Oregon · Private foundation
Spencer Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $233k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 23
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $2,947
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $65,017
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2020 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 7
- Total assets, FY2025
- $3.2M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 82% of the organizations Spencer Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 79% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 21% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $104k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 23 | $233k | 74% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $132k | 82% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $78k | 38% |
| FY2022 | 10 | $218k | 40% |
| FY2021 | 6 | $100k | 50% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $117k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2020 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miracle Corners of the World Inc | $131,891 | 6 | 4% |
| Pacific University | $47,268 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion Connect Inc | $28,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children | $27,885 | 1 | n/a |
| The Northwest Catholic Counseling Center | $17,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Adopt a Vet Dental Program Inc | $10,504 | 1 | 0% |
| Max & Therese Cadet Dental Fund Inc | $7,501 | 2 | 22% |
| Simplicity Serves | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Great Shape Inc | $4,782 | 2 | 0% |
| Victory Academy Inc | $3,622 | 1 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miracle Corners of the World Inc | $131,891 | 6 | 4% |
| Pacific University | $47,268 | 1 | 0% |
| Compassion Connect Inc | $28,500 | 3 | 2% |
| Lindquist Dental Clinic for Children | $27,885 | 1 | n/a |
| The Northwest Catholic Counseling Center | $17,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Adopt a Vet Dental Program Inc | $10,504 | 1 | 0% |
| Max & Therese Cadet Dental Fund Inc | $7,501 | 2 | 22% |
| Simplicity Serves | $5,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Great Shape Inc | $4,782 | 2 | 0% |
| Victory Academy Inc | $3,622 | 1 | 0% |
| Holy Family Church | $2,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Elks Youth Eye Service | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Parrott Creek Child and Family Services | $2,500 | 1 | 0% |
| New Church Initiatives Inc | $1,694 | 1 | 0% |
| Archbishop Francis N Blanchet School | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Special Olympics Oregon Inc | $500 | 1 | n/a |
| Island Dental Care International | $219 | 1 | n/a |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 24 recipients with no EIN on record ($581k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Spencer Family Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust · Hillman Family Foundations · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Spencer Family Foundation
- How much does Spencer Family Foundation give?
- Spencer Family Foundation reported 23 grants totaling $233,092 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2020 to FY2024.
- What does Spencer Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2020 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (26%), Human Services (19%), Health (19%).
- Who are Spencer Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2020 to FY2025: Miracle Corners of the World Inc ($132k), Pacific University ($47k), Compassion Connect Inc ($29k).
- Does Spencer Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Spencer Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Spencer Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund.
- Where is Spencer Family Foundation based?
- Spencer Family Foundation is based in OR.
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