· Private foundation
John J and Lois a Tennant 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, FY2020 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k10 grants · $49k
- $10k–50k12 grants · $154k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| Individual grant recipient | $23,000 |
| BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SOUTHWEST WA | $20,100 |
| TRANSITIONAL YOUTH | $15,000 |
| LAKESHORE FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| FRIENDS OF THE CHILDERN SW WASHINGTON | $10,600 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| NAT'L RESTURANT ASSOC ED FDN | $10,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $10,000 |
| FORWARD EDGE INT'L | $10,000 |
| SAFE HOUSE OF THE DESERT | $10,000 |
| NW ATHLETIC BLIND ASSOCIATION | $10,000 |
| VANCOUVER SYMPHONY | $9,700 |
| MIKE & ADELE CHARITABLE FUND | $9,000 |
| ST MARY'S HOME FOR BOYS | $8,508 |
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 (FY20–25, $65k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 31% 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
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
23 repeat relationships: 11 still active in FY2025, 12 since wound down; 11 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, 52% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $98k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- BCBraking Cycles5× · 2020–2025 · $65k · revenue +60%
- YAYoung America's Foundation2× · 2021–2024 · $30k · revenue +5%
- SMST MARY'S HOME5× · 2020–2025 · $30k · revenue +19%
Funded once
- RCRANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2021 · $25k · revenue -57%
- YAYOUNG AMERICAN'S FOUNDATIONone grant, 2023 · $20k
- NPNAVAL POSTGRAD SCHOOL FOUNDATIONone grant, 2024 · $12k
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 promote philanthropy to make santa cruz county a better place to live, now and in the future.we bring together people, ideas, and resources to inspire philanthropy and accomplish great things.
The organization provides professional investment management services for endowed gifts and financial assets entrusted to the ucsf foundation.
The san diego foundation inspires enduring philanthropy and enables community solutions to improve the quality of life in our region.
Pcs operates a school specifically designed to meet the development needs of the child from preschool through middle school, in accordance with the principles and education of human development taught by maria montessori.
Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.
Community hospital of the monterey peninsula is dedicated to identifying and meeting the changing healthcare needs of the people of the monterey peninsula and surrounding communities.we are committed to providing high-quality services at a…
The uc santa barbara foundation actively works to further the goals of the university of california, santa barbara. the foundation seeks to maintain and nurture the university's quality and distinction. on behalf of the campus, the…
At san francisco friends school, students learn in a community grounded in the quaker values of reflection, integrity, peaceful problem-solving and stewardship. our teachers challenge students with a dynamic curriculum that inspires…
The monterey museum of art cultivates curiosity in the visual arts and engages community with the diversity of california art - past, present, and future.
Santa Barbara Education Foundation (SBEF) provides and supports programs that enrich the academic, artistic, and personal development of all students in the Santa Barbara Unified School District.
The mission of the Montgomery County Community Foundation (MCCF) is to provide leadership in Montgomery County by directing sustainable financial resources that strengthen our community and improve the quality of life for current and…
To support educational, research and public functions and programs of the riverside campus of the university of california.
How this is measured
28 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. 28 of the 60 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 Braking Cycles ↗
- Who funds MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Community Foundation for SW Washington ↗
- Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S HOME ↗
- Who funds BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON ↗
- Who funds LAKESHORE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds RANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds OPERATION SAFE HOUSE INC ↗
- Who funds THE VISCARDI CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds Childrens Literacy Project Formerly Known as BeUndivided ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds FORWARD EDGE INTERNATIONAL ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF ESTACADA COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds First Image ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR MONTEREY COUNTY ↗
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: M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Tennant Foundation · The Firstenburg Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · The Ayco Charitable Foundation · Silicon Valley Community Foundation · Charities Aid Foundation America · National Philanthropic Trust · American Endowment Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization John J and Lois a Tennant Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from John J and Lois a Tennant Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
- Columbia River Maritime Museum: 3% of income from government
- University of Portland: 1% of income from government
- Randall Childrens Hospital Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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