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Marlene K Sapinsley Private 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.

$56k
Granted FY2024(still arriving)
19
Grants FY2024
20
Organizations funded FY2023
20%
First-time grantees FY2023
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Median grant, FY2024
$3,000
Largest grant, FY2024
$6,000
Organizations funded a year
3 to 32
FY2017 to FY2023
States reached, FY2024
7
Total assets, FY2024
$560k
Applications
Preselected organizations only
Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2023, 20% of the organizations Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 16% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 84% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $5k went to new ones.

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

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

’18’20’21’22’23
AnimalsHealthHuman ServicesEnvironmentPhilanthropyCrime & LegalOther
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.
The numbers by year
Fiscal yearOrganizations fundedTo those organizationsFirst-time grantees
FY2024still arriving18$51k17%
FY202320$31k20%
FY20223$3k100%
FY202119$23k5%
FY202032$69k78%
FY201817$35k0%
FY201719$35kn/a
97% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Environment$91kAnimals$40kInternational$31kFood & Nutrition$25kHealth$17kCivil Rights$17kCrime & Legal$10kMembership Benefit$10kOther$0

Where its grants go

Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
OR
CA
VA
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Show all 48 grantees
All grantees of Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation by total granted
GranteeTotal grantedYearsShare of their budget
Oregon Environmental Council$16,00060%
Natural Resources Defense Council Inc$16,00060%
Environmental Working Group$14,50060%
Direct Relief$13,00040%
Earthjustice$11,50040%
Southern Poverty Law Center Inc$11,50060%
Eugene Masonic Cemetery Association$9,75061%
Animal Welfare Institute$9,50040%
Madre Inc$8,00050%
Ashland Emergency Food Bank$8,00032%
United Animal Nations Dba Redrover$5,50020%
Cascadia Health$5,00040%
Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc$4,50020%
Beyond Toxics$4,00021%
North by Northeast Community Health Center$4,00030%
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center$4,00020%
Blanchet House of Hospitality$4,00020%
Well Aware Inc$4,00020%
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc$4,00020%
Project Drawdown$4,00030%
Wild Salmon Center$4,00020%
Hygiene4all$4,00040%
Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides$4,0002n/a
Soi Dog Foundation USA$3,50020%
The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc$3,50020%
The Surfrider Foundation$3,50020%
Last Chance for Animals$3,50020%
Central City Concern$3,00010%
The Carter Center Inc$3,00010%
The Center for Reproductive Rights Inc$3,00010%
White Buffalo Land Trust$2,50010%
K-9 Placement and Assistance League Inc$2,50012%
Lange Foundation$2,50010%
Organic Consumers Association$2,00020%
The Asher House$2,00020%
Adopt-A-Village in Guatemala Inc$2,0002n/a
Violence Policy Center$2,00020%
Mental Health America Inc$2,00020%
Urban League of Portland Inc$2,00010%
Building Ohana$2,0001n/a
Memphis Child Advocacy Center$2,00020%
National Women's Health Network$1,00010%
Supporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine - Sirum$1,00010%
Ferst Readers Inc$1,00010%
Planet Protectors$1,0001n/a
Black United Fund of Oregon$1,00010%
Caravan to Class$1,00010%
Oregon Food Bank$1,00010%

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 7 recipients with no EIN on record ($21k), not named here.

Where it is load-bearing

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation supplied at peak.

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOregon Environmental Council: $16,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNatural Resources Defense Council Inc: $16,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEnvironmental Working Group: $14,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetDirect Relief: $13,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetEarthjustice: $11,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetSouthern Poverty Law Center Inc: $11,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetEugene Masonic Cemetery Association: $9,750 over 6y, 1.0% of budgetAnimal Welfare Institute: $9,500 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetMadre Inc: $8,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAshland Emergency Food Bank: $8,000 over 3y, 1.7% of budgetUnited Animal Nations Dba Redrover: $5,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCascadia Health: $5,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAnimal Legal Defense Fund Inc: $4,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBeyond Toxics: $4,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetNorth by Northeast Community Health Center: $4,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetKlamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetBlanchet House of Hospitality: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWell Aware Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetSouthern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc: $4,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetProject Drawdown: $4,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWild Salmon Center: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetHygiene4all: $4,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetSoi Dog Foundation USA: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust USA Inc: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Surfrider Foundation: $3,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetLast Chance for Animals: $3,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCentral City Concern: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Carter Center Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Center for Reproductive Rights Inc: $3,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWhite Buffalo Land Trust: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetK-9 Placement and Assistance League Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetLange Foundation: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOrganic Consumers Association: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetThe Asher House: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetViolence Policy Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMental Health America Inc: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUrban League of Portland Inc: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMemphis Child Advocacy Center: $2,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNational Women's Health Network: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSupporting Initiatives to Redistribute Unused Medicine - Sirum: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFerst Readers Inc: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBlack United Fund of Oregon: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCaravan to Class: $1,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOregon Food Bank: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budget

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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 44.

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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 FoundationOR25.3× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Seeding Justice · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Patagoniaorg · Careoregon Inc · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Give Lively Foundation Inc · Clif Family Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations

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.

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About Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation

How much does Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation give?
Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation reported 19 grants totaling $56,393 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 32 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
What does Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation fund?
By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (34%), Animals (15%), International (12%).
Who are Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation's largest grantees?
By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Oregon Environmental Council ($16k), Natural Resources Defense Council Inc ($16k), Environmental Working Group ($15k).
Does Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation fund new organizations?
In FY2023, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation 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 Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation?
Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Seeding Justice, The Collins Foundation.
Where is Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation based?
Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation is based in OR.

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 57 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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