Oregon · Public charity
Salem Health Foundation
The SALEM HEALTH FOUNDATION is dedicated to raising, managing and distributing funds to help salem health achieve its mission of improving the health and well-being of the people and community it serves.
- $543k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 6
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 86%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $262k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $190,503
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 7
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 86% of the organizations Salem Health Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $81k went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 6 | $262k | 33% |
| FY2024 | 7 | $3.9M | 86% |
| FY2023 | 2 | $1.9M | 50% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $188k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $516k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $280k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 1 | $658k | 0% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salem Health | $8,440,346 | 9 | 0% |
| Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics | $89,630 | 1 | 0% |
| Vannatta Public Relations | $56,369 | 2 | n/a |
| Salem Free Clinics | $42,000 | 2 | 2% |
| Brightsight Group LLC | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Skyline Video Productions | $10,700 | 2 | n/a |
| The Family Young Men's Christian Association of Marion and Polk Counties | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Specialty Group | $8,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transformations by Salem Angels | $5,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Salem for Refugees | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: Willamette Health Council · The Salem Foundation · Maps Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Salem Health Foundation
- How much does Salem Health Foundation give?
- Salem Health Foundation reported 6 itemized grants totaling $261,608, out of $542,947 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 7 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Salem Health Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Health (100%), Human Services (0%), International (0%).
- Who are Salem Health Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Salem Health ($8.4M), Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics ($90k), Vannatta Public Relations ($56k).
- Does Salem Health Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 86% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Salem Health Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Willamette Health Council, The Salem Foundation, Maps Community Foundation.
- Where is Salem Health Foundation based?
- Salem Health Foundation is based in OR.
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