· Private foundation
Powell Foundation Inc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2024
- Under $10k14 grants · $25k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $10k
- $50k–250k1 grant · $55k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST | $55,000 |
| COLLEGE POSSIBLE OREGON | $10,000 |
| CENTRAL CITY CONCERN | $9,000 |
| POWER TO DECIDE | $5,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC | $1,500 |
| CEDARWOOD SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIAWILLAMETTE INC | $1,000 |
| THE DOUGY CENTER | $1,000 |
| DE LA SALLE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL | $1,000 |
| OUTSIDE IN | $1,000 |
| SMART READING | $1,000 |
| AL FORTHAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP CO VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OREGON | $1,000 |
| VIRGINIA GRACIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| RETURNING VETERANS PROJECT | $750 |
| KAIROSPDX | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–24, $35k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 16 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down.
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- CMCHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST4× · 2020–2024 · $180k · revenue +73%
Central City Concern8× · 2017–2024 · $51k · revenue +111%- PTPOWER TO DECIDE5× · 2020–2024 · $35k · revenue +143%
Funded once
- PCPORTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGEone grant, 2023 · $25k
VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTERgraduatedone grant, 2020 · $1k · revenue +83%
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.
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.
We partner with our community to make good health possible for all. wallace serves individuals and families who face barriers to care throughout the east multnomah county in the portland metropolitan area.
We offer our homeless neighbors accessible whole-person care to improve and support health, and to bridge a gap in trust between people and systems.
To inspire and partner to create quality and equity in individual and community health.
Penobscot Community Health Center (PCHC) is a non-profit organization incorporated in 1997 that is governed by a Board of community volunteers and is the largest Federally Qualified Health Center in Maine. PCHC is driven by its mission…
The mission of the coalition of community health clinics is to improve healthcare for vulnerable populations residing in the portland-metro area. we strengthen community clinics, promote health equity, and foster collaboration across the…
Sea mar community health centers is a community-based organization committed to providing quality, comprehensive health, human, housing, educational, and cultural services to diverse communities, specializing in service to latinos.
We promote well-being and advance equity by providing inclusive health and wellness services for lgbtq+ people, people affected by hiv, and all those seeking compassionate care.
To improve the health and wellness of the medically uninsured or critically underserved through the engagement of professionals, community partners, and dedicated volunteers.
As expressions of god's healing love, witnessed through the ministry of jesus, we are steadfast in serving all, especially those who are poor and vulnerable.
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…
The mission of the oma is to speak as the unified voice of medicine in oregon; advocate for a sustainable, equitable, and accessible healthcare environment; and energize physicians and physician assistants by building and supporting their…
Open Door Community Health Centers promotes social justice and human dignity through exceptional patient-centered care that improves the health and well-being of our patients, community, and staff.
How this is measured
14 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. 14 of the 21 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST ↗
- Who funds Central City Concern ↗
- Who funds POWER TO DECIDE ↗
- Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds OUTSIDE IN ↗
- Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC ↗
- Who funds THE DOUGY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds RETURNING VETERANS PROJECT ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC ↗
- Who funds KAIROSPDX ↗
- Who funds Southwest Community Health Center ↗
- Who funds SMART READING ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER ↗
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.
Open a dossier: OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Hoover Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Powell Foundation Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Powell Foundation Inc. Bigger dots raise more.
- Outside in: 29% of income from government
- Kairospdx: 22% of income from government
- Oregon Food Bank: 12% of income from government
- Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center: 11% of income from government
- Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 8% of income from government
- Central City Concern: 7% of income from government
- Smart Reading: 4% of income from government
- Chamber Music Northwest: 2% of income from government
- The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
- Friends of Chamber Music: 1% of income from government
- Meals On Wheels People Inc: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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