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Tareen Filgas Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$672k
Granted FY2024still arriving
20
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$250k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
0199% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2017–2024.

Animals$1.2MEnvironment$818kArts & Culture$25kFood & Nutrition$25kHealth$15kEducation$2kYouth Development$1kOther$0
02FY2024 · 20 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k11 grants · $42k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $330k
  • $250k+1 grant · $250k
$8,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$15M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN BIRD CONSERVANCY$250,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$200,000
BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON$79,759
NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY$50,000
MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE$10,000
SEVEN CAPES BIRD ALLIANCE$10,000
THE PEREGRINE FUND$10,000
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING$10,000
CASCADIA WILDLANDS$10,000
TUALATIN RIVERKEEPERS$8,000
ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWID$5,000
NORTH COAST WATERSHED ASSOCIATION$5,000
PROJECT BEAVER$5,000
KQED$5,000
URBAN GREENSPACES INSTITUTE$5,000
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 (FY17–17, $1k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%GIRL VENTURES: $1k → 10%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.

04

Where the work is directed

The same grants, placed two ways — where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose earmarks the money.

About 17% of Tareen Filgas Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked, by their stated purpose, for a different county than the recipient’s own address — money that lands at a nonprofit in one place but is meant to do its work in another.

Tareen Filgas Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address

Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the foundation’s own 990 grant descriptions.

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.

90%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$1.4M · 12 repeat orgs$160k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +46% since the first grant, against +26% for the ones you funded once.

12 repeat relationships — 10 still active in FY2024, 2 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

12
16

Total granted

$1.4M
$110k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+46%
+26%

Still filing today

92%
88%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 89% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $51k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
EnvironmentAnimalsArts & CultureFood & NutritionEmploymentHuman ServicesOther

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

  • AB
    American Bird Conservancy
    6× · 2017–2024 · $753k · revenue +54%
  • BIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC
    7× · 2018–2024 · $370k · revenue +46%
  • NC
    North Coast Land Conservancy Inc
    6× · 2017–2024 · $147k · revenue +190%

Funded once

  • FO
    FRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $50k · revenue +26%
  • TS
    THE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +1%
  • WILD SALMON CENTERgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $10k · revenue +111%

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
Washington Forest Law Center

Dedicated to protecting the world's natural environment on behalf of the public by serving as a public interest law firm. refer to schedule o, part iii, line 4a, for list of litigated cases or advocacy work.

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2
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild

Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.

Environment
3
Wild Salmon Rivers

To conserve functioning salmon/steelhead eco-system at watershed levels, integrate angling activities with basic scientific research, collect raw data, monitor environmental functions, salmon/steelhead population dynamics, public…

Environment
4
California Wildlife Foundation

The foundation works with diverse groups representing many interests to acquire and restore critical wildlife habitat and protecting species

Animals
5
Crag Law Center

Providing legal aid to the environment by providing legal services to conservation organizations, community groups, native american tribes, and individuals working to protect and sustain the pacific northwest's natural legacy.

Environment
6
Northwest Environmental Advocates

Work through advocacy and education to use federal environmental laws such as the Clean Water Act to protect and restore water quality and habit in the Pacific Northwest and nationwide.

Environment
7
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition

Oregon shores helps citizens and visitors learn about, enjoy and defend the oregon coast through natural history education and conservation action.

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8
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
9
Maine Audubon Society

Maine Audubon works to conserve Maine's wildlife and habitat by engaging people of all ages in education, conservation, and action. We are helping the people of Maine become the nation's most informed and effective stewards of wildlife and…

Environment
10
Northwest Environmental Defense Center

Nedc's mission is to work toward a future in which the pacific northwest leads the nation in developing, implementing & enforcing strong laws and regulations that protect the environment & human health, and where our governments &…

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11
Rainforest Trust

Rainforest trust saves endangered wildlife and protects our planet by creating rainforest reserves through partnerships, community engagement, and donor support.

International
12
Washington Water Trust

Wwt's mission is to protect and restore water in rivers and streams across washington state. washington water trust restores and protects water in rivers and streams and promotes sustainable freshwater management in washington, and, more…

Environment

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is The Wetlands Conservancy Inc and the most unlike its peers is Edwards Center Inc. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyGovernment Accountability R…Environmental Advocacy Orga…Wildlife Rehabilitation Cen…Land Conservation Organizat…Developmental Disabilities …Animal Rescue and AdoptionSenior Support Services
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

Your grantees are a median of 36 years old; the field is 14. You back the established end — and your money leans older still.

THE FIELDby orgYOUR GRANTEESby number24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%3%10–20yr18%45%20–35yr11%32%35–55yr12%19%55yr+
THE FIELDby orgYOUR MONEYby value24%0%<5yr15%0%5–10yr20%1%10–20yr18%14%20–35yr11%41%35–55yr12%44%55yr+

The field is 24% startups (under 5 years old) — 0% of your grantees by number, and just 0% of your money.

Closures · last 5 years

The orgs you fund almost never close — 0.0% lost their exemption, against 13% of the field you don’t fund.

orgs you fund
0.0%0/35
the rest of the field
13%
4,094/31,868

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.

05the grantee network

33 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. 33 of the 38 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
9
Early backer (in before they grew)
33/33
Grantees still filing
22/33
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

American Bird Conservancy — $752,500 · AnimalsAmerican Bird ConservancyFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC — $50,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC+4 more — $23,000 · AnimalsBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC — $370,468 · EnvironmentBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INCNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc — $147,000 · EnvironmentNorth Coast Land Conservancy IncTualatin Riverkeepers Inc — $33,100 · EnvironmentOregon Parks Forever — $25,015 · Environment+12 more — $66,000 · Environment+12 moreTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $500,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY+10 more — $53,800 · Other+10 moreMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC — $25,000 · Food & NutritionOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $20,000 · Arts & CultureKQED INC — $5,000 · Arts & CultureEDWARDS CENTER INC — $15,000 · EmploymentGIRLVENTURES — $1,000 · Human Services
Animals$825,500Environment$641,583Other$553,800Food & Nutrition$25,000Arts & Culture$25,000Employment$15,000Human Services$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetAmerican Bird Conservancy — $752,500 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY — $500,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC — $370,468 over 7y, 1.6% of budgetNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc — $147,000 over 6y, 2.9% of budgetFRIENDS OF BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL INC — $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetTualatin Riverkeepers Inc — $33,100 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetOregon Parks Forever — $25,015 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC — $25,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING — $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetEDWARDS CENTER INC — $15,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetENVIRONMENTAL LAW ALLIANCE WORLDWIDE — $15,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY — $11,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetSeven Capes Bird Alliance — $10,000 over 1y, 6.6% of budgetTHE SURFRIDER FOUNDATION — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILD SALMON CENTER — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCASCADIA WILDLANDS — $10,000 over 1y, 1.0% of budgetTHE PEREGRINE FUND INC — $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF HAYSTACK ROCK — $7,500 over 3y, 7.9% of budgetCASCADE FOREST CONSERVANCY — $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetANIMAL AID INC — $5,000 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetURBAN GREENSPACES INSTITUTE — $5,000 over 1y, 13% of budgetThe Wetlands Conservancy Inc — $5,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetKQED INC — $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOregon Environmental Council — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetFriends of Trees — $5,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNORTH COAST WATERSHED ASSOCIATION — $5,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMASSACHUSETTS AUDUBON SOCIETY INC — $1,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOLUMBIA LAND TRUST — $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGIRLVENTURES — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFriends of the Columbia Gorge — $1,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF THE NORTH COAST — $500 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetThe Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated — $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

The Oregon Community …Meyer Memorial TrustPatagoniaorgThe Collins FoundationThe Nature ConservancyThe Bullitt FoundationThe Autzen FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…Leupold & Stevens Fou…Wiancko Charitable Fo…The Lazar FoundationKohnstamm Family Foun…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR39.3× affinity20 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Patagoniaorg · The Collins Foundation · The Nature Conservancy · The Bullitt Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Leupold & Stevens Foundation · Wiancko Charitable Foundation Inc · The Lazar Foundation · Kohnstamm Family Foundation

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 Tareen Filgas Foundation 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 · 90%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 6%
  • Friends of Trees — 100% of income from government
  • Edwards Center Inc — 79% of income from government
  • Wild Salmon Center — 49% of income from government
  • North Coast Watershed Association — 32% of income from government
  • The Wetlands Conservancy Inc — 18% of income from government
  • North Coast Land Conservancy Inc — 6% of income from government
  • Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides — 5% of income from government
  • Massachusetts Audubon Society Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting — 1% of income from government
  • Tualatin Riverkeepers Inc — 1% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc — 0% of income from government
  • Western Rivers Conservancy — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
9get no government money at all
4report 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

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 38 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-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
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$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home
State money flows
the interactive map of money crossing state lines