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Joseph M Schenck Foundationinc at a glance

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Joseph M Schenck Foundationinc

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$50k
Granted FY2025still arriving
17
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$10k
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, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$37kArts & Culture$33kYouth Development$28kHuman Services$27kFood & Nutrition$26kEmployment$7kHealth$5kPublic Safety & Disaster$4kOther$0
02FY2025 · 17 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k16 grants · $40k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$2,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$241k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION$10,000
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING GROUP$5,000
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN$4,000
DANCE AND DIALOGUE$3,500
J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES$3,500
NEIGHBOR IMPACT$3,000
CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON$3,000
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BEND$2,500
IN A LANDSCAPE$2,500
THE OFFICE GROUP$2,000
FRIENDS OF CHILDREN$2,000
SMART READING$2,000
HEART OF OREGON CORPS$2,000
BEND FILM$1,500
HIGH DESERT FOOD & FARM ALLIANCE$1,500
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:

Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $19k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%NANCY PAINTER FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $3k → 10%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $3k → 10%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $3k → 10%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $3k → 10%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $2k → 10%NEIGHBOR IMPACT: $3k → 10%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.

77%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$130k · 11 repeat orgs$39k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 2 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
6

Total granted

$130k
$18k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+47%

Still filing today

82%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 58% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationFood & NutritionEmploymentAnimalsOther
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

  • TG
    THE GIVING PLATE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $25k · revenue +29%
  • DA
    DANCE AND DIALOGUE
    5× · 2021–2025 · $20k · revenue +148%
  • CO
    CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $18k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • SI
    SHARE INC
    one grant, 2020 · $5k · revenue -9%
  • ST
    SOPHIA T SALVIN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER
    one grant, 2020 · $5k
  • TN
    THE NANCY PAINTER FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +553%
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
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
2
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

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

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3
Oregon Casa Network

To lead oregon's casa programs to provide a strong voice for every abused and neglected child

Human Services
4
Oregon Family School

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

Education
5
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
6
Bend International School Inc

Operate a charter school - education of kindergarten through eighth grade students through an international program that emphasizes high academic achievement, project-based learning,and an inclusive community.

Education
7
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
8
New Progressive Network

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

Civil Rights
9
Oregon Progress Forum

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

Environment
10
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
11
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
12
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Assistance League of Bend; the most unlike its peers is In a Landscape. 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

20 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. 20 of the 25 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)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $17,500 · OtherCENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONCENTRAL OREGON YOUTH INVESTMENT FOUNDATION INC: $13,300 · OtherCENTRAL OREGON YOUTH INVESTMENT FOUNDATION IN…J BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC: $13,000 · OtherJ BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INCASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BEND: $8,500 · OtherASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BENDIN A LANDSCAPE: $6,000 · OtherIN A LANDSCAPESOPHIA T SALVIN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTER: $5,000 · OtherSOPHIA T SALVIN SPECIAL EDUCATION CENTEREDUCATION FOUNDATION FOR BEND: $2,500 · Other+2 more: $2,500 · OtherTHE GIVING PLATE: $24,500 · Food & NutritionTHE GIVING PLATEHigh Desert Food & Farm Alliance: $1,500 · Food & NutritionHigh Desert Food …DANCE AND DIALOGUE: $19,500 · Arts & CultureDANCE AND DIALOGU…OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $5,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC BRO…BENDFILM INC: $1,500 · Arts & CultureBENDFILM INCCASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $13,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF CENTRAL…SHARE INC: $5,000 · Human ServicesSHARE INCNEIGHBORIMPACT: $3,000 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORIMPACTTHE NANCY PAINTER FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE NANCY PAINT…NEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $8,000 · EducationSMART READING: $2,000 · EducationSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $2,000 · EducationHEART OF OREGON CORPS INC: $4,500 · EmploymentTHE OFFICE GROUP: $2,000 · EmploymentWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $4,000 · InternationalTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Animals
Other$68,300Food & Nutrition$26,000Arts & Culture$26,000Human Services$23,500Education$12,000Employment$6,500International$4,000Animals$2,500

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE GIVING PLATE: $24,500 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetDANCE AND DIALOGUE: $19,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetCENTRAL OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $17,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $13,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetJ BAR J YOUTH SERVICES INC: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BEND: $8,500 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetNEW VILLAGE CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $8,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetIN A LANDSCAPE: $6,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetSHARE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEART OF OREGON CORPS INC: $4,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetNEIGHBORIMPACT: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NANCY PAINTER FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 10% of budgetTHE GENTLE BARN FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSMART READING: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OFFICE GROUP: $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetSCHOOL ON WHEELS INC: $2,000 over 1y, 0.1% 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 …First Interstate Banc…The Roundhouse Founda…Bend FoundationUnited Way of Deschut…St Charles Health Sys…The Anjulicia Foundat…The Autzen FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…The Ford Family Found…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Rotary Club of Greate…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR25.1× affinity11 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Roundhouse Foundation · Bend Foundation · United Way of Deschutes County · St Charles Health System Inc · The Anjulicia Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Ford Family Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Rotary Club of Greater Bend

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 Joseph M Schenck Foundationinc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Joseph M Schenck Foundationinc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 3%
  • J Bar J Youth Services Inc: 71% of income from government
  • Neighborimpact: 68% of income from government
  • High Desert Food & Farm Alliance: 45% of income from government
  • Heart of Oregon Corps Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Bendfilm Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • Casa of Central Oregon: 2% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • In a Landscape: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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 25 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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