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Robert J and Leona DeArmond Public Foundation at a glance

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Robert J and Leona DeArmond Public Foundation

The Robert J.

$15M
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$380k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Education$7.8MPhilanthropy$1.0MHealth$900kPublic Benefit$869kArts & Culture$85k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 6 grants below total $904,659, the rows itemized in this filing. The $15,485,918 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $14,581,259 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $25k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $500k
  • $250k+1 grant · $380k
$200,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Oregon Community Foundation$379,659
Asante Foundation$200,000
Oregon Health And Science University Foundation$200,000
Southern Oregon University Foundation$50,000
Oregon Center for Creative Learning$50,000
Maslow Project$25,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 12%North Idaho College Foundation: $30k → 10%Tillamook School District #9 Foundation: $13k → 12%Oregon Community Foundation: $380k → 12%Asante Foundation: $200k → 13%University of Oregon Foundation: $6.3M → 15%Klamath Community College Foundation: $8k → 16%Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation: $8k → 17%Rogue Community College Foundation: $8k → 18%North Idaho College Foundation: $15k → 10%Tillamook School District #9 Foundation: $12k → 12%Oregon Community Foundation: $331k → 12%Asante Foundation: $200k → 13%University of Oregon Foundation: $90k → 15%Klamath Community College Foundation: $8k → 16%Southwestern Oregon Community College: $8k → 17%Rogue Community College Foundation: $8k → 18%Tillamook Bay Community College Foundation: $8k → 12%Oregon Community Foundation: $281k → 12%Asante Foundation: $200k → 13%University of Oregon Foundation: $10k → 15%Oregon Tech Foundation: $420k → 16%Tillamook Bay Community College Foundation: $8k → 12%Oregon Community Foundation: $261k → 12%Oregon Center for Creative Learning: $50k → 13%Oregon Institute of Technology: $295k → 16%The Oregon Community Foundation: $257k → 12%Children's Museum of Southern Oregon: $35k → 13%The Oregon Community Foundation: $198k → 12%Maslow Project: $25k → 13%The Oregon Community Foundation: $188k → 12%South Medford High School: $13k → 13%Oregon Health And Science University Foundation: $200k → 12%South Medford High School: $12k → 13%Oregon Health And Science University Foundation: $200k → 12%Southern Oregon University Foundation: $100k → 13%Southern Oregon University Foundation: $50k → 13%Southern Oregon University Foundation: $50k → 13%Crater Foundation: $13k → 13%Crater Foundation: $12k → 13%Providence Community Health Foundation: $50k → 13%Providence Community Health Foundation: $50k → 13%North Medford High School: $13k → 13%North Medford High School: $12k → 13%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.
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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.0M · 14 repeat orgs$756k to everyone else

14 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
4

Total granted

$8.0M
$731k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+79%
+148%

Still filing today

86%
50%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 95% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $25k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24
EducationHealthArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2022 · $6.4M · revenue +182%
  • OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2024 · $400k · revenue +37%
  • SO
    SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $200k · revenue +45%

Funded once

  • OREGON TECH FOUNDATION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $420k · revenue +148%
  • OS
    OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
    one grant, 2018 · $295k
  • SO
    SOUTHWESTERN OREGON COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $8k · revenue +99%
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.

1
Oregon Coast Community College Foundation

The primary purpose of the foundation is to advance and promote the interests and development of the oregon of the oregon coast community college, its students, faculty, and the community it serves.

Education
2
Eastern Oregon University Foundation

Established in 1964 for the philanthropic benefit of Eastern Oregon University, the Foundation raises funds to support the mission of Eastern Oregon University.

Education
3
The Oregon Community Foundation Trust

The oregon community foundation trust is a supporting organization of the oregon community foundation (ocf). the trust makes grants that further the mission of ocf which is to improve the lives of all oregonians through the power of…

Philanthropy
4
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc Oregon Chapter

The foundation advances science and technology in the united states by providing financial awards to academically outstanding u.s. citizens studying to complete doctoral degrees in science, engineering and medical research.

Education
5
Oregon Student Foundation

Oregon student foundation is oregon student association's (osa) 501(c)(3) related organization that provides the additional support that the student led osa needs to ensure that every oregonian has access to a quality, affordable education.

Education
6
Lane County Community Foundation

The mission of Lane County Community Foundation (the Foundation) is to improve the quality of life in Lane County, Kansas and communities within Lane County, and to ensure that the communities in and around Lane County will forever remain…

Philanthropy
7
Oregon Consular Corps Scholarship Fund

The corporation's purpose is to raise funds for and award academic scholarships to students of international studies at oregon colleges and universities, and to educate local business leaders about international business opportunities and…

Education
8
Foundation for the Seattle Colleges

The Foundation for the Seattle Colleges exists to advance fundraising efforts for the Seattle Community College District. We seek to attract financial resources which support students so they may be successful; maintain the quality and…

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9
Tacoma Community College Foundation

The tacoma community college foundation assists the college in its mission by increasing financial resources and expanding educational opportunities through community advocacy, teamwork, and innovation.

Education
10
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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11
Central Oregon Community College Foundation

The central oregon community college foundation provides funds and scholarships, and fosters relationships to support students, programs, and capital improvements at central oregon community college.

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12
Clatsop Community College Foundation

The CCC Foundation generates resources to support higher education within Clatsop County. The CCC Foundation seeks funding for scholarships, educational programs, buildings and equipment, cultural and performing arts, and other needs of…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Oregon Health & Science University Foundation. 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

16 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. 16 of the 20 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
7
Early backer (in before they grew)
16/16
Grantees still filing
12/16
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $6,411,424 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATIONOREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC: $420,000 · EducationOREGON TECH FOUNDATION INCOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $400,000 · Education+6 more: $316,500 · EducationTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,895,081 · PhilanthropyTHE OREGON COMMUNITY…ASANTE FOUNDATION: $600,000 · HealthOREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $295,000 · OtherPROVIDENCE COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 · OtherSouth Medford High School: $25,000 · OtherNorth Medford High School: $25,000 · OtherCRATER FOUNDATION: $25,000 · Other+2 more: $15,500 · OtherOREGON CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING DBA KID TIME: $85,000 · Arts & CultureMASLOW PROJECT: $25,000 · Youth Development
Education$7,547,924Philanthropy$1,895,081Health$600,000Other$485,500Arts & Culture$85,000Youth Development$25,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $6,411,424 over 3y, 1.5% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $1,895,081 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetASANTE FOUNDATION: $600,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetOREGON TECH FOUNDATION INC: $420,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $400,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 3y, 1.1% of budgetPROVIDENCE COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION: $100,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetOREGON CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEARNING DBA KID TIME: $85,000 over 2y, 1.9% of budgetNORTH IDAHO COLLEGE FOUNDATION INC: $45,000 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetTILLAMOOK SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 9 FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 7.1% of budgetMASLOW PROJECT: $25,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetCRATER FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $15,500 over 2y, 0.5% 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 …The Roundhouse Founda…The Ford Family Found…Joe & Frances Naumes …The Carpenter Foundat…The Avista FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…Robert and Frances Ch…Carrico Family Founda…Careoregon IncEdward Jones Foundati…Silicon Valley Commun…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR31× affinity14 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · Joe & Frances Naumes Family Foundation · The Carpenter Foundation · The Avista Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Robert and Frances Chaney Family Foundation · Carrico Family Foundation · Careoregon Inc · Edward Jones Foundation · Silicon Valley Community 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 Robert J and Leona DeArmond Public Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Robert J and Leona DeArmond Public Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Oregon Center for Creative Learning Dba Kid Time: 42% of income from government
  • Maslow Project: 22% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Klamath Community College Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
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.
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Find your warmest path to Robert J and Leona DeArmond Public Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 20 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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