71% of income from government
  • Family Building Blocks Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Center for Hope and Safety: 68% of income from government
  • South Lane Family Nursery Inc: 58% of income from government
  • Family Tree Relief Nursery: 57% of income from government
  • Families First of Grant County Inc: 55% of income from government
  • Baker Relief Nursery Inc: 50% of income from government
  • Building Healthy Families: 41% of income from government
  • South Coast Business Employment Corporation: 41% of income from government
  • The Family Nurturing Center Rogue Valley Children's Relief Nursery: 38% of income from government
  • Portland YouthBuilders: 35% of income from government
  • Autism Family Support of Rural Clackamas County: 24% of income from government
  • College Dreams Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers: 18% of income from government
  • Connected Lane County: 17% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children- Central Oregon: 16% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Lane Arts Council: 14% of income from government
  • Friends of the Historic Union Community Hall: 11% of income from government
  • Reach Out and Read Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Portland Workforce Alliance: 8% of income from government
  • Portland Community College Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Young Mens Christian Assoc Medford dba Rv Family Ymca: 1% of income from government
  • Condon Child Care Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Caldera: 1% of income from government
  • Scienceworks Hands-On Museum: 0% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Clackamas Community College Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
10rely 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.

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 72 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $971k of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home