· Private foundation
McGeer Family Foundation
Its FY2018 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2018.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HOOD RIVER VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL | $5,000 |
| COLUMBIA GORGE CASA | $3,000 |
| ACLU | $2,000 |
| HELPING HANDS AGAINST VIOLENCE | $2,000 |
| MERCY CORPS | $2,000 |
| WHITSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | $2,000 |
| HOOD RIVER WARMING SHELTER | $2,000 |
| COLUMBIA GORGE CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER | $2,000 |
| WHITE SALMON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $1,975 |
| WASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS | $1,609 |
| WHITE SALMON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION | $1,564 |
| HOOD RIVER ADOPT-A-DOG | $1,250 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS | $1,000 |
| OPB | $1,000 |
| FISH FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–18, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
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.
Administer wic program, family resources program, commodities distribution, emergency shelter program
Provide food to local needy
Child abuse victim assistance
To deliver meals to shut-ins who cannot or should not prepare meals for themselves.
The mission of Columbia Community Care is to create authentic connections and community partnerships. We listen, and respond by providing resources and programs, while respecting the inherent dignity of every person.
Columbia Gorge Humane Society is committed to promoting healthy, safe and lifelong relationships between people and their pets through sustainable programs of education, adoption and spay/neutering. We will endeavor to fight for the abused…
Advocacy for abused and neglectedchildren
The mission of Lake Chelan Food Bank is to treat each person we serve with dignity and respect and to provide balanced and varied options that give each person the liberty to meet the specific food needs for themsevles and/or their family.
Trained and supported volunteer guardian ad litems for the children of Kittitas County
Coordinating agency for abused children
Provide referrals for court mandated community service. offer meal delivery for home bound individuals.
Providing leadership on environmental and conservation issues.
How this is measured
9 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. 9 of the 16 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 COLUMBIA GORGE CASA ↗
- Who funds WHITE SALMON VALLEY EDUCATION FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA GORGE CHILDRENS ADVOCACY CENTER ↗
- Who funds HELPING HANDS AGAINST VIOLENCE INC ↗
- Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
- Who funds WASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds FISH Food Bank ↗
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of the Columbia Gorge · Greenfish Foundation · Providence Health & Services - Oregon · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization McGeer Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from McGeer Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Helping Hands Against Violence Inc: 48% of income from government
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Columbia Gorge Childrens Advocacy Center: 12% of income from government
- Columbia Gorge Casa: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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