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Rio Vista Foundation at a glance

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Rio Vista 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.

$29k
Granted FY2025still arriving
22
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$15k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$145kCivil Rights$20kHealth$16kPublic Safety & Disaster$14kFood & Nutrition$14kHousing & Shelter$9kInternational$7kArts & Culture$6kOther$0
02FY2025 · 22 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k21 grants · $14k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$500
Median grant
8
States reached
$239k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PONGO FUND$15,400
WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INCORPORATED$1,750
NEIGHBORIMPACT$1,500
THE TREVOR PROJECT INC$1,000
OREGON FOOD BANK INC$1,000
SMART READING$1,000
BRIGHTSIDE ANIMAL CENTER$750
URBAN ASSOCIATION OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROFESSIONA$500
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC$500
BEND THE ARC-A JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR JUSTICE$500
OREGON PARKS FOREVER$500
BETHLEHEM INN$500
COUNCIL ON AGING OF CENTRAL OREGON$500
GIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE$500
DOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC$500
02The need
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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 (FY17–25, $3k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%MEDICAL DEBT RESOLUTION INC: $250 → 9%NORTHWEST BATTLE BUDDIES: $500 → 9%AMERICAN RED CROSS: $500 → 9%NEIGHBORIMPACT: $2k → 10%COUNCIL ON AGING OF CENTRAL OREGON: $500 → 10%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.

Which US states its grants reach

AK
VT
WA
NY
OR
PA
NJ
CT
CA
MD
DC
HI
AL
TX
FL
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.

85%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$233k · 29 repeat orgs$41k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +44% for those funded once.

29 repeat relationships: 13 still active in FY2025, 16 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

29
34

Total granted

$233k
$20k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+44%

Still filing today

79%
82%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 28% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $21k 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
AnimalsEducationHuman ServicesHealthPhilanthropyEnvironmentOther
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

  • TP
    THE PONGO FUND
    8× · 2017–2024 · $67k · revenue +57%
  • DL
    DOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $62k · revenue +177%
  • WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC
    7× · 2019–2025 · $15k · revenue ×11

Funded once

  • MS
    MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUT
    one grant, 2022 · $4k
  • PA
    PEN AMERICAN CENTER INC
    one grant, 2023 · $1k · revenue -27%
  • VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $1k · revenue +38%
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.

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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
2
Agricultural Research Foundation

Our mission is to encourage facilitate support and engage in scientific investigation and research experimentation and to advance educational and training activities related to agriculture and natural resources throughout the state of…

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3
Foundations for a Better Oregon

Foundations for a better oregon advances oregon's commitment to supporting every child to learn, grow, and thrive. we build bridges between community, policymakers, and philanthropy, setting a foundation for shared vision and collective…

Education
4
Oregon Journalism Project

Oregon journalism project's mission is to inform, engage, and empower oregonians with the kind of data-driven and solution-seeking investigative reporting that makes a significant impact at the state and local levels - serving no agenda…

Arts & Culture
5
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.

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6
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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7
American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon Inc

We believe that the freedoms of press, speech, assembly, and religion, and the rights to due process, equal protection and privacy, are fundamental to a free people. We advance civil liberties and civil rights by activities that include…

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8
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon Inc

The aclu foundation of oregon is dedicated to preserving and defending civil liberties and civil rights.

Civil Rights
9
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
10
Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland

The Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland nurtures the connection between people and pets to advance animal welfare and improve the quality of life in our community.

Animals
11
National Forest Foundation

The national forest foundation (nff), chartered by congress, turns america's love of nature into meaningful action for 193-million acre national forest system through on the ground program work and grant making activities, and accepts and…

Recreation & Sports
12
University of Oregon Foundation

The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Food Bank; the most unlike its peers is Katmai Conservancy. 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

59 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. 59 of the 72 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)
13
Early backer (in before they grew)
56/59
Grantees still filing
43/59
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

THE PONGO FUND: $67,350 · AnimalsTHE PONGO FUNDDOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC: $61,550 · AnimalsDOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INCVETERINARY CARE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $7,500 · AnimalsBRIGHTSIDE ANIMAL CENTER: $4,850 · Animals+5 more: $4,000 · AnimalsPONGO FUND: $15,400 · OtherPONGO FUNDOREGON FOOD BANK: $11,500 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKDOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $8,500 · OtherDOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITA…MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC - DOCTORS WITHOUT: $3,500 · OtherSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,650 · OtherHigh Desert Food & Farm Alliance: $2,500 · Other+42 more: $29,000 · Other+42 moreWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,200 · InternationalMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 · InternationalGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $7,200 · Civil RightsNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $2,250 · Civil RightsTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,700 · Civil Rights+1 more: $300 · Civil RightsBETHLEHEM INN: $9,450 · Housing & ShelterSHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $1,000 · Housing & ShelterBEND THE ARC - A JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR JUSTICE: $8,400 · PhilanthropyUndies for Everyone: $500 · PhilanthropySNEAKERS FOR SOLDIERS INC: $500 · Philanthropy+1 more: $250 · PhilanthropyOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $3,500 · Arts & CulturePEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $1,000 · Arts & CultureLYRIC THEATRE COMPANY: $750 · Arts & Culture
Animals$145,250Other$74,050International$18,200Civil Rights$11,450Housing & Shelter$10,450Philanthropy$9,650Arts & Culture$5,250

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE PONGO FUND: $67,350 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetDOVE LEWIS EMERGENCY ANIMAL HOSPITAL INC: $61,550 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetWORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN INC: $15,200 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $11,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetBETHLEHEM INN: $9,450 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetDOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $8,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEND THE ARC - A JEWISH PARTNERSHIP FOR JUSTICE: $8,400 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetVETERINARY CARE FOUNDATION INCORPORATED: $7,500 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetGIFFORDS LAW CENTER TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE: $7,200 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetBRIGHTSIDE ANIMAL CENTER: $4,850 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC: $3,650 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetMEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetHigh Desert Food & Farm Alliance: $2,500 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetNAACP LEGAL DEFENSE & EDUC FUND INC: $2,250 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC OF THE CASCADES: $2,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN LEADERSHIP FORUM OF OREGON: $1,800 over 5y, 0.6% of budgetSKY DOG SANCTUARY INC: $1,750 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetTREVOR PROJECT INC: $1,700 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORIMPACT: $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWIKIMEDIA FOUNDATION INC: $1,050 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPEN AMERICAN CENTER INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetVIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSHEPHERD'S HOUSE MINISTRIES: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFREE GEEK: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSMART READING: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPixie Project Inc: $1,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetTHE MICHAEL J FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCENTURION MINISTRIES INC: $950 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetLYRIC THEATRE COMPANY: $750 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE INC: $650 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMAUI HUMANE SOCIETY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUND EQUINE OPTIONS: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetUndies for Everyone: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFOOD FINDERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOCIETY FOR SCIENCE & THE PUBLIC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF BEND: $500 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAmerican National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSNEAKERS FOR SOLDIERS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budget97PERCENTORG INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetOregon Parks Forever: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ASSISTANCE PROJECT INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetURBAN ASSOCIATION OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROFESSIONALS INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNORTHWEST BATTLE BUDDIES: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCOUNCIL ON AGING OF CENTRAL OREGON: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTHWEST FAMILY SERVICES: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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 …OCF Joseph E Weston P…Meyer Memorial TrustThe Autzen FoundationD27 FoundationMaybelle Clark Macdon…First Interstate Banc…Marie Lamfrom Charita…St Charles Health Sys…The Jackson FoundationOregon Jewish Communi…The Roundhouse Founda…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR32.5× affinity17 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Autzen Foundation · D27 Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · St Charles Health System Inc · The Jackson Foundation · Oregon Jewish Community Foundation · The Roundhouse 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 Rio Vista Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rio Vista Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 110%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%19%38%56%75%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • High Desert Food & Farm Alliance: 45% of income from government
  • Northwest Family Services: 35% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center: 11% of income from government
  • Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Free Geek: 5% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades: 3% of income from government
  • Klcc Public Radio Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Bethlehem Inn: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
11get no government money at all
8report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–75%
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 72 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-PF 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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