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Oregon Head Start Association

To be a dynamic organization with diverse membership with strong leadership in early childhood education.

$39k
Granted FY2025still arriving
3
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$10k
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 2025.

Education$83kHuman Services$80kRecreation & Sports$53kCommunity Improvement$15kArts & Culture$11kReligion$9kOther$0
02FY2025 · 3 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 3 grants below total $24,165, the rows itemized in this filing. The $38,750 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $14,585 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k2 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$7,789
Median grant
1
States reached
$721k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CLACKAMAS CO CHILDRENS COMM$10,000
THE CHILDRENS LEARNING CENTE$7,789
MID WILLAMETTE CAA HEAD START$6,376
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 (FY18–24, $50k) land where the poverty rate runs at 15%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%COMMUNITY ACTION TEAM INC: $7k → 11%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $6k → 12%EASTERN OREGON UNI HEAD START: $12k → 15%UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION NETWO: $17k → 17%UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION NTWRK: $8k → 17%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.

65%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$180k · 6 repeat orgs$95k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +103% since the first grant, against +21% for those funded once.

6 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2025, 5 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
10

Total granted

$180k
$79k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+103%
+21%

Still filing today

83%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 32% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EducationHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • UC
    UNITED COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK
    3× · 2018–2021 · $37k · revenue +92%
  • HS
    HEAD START OF LANE COUNTY
    2× · 2020–2021 · $34k · revenue +65%
  • MW
    MID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
    2× · 2018–2020 · $27k · revenue +186%

Funded once

  • OREGON COAST COMMUNITY ACTION
    one grant, 2022 · $15k · revenue +19%
  • MW
    MID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNI
    one grant, 2022 · $9k
  • SC
    SOUTH COAST HEAD START
    one grant, 2024 · $8k
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
Community Child Care Center

To promote each child's development by providing high quality early childhood education.

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2
Mid-Columbia Childrens Council Inc

Educating children and families with innovative, high quality early childhood learning opportunities and family partnerships to build better communities, one person at a time.

Education
3
Community Coordinated Child Care Inc

Advocate for early childhood social & economic development and professionals who work with children and their families to advance this mission.

Human Services
4
Child Parent Centers

We deliver head start and related programs throughout southeastern az for prenatal through preschool aged children and their families. the focus of our work is: early childhood education & school readiness; health & nutrition; and parent…

Education
5
Lewis County Head Start

To impact families and the community through strong partnerships and high quality early childhood education services, so that families are more self-sufficient and children are school ready and prepared for lifelong learning.

Education
6
Community Services for Children Inc

Csc prepares young children and their families to succeed in learning and life through innovative, comprehensive, leading edge services.

Education
7
Wild Lilac Child Development Community

Wild Lilac Dev Community offers high quality, inclusive, culturally competent, accessible early childhood education,comprehensive family support, and educational opportunities for child development educators, social service professionals…

Education
8
Umatilla-Morrow Headstart Inc

Umhs, inc. equips children, families and those who care for them for life-long learning and success through a culture of diversity. we are committed to building an inclusive and equitable community where all can have the opportunity to…

Education
9
Oregon Child Development Coalition

Oregon child development coalition is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families by providing early childhood education, care and advocacy with unique and supportive services to enhance family growth and community success.

Human Services
10
Ozark Action Inc

To coordinate and provide services for people with needs so they can improve their quality of life.

Human Services
11
Child Start Inc

To support the educational, social and emotional development of children, ages 0-5, by providing high quality, comprehensive and family-focused early childhood services in partnership with the community.

Education
12
Head Start of Yamhill County

A learning organization committed to parents and children, celebrating diversity with support, respect and trust.

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Head Start of Lane County; the most unlike its peers is The Childrens Learning Center. 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. 12 of the 18 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)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/12
Grantees still filing
12/12
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $56,226 · OtherIndividual grant recipientHEAD START OF LANE COUNTY: $33,697 · OtherHEAD START OF LANE COUNTYMID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $26,816 · OtherMID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCYTHE CHILDRENS LEARNING CENTER: $14,215 · OtherTHE CHILDRENS LEARNING CENTERCLACKAMAS COUNTY CHILDREN'S COMMISSION: $12,343 · OtherCLACKAMAS COUNTY CHILDREN'S COMMISSIONCLACKAMAS CO CHILDRENS COMM: $10,000 · OtherCLACKAMAS CO CHILDRENS COMMMID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNI: $9,367 · OtherSOUTH COAST HEAD START: $8,362 · OtherEastern Oregon University: $8,000 · OtherMID WILLAMETTE CAA HEAD START: $6,376 · OtherUNITED COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $37,139 · Human ServicesUNITED COMMUNITY ACT…Community Action Team: $7,000 · Human ServicesCommunity Action Tea…NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $6,029 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE I…KLAMATH FAMILY HEAD START: $8,167 · EducationKLAMATH FA…SOUTHERN OREGON CHILD AND FAMILY COUNCIL INC: $6,000 · EducationSOUTHERN O…KIDS AND COMPANY OF LINN COUNTY: $5,500 · EducationKIDS AND C…Malheur County Child Development Center: $5,125 · EducationMalheur Co…OREGON COAST COMMUNITY ACTION: $15,397 · Housing & Shelter
Other$185,402Human Services$50,168Education$24,792Housing & Shelter$15,397

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

25%50%75%100%$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK: $37,139 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetHEAD START OF LANE COUNTY: $33,697 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetMID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $26,816 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON COAST COMMUNITY ACTION: $15,397 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS LEARNING CENTER: $14,215 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetCLACKAMAS COUNTY CHILDREN'S COMMISSION: $12,343 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetKLAMATH FAMILY HEAD START: $8,167 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetCommunity Action Team: $7,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $6,029 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON CHILD AND FAMILY COUNCIL INC: $6,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetKIDS AND COMPANY OF LINN COUNTY: $5,500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMalheur County Child Development Center: $5,125 over 1y, 0.2% 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.

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 Oregon Community …The Collins FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustAmazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR22× affinity9 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · 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 Head Start Association funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Oregon Head Start Association. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’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 85%
  • Clackamas County Children's Commission: 100% of income from government
  • The Childrens Learning Center: 100% of income from government
  • Klamath Family Head Start: 98% of income from government
  • Head Start of Lane County: 98% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Child and Family Council Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Oregon Coast Community Action: 85% of income from government
  • United Community Action Network: 82% of income from government
  • Mid Willamette Valley Community Action Agency: 81% of income from government
  • Malheur County Child Development Center: 55% of income from government
  • Neighborhood House Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Kids and Company of Linn County: 46% of income from government
  • Community Action Team: 29% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
10rely 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 18 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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