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Sid and Karen DeBoer Foundation

The Sid and Karen DeBoer Foundation is a supporting organization of The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF).

$2.3M
Granted FY2023
9
Grants FY2023
1
States reached
$1.3M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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 2023.

Recreation & Sports$14MArts & Culture$1.7MEducation$1.2MYouth Development$846kPublic Benefit$145kHealth$84kCrime & Legal$55kPhilanthropy$50kOther$0
02FY2023 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2023

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $53k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $170k
  • $250k+3 grants · $2.0M
$55,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$107k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Oregon Shakespeare Festival$1,275,000
Mt Ashland Association$500,000
Kids Unlimited$250,000
St Mary's School - Medford$115,000
Southern Oregon University Foundation$55,000
Ashland Schools Foundation$22,500
Community Works$10,000
THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION$10,000
Ashland Family YMCA$10,000
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 (FY17–23) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%The Mickelson Foundation: $25k → 11%Desert Classic Charities: $21k → 11%THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $10k → 12%Kids Unlimited: $250k → 13%University of Oregon Foundation: $13k → 15%Kids Unlimited: $125k → 13%Kids Unlimited: $100k → 13%Kids Unlimited: $100k → 13%Kids Unlimited: $100k → 13%Kids Unlimited: $50k → 13%Hearts and Vines Foundation: $45k → 13%Asante Foundation: $25k → 13%Sacred Heart Catholic School: $17k → 13%Asante Foundation: $11k → 13%Ashland Family YMCA: $4.7M → 13%Ashland Family YMCA: $3.0M → 13%Ashland Family YMCA: $2.5M → 13%Oregon Shakespeare Festival: $1.3M → 13%Mt Ashland Association: $600k → 13%Mt Ashland Association: $500k → 13%Southern Oregon University Foundation: $225k → 13%Mt Ashland Association: $151k → 13%Southern Oregon University Foundation: $142k → 13%Oregon Shakespeare Festival: $126k → 13%Mt Ashland Association: $125k → 13%Southern Oregon University Foundation: $106k → 13%Oregon Shakespeare Festival: $91k → 13%Oregon Shakespeare Festival: $75k → 13%Southern Oregon University Foundation: $55k → 13%Southern Oregon University Foundation: $53k → 13%Oregon Shakespeare Festival: $26k → 13%Oregon Shakespeare Festival: $25k → 13%Mt Ashland Association: $23k → 13%Ashland Schools Foundation: $23k → 13%Ashland Family YMCA: $15k → 13%Southern Oregon University Foundation: $10k → 13%Ashland Family YMCA: $10k → 13%Ashland Community Hospital Foundation: $10k → 13%Ashland Family YMCA: $10k → 13%St Mary's School - Medford: $115k → 13%St Mary's School - Medford: $115k → 13%St Mary's School - Medford: $30k → 13%United Way of Jackson County: $25k → 13%St Mary's School - Medford: $25k → 13%St Mary's School - Medford: $15k → 13%St Mary's School - Medford: $15k → 13%Community Works: $10k → 13%Asante Foundation: $10k → 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.

99%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$18M · 11 repeat orgs$117k to everyone else

11 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2023, 4 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2023 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

11
8

Total granted

$18M
$94k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+7%
+50%

Still filing today

100%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2023, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $23k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23
EducationYouth DevelopmentHealthPhilanthropyArts & CultureAnimalsOther
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

  • MA
    MT ASHLAND ASSOCIATION
    6× · 2017–2023 · $3.9M · revenue +34% · 62% of their budget
  • KU
    KIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON
    7× · 2017–2023 · $825k · revenue +106%
  • SO
    SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2023 · $736k · revenue +191%

Funded once

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $25k · revenue +36%
  • SH
    SACRED HEART CATHOLIC SCHOOL
    one grant, 2017 · $17k
  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $13k · revenue +50%
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
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
2
U of O Foundation Supporting Organization

See schedule othe purpose and mission of the organization is to support and assist the university of oregon foundation in its activities by management and administration of organization assets representing privately donated funds, by…

Education
3
Oregon Medical Education Foundation

To do our part for a stronger and healthier oregon by supporting and encouraging students along their personal continuums of medical education.continued on schedule o.oregon medical education foundation (omef) also strives to be good…

Education
4
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
5
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
6
Ashland News

A daily on-line news publication covering Ashland, OR.

Arts & Culture
7
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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8
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
9
Ashland University

Ashland university, guided by our christian heritage, is a comprehensive, private university that provides a transformative learning experience, shaping graduates who work, serve and lead with integrity in their local, national, and global…

Education
10
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
11
Hillsboro Schools Foundation

Cultivate community engagement and funding to inspire excellence in Hillsboro Schools.

Education
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
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is University of Oregon Foundation; the most unlike its peers is Rotary Club of Ashland Lithia Springs 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

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 21 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
20/20
Grantees still filing
13/20
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC ASHLAND: $10,246,845 · OtherYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC ASHLANDST MARY'S OF MEDFORD INC: $383,275 · Other+3 more: $67,240 · OtherMT ASHLAND ASSOCIATION: $3,899,267 · Youth DevelopmentMT ASHLAND ASSOCIATIONKIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON: $825,000 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON+1 more: $5,250 · Youth DevelopmentOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,668,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON SHA…SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $736,142 · Education+3 more: $42,154 · EducationASANTE FOUNDATION: $64,380 · HealthCOMMUNITY WORKS INC: $60,000 · HealthASHLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 · HealthIMPACT THROUGH GOLF FOUNDATION: $51,200 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $25,000 · PhilanthropyTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 · PhilanthropyHEARTS & VINES FOUNDATION: $55,000 · Crime & LegalSOUTHERN OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $11,200 · Animals
Other$10,697,360Youth Development$4,729,517Arts & Culture$1,668,000Education$778,296Health$134,380Philanthropy$96,200Crime & Legal$55,000Animals$11,200

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 budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC ASHLAND: $10,246,845 over 7y, 78% of budgetMT ASHLAND ASSOCIATION: $3,899,267 over 6y, 62% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $1,668,000 over 7y, 3.6% of budgetKIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON: $825,000 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $736,142 over 7y, 5.1% of budgetST MARY'S OF MEDFORD INC: $383,275 over 7y, 1.0% of budgetASANTE FOUNDATION: $64,380 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY WORKS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetHEARTS & VINES FOUNDATION: $55,000 over 2y, 4.7% of budgetIMPACT THROUGH GOLF FOUNDATION: $51,200 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetDESERT CLASSIC CHARITIES: $44,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $25,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetASHLAND SCHOOLS FOUNDATION: $22,500 over 1y, 7.8% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $13,154 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $11,200 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetASHLAND COMMUNITY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $6,500 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASHLAND ROTARY FOUNDATION: $6,000 over 1y, 3.8% 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 …Joe & Frances Naumes …Carrico Family Founda…The Carpenter Foundat…Careoregon IncThe Avista FoundationThe Roundhouse Founda…The Ford Family Found…Jed & Celia Meese Fou…West Family FoundationGardner Grout Foundat…Silicon Valley Commun…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR26.6× affinity12 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Joe & Frances Naumes Family Foundation · Carrico Family Foundation · The Carpenter Foundation · Careoregon Inc · The Avista Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · Jed & Celia Meese Foundation · West Family Foundation · Gardner Grout 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 Sid and Karen DeBoer Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Sid and Karen DeBoer Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 100%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%23%45%68%90%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Community Works Inc: 59% of income from government
  • United Way of Jackson County Inc: 11% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Ashland Community Hospital Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
10get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–90%
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.

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 21 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 2023, released 2023. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

Possibly out of date. A more recent filing (FY2024) is on record and reports $2.5M of grant expense, but none of it to a named recipient. On a Form 990 that can mean grants abroad, filed by region only (Schedule F), grants under $5,000, which are not itemized, or a schedule referenced as an attachment the e-file does not carry. The figures above are therefore from FY2023, the most recent year this funder named its grantees.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home