Oregon · Private foundation
Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund
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.
- $86k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 17
- Grants FY2025
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 33%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 12 to 22
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 8
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.0M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 33% of the organizations Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 23% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 77% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $13k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 16 | $76k | 44% |
| FY2024 | 12 | $58k | 33% |
| FY2023 | 15 | $79k | 13% |
| FY2022 | 18 | $78k | 78% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $118k | 68% |
| FY2020 | 14 | $78k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfall Foundation | $33,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Oregon Historical Society | $32,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Jesuit High School | $32,300 | 3 | n/a |
| De la Salle North Catholic High School | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pro Bono Publico Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Portland Art Museum | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Association | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waterfall Foundation | $33,500 | 2 | 5% |
| Oregon Historical Society | $32,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Jesuit High School | $32,300 | 3 | n/a |
| De la Salle North Catholic High School | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Pro Bono Publico Foundation | $20,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Portland Art Museum | $20,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Georgetown University | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Children's Cancer Association | $15,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Coast Guard Foundation Inc | $11,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| St Vincent de Paul | $8,800 | 4 | n/a |
| Columbia River Maritime Museum | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Schools Endowment Foundtion of Oregon | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon | $4,400 | 2 | n/a |
| The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Portland Parks Foundation | $3,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Catholic Charities | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Wo Smith Nashville Community Music School | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Make It Light | $2,500 | 1 | 4% |
| St Mary's Home | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Corporation of Gonzaga University | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Blanchet House of Hospitality | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International Myeloma Foundation | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Mount Angel Abbey | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Dougy Center Inc | $1,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Trinity Episcopal Cathedral | $1,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Usga Foundation | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Ussga Memorial Fund Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 28 recipients with no EIN on record ($221k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · King Family Foundation · Gelco Charitable Foundation · R H Parkerunited Foundation · Wheeler Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Clark Foundation · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
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About Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund
- How much does Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund give?
- Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund reported 17 grants totaling $85,500 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 12 and 22 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (32%), Arts & Culture (21%), Religion (17%).
- Who are Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Waterfall Foundation ($34k), Oregon Historical Society ($33k), Jesuit High School ($32k).
- Does Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 33% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, Juan Young Trust.
- Where is Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund based?
- Joseph P Tennant Charitable Fund is based in OR.
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