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Pontist 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.

$35k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$10k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$180kHealth$9kPhilanthropy$8kEnvironment$8kFood & Nutrition$7kHousing & Shelter$5kReligion$4kEducation$3kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k12 grants · $25k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
$1,200
Median grant
3
States reached
$460k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION$10,000
PROFILE THEATRE$5,500
LITERARY ARTS$5,000
LIVEWIRE RADIO$4,500
PORTLAND CENTER STAGE$3,000
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING$2,750
NINETY NINE GIRLFRIENDS$1,200
PLAYWRITE$1,000
DANIEL WEBSTER PTA$1,000
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM$500
OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL$300
OREGON HUMANITIES$250
COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE$250
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

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Your human-services grants (FY20–25, $10k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%Ninety Nine Girlfriends: $3k → 12%Ninety Nine Girlfriends: $2k → 12%NINETY NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $1k → 12%NINETY NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $1k → 12%NINETY NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $1k → 12%GROWING GARDENS: $150 → 12%Growing Gardens: $100 → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $500 → 12%Community Warehouse: $400 → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $250 → 12%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $250 → 12%Community Warehouse: $200 → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

Which US states your grants reach

WA
MN
NY
OR
CA
TN
DC
AL

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$217k · 25 repeat orgs$15k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +28% since the first grant, against +11% for the ones you funded once.

25 repeat relationships — 12 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

25
19

Total granted

$217k
$15k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+28%
+11%

Still filing today

80%
68%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $500 went to new ones.

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

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

’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentHousing & ShelterOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +54%
  • LITERARY ARTS INC
    6× · 2020–2025 · $60k · revenue +64%
  • Profile Theatre Project
    6× · 2020–2025 · $15k · revenue +68%

Funded once

  • SB
    Seamless Bay Area Alliance formerly Seamless Bay Area
    one grant, 2022 · $2k · revenue -21%
  • LC
    LA COCINA
    one grant, 2021 · $2k · revenue -29%
  • TK
    The Kitchen SF Giving Circle
    one grant, 2020 · $2k

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Artists Repertory Theatre

Artists repertory theatre's mission is to produce intimate, provacative theatre and provide a home for a diverse community of artists and audiences to take creative risks.

Arts & Culture
2
Portland Community Media

Open signal's mission is to nurture the change-making power of community media in service of a just and equitable world.

Arts & Culture
3
The Portland Playhouse

Portland playhouse's mission is to celebrate the complexity of the human experience. each season we produce 4-5 professional plays and community programs to serve 12,000 people. our free education programs have made space for 10,000+ young…

Arts & Culture
4
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
5
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
6
Oregon Ballet Theatre

Oregon ballet theatre is committed to sharing our passion for the expressive power of ballet, inspiring an enduring appreciation of dance, and connecting in meaningful ways to our community through excellence in performance, training, and…

Arts & Culture
7
Portland Business Alliance

To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.

Community Improvement
8
Future Prairie

Founded in January 2018, Future Prairie is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit queer artist collective in Portland, Oregon. We pay LGBTQIA+ Oregon-based artists to design, curate, and produce art projects that showcase new and better dreams of the…

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9
Portland Baroque Orchestra

Pbo creates transformative experiences for musicians and listeners who share in the exploration and celebration of historically inspired music. the professional orchestra presents world-class performances on period instruments for up to…

Arts & Culture
10
Oregon Children's Theatre Company

The mission of oregon children's theater is to create exceptional theater experiences that transform lives. we do this by producing professional stage plays for young audiences, and through arts education classes and programs.

Arts & Culture
11
Pioneer Courthouse Square of Portland Inc

To activate and enrich the environment of the city of portlands premiere public park and gathering space for the benefit of portlands community members and visitors.

Arts & Culture
12
Coho Productions Inc

Coho productions provides critical theatrical opportunities to low-income and underserved artists in portland through our resource center and co-production model. we bring people of all backgrounds together into a theatre community where…

Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Literary Arts Inc and the most unlike its peers is Daniel Webster Pta. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 33 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number21%0%<5yr14%9%5–10yr18%21%10–20yr19%24%20–35yr14%15%35–55yr14%32%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value21%0%<5yr14%5%5–10yr18%12%10–20yr19%9%20–35yr14%35%35–55yr14%38%55yr+

The field is 21% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/36
the rest of the field
12%
1,349/11,506

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

35 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 35 of the 45 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
34/35
Grantees still filing
25/35
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

NATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES — $60,000 · Arts & CultureNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED…Profile Theatre Project — $14,500 · Arts & CultureProfile Theatre ProjectPORTLAND CENTER STAGE — $12,510 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND CENTER STAGELIVE WIRE RADIO INC — $11,000 · Arts & CultureLIVE WIRE RADIO INCOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $7,750 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING+6 more — $5,900 · Arts & CultureLITERARY ARTS INC — $60,000 · OtherLITERARY ARTS INCTHE CIRCUS PROJECT — $4,500 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANK — $3,500 · Other+20 more — $23,000 · Other+20 moreNINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS — $7,850 · Human ServicesOregon Community Warehouse Inc — $1,600 · Human Services+1 more — $250 · Human ServicesWILLAMETTE FALLS TRUST — $7,500 · EnvironmentPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC — $6,500 · HealthCentral City Concern — $500 · HealthPATH HOME — $3,000 · Housing & ShelterWRITE AROUND PORTLAND — $750 · EducationACCESS TO OPPORTUNITY INC — $500 · EducationCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL — $500 · EducationCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC — $500 · Education
Arts & Culture$111,660Other$91,000Human Services$9,700Environment$7,500Health$7,000Housing & Shelter$3,000Education$2,250

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetNATIONAL TRUST FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN THE UNITED STATES — $60,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLITERARY ARTS INC — $60,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetProfile Theatre Project — $14,500 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetPORTLAND CENTER STAGE — $12,510 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetLIVE WIRE RADIO INC — $11,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetNINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS — $7,850 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $7,750 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetWILLAMETTE FALLS TRUST — $7,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC — $6,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CIRCUS PROJECT — $4,500 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK — $3,500 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetPATH HOME — $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC — $2,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetWILLIAM TEMPLE HOUSE — $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetDANIEL WEBSTER PTA — $2,000 over 2y, 9.2% of budgetSeamless Bay Area Alliance formerly Seamless Bay Area — $2,000 over 1y, 1.4% of budgetLA COCINA — $2,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPlayWrite Inc — $2,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetOregon Community Warehouse Inc — $1,600 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC — $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetHarpers Playground — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSERVICES AND ADVOCACY FOR GAY LESBIAN BISEXUAL AND TRANSGENDER ELDERS INC — $750 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetWRITE AROUND PORTLAND — $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCentral City Concern — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPOLARIS DANCE THEATRE — $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC — $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGrowing Gardens — $250 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY — $250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIN A LANDSCAPE — $200 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMY VOICE MUSIC INC — $150 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Oregon Community …The Jackson FoundationThe Collins FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…The Harold & Arlene S…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Meyer Memorial TrustJames F & Marion L Mi…The Autzen FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…Juan Young TrustThe Starseed Foundati…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR36.6× affinity18 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Meyer Memorial Trust · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Juan Young Trust · The Starseed Foundation

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Pontist Family Foundation funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%1%3%6%10%your share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Oregon Community Warehouse Inc — 24% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank — 21% of income from government
  • My Voice Music Inc — 11% of income from government
  • Oregon Historical Society — 10% of income from government
  • Central City Concern — 10% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc — 7% of income from government
  • Write Around Portland — 6% of income from government
  • Growing Gardens — 6% of income from government
  • PlayWrite Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Polaris Dance Theatre — 2% of income from government
  • Profile Theatre Project — 2% of income from government
  • Live Wire Radio Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting — 1% of income from government
  • William Temple House — 0% of income from government
  • In a Landscape — 0% of income from government
  • The Campbell Institute — 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Catlin Gabel School — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 45 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines