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Leupold & Stevens Foundation at a glance

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Leupold & Stevens Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$424k
Granted FY2024still arriving
32
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$90k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Environment$576kArts & Culture$425kAnimals$262kRecreation & Sports$240kHousing & Shelter$160kHuman Services$149kHealth$144kYouth Development$122kOther$0
02FY2024 · 32 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k15 grants · $106k
  • $10k–50k16 grants · $229k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $90k
$10,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$2.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
ELITE SPORTS ACADEMY$89,500
PATH HOME (PORTLAND HOMELESS FAM)$18,500
PORTLAND YOUTH PHILHARMONIC$17,856
DUCKS UNLIMITED - PORTLAND PROJECTS$17,100
RETURNING VETERANS PROJECT$16,730
OREGON HUNTERS ASSOCIATION$16,500
HOLLA$16,354
OMSI$15,770
OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST$15,000
ELITE SPORTS ACADEMY$14,500
NORTHWEST FAMILY SERVICES$13,250
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB - CORVALLIS$12,104
AUDUBON SOCIETY OF PORTLAND$11,854
NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY$11,175
Individual grant recipient$11,100
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 (FY17–24, $55k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $14k → 12%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $11k → 12%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $11k → 12%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 12%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $3k → 12%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 12%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 12%NORTHEAST COMMUNITY CENTER: $2k → 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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.3M · 44 repeat orgs$119k to everyone else

44 repeat relationships: 30 still active in FY2024, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

44
11

Total granted

$2.3M
$119k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+53%
+116%

Still filing today

55%
18%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsArts & CultureHousing & ShelterYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $209k · revenue +46%
  • ES
    Elite Sports Academy
    8× · 2017–2024 · $207k · revenue +248% · 38% of their budget
  • Portland Youth Philharmonic Association
    8× · 2017–2024 · $186k · revenue +129%

Funded once

  • CR
    CANBY ROD AND GUN CLUBgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $33k · revenue +116%
  • BG
    BOY GIRLS CLUB CORVALLIS
    one grant, 2021 · $18k
  • EA
    EARTH AND SPIRT COUNCIL
    one grant, 2017 · $16k
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 Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
2
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc

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

Environment
3
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild

Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.

Environment
4
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council is a local nonprofit organization that strives to enhance and restore habitat for fish and wildlife our community and for future generations. Our Board of Directors consists of seven members with…

Environment
5
Cascadia Wildlands

Cascadia wildlands defends and restores cacasia's wild ecosystems in the forests,in the courts, and in the streets. we envision vast old-growth forests, rivers full of wild salmon, wolves howling in the backcountry, a stable climate, and…

Environment
6
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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7
Portland Harbor Community Coalition

Portland Harbor Community Coalition (PHCC) organizes frontline groups and individuals to heal the water, land, and air in and around the Wa'lmaomt (Willamette River) federal Superfund area, polluted from over a century of heavy industrial…

Environment
8
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
9
The Wetlands Conservancy Inc

Founded in 1981, the wetlands conservancy is dedicated to working in partnership with communities statewide to permanently protect, conserve and restore oregon's greatest wetlands.

Environment
10
Clackamas River Basin Council Inc

The council is organized to foster partnerships for clean water, healthy streams, and abundant fisheries in the Clackamas Watershed

Environment
11
Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
Environment
12
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Deschutes Land Trust; the most unlike its peers is Wheel to Walk Foundation. 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

27 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. 27 of the 55 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
11
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/27
Grantees still filing
19/27
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OMSI: $106,472 · OtherOMSINORTHWEST FAMILY SERVICES: $74,734 · OtherNORTHWEST FAMILY SERVICESIndividual grant recipient: $63,472 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOREGON HUNTERS ASSOCIATION: $53,440 · OtherHARNEY COUNTY ARTS IN EDUCATION: $46,888 · OtherOREGON BALLET THEATER: $43,828 · OtherOSU CENTER FOR FAMILY ENTERPRISE: $43,405 · OtherCENTER OF DESIGN FOR AN AGING SOCIETY: $39,406 · OtherDUCKS UNLIMITED - PORTLAND PROJECTS: $38,708 · OtherDUCKS UNLIMITED: $36,455 · OtherCentral City Concern: $42,513 · OtherNortheast Community Center: $54,704 · OtherNortheast Community Center+24 more: $358,899 · Other+24 moreBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $208,810 · EnvironmentBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INCHIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP: $110,493 · EnvironmentHIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIPFriends of Trees: $62,419 · EnvironmentFriends of TreesDeschutes Land Trust: $60,996 · EnvironmentDeschutes Land TrustOREGON DESERT LAND TRUST: $45,054 · EnvironmentOREGON DESERT LAND TRUSTNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $44,820 · EnvironmentNorth Coast Land Conservancy…Oregon Environmental Council: $36,267 · EnvironmentOregon Environmental CouncilOpal Creek Ancient Forest Center: $29,905 · Environment+1 more: $20,136 · EnvironmentPortland Youth Philharmonic Association: $185,889 · Arts & CulturePortland Yout…OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $58,767 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC…PORTLAND CENTER STAGE: $45,431 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND CENT…Elite Sports Academy: $206,706 · Recreation & SportsElite Sport…HOLLA: $35,357 · Recreation & SportsHOLLAFriends of Tryon Creek: $9,787 · Recreation & SportsPATH HOME: $87,656 · Housing & ShelterREACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $29,867 · Housing & ShelterRETURNING VETERANS PROJECT: $70,870 · Public BenefitBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC: $68,743 · Youth Development
Other$1,002,924Environment$618,900Arts & Culture$290,087Recreation & Sports$251,850Housing & Shelter$117,523Public Benefit$70,870Youth Development$68,743

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $208,810 over 7y, 3.4% of budgetElite Sports Academy: $206,706 over 8y, 38% of budgetPortland Youth Philharmonic Association: $185,889 over 8y, 7.1% of budgetHIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP: $110,493 over 8y, 4.2% of budgetPATH HOME: $87,656 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetNORTHWEST FAMILY SERVICES: $74,734 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetRETURNING VETERANS PROJECT: $70,870 over 8y, 3.8% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC: $68,743 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Trees: $62,419 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetDeschutes Land Trust: $60,996 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $58,767 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetNortheast Community Center: $54,704 over 8y, 1.4% of budgetPORTLAND CENTER STAGE: $45,431 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON DESERT LAND TRUST: $45,054 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $44,820 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCentral City Concern: $42,513 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCENTER OF DESIGN FOR AN AGING SOCIETY: $39,406 over 5y, 34% of budgetOregon Environmental Council: $36,267 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetHOLLA: $35,357 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetCANBY ROD AND GUN CLUB: $33,249 over 1y, 22% of budgetOpal Creek Ancient Forest Center: $29,905 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetREACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $29,867 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetWARFIGHTER OUTFITTERS: $22,783 over 3y, 3.5% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST: $20,136 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFriends of Tryon Creek: $9,787 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetWHEEL TO WALK FOUNDATION: $8,000 over 4y, 1.1% 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.

  • Who funds BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC ↗
  • Who funds Elite Sports Academy ↗
  • Who funds Portland Youth Philharmonic Association ↗
  • Who funds HIGH DESERT PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds PATH HOME ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds RETURNING VETERANS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF CORVALLIS INC ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Trees ↗
  • Who funds Deschutes Land Trust ↗
  • Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
  • Who funds Northeast Community Center ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND CENTER STAGE ↗
  • Who funds OREGON DESERT LAND TRUST ↗
  • Who funds North Coast Land Conservancy Inc ↗
  • Who funds Central City Concern ↗
  • Who funds CENTER OF DESIGN FOR AN AGING SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Environmental Council ↗
  • Who funds HOLLA ↗
  • Who funds CANBY ROD AND GUN CLUB ↗
  • Who funds Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center ↗
  • Who funds REACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC ↗
  • Who funds WARFIGHTER OUTFITTERS ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA LAND TRUST ↗

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 …Meyer Memorial TrustJuan Young TrustThe Collins FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…The Jackson FoundationThe Autzen FoundationKohnstamm Family Foun…Braemar Charitable Tr…Maybelle Clark Macdon…The Roundhouse Founda…Marie Lamfrom Charita…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR38.1× affinity19 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Juan Young Trust · The Collins Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Kohnstamm Family Foundation · Braemar Charitable Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Roundhouse Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust

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 Leupold & Stevens Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Leupold & Stevens Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 16%
  • High Desert Partnership: 100% of income from government
  • Friends of Trees: 100% of income from government
  • Deschutes Land Trust: 46% of income from government
  • Northwest Family Services: 35% of income from government
  • Holla: 29% of income from government
  • Reach Community Development Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
  • North Coast Land Conservancy Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Canby Rod and Gun Club: 2% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Youth Philharmonic Association: 0% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Leupold & Stevens Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Leupold & Stevens 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 55 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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