Oregon · Public charity
Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund
To provide legal education & advocacy to low-wage workers, community and legal advocates about discrimination, wage and hour violations, and other employment matters.
- $25k
- Granted FY2021
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2021
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2021
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2021
- Itemized, FY2021
- $20k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2021
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2021
- States reached, FY2021
- 1
- Total assets, FY2021
- $3.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2021, 50% of the organizations Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund funded were first-time grantees, receiving 50% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2021, 50% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $10k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | 2 | $20k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 4 | $65k | 75% |
| FY2017 | 1 | $20k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2021.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2021, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pcun | $50,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Oregon Center for Public Policy | $25,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Northwest Forest Worker Center | $15,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Voz Workers Rights Education Project | $15,000 | 1 | 4% |
| Lomakatsi Restoration Project | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
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.
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How this is measured
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About Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund
- How much does Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund give?
- Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund reported 2 itemized grants totaling $20,000, out of $25,000 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2021 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2021.
- What does Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2021, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (43%), Employment (35%), Environment (22%).
- Who are Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2021: Pcun ($50k), Oregon Center for Public Policy ($25k), Northwest Forest Worker Center ($15k).
- Does Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund fund new organizations?
- In FY2021, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Seeding Justice, The Collins Foundation.
- Where is Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund based?
- Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund is based in OR.
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