· Private foundation
Tennant 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.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2020 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k4 grants · $12k
- $10k–50k5 grants · $50k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| TURNING POINT USA | $10,000 |
| MARYVILLE | $10,000 |
| ST AGATHA CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION | $10,000 |
| VALLEY CATHOLIC SCHOOL | $10,000 |
| LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE | $5,000 |
| MIKE & ADELE CHARITABLE FUND | $4,500 |
| GUARDIAN RANCH | $2,000 |
| PINK LEMONADE PROJECT | $500 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY20–25, $27k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +43% since the first grant, against +26% for those funded once.
15 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2025, 11 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 70% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $17k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- YAYoung America's Foundation3× · 2022–2024 · $30k · revenue +44%
- SMST MARY'S HOME4× · 2020–2024 · $26k · revenue +19%
- TPTURNING POINT USA INC2× · 2022–2025 · $11k · revenue +43%
Funded once
- CCCENTRAL CATHOLICone grant, 2023 · $50k
- SCSeton Catholic College Prepone grant, 2021 · $30k
- TFTHE FRIENDS OF ST AGATHA EDUCATION ENDOWMENT TRUSTone grant, 2022 · $21k
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.
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.
Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…
Provide an independent forum for those who dare to read, think, speak, and write to advance the professional, literary, and scientific understanding of sea power and other issues critical to global security.
Research, education and general - princeton university is a private not-for-profit, non-sectarian institution of higher learning with approximately 5,700 undergraduate and 3,300 graduate students. 2,500 students graduated in the 2024-2025…
Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.
The University of New Haven is a student-centered comprehensive university with an emphasis on excellence in liberal arts and professional education. Our mission is to prepare our students to lead purposeful and fulfilling lives in a…
The bac is committed to provide excellence in design education grounded in practice and accessible to diverse communities.
Golden gate university prepares individuals to lead and serve by providing high quality, practice-based educational programs in law, taxation, business and related professions - as a nonprofit institution - in an innovative and challenging…
Wilson college empowers students to be confident and critical thinkers, creative visionaries, effective communicators, honorable leaders, and agents of justice.
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…
Mills college is an independent liberal arts college for women and gender nonbinary students, with graduate programs for all genders. the college educates students to think critically and communicate responsibly and effectively, to accept…
Provides innovative education in a dynamic urban setting. dedicated to academic excellence and community engagement,we prepare students of diverse backgrounds with the knowledge, skill,and experience to lead meaningful lives as informed…
Columbia college improves lives by providing quality education to both traditional and nontraditional students, helping them achieve their true potential.
How this is measured
18 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. 18 of the 39 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 Young America's Foundation ↗
- Who funds ST MARY'S HOME ↗
- Who funds Leadership Institute ↗
- Who funds MONTEREY PENINSULA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds TURNING POINT USA INC ↗
- Who funds HILLSDALE COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches ↗
- Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
- Who funds STEPHEN SILLER TUNNEL TO TOWERS FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds COLUMBIA RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds ASTORIA-WARRENTON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ↗
- Who funds THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON ↗
- Who funds PINK LEMONADE PROJECT ↗
- Who funds NCGA FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds MULTNOMAH ATHLETIC FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY ↗
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: John J and Lois a Tennant Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Tennant Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Tennant Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Columbia River Maritime Museum: 3% of income from government
- University of Portland: 1% of income from government
- Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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