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Mason Charitable Trust at a glance

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Mason Charitable Trust

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$48k
Granted FY2025still arriving
16
Grants FY2025still arriving
7
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0193% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$95kEducation$93kScience & Tech$59kEnvironment$39kPhilanthropy$26kHuman Services$19kHealth$10kReligion$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$2,500
Median grant
7
States reached
$789k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY$9,600
HOOD RIVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT$5,200
READING RESULTS$5,000
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & INDUSTRY$4,800
THRIVE HOOD RIVER$4,000
OREGON INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FND$3,840
Individual grant recipient$2,500
COMMUNITY VISION$2,500
FOREST HISTORY SOCIETY$2,400
UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE$2,400
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM$960
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$960
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH$960
YALE UNIVERSITY FORESTRY SCHOOL$960
Individual grant recipient$960
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 (FY18–25, $15k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%PACIFIC NW HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $4k → 8%BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES: $4k → 12%PORTLAND REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP: $4k → 12%COMMUNITY VISION: $3k → 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.

83%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$305k · 17 repeat orgs$64k to everyone else

17 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 3 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

17
15

Total granted

$305k
$53k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+29%
+38%

Still filing today

47%
73%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 78% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesArts & CultureEducationEnvironmentCivil RightsPhilanthropyOther
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

  • OH
    OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $84k · revenue +38%
  • OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
    8× · 2017–2025 · $59k · revenue +29%
  • READING RESULTS
    5× · 2018–2025 · $20k · revenue +34%

Funded once

  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
    one grant, 2020 · $4k · revenue -2%
  • BH
    BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES
    one grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +25%
  • PR
    PACIFIC REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUPgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $4k · revenue +128%
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 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
2
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
3
Womens Foundation of Oregon

Women's foundation of oregon supports communities, programs, and individuals that improve the lives and opportunities of women and girls. we do this through direct grants, research, and policy advocacy.

—
4
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
5
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
6
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.

—
7
Friends of the Columbia Gorge

Ensuring the gorge remains a vibrant, living place wondrous, wild, and accessible for all is at the core of what we do. friends of the columbia gorge works to protect, preserve, and steward the columbia gorge for future generations.

—
8
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
9
University of Oregon Foundation

The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…

Education
10
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
11
Oregon Public Broadcasting

Connecting people across oregon and the pacific northwest through the power of a shared story.

Arts & Culture
12
1000 Friends of Oregon

1000 friends of oregon promotes healthy working lands, great communities, shared prosperity, and strong democracy with and for all oregonians.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Seeding Justice; the most unlike its peers is Pacific Northwest Hospice 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

24 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. 24 of the 37 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)
5
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $83,716 · Arts & CultureOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETYOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $58,660 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRYPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $6,790 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $932 · Arts & CultureOREGON INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FND: $25,945 · OtherOREGON INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FNDREADING RESULTS: $20,290 · OtherREADING RESULTSOR ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES: $10,933 · OtherOR ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGESUNITED WAY OF COLUMBIA-: $10,919 · OtherUNITED WAY OF COLUMBIA-Individual grant recipient: $9,297 · OtherIndividual grant recipientOREGON INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $9,200 · OtherOREGON INDEPENDENT COLLEGE FOUNDATIONYALE UNIVERSITY FORESTRY SCHOOL: $7,964 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY FORESTRY SCHOOLTHRIVE: $7,395 · OtherTRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH: $6,296 · OtherHood River County School District: $5,200 · Other+9 more: $30,186 · Other+9 moreRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $9,300 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $7,964 · EducationHOOD RIVER COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDAT: $3,512 · EducationFOREST HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $20,436 · EnvironmentBUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES: $4,180 · Human ServicesPACIFIC REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP: $4,180 · Human ServicesPACIFIC NORTHWEST HOSPICE FOUNDATION: $3,700 · Human ServicesCALL TO SAFETY: $3,520 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY VISION INC: $2,500 · Human ServicesUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $7,067 · PhilanthropyUnited Way of the Columbia-Willamette: $4,196 · PhilanthropySEEDING JUSTICE: $3,715 · PhilanthropyTHRIVE HOOD RIVER: $7,512 · Community ImprovementOregon Justice Resource Center: $3,715 · Civil Rights
Arts & Culture$150,098Other$143,625Education$20,776Environment$20,436Human Services$18,080Philanthropy$14,978Community Improvement$7,512Civil Rights$3,715

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 budgetOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $83,716 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $58,660 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetFOREST HISTORY SOCIETY INC: $20,436 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetREADING RESULTS: $20,290 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetRUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $9,300 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION: $7,964 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHRIVE HOOD RIVER: $7,512 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetUNITED WAY WORLDWIDE: $7,067 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $6,790 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetUnited Way of the Columbia-Willamette: $4,196 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES: $4,180 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPACIFIC REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP: $4,180 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $3,730 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSEEDING JUSTICE: $3,715 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Justice Resource Center: $3,715 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCOLUMBIA GORGE EARTH CENTER: $3,700 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetTransition Projects Inc: $3,680 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCALL TO SAFETY: $3,520 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetMACDONALD CENTER: $3,520 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOOD RIVER COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDAT: $3,512 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetCOMMUNITY VISION INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $932 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 OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ↗
  • Who funds FOREST HISTORY SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds READING RESULTS ↗
  • Who funds RUTGERS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THRIVE HOOD RIVER ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds United Way of the Columbia-Willamette ↗
  • Who funds BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC REFUGEE SUPPORT GROUP ↗
  • Who funds NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds SEEDING JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Justice Resource Center ↗
  • Who funds COLUMBIA GORGE EARTH CENTER ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC NORTHWEST HOSPICE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Transition Projects Inc ↗
  • Who funds CALL TO SAFETY ↗
  • Who funds MACDONALD CENTER ↗
  • Who funds HOOD RIVER COUNTY EDUCATION FOUNDAT ↗
  • Who funds GIRLS ON THE RUN WILLAMETTE VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY VISION INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗

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 …The Collins FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustMason - Lee TrustRonald W Naito Md Fou…The Ford Family Found…Marie Lamfrom Charita…The Jackson FoundationThe Harold & Arlene S…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Autzen FoundationUnited Way of the Col…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR28.2× affinity13 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Mason - Lee Trust · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

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 Mason Charitable Trust funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Mason Charitable Trust. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 20%
  • Community Vision Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Call to Safety: 61% of income from government
  • Building Healthy Families: 41% of income from government
  • Transition Projects Inc: 29% of income from government
  • Oregon Justice Resource Center: 26% of income from government
  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette: 25% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Oregon Historical Society: 10% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
  • Rutgers University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Seeding Justice: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
2report 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.

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 37 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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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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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