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Rogue Foundation

Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$12k
Granted FY2022
1
Grants FY2022
1
States reached
$12k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.

Education$66kEnvironment$16kHealth$15kAnimals$9kFood & Nutrition$9kCivil Rights$8kArts & Culture$7kPhilanthropy$7kOther$0
02FY2022 · 1 grant

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$11,861
Median grant
1
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SOLVE$11,861
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:

Its human-services grants (FY18–19, $2k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%NORTH BEACH CITIZENS: $2k → 10%HEARTS WITH A MISSION: $44 → 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.

37%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$56k · 6 repeat orgs$96k to everyone else

6 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2022, 6 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

6
30

Total granted

$56k
$84k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+60%
+86%

Still filing today

67%
43%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $12k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22
AnimalsHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesHousing & ShelterYouth 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

  • SHARE OUR STRENGTH
    2× · 2017–2018 · $9k · revenue +60%
  • TS
    THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
    2× · 2018–2019 · $5k · revenue +68%
  • AD
    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC
    2× · 2017–2018 · $4k · revenue +40%

Funded once

  • Oregon State University Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $29k · revenue +42%
  • CF
    CANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH CA
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
  • EF
    EASTSIDE FIREFIGHTER'S BENEVOLENT F
    one grant, 2019 · $6k
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
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
2
Shelter Animal Resource Alliance

Shelter Animal Resource Alliance rescues, assists, and advocates for shelter animals in Lane County by developing and implementing programs designed to increase the number of animals adopted into permanent, loving homes and decrease the…

Animals
3
The Humane Society for Seattleking County

Seattle humane promotes the human-animal bond by saving and serving pets in need, regardless of age, ability, circumstance or geography.

Animals
4
Western Rivers Conservancy

Western rivers conservancy's mission is to protect outstanding river ecosystems in the western united states. continued on schedule o.we acquire land to conserve critical habitat, provide public access for compatible use and enjoyment, and…

Environment
5
One Tail At a Time - Pdx

To improve the lives of companion animals by providing humane individualized care and a chance to know the comforts of a loving home through advocacy education and support of those in need.

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6
Willamette Animal Guild

To reduce animal cruelty and suffering, with emphasis on providing low-cost spay/neuter and wellness services. Specifically, WAGs goal is to reduce pet overpopulation through our high-quality, high-volume, low-cost spay/neuter clinic in…

Animals
7
Oregon Justice Network

Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…

Human Services
8
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
9
Cat Adoption Team

To save the lives of homeless, sick and injured cats and to work with our community to provide feline expertise and quality programs and services for people and cats.

Animals
10
Oregon Humane Society

The oregon humane society ("ohs") is a private animal welfare organization, founded in 1868 and incorporated in 1880, whose mission is to create a more humane society with the vision of a world where all animals are treated with…

Animals
11
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild

Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.

Environment
12
Sheltercare 499 Project

Sheltercare 499 project operates exclusively for the support and benefit, financially and/or operationally, of sheltercare, an oregon nonprofit corporation.

Health
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is North Valley Community Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Project Pooch. 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

20 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. 20 of the 38 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)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/20
Grantees still filing
17/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY: $31,850 · OtherOREGON STATE UNIVERSITYSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $8,757 · OtherSHARE OUR STRENGTHCANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH CA: $5,911 · OtherCANDLELIGHTERS FOR CHILDREN WITH CAEASTSIDE FIREFIGHTER'S BENEVOLENT F: $5,579 · OtherEASTSIDE FIREFIGHTER'S BENEVOLENT FNAACP: $4,000 · OtherPCUN: $3,839 · OtherBUCKMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: $3,718 · OtherINDEPENDENCE HOP HERITAGE FESTIVAL: $3,151 · Other+18 more: $24,614 · Other+18 moreOregon State University Foundation: $29,416 · EducationOregon State Universi…SOLVE: $11,861 · EnvironmentSOLVETHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $4,631 · EnvironmentTHE SURFRID…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,844 · HealthTHE BRIAN GRANT FOUNDATION: $3,004 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OREGON: $856 · HealthNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,545 · PhilanthropyCOALITION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR: $4,000 · Social SciencePORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM: $1,117 · AnimalsWASHINGTON ST ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM DBA WASART: $1,000 · AnimalsTRUE WILDLIFE: $400 · AnimalsANIMAL AID INC: $91 · Animals
Other$91,419Education$29,416Environment$16,492Health$7,704Philanthropy$6,545Social Science$4,000Animals$2,608

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

25%50%75%100%$10k$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOregon State University Foundation: $29,416 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOLVE: $11,861 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetSHARE OUR STRENGTH: $8,757 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNORTH VALLEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $6,545 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION: $4,631 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOALITION OF COMMUNITIES OF COLOR: $4,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $3,844 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE BRIAN GRANT FOUNDATION: $3,004 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH BEACH CITIZENS: $2,435 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetGIRLS BUILD: $1,796 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPROJECT POOCH: $1,383 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetPORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM: $1,117 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetWASHINGTON ST ANIMAL RESPONSE TEAM DBA WASART: $1,000 over 1y, 1.1% of budgetTRUE WILDLIFE: $400 over 1y, 10% of budgetRETURNING VETERANS PROJECT: $310 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetDO GOOD MULTNOMAH: $130 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetANIMAL AID INC: $91 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHEARTS WITH A MISSION: $44 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 …Onpoint Community Cre…The Harold & Arlene S…Deacon Charitable Fou…Meyer Memorial TrustHillman Family Founda…The Larson LegacyThe Robert D and Marc…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Collins FoundationThe Ford Family Found…The Blackbaud Giving …
The Oregon Community FoundationOR23.4× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Deacon Charitable Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Hillman Family Foundations · The Larson Legacy · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Blackbaud Giving Fund

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 Rogue Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Rogue Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Hearts With a Mission: 51% of income from government
  • Coalition of Communities of Color: 15% of income from government
  • Solve: 5% of income from government
  • Do Good Multnomah: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to Rogue Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Rogue 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 38 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 2022, released 2022. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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