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· Public charity

Service Employees International Union

To improve the quality of life through worker empowerment and a progressive labor movement.

$76k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01

What you funded, over time

By grantee IRS cause code (NTEE).

A cause breakdown isn’t shown here: 61% of SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION’s grantee dollars fall outside its nine largest cause areas, whether because the recipient carries no IRS cause code or because its cause sits in the long tail. A chart would be mostly one residual band and misrepresent the portfolio.

02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

The 2 grants below total $65,000 — the rows itemised in this filing. The $75,755 headline is the total grant expense reported on the return, so the remaining $10,755 is giving the schedule does not break out: grants under the $5,000 itemisation floor, grants to individuals, and grants reported on other schedules. Every figure below describes the itemised rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $50k
$50,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$29M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FAMILY FORWARD ACTION$50,000
PINEROS Y CAMPESINOS UNIDOS DEL$15,000
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

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

show:

Your human-services grants (FY18–23, $2.1M) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 13%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Your grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 13%OUR OREGON: $766k → 12%COMMUNITY VISION INC: $100k → 12%OUR OREGON: $444k → 12%OUR OREGON: $290k → 12%OUR OREGON: $275k → 12%OUR OREGON: $206k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

67%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$4.7M · 12 repeat orgs$2.3M to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +43% since the first grant, against +22% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 2 still active in FY2024, 10 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
19

Total granted

$4.7M
$2.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+43%
+22%

Still filing today

83%
58%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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
Civil RightsHuman ServicesCommunity ImprovementPhilanthropyEmploymentPublic BenefitOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • OO
    OUR OREGON
    5× · 2018–2023 · $2.0M · revenue +43% · 47% of their budget
  • SE
    SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTL UNION LOCAL 49
    5× · 2018–2023 · $2.0M · revenue +28%
  • FF
    FAMILY FORWARD ACTION
    4× · 2018–2024 · $250k · revenue +392%

Funded once

  • DO
    DEFEND OREGON
    one grant, 2018 · $1.3M
  • OS
    OREGON STATE COUNCIL OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES
    one grant, 2018 · $500k · revenue -86%
  • COMMUNITY VISION INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $100k · revenue +43%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
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
2
Oregon Progress Forum

Next up amplifies the voice and leadership of diverse young people to achieve a more just and equitable oregon.

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
American Civil Liberties Union of Oregon Inc

We believe that the freedoms of press, speech, assembly, and religion, and the rights to due process, equal protection and privacy, are fundamental to a free people. We advance civil liberties and civil rights by activities that include…

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5
Unite Oregon Action

unite oregon action works across urban and rural divides to build a unified political, intercultural movement for justice in oregon. we are led by people of color, immigrants and refugees, rural communities, and people experiencing poverty.

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6
Priority Oregon

To support public policies that will help oregon's economy and create new family supporting jobs in oregon.

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7
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
8
Pueblo Unido Pdx

Connect immigrants to legal, social, and interpretation services.

Human Services
9
Eugene-Springfield Solidarity Network

To provide assistance and awareness of oregon jobs

Civil Rights
10
Citizens Utility Board

As directed by oregon voters in 1984, the oregon citizens' utility board (cub) represents the interests of oregon's residential utility customers before administrative, judicial, and legislative bodies. cub works at the intersection of…

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11
Oregon Public Health Association

Advocate for policies that protect and promote healthy and health equity for all people in oregon and provide learning, collaboration and leadership opportunities for public health professionals and the broader community.

Health
12
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon Inc

The aclu foundation of oregon is dedicated to preserving and defending civil liberties and civil rights.

Civil Rights

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Donor Alliance and the most unlike its peers is National Association for Black Veterans Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

Your grantees are a median of 21 years old; the field is 17. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number22%5%<5yr13%10%5–10yr18%24%10–20yr19%33%20–35yr13%14%35–55yr16%14%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value22%0%<5yr13%1%5–10yr18%8%10–20yr19%41%20–35yr13%1%35–55yr16%48%55yr+

The field is 22% startups (under 5 years old) — 5% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 3% lost their exemption, against 12% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
3%1/31
the rest of the field
12%
835/6,805

Age = years since IRS exemption (a founding proxy). “Closed” = auto-revocation for 3 years of non-filing — a floor on closure, not proof, and bigger established orgs lapse least. Association, not causation.

04the grantee network

24 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 24 of the 31 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
21/24
Grantees still filing
16/24
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTL UNION LOCAL 49 — $1,950,750 · OtherSERVICE EMPLOYEES INTL UNION LOCAL 49DEFEND OREGON — $1,336,295 · OtherDEFEND OREGONOREGON STATE COUNCIL OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES — $500,000 · OtherOREGON STATE COUNCIL OF SERVICE EMPLOYEESSERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION — $165,000 · Other+13 more — $367,000 · Other+13 moreOUR OREGON — $1,981,045 · Human ServicesOUR OREGONCOMMUNITY VISION INC — $100,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY FORWARD OREGON — $100,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY FORWARD ACTION — $250,000 · Community ImprovementRURAL ORGANIZING PROJECT — $75,000 · Civil RightsUNIDOS BRIDGING COMMUNITY — $30,000 · Civil RightsCENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL ORGANIZING — $30,000 · Civil RightsNEW PROGRESSIVE NETWORK — $15,000 · Civil RightsOREGON DONOR ALLIANCE — $15,000 · Civil RightsBUILDING POWER FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR — $10,000 · Civil RightsAPANO — $40,000 · Arts & CultureNORTHWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION — $35,000 · PhilanthropyLabors Community Service Agency Inc — $17,000 · EmploymentNational Association For Black Veterans Inc — $15,000 · Public Benefit
Other$4,319,045Human Services$2,181,045Community Improvement$250,000Civil Rights$175,000Arts & Culture$40,000Philanthropy$35,000Employment$17,000Public Benefit$15,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetOUR OREGON — $1,981,045 over 5y, 47% of budgetSERVICE EMPLOYEES INTL UNION LOCAL 49 — $1,950,750 over 5y, 5.0% of budgetOREGON STATE COUNCIL OF SERVICE EMPLOYEES — $500,000 over 1y, 16% of budgetFAMILY FORWARD ACTION — $250,000 over 4y, 23% of budgetSERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION — $165,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY FORWARD OREGON — $100,000 over 1y, 6.8% of budgetCAUSA OF OREGON — $80,000 over 2y, 5.4% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK — $42,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetAPANO — $40,000 over 2y, 18% of budgetNORTHWEST HEALTH FOUNDATION — $35,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetCENTER FOR INTERCULTURAL ORGANIZING — $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetLabors Community Service Agency Inc — $17,000 over 1y, 2.1% of budgetAPANO COMMUNITIES UNITED FUND — $16,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetNEW PROGRESSIVE NETWORK — $15,000 over 1y, 12% of budgetNational Association For Black Veterans Inc — $15,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetBUILDING POWER FOR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR — $10,000 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetCHILDREN FIRST FOR OREGON — $7,500 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetPORTLAND JOBS WITH JUSTICE — $7,500 over 1y, 20% of budgetBASIC RIGHTS OREGON — $6,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Seeding JusticeNorthwest Health Foun…Northwest Health Foun…Portland Regional Edu…The Collins FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustRonald W Naito Md Fou…The Oregon Community …Social Justice Fund N…United Way of the Col…The Ford Family Found…Oregon Ranked Choice …
Seeding JusticeOR25.8× affinity10 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Seeding Justice · Northwest Health Foundation · Northwest Health Foundation Fund II · Portland Regional Educational Telecommunications Corporation · The Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Ronald W Naito Md Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Social Justice Fund Northwest · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · The Ford Family Foundation · Oregon Ranked Choice Voting Advocates

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Service Employees International Union funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 120%3%13%28%50%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 28%
  • Community Vision Inc — 92% of income from government
  • Center for Intercultural Organizing — 28% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank — 21% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
12get no government money at all
3report 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

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 31 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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