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Sarah a Stewart Foundation

Its FY2023 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$390k
Granted FY2022
11
Grants FY2022
3
States reached
$130k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0191% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Religion$765kHuman Services$292kFood & Nutrition$218kHousing & Shelter$195kEducation$169kArts & Culture$147kHealth$103kEnvironment$77kOther$0
02FY2022 · 11 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2022

  • Under $10k3 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k6 grants · $145k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $230k
$20,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$0
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NATARAJA YOGA ASHRAM$130,000
CENTAL CITY CONCERN$100,000
MERCY CORPS$45,000
AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION$30,000
OREGON FOOD BANK$20,000
BLANCHET HOUSE$20,000
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$20,000
REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK$10,000
THE SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION$5,000
BEN LOMOND QUAKER CENTER$5,000
STREET ROOTS$5,000
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:

Its human-services grants (FY17–22, $135k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%COMMUNITY LOAVES: $3k → 9%STREET ROOTS: $10k → 12%STREET ROOTS: $5k → 12%STREET ROOTS: $5k → 12%STREET ROOTS: $5k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $30k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $27k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $20k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $20k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $10k → 12%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

ME
WA
MN
NY
MA
OR
CA
TX
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.

87%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.1M · 27 repeat orgs$309k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +70% since the first grant, against +52% for those funded once.

27 repeat relationships: 9 still active in FY2022, 18 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2022 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

27
24

Total granted

$2.1M
$234k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+70%
+52%

Still filing today

59%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2022, 81% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $75k 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
Arts & CultureHealthEnvironmentHuman ServicesEducationAnimalsOther
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

  • POMONA COLLEGE
    4× · 2017–2020 · $150k · revenue +90%
  • Central City Concern
    4× · 2019–2022 · $140k · revenue +90%
  • OREGON FOOD BANK
    6× · 2017–2022 · $110k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • TG
    THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $40k · revenue +44%
  • SN
    SW NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE
    one grant, 2018 · $25k
  • ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATEDgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +139%
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 Agricultural Trust

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

Environment
2
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
3
Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

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

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4
Oregon Public Broadcasting

Connecting people across oregon and the pacific northwest through the power of a shared story.

Arts & Culture
5
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
6
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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7
Portland Business Alliance

To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.

Community Improvement
8
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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9
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
10
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
11
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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12
Environmental Federation of Oregon dba EarthShare Oregon

Earthshare oregon connects oregonians at their workplaces with the leading environmental groups working locally in their community, statewide, and around the world.

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

33 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. 33 of the 53 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)
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Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
25/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

NATARAJA YOGA ASHRAM: $725,000 · OtherNATARAJA YOGA ASHRAMOHSU FOUNDATION: $120,000 · OtherOHSU FOUNDATIONANGELA CENTER: $120,000 · OtherANGELA CENTEROREGON FOOD BANK: $110,000 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKNORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATRE: $75,000 · Other+27 more: $459,000 · Other+27 moreCentral City Concern: $140,000 · HealthCentral C…AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION: $30,000 · HealthAMERICAN …THE INSTITUTE FOR POETIC MEDICINE: $25,000 · HealthTHE INSTI…ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthPOMONA COLLEGE: $150,000 · EducationPOMONA CO…THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION: $40,000 · EducationTHE GEORG…NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $107,000 · Human ServicesSTREET ROOTS INC: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $3,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $27,000 · EnvironmentSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $25,000 · EnvironmentENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $20,000 · EnvironmentElakha Alliance: $10,000 · EnvironmentArtists Repertory Theatre: $40,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $11,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON RAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Arts & CultureSILETZ TRIBAL ARTS AND HERITAGE SOCIETY: $6,000 · Arts & CultureOLD STURBRIDGE INC: $5,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more: $500 · Arts & CultureREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $70,000 · Food & Nutrition
Other$1,609,000Health$206,000Education$190,000Human Services$135,000Environment$82,000Arts & Culture$73,000Food & Nutrition$70,000

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 budgetPOMONA COLLEGE: $150,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetCentral City Concern: $140,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $110,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $107,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetREDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK: $70,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetSTATE OF SAFETY: $53,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $50,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetMercy Corps: $45,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetArtists Repertory Theatre: $40,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetAMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION: $30,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND: $27,000 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetSIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INSTITUTE FOR POETIC MEDICINE: $25,000 over 2y, 14% of budgetSTREET ROOTS INC: $25,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGuttmacher Institute Inc: $12,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $11,500 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON RAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetElakha Alliance: $10,000 over 2y, 1.5% of budgetSILETZ TRIBAL ARTS AND HERITAGE SOCIETY: $6,000 over 4y, 1.9% of budgetOLD STURBRIDGE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGreenWood: $5,000 over 1y, 5.4% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPEAR: $5,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY LOAVES: $3,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetMOMENTUM ALLIANCE: $2,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetREFUGEE & IMMIGRANT CENTER FOR EDUCATION & LEGAL SERVICES: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE ARTS AND CULTURES FOUNDATION INC: $500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

  • Who funds POMONA COLLEGE ↗
  • Who funds Central City Concern ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds REDWOOD EMPIRE FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds STATE OF SAFETY ↗
  • Who funds BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY ↗
  • Who funds Mercy Corps ↗
  • Who funds Artists Repertory Theatre ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE AND BARBARA BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN BRAIN FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST ABORTION ACCESS FUND ↗
  • Who funds SIERRA CLUB FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE INSTITUTE FOR POETIC MEDICINE ↗
  • Who funds STREET ROOTS INC ↗
  • Who funds ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND INCORPORATED ↗
  • Who funds Guttmacher Institute Inc ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE & RELATED DISORDERS ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON RAIL HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Elakha Alliance ↗
  • Who funds SILETZ TRIBAL ARTS AND HERITAGE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OLD STURBRIDGE INC ↗

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 Collins FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustThe Autzen FoundationThe Jackson FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…Juan Young TrustOnpoint Community Cre…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Seeding JusticeOCF Joseph E Weston P…Hillman Family Founda…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR31.7× affinity15 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Autzen Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Juan Young Trust · Onpoint Community Credit Union · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Seeding Justice · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Hillman Family Foundations

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

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’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 40%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Neighborhood House Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Artists Repertory Theatre: 48% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation: 16% of income from government
  • Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
  • Elakha Alliance: 10% of income from government
  • Old Sturbridge Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Pear: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Health Association: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
4get no government money at all
6report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
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 Sarah a Stewart 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 53 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.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2023) is on record but names no grant recipient in the published copy, so the figures above are from FY2022, the most recent year this funder’s grantee list reached the public record.

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