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Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities

The mission of the alliance is to represent and serve oregon's regionally accredited, nonprofit, independent colleges and universities through public advocacy, institutional cooperation, and strategic collaboration with the public sector, including business, philanthropic organizations, and government.

$588k
Granted FY2025still arriving
10
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$116k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.

Education$3.8M
02FY2025 · 10 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $103k
  • $50k–250k6 grants · $481k
$67,215
Median grant
1
States reached
$1.9M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY$116,215
LINFIELD UNIVERSITY$96,215
BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY$78,125
CORBAN UNIVERSITY$72,215
UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND$67,215
LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE$51,215
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY$36,215
GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY$24,215
REED COLLEGE$21,215
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY$21,215
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY20–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 96% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $58k → 8%GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $52k → 11%CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $82k → 14%BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY: $87k → 15%GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $43k → 11%CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $72k → 14%BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY: $78k → 15%GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $31k → 11%CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $52k → 14%BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY: $71k → 15%GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $24k → 11%CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $46k → 14%NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $69k → 15%CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $35k → 14%BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY: $49k → 15%CORBAN UNIVERSITY: $27k → 14%BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY: $46k → 15%LINFIELD UNIVERSITY: $128k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $82k → 12%WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $63k → 14%LINFIELD COLLEGE: $101k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $78k → 12%WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $49k → 14%LINFIELD UNIVERSITY: $96k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $67k → 12%WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $37k → 14%LINFIELD UNIVERSITY: $92k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $62k → 12%WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $36k → 14%LINFIELD UNIVERSITY: $91k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $55k → 12%WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $35k → 14%LINFIELD UNIVERSITY: $78k → 11%UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $51k → 12%WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $27k → 14%WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $229k → 12%WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $204k → 12%WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $179k → 12%WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $137k → 12%WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $116k → 12%WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $116k → 12%LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $62k → 12%LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $52k → 12%LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $51k → 12%LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $50k → 12%LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $47k → 12%MULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY: $30k → 12%MULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY: $27k → 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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$3.7M · 10 repeat orgs$650 to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against -100% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2025, 1 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
1

Total granted

$3.7M
$650

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
-100%

Still filing today

100%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

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

  • WP
    WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $982k · revenue +6%
  • LU
    Linfield University
    6× · 2020–2025 · $587k · revenue +3%
  • BU
    BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY FKA NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
    6× · 2020–2025 · $401k · revenue +24%

Funded once

  • CU
    CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2020 · $650 · revenue -100%
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
California Lutheran University

The mission of the university is to educate leaders for a global society who are strong in character and judgment, confident in their identity and vocation, and committed to service and justice.

Education
2
Lehigh University

The university's goal in the coming decade is to advance learning through the integration of teaching, research and service to others. the core of this goal is to prepare graduates to engage with the world and lead lives of meaning. to do…

Education
3
Point Park University

Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…

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4
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
5
Augustana University Association

Inspired by lutheran scholarly tradition and the liberal arts, augustana provides an education of enduring worth that challenges the intellect, fosters integrity and integrates faith with learning and service in a diverse world.

Education
6
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
7
University of New Haven

The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…

Education
8
Regent University

Regent University serves as a center of Christian thought and action to provide excellent education through a Biblical perspective and global context equipping Christian leaders to change the world.

—
9
John Brown University

John brown university (jbu) provides christ-centered education that prepares students to honor god and serve others by developing their intellectual, spiritual, and professional lives. (continued on schedule o)jbu serves traditional…

Education
10
Los Angeles Pacific University

Los angeles pacific university exists to deliver high quality, accessible christ-centered education to learners everywhere.

Education
11
Western New England University

Western new england university, a comprehensive private institution with a tradition of excellence in teaching and scholarship and a commitment to service, awards undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degrees in various departments from…

Education
12
Seattle University

Seattle University is dedicated to educating the whole person, to professional formation, and to empowering leaders for a just and humane world.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Portland; the most unlike its peers is Concordia University. 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

12 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.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
0
Early backer (in before they grew)
11/12
Grantees still filing
10/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $981,686 · EducationWARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITYLinfield University: $586,766 · EducationLinfield UniversityBUSHNELL UNIVERSITY FKA NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $400,975 · EducationBUSHNELL UNIVERSITY FKA NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITYUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $395,609 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PORTLANDCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $314,440 · EducationCORBAN UNIVERSITYLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $286,244 · EducationLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGEWILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $246,910 · EducationWILLAMETTE UNIVERSITYGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $189,282 · EducationPACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $154,475 · Education+2 more: $224,941 · Education+2 moreCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $650 · Other
Education$3,781,328Other$650

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $981,686 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetLinfield University: $586,766 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetBUSHNELL UNIVERSITY FKA NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY: $400,975 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $395,609 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCORBAN UNIVERSITY: $314,440 over 6y, 0.2% of budgetLEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: $286,244 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY: $246,910 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetGEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY: $189,282 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC UNIVERSITY: $154,475 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREED INSTITUTE: $117,054 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY: $107,887 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCONCORDIA UNIVERSITY: $650 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 WARNER PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds Linfield University ↗
  • Who funds BUSHNELL UNIVERSITY FKA NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds CORBAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds GEORGE FOX UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds REED INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds MULTNOMAH UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY ↗

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.

Dale Krueger Scholars…Leo Adler TrustThe Renaissance Found…M J Murdock Charitabl…Natl Christian Charit…Amazonsmile Foundation
Dale Krueger ScholarshipWI13.6× affinity4 shared granteesties to 5 of 5Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Dale Krueger Scholarship · Leo Adler Trust · The Renaissance Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation

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 Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities. Bigger dots raise more.

2025
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Warner Pacific University: 8% of income from government
  • Bushnell University Fka Northwest Christian University: 5% of income from government
  • Pacific University: 5% of income from government
  • Willamette University: 4% of income from government
  • Linfield University: 4% of income from government
  • Corban University: 4% of income from government
  • George Fox University: 3% of income from government
  • Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 2% of income from government
  • Reed Institute: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
0rely 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 12 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 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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