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L & H 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.

$78k
Granted FY2025still arriving
39
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$143kHuman Services$91kArts & Culture$57kEnvironment$48kHealth$43kCivil Rights$40kHousing & Shelter$32kFood & Nutrition$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 39 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$1,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$1.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OPAL CREEK ANCIENT FOREST CENTER$6,000
SENIOR CONNECTION$5,000
WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST$5,000
TURNING POINT INC$5,000
COMMUNITY LIBRARY - BOOKS OF WHEELS$5,000
SISTERS OF THE ROAD$5,000
BASIC RIGHTS OREGON$5,000
KICKSTAND COMEDY$5,000
WINNING FUTURES$5,000
WIGS FOR KIDS$5,000
TRANS RELOCATION FUND & AID NETWORK$5,000
NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH$4,000
THE DEEGAN PROJECT$2,000
ARGYROS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER$1,000
Q CENTER$1,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 7% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%LOWER COLUMBIA Q CENTER: $500 → 13%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 8%LOWER COLUMBIA Q CENTER: $300 → 13%SENIOR CONNECTION: $5k → 7%LEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $500 → 8%INTERFAITH VOLUNTEER CAREGIVERS: $500 → 10%ST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER: $500 → 21%LOWER COLUMBIA Q CENTER: $300 → 13%SENIOR CONNECTION: $5k → 7%LOWER COLUMBIA Q CENTER: $300 → 13%SENIOR CONNECTION: $5k → 7%SENIOR CONNECTION: $5k → 7%SENIOR CONNECTION: $5k → 7%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $200 → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
ID
MI
NY
MA
OR
CA
TN
DC
GA
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$466k · 52 repeat orgs$63k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +48% since the first grant, against +34% for those funded once.

52 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2025, 19 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

52
33

Total granted

$466k
$48k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+48%
+34%

Still filing today

62%
52%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $14k 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
EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureEnvironmentHealthAnimalsOther
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

  • OC
    Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
    7× · 2019–2025 · $42k · revenue +30%
  • BR
    BASIC RIGHTS OREGON
    8× · 2017–2025 · $40k · revenue +43%
  • TP
    TURNING POINT INC
    7× · 2017–2025 · $35k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • GC
    GRAND CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue -48%
  • CT
    CALL TO SAFETY
    one grant, 2024 · $5k
  • OUTSIDE INgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $5k · revenue +34%
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
Sage Advocacy Center

Educate, advocate, and empower to end violence.

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2
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
3
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
4
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
5
Sunnyvale Community Services

The mission of sunnyvale community services is to prevent homelessness and hunger for low-income sunnyvale residents facing temporary crises.

Human Services
6
Portland Farmers Market

Pfm operates world-class farmers markets that contribute to the success of local food growers and producers and create vibrant community gatherings. as a trade association, success for our vendors is our primary objective. listening and…

Community Improvement
7
LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services
8
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
9
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc

To conserve and enhance land in southern oregon to sustain our human and natural communities forever.

Environment
10
Se Works Inc

Se works' mission is to strengthen the economic health and well being of our diverse community by facilitating successful connections between job seekers and employers.

Employment
11
The Sophia Way

The sophia way is a place of hope and change for women. we support them on their journey from homelessness to safe and stable living.

Human Services
12
Spokane Regional Sports Commission

Economic and community development through sport tourism. bid to host and create major sporting events, and facility consultation and optimization.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Sun Valley Center for the Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is The Deegan Project. 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

54 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. 54 of the 91 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
19
Early backer (in before they grew)
54/54
Grantees still filing
35/54
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BASIC RIGHTS OREGON: $40,000 · OtherBASIC RIGHTS OREGONST MARYS ACADEMY: $24,000 · OtherST MARYS ACADEMYKICKSTAND COMEDY: $15,000 · OtherKICKSTAND COMEDYSISTERS OF THE ROAD INC: $13,450 · OtherSISTERS OF THE ROAD INCCOMMUNITY LIBRARY - BOOKS OF WHEELS: $11,000 · OtherNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $10,500 · OtherST JOHN'S DEAF CENTER: $10,028 · OtherBLAINE COUNTY SENIOR CENTER: $10,000 · OtherARGYROS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: $8,600 · Other+44 more: $106,050 · Other+44 moreWINNING FUTURES: $35,000 · EducationWINNING FUTURESARBOR SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $18,000 · EducationARBOR SCHOOL OF ARTS & …SUN VALLEY CULINARY INSTITUTE INC: $15,500 · EducationSUN VALLEY CULINARY INS…FARWISE INC: $10,000 · EducationFARWISE INCThe Alturas Institute Inc: $8,300 · EducationThe Alturas Institute I…FRANKLIN SWITZERLAND INC: $7,800 · EducationFRANKLIN SWITZERLAND IN…SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $7,000 · EducationSYRACUSE UNIVERSITYCATE SCHOOL: $4,800 · Education+3 more: $2,700 · EducationTURNING POINT INC: $35,000 · Human ServicesTURNING POINT I…BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $25,000 · Human ServicesBLAINE COUNTY S…CALL TO SAFETY: $7,500 · Human ServicesCALL TO SAFETY+5 more: $3,600 · Human ServicesOpal Creek Ancient Forest Center: $42,000 · EnvironmentOpal Creek…WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $5,000 · EnvironmentWOOD RIVER…+2 more: $800 · EnvironmentSUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC: $9,100 · Arts & CulturePlayWrite Inc: $6,900 · Arts & CultureTHE LIBERTY THEATRE COMPANY: $5,000 · Arts & CultureSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $2,800 · Arts & Culture+3 more: $800 · Arts & CulturePLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC: $12,000 · HealthHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $2,000 · HealthThe Deegan Project: $2,000 · Health+1 more: $300 · HealthANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $7,950 · AnimalsOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,350 · AnimalsODD MAN INN ANIMAL REFUGE: $800 · AnimalsPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM: $500 · Animals
Other$248,628Education$109,100Human Services$71,100Environment$47,800Arts & Culture$24,600Health$16,300Animals$11,600

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 budgetOpal Creek Ancient Forest Center: $42,000 over 7y, 1.2% of budgetBASIC RIGHTS OREGON: $40,000 over 8y, 2.0% of budgetTURNING POINT INC: $35,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetWINNING FUTURES: $35,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION: $25,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetARBOR SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $18,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetSUN VALLEY CULINARY INSTITUTE INC: $15,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetKICKSTAND COMEDY: $15,000 over 3y, 1.6% of budgetSISTERS OF THE ROAD INC: $13,450 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC: $12,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $10,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetFARWISE INC: $10,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC: $9,100 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetThe Alturas Institute Inc: $8,300 over 4y, 3.8% of budgetANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE: $7,950 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRANKLIN SWITZERLAND INC: $7,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetCALL TO SAFETY: $7,500 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC: $7,200 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSYRACUSE UNIVERSITY: $7,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPlayWrite Inc: $6,900 over 7y, 2.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER: $6,050 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetGRAND CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC: $5,400 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEQUITABLE GIVING CIRCLE: $5,300 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetWOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOUTSIDE IN: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIBERTY THEATRE COMPANY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetCATE SCHOOL: $4,800 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $3,150 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSUN VALLEY SUMMER SYMPHONY INC: $2,800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOutgrowing Hunger: $2,500 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $2,350 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetHENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM: $2,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFREE BIKES 4 KIDZ - DETROIT: $1,500 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLOWER COLUMBIA Q CENTER: $1,400 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetSUN VALLEY WRITERS' CONFERENCE INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLGBTQ COMMUNITY CENTER FUND: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetLEADER DOGS FOR THE BLIND: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetODD MAN INN ANIMAL REFUGE: $800 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetDESERT SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION: $700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetGLEANERS COMMUNITY FOOD BANK OF SOUTHEASTERN MICHIGAN: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFORGOTTEN HARVEST INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetST PATRICK SENIOR CENTER INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SNAKE RIVER ALLIANCE EDUCATION FUND INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetDetroit Rescue Mission Ministries: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUN VALLEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSAWTOOTH BOTANICAL GARDEN: $300 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBALLET SUN VALLEY INC: $300 over 1y, 0.0% 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 Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center ↗
  • Who funds BASIC RIGHTS OREGON ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT INC ↗
  • Who funds WINNING FUTURES ↗
  • Who funds BLAINE COUNTY SENIORS COUNCIL INC THE SENIOR CONNECTION ↗
  • Who funds ARBOR SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY CULINARY INSTITUTE INC ↗
  • Who funds KICKSTAND COMEDY ↗
  • Who funds SISTERS OF THE ROAD INC ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC ↗
  • Who funds NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds FARWISE INC ↗
  • Who funds SUN VALLEY FILM FESTIVAL INC ↗
  • Who funds The Alturas Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds ANIMAL SHELTER OF WOOD RIVER VALLEY DBA MOUNTAIN HUMANE ↗
  • Who funds FRANKLIN SWITZERLAND INC ↗
  • Who funds CALL TO SAFETY ↗
  • Who funds BLAINE COUNTY HUNGER COALITION INC ↗
  • Who funds SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PlayWrite Inc ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds GRAND CIRCLE FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds EQUITABLE GIVING CIRCLE ↗
  • Who funds WOOD RIVER LAND TRUST CO ↗
  • Who funds OUTSIDE IN ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBERTY THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds CATE SCHOOL ↗

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 FoundationOR33.6× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Collins Foundation · Spur Community Foundation Inc · The Springcreek Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Boswell Family Foundation · The Bessemer Giving Fund · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Von Der Heyden Family 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 L & H Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from L & H Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Call to Safety: 61% of income from government
  • Outside in: 33% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • Outgrowing Hunger: 9% of income from government
  • CymaSpace: 8% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Kickstand Comedy: 5% of income from government
  • PlayWrite Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Community Cycling Center: 2% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to L & H Foundation?

Find your warmest path to L & H 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 91 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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