· Private foundation
Ritz 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $21k
- $10k–50k13 grants · $255k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| GLOBAL INHERITANCE INC | $30,000 |
| PITTOCK MANSION SOCIETY | $25,000 |
| INSPIRE HEALTH | $25,000 |
| THE LIVING DESERT ZOO GARDENS | $25,000 |
| TRANSITIONAL YOUTH | $25,000 |
| HOME BUILDING FOUNDATION PORTLAND | $25,000 |
| FRIENDS OF NETARTS BAY WEBS | $20,000 |
| WORLD OREGON | $20,000 |
| YOUTH VILLAGES OREGON | $15,000 |
| PSU FOUNDATION | $15,000 |
| MEALS ON WHEELS | $10,000 |
| PERICARDITIS ALLIANCE | $10,000 |
| CLACKAMAS WOMEN'S SERVICES | $10,000 |
| OPB CORNERSTONE SOCIETY | $6,000 |
| CHESS FOR SUCCESS | $5,000 |
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 (FY17–25, $105k) land where the poverty rate runs at 9%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 14% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-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.
18 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
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 FY2025, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- GIGLOBAL INHERITANCE INC8× · 2017–2025 · $155k · revenue +12%
- BCBraking Cycles9× · 2017–2025 · $127k · revenue +128%
YOUTH VILLAGES INC6× · 2017–2025 · $85k · revenue +140%
Funded once
- NFNW FILM CENTERPORTLAND ART MUSEUMone grant, 2020 · $10k
- PAPERICARDIS ALLIANCEone grant, 2024 · $10k
- NONETARTS OCEANSIDE RURAL FIRE DISTRIone grant, 2021 · $7k
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.
Over the next five years, portland trails will work to transform greater portland into a regional hub of connectivity and sustainability. by facilitating the expansion and enhancement of our trail network, we will foster inclusive…
See schedule osfmoma believes the art of our time is vital and shares it with passion and purpose, and that art and the creative process can open minds and help build a better world. for that reason, we assemble unparalleled collections,…
The museum of the city of new york fosters understanding of the distinctive nature of urban life in the world's most influential metropolis. it engages visitors by celebrating, documenting, and interpreting the city's past, present, and…
Profile theatres mission is to produce a season of first-class productions and community engagement activities centered around a season-long featured writer whose vision broadens our perspective on the world and deepens our collective…
Description of organization mission: the paley center for media is the premier institution dedicated to advancing the understanding of media-it's artistic value, social impact and historical importance-for the public and media…
The phillips collection is the oldest museum of modern and contemporary art in the u.s. in addition to presentation of works from the permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum maintains active educational, academic,…
The adler planetarium ('adler') is a not-for-profit cultural institution whose mission is to connect people to the universe and each other under the sky we all share. it aspires to be the world's premier center for engaging in astronomy…
Leach botanical garden offers immersive, restorative, and educational experiences in a unique landscape of native plants and horticultural collections for the purpose of building community, celebrating nature, and inspiring environmental…
The metropolitan museum of art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.
Organization's mission statement true to the ambitious vision of its founder and her spirit of creative risk-taking, the mission of the isabella stewart gardner museum is: - to bring to life and preserve the rich historic collection; - to…
To inspire, educate and cultivate curiosity through great works of art.
How this is measured
15 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. 15 of the 28 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 GLOBAL INHERITANCE INC ↗
- Who funds Braking Cycles ↗
- Who funds YOUTH VILLAGES INC ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds CLACKAMAS WOMEN'S SERVICES ↗
- Who funds EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds JAPANESE GARDEN SOCIETY OF OREGON ↗
- Who funds THE HILLSBORO COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND CENTER STAGE ↗
- Who funds PITTOCK MANSION SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds CHESS FOR SUCCESS ↗
- Who funds PERICARDITIS ALLIANCE INC ↗
- Who funds THREE LITTLE PITTIES RESCUE ↗
- Who funds VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS DBA VFW POST 1634 ↗
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 · Juan Young Trust · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations · Jpmorgan Chase Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Ritz Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Ritz Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Clackamas Women's Services: 33% of income from government
- Chess for Success: 2% of income from government
- Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
- Portland Center Stage: 1% of income from government
How this is measured
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