Oregon · Private foundation
Michaelson Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $23k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 6 to 13
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations Michaelson Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $23k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $48k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 13 | $87k | 38% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $74k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 6 | $49k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friendly House Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mt Adams Resource Stewards | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Oregon Humane Society | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Columbia Land Trust | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Child Aid | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends School of Atlanta | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Write Around Portland | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Street Roots Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 14 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fractured Atlas Inc | $85,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Friendly House Inc | $40,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Mt Adams Resource Stewards | $35,000 | 3 | 2% |
| Oregon Humane Society | $35,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Columbia Land Trust | $25,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Child Aid | $15,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Friends School of Atlanta | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Write Around Portland | $5,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Street Roots Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Best Friends Animal Society | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Northwest Animal Companions | $4,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Outside In | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Movement Research Inc | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 2 recipients with no EIN on record ($9k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Michaelson Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Michaelson Family Foundation
- How much does Michaelson Family Foundation give?
- Michaelson Family Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $23,080 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 6 and 13 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Michaelson Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (34%), Environment (21%), Animals (16%).
- Who are Michaelson Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Fractured Atlas Inc ($85k), Friendly House Inc ($40k), Mt Adams Resource Stewards ($35k).
- Does Michaelson Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Michaelson Family 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 Michaelson Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, The Collins Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust.
- Where is Michaelson Family Foundation based?
- Michaelson Family Foundation is based in OR.
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