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Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation at a glance

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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 FY2024still arriving
19
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$6k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0197% 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
02FY2024 · 19 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$3,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$560k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
DIRECT RELIEF$6,000
FOOD & WATER WATCH$5,000
EARTHJUSTICE$5,000
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP$5,000
ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE$5,000
OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL$5,000
CENTRAL CITY CONCERN$3,000
THE CARTER CENTER$3,000
CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS$3,000
REDROVER$3,000
BLANCHET HOUSE$2,000
ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND$2,000
NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL$2,000
THE SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER$2,000
EUGENE MASONIC CEMETERY ASSOCIATION$1,393
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 (FY20–24, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%FOREST READERS: $1k → 11%LANGE FOUNDATION: $3k → 14%HYGIENE 4 ALL: $1k → 12%HYGIENE 4 ALL: $1k → 12%HYGIENE 4 ALL: $1k → 12%HYGIENE 4 ALL: $1k → 12%URBAN LEAGUE OF PORTLAND: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
NY
OR
CA
VA
TN
DC
AL
GA
TX
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$211k · 36 repeat orgs$37k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +27% since the first grant, against +7% for those funded once.

36 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 21 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

36
16

Total granted

$211k
$28k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+27%
+7%

Still filing today

92%
69%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 82% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $9k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsInternationalHealthHuman ServicesCrime & 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.

Backed again, and grew

  • NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC
    6× · 2017–2024 · $16k · revenue +41%
  • EW
    ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
    6× · 2017–2024 · $15k · revenue +57%
  • DIRECT RELIEF
    4× · 2020–2024 · $13k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • WB
    WHITE BUFFALO LAND TRUST
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +7%
  • PO
    PLASTIC OCEANS
    one grant, 2020 · $3k
  • KP
    K-9 PLACEMENT AND ASSISTANCE LEAGUE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $3k · revenue +28%
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
The Union of Concerned Scientists Inc

The union of concerned scientists puts rigorous, independent science into action, developing solutions and advocating for a healthy, safe, and just future.

International
2
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
3
National Association of Clean Water Agencies

Nacwa is the national voice of public clean water utilities, shaping water policy, convening a vibrant peer network, and empowering water leaders.

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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
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 &…

—
6
Asociacion Interamericana Para La Defensa Del Ambiente

To strenghten people's ability to guarantee their individual and collective right to a healthy environment, via the development, implementation, and effective enforcement of national and international law.

Crime & Legal
7
Environmental Investigation Agency

To establish and promote programs to protect the global climate, forests, wildlife and the natural environment, through research, advocacy, and investigation.

International
8
The Water Research Foundation

The purpose of the water research foundation (wrf) is a definitive research organization to advance the science of all things water to better meet the evolving needs of its subscribers and the water sector. to engage exclusively in…

Environment
9
Amazon Watch Inc

To protect the rainforest and advance the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with Indigenous communities in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability, and the preservation of the Amazon Basin's…

Environment
10
Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah

Heal utah's mission is to protect utah's environment and its people by promoting clean air, clean energy, and comprehensive solutions to radioactive and toxic waste.

Environment
11
Wildlife Conservation Network Inc

Connect conservationists and supporters, deploy resources to the field, provide conservationists with tools and support they need to succeed.

Animals
12
Animal Outlook Inc

Animal outlook is a national animal protection organization working to end the abuse of farmed animals using a variety of strategies, including investigations, legal advocacy, corporate and food system reform, and vegan outreach.

Animals
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Wild Salmon Center; the most unlike its peers is Eugene Masonic Cemetery Association. 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

49 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. 49 of the 57 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
49/49
Grantees still filing
36/49
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Oregon Environmental Council: $16,000 · EnvironmentOregon Environmental CouncilNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $16,000 · EnvironmentNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL …ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP: $14,500 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUPEARTHJUSTICE: $11,500 · EnvironmentEARTHJUSTICEBeyond Toxics: $4,000 · EnvironmentKLAMATH-SISKIYOU WILDLANDS CENTER: $4,000 · EnvironmentSOUTHERN OREGON LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $4,000 · EnvironmentNORTHWEST CENTER FOR ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES: $4,000 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $3,500 · Environment+1 more: $2,500 · EnvironmentEQUAL JUSTICE INSTITUTE: $6,000 · OtherEQUAL JUSTICE INSTITUTEUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDROVER: $5,500 · OtherUNITED ANIMAL NATIONS DBA REDRO…BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $4,000 · OtherBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITYNETWORK FOR REPRODUCTIVE OPTIONS: $4,000 · OtherNETWORK FOR REPRODUCTIVE OPTION…PLASTIC OCEANS: $2,500 · OtherRETURN TO FREEDOM WILD HORSE SANCTUARY: $2,500 · OtherEUGENE MASONIC CEMETERY ASSOCIATION: $9,750 · OtherEUGENE MASONIC CEMETERY ASSOCIA…HYGIENE4ALL: $4,000 · OtherHYGIENE4ALLLANGE FOUNDATION: $2,500 · OtherSoi Dog Foundation USA: $3,500 · OtherTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $3,000 · OtherPROJECT DRAWDOWN: $4,000 · OtherPROJECT DRAWDOWNTHE CENTER FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS INC: $3,000 · Other+12 more: $19,000 · Other+12 moreDIRECT RELIEF: $13,000 · InternationalDIRECT RELIE…MADRE INC: $8,000 · InternationalMADRE INCWELL AWARE INC: $4,000 · InternationalWELL AWARE I…THE CARTER CENTER INC: $3,000 · InternationalTHE CARTER C…ADOPT-A-VILLAGE IN GUATEMALA INC: $2,000 · InternationalADOPT-A-VILL…ANIMAL WELFARE INSTITUTE: $9,500 · AnimalsANIMAL WELFA…ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND INC: $4,500 · AnimalsANIMAL LEGAL…WILD SALMON CENTER: $4,000 · AnimalsWILD SALMON …THE DAVID SHELDRICK WILDLIFE TRUST USA INC: $3,500 · AnimalsTHE DAVID SH…Last Chance for Animals: $3,500 · AnimalsLast Chance …K-9 PLACEMENT AND ASSISTANCE LEAGUE INC: $2,500 · AnimalsK-9 PLACEMEN…THE ASHER HOUSE: $2,000 · AnimalsTHE ASHER HO…FOOD & WATER WATCH: $15,500 · Food & NutritionFOOD & WAT…ASHLAND EMERGENCY FOOD BANK: $8,000 · Food & NutritionASHLAND EM…SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $11,500 · Crime & LegalVIOLENCE POLICY CENTER: $2,000 · Crime & LegalMEMPHIS CHILD ADVOCACY CENTER: $2,000 · Crime & LegalCASCADIA HEALTH: $5,000 · HealthNORTH BY NORTHEAST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER: $4,000 · HealthCentral City Concern: $3,000 · HealthNational Women's Health Network: $1,000 · HealthSUPPORTING INITIATIVES TO REDISTRIBUTE UNUSED MEDICINE - SIRUM: $1,000 · Health
Environment$80,000Other$73,250International$30,000Animals$29,500Food & Nutrition$23,500Crime & Legal$15,500Health$14,000

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 budgetOregon Environmental Council: $16,000 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetNATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL INC: $16,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD & WATER WATCH: $15,500 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 budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $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
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.

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 …Seeding JusticeThe Collins FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustPatagoniaorgCareoregon IncUnited Way of the Col…OCF Joseph E Weston P…Marie Lamfrom Charita…Give Lively Foundatio…Clif Family FoundationHillman Family Founda…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Marlene K Sapinsley Private Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 70%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Urban League of Portland Inc: 33% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Beyond Toxics: 13% of income from government
  • Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
  • Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides: 5% of income from government
  • North By Northeast Community Health Center: 4% of income from government
  • Cascadia Health: 3% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Black United Fund of Oregon: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
7get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.

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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home