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Michael J & Adele M Tennant Charitable at a glance

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Michael J & Adele M Tennant Charitable

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.

$417k
Granted FY2024still arriving
27
Grants FY2024still arriving
7
States reached
$100k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$1.1MEducation$258kCrime & Legal$143kHuman Services$139kHousing & Shelter$74kArts & Culture$51kHealth$43kRecreation & Sports$31kOther$0
02FY2024 · 27 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k18 grants · $66k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $82k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $269k
$5,000
Median grant
7
States reached
$7.1M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
EASTMONT CHURCH$100,000
JAMES DOBSON FAMILY INSTITUTE$97,000
TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL$72,000
BROKEN SHACKLES$20,000
SHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES$16,000
MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES$15,000
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM$11,000
GUARDIAN GROUP$10,000
PREPARE THE WAY$10,000
FURNISH HOPE$8,000
KIDS CENTER$7,500
FREEDOM FOUNDATION$6,000
TOWER THEATRE$5,000
MOUNTAIN STAR FAMILY$5,000
PARTNERS IN CARE$5,000
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.

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Its human-services grants (FY19–24, $93k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 95% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%ST MARY'S HOME FOR BOYS: $5k → 8%DESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%DESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $5k → 10%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $5k → 10%CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $5k → 10%SAVING GRACE: $3k → 10%FURNISH HOPE: $11k → 10%FURNISH HOPE: $8k → 10%FURNISH HOPE: $5k → 10%FURNISH HOPE: $5k → 10%FURNISH HOPE: $3k → 10%PARTNERS IN CARE: $20k → 10%PARTNERS IN CARE: $5k → 10%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK: $3k → 10%PARTNERS IN CARE: $3k → 10%FAMILY ACCESS NETWORK: $3k → 10%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
IL
OR
IN
CA
CO
NE
MO
VA
AZ
DC
HI
OK
FL
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.

89%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.7M · 42 repeat orgs$208k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +33% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 20 still active in FY2024, 22 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
24

Total granted

$1.7M
$91k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+33%

Still filing today

52%
46%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 72% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $116k 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
Human ServicesCrime & LegalHousing & ShelterReligionArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • SH
    SHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $331k · revenue ×24
  • DJ
    Dr James Dobson Family Institute
    6× · 2019–2024 · $244k · revenue +51%
  • BS
    BROKEN SHACKLES
    8× · 2017–2024 · $85k · revenue +128% · 38% of their budget

Funded once

  • YA
    Young America's Foundation
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +21%
  • IO
    In Our Backyardgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +167%
  • TC
    TEEN CHALLENGE
    one grant, 2023 · $10k
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
Oregon Council for Behavioral Health

We provide a voice for an effective and accessible behavioral health system of care for Oregonians.

Community Improvement
3
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
4
Oregon Abuse Advocates and Survivors in Service

Providing support and advocacy for abuse survivors.

Crime & Legal
5
Family Forward Oregon

We work collectively to educate and advocate for systems that elevate the vital work of care and caregiving in its many forms within our community.

Human Services
6
Every Child Central Oregon

Mobilizing the community to uplift children and families impacted by foster care in Oregon.

Human Services
7
Priority Oregon

To support public policies that will help oregon's economy and create new family supporting jobs in oregon.

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8
Oregon Casa Network

To lead oregon's casa programs to provide a strong voice for every abused and neglected child

Human Services
9
Disability Rights Oregon

To promote and defend the rights of individuals with disabilities.

Civil Rights
10
LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services
11
Beyond These Walls

Beyond These Walls supports LGBTQ people impacted by incarceration in Oregon by providing direct service housing and advocacy.

Civil Rights
12
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Heritage Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Frontline 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

39 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. 39 of the 74 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
10
Early backer (in before they grew)
38/39
Grantees still filing
27/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

TRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOL: $257,400 · OtherTRINITY LUTHERAN SCHOOLEASTMONT CHURCH: $100,000 · OtherEASTMONT CHURCHVOICE OF THE OVERCOMER: $95,500 · OtherVOICE OF THE OVERCOMERWESTSIDE CHURCH: $87,200 · OtherWESTSIDE CHURCHPREPARE THE WAY: $39,500 · OtherGRACE CHURCH: $38,500 · OtherMOUNTAIN STAR FAMILY: $38,000 · Other+43 more: $239,643 · Other+43 moreSHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $331,000 · Housing & ShelterSHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINIST…BETHLEHEM INN: $53,610 · Housing & ShelterBETHLEHEM INN+2 more: $20,000 · Housing & ShelterDr James Dobson Family Institute: $244,000 · ReligionDr James Dobson Fa…MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $56,000 · ReligionMULTIPLICATION NET…SHIELD OF FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL: $15,000 · ReligionBROKEN SHACKLES: $85,000 · Crime & LegalBROKEN SH…KIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER: $37,600 · Crime & LegalKIDS INTE…Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch Co: $23,000 · Crime & LegalCrystal P…In Our Backyard: $10,000 · Crime & LegalIn Our Ba…GUARDIAN GROUP: $10,000 · Crime & LegalGUARDIAN …FURNISH HOPE INC: $31,500 · Human ServicesPARTNERS IN CARE: $28,000 · Human ServicesCASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $10,000 · Human ServicesDESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Human ServicesFamily Access Network Foundation: $5,500 · Human ServicesST MARY'S HOME: $5,000 · Human Services+1 more: $2,500 · Human ServicesTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $27,000 · PhilanthropyDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyFRONTLINE FOUNDATION: $1,000 · PhilanthropyHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $13,000 · Arts & CultureCELEBRATE BEND FOUNDATION: $5,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$895,743Housing & Shelter$404,610Religion$315,000Crime & Legal$165,600Human Services$92,500Philanthropy$29,000Arts & Culture$18,000

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 budgetSHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $331,000 over 8y, 11% of budgetDr James Dobson Family Institute: $244,000 over 6y, 1.1% of budgetBROKEN SHACKLES: $85,000 over 8y, 38% of budgetMULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES: $56,000 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetBETHLEHEM INN: $53,610 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetKIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER: $37,600 over 7y, 0.3% of budgetFURNISH HOPE INC: $31,500 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetPARTNERS IN CARE: $28,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $27,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCrystal Peaks Youth Ranch Co: $23,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetHUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OREGON: $16,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSHIELD OF FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL: $15,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetBRIDGE MEADOWS: $15,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $13,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetORPHANGES OF KENYA: $10,500 over 3y, 5.2% of budgetCENTRAL OREGON VETERAN & COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC: $10,000 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetYoung America's Foundation: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIn Our Backyard: $10,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetCASA OF CENTRAL OREGON: $10,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetDESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 2y, 0.7% of budgetGUARDIAN GROUP: $10,000 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetLeadership Institute: $7,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTURNING POINT USA INC: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFamily Access Network Foundation: $5,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetST MARY'S HOME: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetABILITREE: $4,500 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetMYOTONIC DYSTROPHY FOUNDATION INC: $4,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCentral Oregon Guardianship Assistance Program: $3,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetDeschutes County Historical Society: $3,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetSAVING GRACE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFELLOWSHIP OF CHRISTIAN ATHLETES: $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BEND: $2,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetSpecial Olympics Oregon Inc: $1,250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDESERT COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRONTLINE FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetBEND'S COMMUNITY CENTER: $750 over 1y, 0.3% 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 SHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds Dr James Dobson Family Institute ↗
  • Who funds BROKEN SHACKLES ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLICATION NETWORK MINISTRIES ↗
  • Who funds BETHLEHEM INN ↗
  • Who funds KIDS INTERVENTION AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds FURNISH HOPE INC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERS IN CARE ↗
  • Who funds THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch Co ↗
  • Who funds HUMANE SOCIETY OF CENTRAL OREGON ↗
  • Who funds SHIELD OF FAITH MISSION INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds BRIDGE MEADOWS ↗
  • Who funds HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds ORPHANGES OF KENYA ↗
  • Who funds CENTRAL OREGON VETERAN & COMMUNITY OUTREACH INC ↗
  • Who funds Young America's Foundation ↗
  • Who funds In Our Backyard ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF CENTRAL OREGON ↗
  • Who funds First Story ↗
  • Who funds DESCHUTES CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds GUARDIAN GROUP ↗
  • Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
  • Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗

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 Anjulicia Foundat…The Oregon Community …Maybelle Clark Macdon…United Way of Deschut…First Interstate Banc…The Roundhouse Founda…The Autzen FoundationSt Charles Health Sys…Bend FoundationNorthwest FoundationThe Ford Family Found…The Robert D and Marc…
The Anjulicia FoundationOR36.6× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Anjulicia Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · United Way of Deschutes County · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · St Charles Health System Inc · Bend Foundation · Northwest Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust

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 Michael J & Adele M Tennant Charitable funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Michael J & Adele M Tennant Charitable. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 130%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 11%
  • Central Oregon Veteran & Community Outreach Inc: 51% of income from government
  • Saving Grace: 48% of income from government
  • Abilitree: 44% of income from government
  • Bridge Meadows: 36% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Casa of Central Oregon: 2% of income from government
  • First Story: 0% of income from government
  • Bethlehem Inn: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
13get no government money at all
7report 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
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 74 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 endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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