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Steven McGeady 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.

$121k
Granted FY2025still arriving
9
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$71k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0194% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$531kEducation$88kCivil Rights$65kScience & Tech$52kPublic Benefit$35kPhilanthropy$19kRecreation & Sports$10kAnimals$10kOther$0
02FY2025 · 9 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k5 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $71k
$5,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$861k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Portland Art Museum$70,824
Nothwest Academy$20,000
CPF - Thompson Elk Comic$10,000
Library Foundation$10,000
OMSI$5,000
Basic Rights Oregon$2,500
Oregon Public Broadcasting$1,200
Individual grant recipient$500
Individual grant recipient$500
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 (FY17–20, $5k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $1k → 12%NINTY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $2k → 12%NINTY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $1k → 12%SPOON FOUNDATION: $1k → 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.
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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$741k · 18 repeat orgs$98k to everyone else

18 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2025, 13 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

18
25

Total granted

$741k
$82k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+3%
+33%

Still filing today

78%
36%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $16k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureEducationHuman ServicesHealthEnvironmentCrime & LegalOther
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

  • PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
    9× · 2017–2025 · $345k · revenue +3%
  • OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $47k · revenue +29%
  • TL
    THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    8× · 2018–2025 · $29k · revenue +29%

Funded once

  • PN
    PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART
    one grant, 2017 · $31k · revenue +33%
  • CC
    COMMUNITY CYCLING CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +47%
  • CP
    CHARITABLE PARTNERSHIP FUND
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue 0%
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
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
2
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
3
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
4
City Club of Portland

To inform its members and the community in public matters and to arouse in them the realization of the obligations of citizenship.

Community Improvement
5
Oregon Progress Forum

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

Environment
6
Center for Contemporary Art & Culture

To enliven and expand the understanding of craft and the museum experience for all.

Arts & Culture
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
Portland Community Media

Open signal's mission is to nurture the change-making power of community media in service of a just and equitable world.

Arts & Culture
9
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
10
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc

The oregon shakespeare festival creates world-class theater, revealing our collective humanity through illuminating interpretations of new and classic plays, and inspiring a love of our art form for current and future generations.

Arts & Culture
11
Oregon Arts Watch

Oregon Arts Watch produces independent, professional arts and culture journalism and criticism that is transparent, fair and accurate.

Arts & Culture
12
Portland Museum Inc

Portland museum is an innovative and compelling neighborhood museum. the museum boldly weaves exhibitions, performances, collections, and educational programs to excite, challenge and illuminate our neighbors, visitors, and participants…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Public Broadcasting; the most unlike its peers is Civic Software 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

26 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. 26 of the 47 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.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
23/26
Grantees still filing
17/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $345,383 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUMOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $47,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRYPORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $31,100 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INCTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $29,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION+4 more: $23,680 · Arts & CulturePACIFIC NW COLLEGE OF ART: $52,740 · OtherPACIFIC NW COLLEGE OF ARTTHE CIRCUS PROJECT: $41,000 · OtherTHE CIRCUS PROJECTPACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART: $31,480 · OtherPACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF AR…OR ALLIANCE FOR GUN SAFETY: $25,000 · OtherOR ALLIANCE FOR GUN SAFETYBASIC RIGHTS OREGON: $15,250 · OtherBASIC RIGHTS OREGONCONVERGE 45: $15,000 · OtherCONVERGE 45PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,250 · OtherCPF - Thompson Elk Comic: $10,000 · Other+21 more: $28,965 · Other+21 moreTHE NORTHWEST ACADEMY: $36,200 · EducationTHE NORTHWE…Civic Software Foundation: $34,875 · EducationCivic Softw…THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $10,250 · EducationTHE INTERNA…+1 more: $250 · EducationForward Together: $25,000 · HealthTHE LAMP FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER: $10,000 · Recreation & SportsCHARITABLE PARTNERSHIP FUND: $10,000 · PhilanthropyNINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $4,400 · Human ServicesSPOON FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Human Services
Arts & Culture$476,163Other$229,685Education$81,575Health$26,000Recreation & Sports$10,000Philanthropy$10,000Human Services$5,400

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $345,383 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $47,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTHE CIRCUS PROJECT: $41,000 over 5y, 1.4% of budgetTHE NORTHWEST ACADEMY: $36,200 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCivic Software Foundation: $34,875 over 2y, 14% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART: $31,480 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $31,100 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $29,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetForward Together: $25,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetBASIC RIGHTS OREGON: $15,250 over 7y, 0.8% of budgetRegional Arts & Culture Council: $10,880 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTHE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL: $10,250 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $10,250 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetCHARITABLE PARTNERSHIP FUND: $10,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $6,700 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetCAMP 45 CONTEMPORARY CONVERGE 45: $5,000 over 1y, 4.7% of budgetNINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS: $4,400 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetBODYVOX INC: $1,100 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE: $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetTHE LAMP FOUNDATION INC: $1,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetColumbia Riverkeeper: $625 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetREACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $350 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENT OREGON RESEARCH AND POLICY CENTER INC: $250 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetWRITE AROUND PORTLAND: $250 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 PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ↗
  • Who funds THE CIRCUS PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds THE NORTHWEST ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds Civic Software Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Forward Together ↗
  • Who funds BASIC RIGHTS OREGON ↗
  • Who funds Regional Arts & Culture Council ↗
  • Who funds THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER ↗
  • Who funds CHARITABLE PARTNERSHIP FUND ↗
  • Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
  • Who funds CAMP 45 CONTEMPORARY CONVERGE 45 ↗
  • Who funds NINETY-NINE GIRLFRIENDS ↗
  • Who funds BODYVOX INC ↗
  • Who funds SPOON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE ↗
  • Who funds THE LAMP FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Columbia Riverkeeper ↗

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 TrustMarie Lamfrom Charita…Rose E Tucker Charita…The Jackson FoundationMaybelle Clark Macdon…The Autzen FoundationOregon Jewish Communi…Regional Arts & Cultu…The Harold & Arlene S…James F & Marion L Mi…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR38.4× affinity19 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 · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Autzen Foundation · Oregon Jewish Community Foundation · Regional Arts & Culture Council · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · James F & Marion L Miller 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 Steven McGeady Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Steven McGeady Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 80%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Reach Community Development Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Camp 45 Contemporary Converge 45: 8% of income from government
  • Write Around Portland: 6% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Bodyvox Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Community Cycling Center: 2% of income from government
  • Portland Opera Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Regional Arts & Culture Council: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Columbia Riverkeeper: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
8get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Steven McGeady Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Steven McGeady 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 47 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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