Oregon · Private foundation
Raise the Arc
Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $83k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 6
- Grants FY2024
- 12
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 58%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $15,000
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $18,900
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 12
- FY2021 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 2
- Total assets, FY2024
- $783k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 58% of the organizations Raise the Arc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 46% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 54% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $34k 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 | 6 | $83k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 12 | $74k | 58% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $57k | 80% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $33k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2021 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janus Youth Programs Inc | $52,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Oregon Episcopal School | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Theatrewashington | $25,000 | 2 | 1% |
| Inclusive Entrepreneurs Foundation FKA TiE Oregon Foundation | $23,900 | 2 | 7% |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northw | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| The Andrew Keegan Theatre Company The Keegan Theatre | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Tricounty Community Network Inc | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Kids Against Hunger Bay Area | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Trellis for Tomorrow | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($83k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Raise the Arc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Raise the Arc
- How much does Raise the Arc give?
- Raise the Arc reported 6 grants totaling $83,400 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 12 organizations a year over FY2021 to FY2023.
- What does Raise the Arc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2021 to FY2024, its largest causes are Youth Development (40%), Arts & Culture (28%), Community Improvement (16%).
- Who are Raise the Arc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2021 to FY2024: Janus Youth Programs Inc ($53k), Oregon Episcopal School ($35k), Theatrewashington ($25k).
- Does Raise the Arc fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 58% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Raise the Arc accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Raise the Arc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is Raise the Arc based?
- Raise the Arc is based in OR.
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