Oregon · Private foundation
The Adams 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.
- $10k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2024
- 7
- Organizations funded FY2023
- 57%
- First-time grantees FY2023
- Median grant, FY2024
- $2,500
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $5,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 5 to 11
- FY2017 to FY2023
- States reached, FY2024
- 3
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2023, 57% of the organizations The Adams Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 74% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2023, 26% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $35k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 3 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $47k | 57% |
| FY2022 | 6 | $22k | 67% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $181k | 40% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $30k | 13% |
| FY2019 | 5 | $18k | 20% |
| FY2018 | 7 | $92k | 29% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $57k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Land Trust | $186,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Pittock Mansion Society | $85,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Ainsworth Foundation | $30,400 | 7 | 2% |
| Boise Rescue Mission | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hermosa Beach Education Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sunstone Montessori School Inc | $12,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Metavivor Research and Support Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Neskowin Valley School | $8,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Minds Matter of Portland Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Bridlemile Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 18 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Land Trust | $186,500 | 4 | 1% |
| Pittock Mansion Society | $85,500 | 2 | 7% |
| Ainsworth Foundation | $30,400 | 7 | 2% |
| Boise Rescue Mission | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hermosa Beach Education Foundation | $25,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Sunstone Montessori School Inc | $12,900 | 5 | 0% |
| Metavivor Research and Support Inc | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Neskowin Valley School | $8,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Minds Matter of Portland Inc | $8,000 | 2 | 3% |
| The Bridlemile Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| Friends of West Sylvan | $5,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Portland Parks Foundation | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| The Peregrine Fund Inc | $4,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Bainbridge-Ometepe Sister Islands Association | $2,400 | 1 | 2% |
| Portland State University Foundation | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Deschutes Land Trust | $1,500 | 1 | 0% |
| William Temple House | $250 | 1 | 0% |
| The Library Foundation | $250 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 9 recipients with no EIN on record ($40k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Adams 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: The Oregon Community Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Healy Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Ibm International Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund
How this is measured
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About The Adams Foundation
- How much does The Adams Foundation give?
- The Adams Foundation reported 3 grants totaling $9,900 in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 5 and 11 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2023.
- What does The Adams Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Environment (42%), Education (24%), Arts & Culture (19%).
- Who are The Adams Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Columbia Land Trust ($187k), Pittock Mansion Society ($86k), Ainsworth Foundation ($30k).
- Does The Adams Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2023, 57% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Adams 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 The Adams Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund.
- Where is The Adams Foundation based?
- The Adams Foundation is based in OR.
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