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Marcia H Randall 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.

$2.5M
Granted FY2024still arriving
26
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$1.0M
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What you fund
0195% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Human Services$6.8MEducation$6.6MHealth$3.8MArts & Culture$1.3MHousing & Shelter$1.1MYouth Development$1.0MAnimals$500kReligion$175kOther$0
02FY2024 · 26 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k12 grants · $60k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $115k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $300k
  • $250k+4 grants · $2.0M
$12,500
Median grant
1
States reached
$68M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF PORTLAND$1,030,125
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM$500,000
THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION$250,000
ALL CLASSICAL PUBLIC MEDIA$250,000
CASA FOR CHILDREN$100,000
NEHALEM BAY HEALTH CENTER$100,000
YOUTH VILLAGES OREGON$50,000
RANDALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDAT$50,000
YOUTH MUSIC PROJECT$27,500
KIDS CENTER$25,000
IMBLER TRACK AND FIELD COMMUNITY PR$25,000
YAMHILL ENRICHMENT SOCIETY$15,000
PARK ACADEMY$12,500
SMART READING$10,000
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN$5,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–24, $68k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%CHILDREN'S HEALING ART PROJECT: $5k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $5k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $2k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $1k → 12%PROJECT LEMONADE: $5k → 12%YOUTH VILLAGES OREGON: $50k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

27%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$6.0M · 28 repeat orgs$16M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +22% since the first grant, against +17% for the ones you funded once.

28 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 18 since wound down; 16 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

28
35

Total granted

$6.0M
$14M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+22%
+17%

Still filing today

79%
66%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 25% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1.9M 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
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyYouth DevelopmentOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • RC
    RANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2018 · $3.6M · revenue +21% · 86% of their budget
  • Oregon State University Foundation
    2× · 2017–2022 · $1.1M · revenue +42%
  • THE PARK ACADEMY
    2× · 2019–2024 · $113k · revenue +25%

Funded once

  • TR
    THE ROBERT AND MARCIA RANDAL FOUNDA
    one grant, 2018 · $6.7M
  • ASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY
    one grant, 2021 · $5.0M · revenue -3%
  • HH
    HOPEWELL HOUSE
    one grant, 2022 · $1.0M

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
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
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
4
Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
Environment
5
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
6
Mitch Charter School

We believe that the strength of our community lies in its diversity. we know the power of many different voices at the table. these voices resound from the hearts and minds of our youth, who hold the keys to a just, fair and sustainable…

Education
7
Oregon Medical Association

The mission of the oma is to speak as the unified voice of medicine in oregon; advocate for a sustainable, equitable, and accessible healthcare environment; and energize physicians and physician assistants by building and supporting their…

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8
Oregon Public Health Association

Advocate for policies that protect and promote healthy and health equity for all people in oregon and provide learning, collaboration and leadership opportunities for public health professionals and the broader community.

Health
9
Portland State University Foundation

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.

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10
Earth Day Oregon
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11
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
12
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

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Casa for Children Inc and the most unlike its peers is Camp Tapawingo Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyYouth Mentoring and Develop…Theater & Performance ArtsEducation & Professional De…Youth & Family Support Serv…Early Childhood Care & Educ…Supportive Housing & Servic…Disability Services & Suppo…Professional Associations a…Independent K-12 Schools
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 35 years old; the field is 16. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%2%<5yr14%2%5–10yr19%9%10–20yr19%38%20–35yr12%23%35–55yr15%27%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr14%0%5–10yr19%1%10–20yr19%40%20–35yr12%7%35–55yr15%51%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 2% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/63
the rest of the field
12%
967/7,818

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

60 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 60 of the 80 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
59/60
Grantees still filing
36/60
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

THE ROBERT AND MARCIA RANDAL FOUNDA — $6,666,666 · OtherTHE ROBERT AND MARCIA RANDAL FOUNDAHOPEWELL HOUSE — $1,000,000 · OtherHOPEWELL HOUSE+48 more — $1,248,500 · Other+48 moreASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY — $5,000,000 · Public BenefitASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUA…RANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $3,600,000 · HealthRANDALL CHILDRENS …+3 more — $28,000 · HealthPORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $515,000 · Arts & CultureALL CLASSICAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $250,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $250,000 · Arts & CultureColonial Williamsburg Foundation — $100,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $75,000 · Arts & CultureBEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION — $55,000 · Arts & Culture+10 more — $214,000 · Arts & CultureOregon State University Foundation — $1,100,000 · EducationTHE PARK ACADEMY — $112,500 · Education+3 more — $27,000 · EducationFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND — $1,030,125 · Youth Development+1 more — $15,600 · Youth DevelopmentOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC — $500,000 · Animals
Other$8,915,166Public Benefit$5,000,000Health$3,628,000Arts & Culture$1,519,000Education$1,239,500Youth Development$1,045,725Animals$500,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetASSOCIATION OF THE GRADUATES OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY ACADEMY — $5,000,000 over 1y, 3.9% of budgetRANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION — $3,600,000 over 2y, 86% of budgetOregon State University Foundation — $1,100,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND — $1,030,125 over 1y, 15% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $515,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC — $500,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetALL CLASSICAL PUBLIC MEDIA INC — $250,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION — $250,000 over 1y, 8.4% of budgetCamp Tapawingo Inc — $175,000 over 1y, 20% of budgetTHE PARK ACADEMY — $112,500 over 2y, 2.9% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC — $102,500 over 3y, 0.7% of budgetColonial Williamsburg Foundation — $100,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASA FOR CHILDREN INC — $100,000 over 1y, 4.5% of budgetOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION — $75,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetBEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INC — $60,000 over 2y, 7.4% of budgetPORTLAND ROSE FESTIVAL FOUNDATION — $55,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $50,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC — $50,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY — $50,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetWORLD OF SPEED — $50,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF OREGON INC — $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetYOUTH MUSIC PROJECT — $32,500 over 2y, 1.4% of budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM — $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetROSE HAVEN CIC — $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetCROWN POINT COUNTRY HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $25,000 over 1y, 9.9% of budgetEDISON HIGH SCHOOL — $25,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER — $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $22,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetTHE DENTAL FOUNDATION OF OREGON — $22,000 over 5y, 1.7% of budgetLINCOLN CITY CULTURAL CENTER — $20,000 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetNESKOWIN COAST FOUNDATION — $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetBRIDGE MEADOWS — $15,600 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetYAMHILL ENRICHMENT SOCIETY — $15,000 over 1y, 3.0% of budgetTHE DOUGY CENTER INC — $13,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN — $13,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON JEWISH MUSEUM AND CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION — $12,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSMART READING — $12,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON RAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION — $12,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCLACKAMAS VOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE — $10,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetCivics Learning Project — $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND — $7,750 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetAUTISM SOCIETY OF OREGON — $5,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetELLA CURRAN COMMUNITY FOOD BANK — $5,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Oregon Community …Marie Lamfrom Charita…Juan Young TrustMaybelle Clark Macdon…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Jackson FoundationThe Autzen FoundationThe Reser Family Foun…M J Murdock Charitabl…The Collins FoundationThe Roundhouse Founda…The Robert D and Marc…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR61× affinity37 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Juan Young Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Collins Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Marcia H Randall Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%2%6%14%25%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Ella Curran Community Food Bank — 70% of income from government
  • Bridge Meadows — 36% of income from government
  • Play It Forward — 30% of income from government
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank — 21% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc — 20% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc — 15% of income from government
  • Cascade Aids Project — 13% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum — 11% of income from government
  • Oregon Historical Society — 10% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland — 10% of income from government
  • Clackamas Volunteers in Medicine — 7% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children-Portland — 5% of income from government
  • Lincoln City Cultural Center — 4% of income from government
  • Children's Healing Art Project Inc — 4% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry — 4% of income from government
  • Smart Reading — 3% of income from government
  • Neskowin Coast Foundation — 2% of income from government
  • Casa for Children Inc — 2% of income from government
  • Portland Rose Festival Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation — 1% of income from government
  • Youth Music Project — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting — 1% of income from government
  • The Campbell Institute — 0% of income from government
  • Beaverton Arts Foundation Inc — 0% of income from government
  • All Classical Public Media Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association — 0% of income from government
  • Randall Childrens Hospital Foundation — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation — 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
11report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Marcia H Randall Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Marcia H Randall 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 directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 80 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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