Oregon · Public charity
Portland Parks Foundation
The PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION mobilizes support to improve portland's system of parks, natural areas, and public spaces. We believe in the power of these places to strengthen communities, address historic inequities, and create a sense of belonging for everyone in portland. We seek transformational change by listening to communities and…
- $79k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 2
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 50%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Itemized, FY2024
- $20k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $10,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2019 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 50% of the organizations Portland Parks Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 7% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 93% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $145k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $140k | 50% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $601k | 50% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $2.0M | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Fire and Rescue | $2,828,179 | 4 | n/a |
| Portlanders for Parks | $11,606 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Community Football Club | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Black Farm Bureau | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Columbia Slough Watershed Council Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Brown Girl Rise | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| Friends of Brooklyn Park | $5,121 | 1 | n/a |
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation
How this is measured
About Portland Parks Foundation
- How much does Portland Parks Foundation give?
- Portland Parks Foundation reported 2 itemized grants totaling $20,000, out of $78,839 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2023.
- What does Portland Parks Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2024, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (99%), Environment (0%), Food & Nutrition (0%).
- Who are Portland Parks Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2024: Portland Fire and Rescue ($2.8M), Portlanders for Parks ($12k), Portland Community Football Club ($10k).
- Does Portland Parks Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 50% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Portland Parks Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is Portland Parks Foundation based?
- Portland Parks Foundation is based in OR.
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