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Silver Family Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$3.2M
Granted FY2025still arriving
50
Grants FY2025still arriving
6
States reached
$500k
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, FY2018 to 2025.

Health$27MEducation$12MYouth Development$7.6MArts & Culture$2.0MHuman Services$650kEnvironment$470kCrime & Legal$442kEmployment$318kOther$0
02FY2025 · 50 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $5k
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $784k
  • $50k–250k17 grants · $1.4M
  • $250k+3 grants · $1.0M
$40,000
Median grant
6
States reached
$145M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
YOUNGLIFE$500,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN SEATTLE$250,000
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM$250,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF THE KLAMATH FALLS$225,000
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN PORTLAND$165,000
DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$125,000
COLLEGE POSSIBLE$110,000
FAR AND WISE$100,000
RAINIER SCHOLARS$100,000
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOL IN PENINSULA$60,000
CHILDREN'S INSTITUTE$58,333
YEAR UP PUGENT SOUND$50,000
ECOSYSTEM SCIENCES FOUNDATION$50,000
READING RESULTS$50,000
ST ANDREW NAVITY SCHOOL$50,000
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 (FY18–25, $435k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 90% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES: $20k → 9%WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S CRISIS SHELTER: $25k → 14%COMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES: $15k → 9%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $60k → 12%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 12%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 12%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 12%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 12%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $30k → 12%REFUGEE WOMEN'S ALLIANCE: $10k → 9%METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICES: $40k → 12%FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $20k → 12%FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $20k → 12%FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $20k → 12%FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $15k → 12%FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $15k → 12%FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $15k → 12%FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $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

WA
ID
MN
OR
CA
CO
VA
AR
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.
$51M · 69 repeat orgs$571k to everyone else

69 repeat relationships: 43 still active in FY2025, 26 since wound down; 7 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

69
19

Total granted

$51M
$376k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+20%
+51%

Still filing today

74%
79%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $195k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Youth DevelopmentEducationHuman ServicesRecreation & SportsPhilanthropyArts & CultureOther
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

  • OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2023 · $27M · revenue +144%
  • CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL
    6× · 2019–2024 · $2.8M · revenue +47%
  • YL
    YOUNG LIFE
    2× · 2023–2025 · $2.1M · revenue +13%

Funded once

  • FI
    FRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF OREGONgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $50k · revenue +51%
  • MC
    MERCY CORPS ACTION CENTER
    one grant, 2019 · $50k
  • BB
    BIG BROTHERS BIG SISITERS COLUMBIA NORTHWEST
    one grant, 2018 · $40k
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
Cascades Academy of Central Oregon

Cascades academy is an engaged, vibrant community that weaves challenging academics with experiential learning to inspire socially responsible individuals ready for a diverse and changing world.

Education
2
Mitch Charter School

We believe that the strength of our community lies in its diversity. we know the power of many different voices at the table. these voices resound from the hearts and minds of our youth, who hold the keys to a just, fair and sustainable…

Education
3
Puget Sound Community School

Founded in 1994, PSCS is a small, independent middle and high school located in the Chinatown/International District of downtown Seattle. PSCS is committed to co-creating a brave space for community-centered education, critical curriculum,…

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4
The Peak School

The peak school seeks to ignite a passion for learning, to develop students of diverse talents and backgrounds who think critically and act with integrity, and to graduate compassionate, confident, capable students who will embrace their…

Education
5
Spruce Street School

Spruce Street School is a nurturing educational community that instills in a broad range of children the social, emotional, and intellectual skills for lifelong participation in a diverse society. We offer kindergarten through fifth grade…

Education
6
Belong Partners

BELONG Partners is an education equity nonprofit that believes in a future where everyone has the opportunity to thrive because they know they matter and belong. We partner with schools and organizations to build equitable communities…

Youth Development
7
Friends of the Children - Sw Washington

We commit to standing alongside our community's youth as they work to overcome barriers to success. each child receives 1:1 support and guidance from a salaried, professional mentor (called a friend), from kindergarten through high school…

Youth Development
8
The Overlake School

The overlake school champions students and their vast potential through engaging educational experiences in a diverse and inclusive community. students are valued as multifaceted individuals and graduate with a passion for learning, ready…

Education
9
Friends of the Children- Central Oregon

Friends of the children - central oregon is a oregon based nonprofit with the mission of impacting generational change by empowering youth who are facing the greatest obstacles through relationships with professional mentors - 12+ years,…

Youth Development
10
Pacific Northern Academy

To educate students to be exceptional learners and independent thinkers of vision, courage, and integrity.

—
11
Youth Progress Association

Youth progress is a nonprofit organization that is licensed as a child caring agency (cca) to serve youth ages 12-25 in the custody of the oregon youth authority (oya) or the oregon department of human services (dhs). youth progress uses…

Health
12
The Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences

Seattle academy is a dynamic community that challenges students to question, imagine, and create in order to contribute to a changing world.

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Friends of the Children-Portland; the most unlike its peers is Kids Club of Harney County. 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

75 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. 75 of the 96 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.

3
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
23
Early backer (in before they grew)
72/75
Grantees still filing
48/75
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $27,290,000 · EducationOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $2,787,500 · EducationCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL+16 more: $2,453,100 · Education+16 moreDE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $3,390,995 · OtherDE LA SALLE NORTH …COLLEGE POSSIBLE: $670,000 · OtherCOLLEGE POSSIBLETOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN: $525,000 · OtherTOGETHER WE ARE GR…ST ANDREW NATIVITY SCHOOL: $500,000 · OtherST ANDREW NATIVITY…THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE: $441,665 · OtherREADING RESULTS: $400,000 · OtherYEAR UP PUGENT SOUND: $360,000 · OtherMIND MATTERS OF PORTLAND: $325,000 · Other+38 more: $1,717,498 · Other+38 moreYOUNG LIFE: $2,125,000 · Youth DevelopmentYOUNG LIFEFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF THE KLAMATH BASIN: $1,218,610 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE C…FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE: $1,010,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE C…FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $1,000,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE C…BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $320,000 · Youth DevelopmentRAINIER ATHLETES: $255,000 · Youth Development+13 more: $1,340,000 · Youth Development+13 morePORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $1,730,000 · Arts & Culture+2 more: $70,000 · Arts & CultureECOSYSTEM SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 · EnvironmentIDAHO BASE CAMP INC: $185,000 · EnvironmentMetropolitan Family Service: $250,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $115,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $65,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY YOUTH SERVICES: $35,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S CRISIS SHELTER: $25,000 · Human Services+1 more: $10,000 · Human ServicesSUMMER SEARCH: $300,000 · EmploymentJUMA VENTURES INC: $25,000 · Employment
Education$32,530,600Other$8,330,158Youth Development$7,268,610Arts & Culture$1,800,000Environment$585,000Human Services$500,000Employment$325,000

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 budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $27,290,000 over 6y, 12% of budgetCATLIN GABEL SCHOOL: $2,787,500 over 6y, 3.6% of budgetYOUNG LIFE: $2,125,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $1,730,000 over 3y, 2.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF THE KLAMATH BASIN: $1,218,610 over 8y, 31% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE: $1,010,000 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $1,000,000 over 8y, 2.4% of budgetRAINIER SCHOLARS: $625,000 over 8y, 1.8% of budgetTOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN: $525,000 over 8y, 5.3% of budgetTHE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE: $441,665 over 8y, 4.0% of budgetECOSYSTEM SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC: $400,000 over 8y, 49% of budgetREADING RESULTS: $400,000 over 8y, 8.1% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $320,000 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetSEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL: $300,000 over 8y, 3.3% of budgetSUMMER SEARCH: $300,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetKAIROSPDX: $270,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetRAINIER ATHLETES: $255,000 over 8y, 8.7% of budgetMetropolitan Family Service: $250,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetCAMP TAMARACK: $240,000 over 8y, 3.0% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $240,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetELEVATE OREGON: $210,000 over 7y, 4.2% of budgetCOLLEGE DREAMS INC: $205,000 over 6y, 1.3% of budgetFARWISE INC: $200,100 over 2y, 5.8% of budgetR MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP: $195,000 over 6y, 3.4% of budgetOREGON BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS: $190,000 over 8y, 2.8% of budgetIDAHO BASE CAMP INC: $185,000 over 6y, 2.7% of budgetThe Space Idaho Inc: $175,000 over 5y, 14% of budgetLEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC: $160,000 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $115,000 over 7y, 2.6% of budgetTHE CONTINGENT: $110,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetROGUE VALLEY MENTORING: $105,000 over 4y, 3.6% of budgetCollege Access Now: $100,000 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetRAINIER PREP: $100,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetREADING PARTNERS: $80,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCALDERA: $75,000 over 3y, 0.8% of budgetBLAINE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 61 EDUCATION FOUNDATION INC: $65,000 over 3y, 8.1% of budgetPORTLAND COMMUNITY FOOTBALL CLUB: $65,000 over 3y, 4.7% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $65,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF PENINSULA: $60,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetFriends of the Mentor Program: $60,000 over 4y, 36% of budgetCRISTA Ministries: $60,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP FIRE COLUMBIA: $50,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetFRENCH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF OREGON: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF EXPLORER POST 58: $50,000 over 6y, 3.2% of budgetCAMP TEN TREES: $50,000 over 3y, 23% of budgetHOLLA: $50,000 over 2y, 2.6% of budgetFishtrap Inc: $48,000 over 4y, 3.0% of budgetSOCIAL VENTURE PARTNERS: $40,000 over 2y, 1.1% 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 OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CATLIN GABEL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG LIFE ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF THE KLAMATH BASIN ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SEATTLE ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds RAINIER SCHOLARS ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN ↗
  • Who funds THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE ↗
  • Who funds ECOSYSTEM SCIENCES FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds READING RESULTS ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW ↗
  • Who funds SEATTLE NATIVITY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SUMMER SEARCH ↗
  • Who funds KAIROSPDX ↗
  • Who funds RAINIER ATHLETES ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Family Service ↗
  • Who funds CAMP TAMARACK ↗
  • Who funds TREEHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATE OREGON ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE DREAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds FARWISE INC ↗
  • Who funds R MERLE PALMER MINORITY SCHOLARSHIP ↗
  • Who funds OREGON BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS ↗
  • Who funds IDAHO BASE CAMP INC ↗
  • Who funds The Space Idaho Inc ↗
  • Who funds LEE PESKY LEARNING CENTER INC ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds THE CONTINGENT ↗
  • Who funds ROGUE VALLEY MENTORING ↗
  • Who funds College Access Now ↗

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 …Marie Lamfrom Charita…Juan Young TrustM J Murdock Charitabl…The Collins FoundationThe Autzen FoundationJames F & Marion L Mi…OCF Joseph E Weston P…Meyer Memorial TrustUmpqua Bank Charitabl…The Reser Family Foun…Rose E Tucker Charita…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR56.3× affinity38 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Juan Young Trust · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Collins Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 90%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Citizens for Safe Schools: 100% of income from government
  • Friends of the Mentor Program: 68% of income from government
  • Rogue Valley Mentoring: 42% of income from government
  • Portland Opportunities Indust Center: 38% of income from government
  • A Village for One: 33% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Family Service: 29% of income from government
  • Holla: 29% of income from government
  • Elevate Oregon: 28% of income from government
  • College Dreams Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Kairospdx: 19% of income from government
  • Portland Workforce Alliance: 8% of income from government
  • The Contingent: 5% of income from government
  • Together We Are Greater Than: 5% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
  • Fishtrap Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Caldera: 1% of income from government
  • The Campbell Institute: 0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Catlin Gabel School: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
18report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.

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 96 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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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