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The Autzen Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Autzen Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.8M
Granted FY2024still arriving
305
Grants FY2024still arriving
3
States reached
$25k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.2MEducation$1.9MHuman Services$1.7MEnvironment$1.0MHealth$1.0MFood & Nutrition$954kYouth Development$859kHousing & Shelter$709kOther$0
02FY2024 · 305 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k276 grants · $1.5M
  • $10k–50k29 grants · $355k
$5,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$25M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$25,000
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION$25,000
ST JOHN FISHER SCHOOL$15,000
CALIFORNIA TROUT$15,000
SEASIDE KIDS INC$15,000
WILDLIFE CENTER OF THE NORTH COAST$11,667
ST PATRICK SCHOOL$11,500
NEHALEM BAY HEALTH CENTER & PHARMACY$10,892
NORTH PORTLAND SOCCER CLUB$10,832
SANDY ACTORS THEATRE$10,000
PENDLETON ICE SPORTS BOOSTER ASSOCIATION$10,000
FRIENDS OF THE OREGON CAVES AND CHATEAU$10,000
ORE-CAL LITTLE LEAGUE$10,000
THE VANPORT MOSAIC$10,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.2M) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 88% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%HOOD RIVER VALLEY ADULT CENTER: $9k → 10%OREGON ASSOCIATION OF RELIEF NURSERIES: $12k → 11%YWCA CLARK COUNTY: $8k → 9%HOOD RIVER VALLEY ADULT CENTER: $8k → 10%MT EMILY SAFE CENTER: $14k → 15%YWCA CLARK COUNTY: $8k → 9%THADD'S PLACE: $9k → 16%REDEMPTION HOUSE MINISTRIES: $10k → 11%MT EMILY SAFE CENTER: $8k → 15%GOLD BEACH SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 14%BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES: $20k → 12%BURRITO BRIGADE: $15k → 15%CREATING MEMORIES FOR DISABLED CHILDREN: $10k → 12%CASA OF POLK COUNTY INC: $10k → 13%CASA OF POLK COUNTY INC: $9k → 13%HOSEA YOUTH SERVICES: $8k → 15%BRADLEY ANGLE: $10k → 12%BLOOMIN' BOUTIQUE: $8k → 8%BURRITO BRIGADE: $8k → 15%GOLD BEACH SENIOR CENTER: $10k → 15%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 12%GRACE CENTER FOR ADULT DAY SERVICES: $9k → 18%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $10k → 12%FILLING EMPTY BELLIES: $10k → 13%FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: $10k → 17%ASSISTANCE LEAGUE OF SALEM-KEIZER: $10k → 14%BAGS OF LOVE: $7k → 15%ST MARY'S HOME FOR BOYS: $10k → 8%ST MARY'S HOME FOR BOYS: $10k → 8%ESTACADA AREA FOOD BANK: $10k → 8%ESTACADA AREA FOOD BANK: $10k → 8%VIDA MCKENZIE COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 15%OREGON HARBOR OF HOPE: $8k → 12%CRESWELL CLUBHOUSE: $8k → 15%PROJECT 48 INC: $10k → 12%HYGIENE4ALL: $8k → 12%PROJECT 48 INC: $8k → 12%AMERICAN RED CROSS - CASCADES REGION: $25k → 12%LIFE EXPANDING ADVENTURE PROGRAM: $10k → 12%LIFE EXPANDING ADVENTURE PROGRAM: $8k → 12%FRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $10k → 12%FRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $8k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $10k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $8k → 12%SPOON: $8k → 12%SARAH BELLUM'S BAKERY & WORKSHOP: $10k → 12%SARAH BELLUM'S BAKERY & WORKSHOP: $10k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $8k → 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.

74%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$9.3M · 510 repeat orgs$3.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +57% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

510 repeat relationships: 177 still active in FY2024, 333 since wound down; 123 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

510
496

Total granted

$9.3M
$2.7M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+57%
+29%

Still filing today

85%
63%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 65% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $637k 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
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesEducationEnvironmentHealthYouth DevelopmentOther
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

  • Oregon State University Foundation
    8× · 2017–2024 · $245k · revenue +42%
  • UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
    7× · 2018–2024 · $210k · revenue +156%
  • OREGON FOOD BANK
    7× · 2017–2023 · $92k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • NC
    NORTH COUNTY RECREATION DISTRICT
    one grant, 2018 · $50k
  • UO
    UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2017 · $30k
  • WOMENFIRST TRANSITION REFERRAL CENTER
    one grant, 2022 · $30k · revenue -24%
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
Earth Day Oregon
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2
Central Oregon Center for the Arts

The mission for the central oregon center for the arts is to champion an inclusive, vibrant center for the arts that brings transformative and diverse cultural performances and experiences to central oregon during all seasons

Arts & Culture
3
Willapa Bay AiR
Arts & Culture
4
Our Oregon

Promote economic and social fairness by working in coalition open a broad range of issues and activities in the public arena

Human Services
5
Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
Environment
6
Oregon Websites and Watershed Project Inc

Develop educational network to communicate historical and scientific information empasizing natural and cultural resources to pacific northwest.

Environment
7
All Ages Music Portland dba Friends of Noise

Friends of Noise is a non-profit organization built on the values of collectivism and restorative justice. We seek to transform the culture of BIPOC and LGBTQ+ youth access to the music industry. We foster a healthy ecosystem for all ages…

Arts & Culture
8
Jubilee Hall Pdx
Employment
9
Young Roots Oregon

The mission of young roots oregon is to creatively help young families build healthy foundations. our multi-generational vision is to give pregnant and parenting adolescents through age 24 and their children equitable opportunities for…

—
10
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
11
Rainmaker Craft Initiative
Arts & Culture
12
Pacific Northwest Music Project
Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is We Belong Pdx; the most unlike its peers is James F & Marion L Miller 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

876 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

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 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 876 of the 1,129 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.

2
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
332
Early backer (in before they grew)
846/876
Grantees still filing
596/876
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $240,000 · OtherPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONOREGON FOOD BANK: $91,500 · Other+90 more: $2,411,472 · Other+90 moreMT EMILY SAFE CENTER: $39,750 · Human ServicesSTORE TO DOOR: $38,833 · Human ServicesBirch Community Services Inc: $34,750 · Human ServicesHOOD RIVER SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $33,383 · Human ServicesST MARY'S HOME: $30,000 · Human ServicesPDX DIAPER BANK: $30,000 · Human Services+30 more: $669,817 · Human Services+30 moreOregon State University Foundation: $245,000 · EducationOregon State Uni…UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $210,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF OR…COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $79,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY TRANSI…THE BASIC FUND: $41,000 · EducationTHE SHADOW PROJECT: $35,667 · EducationJosephine Community Library Foundation: $30,000 · EducationTHE SEATTLE ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES: $29,500 · Education+8 more: $186,038 · Education+8 moreWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $102,500 · EnvironmentWESTERN RI…PARTNERSHIP FOR THE UMPQUA RIVERS INC: $48,000 · EnvironmentPARTNERSHI…Friends of Trees: $36,000 · EnvironmentFriends of…ROGUE FARM CORPS: $35,500 · EnvironmentROGUE FARM…Tualatin Riverkeepers Inc: $34,867 · EnvironmentTualatin R…PACIFIC RIVERS: $32,833 · EnvironmentPACIFIC RI…FREE GEEK: $31,100 · EnvironmentFREE GEEKSchool Garden Project of Lane County: $29,300 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF BUFORD PARK AND MT PISGAH: $27,130 · EnvironmentDESCHUTES RIVER ALLIANCE: $25,000 · EnvironmentNorth Coast Land Conservancy Inc: $25,000 · EnvironmentDucks Unlimited Inc: $22,500 · EnvironmentOpal Creek Ancient Forest Center: $22,235 · EnvironmentLan Su Chinese Garden: $22,000 · EnvironmentMOUNT ST HELENS INSTITUTE: $20,500 · EnvironmentWORLD SALMON COUNCIL: $20,000 · EnvironmentECOLOGY IN CLASSROOMS AND OUTDOORS: $18,900 · EnvironmentURBAN GLEANERS: $45,917 · Food & NutritionPortland Backpack: $35,550 · Food & NutritionTHE FRIENDLY KITCHEN: $34,900 · Food & NutritionLA PINE COMMUNITY KITCHEN: $34,500 · Food & NutritionClay Street Table: $34,000 · Food & NutritionGROW PORTLAND: $28,000 · Food & NutritionSEED TO TABLE OREGON: $24,475 · Food & NutritionAMERICAN MILITARY ENCOURAGEMENT NETWORK: $22,500 · Food & NutritionTHE 1017 PROJECT: $22,500 · Food & NutritionMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $21,000 · Food & NutritionLINN BENTON FOOD SHARE: $20,000 · Food & NutritionMAPLETON FOOD SHARE: $19,000 · Food & NutritionYOUTH MUSIC PROJECT: $31,550 · Arts & CultureJosephy Center for Arts and Culture: $30,800 · Arts & CultureFriends of Santiam Pass Ski Lodge: $24,050 · Arts & CultureHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $22,600 · Arts & CultureSCIENCEWORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM: $22,444 · Arts & CultureEthos Inc: $22,000 · Arts & CultureLANE ARTS COUNCIL: $21,500 · Arts & CultureFOUR RIVERS CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM: $21,500 · Arts & CultureTHE GILBERT HOUSE CHILDREN'S MUSEUM INC: $21,333 · Arts & CulturePLAY IT FORWARD: $20,400 · Arts & CultureMUSIC CAMPS WALLOWA LAKE: $20,375 · Arts & CultureOREGON EAST SYMPHONY: $20,233 · Arts & CultureSpectrum Dance Theater: $20,000 · Arts & CultureMIRACLE THEATRE GROUP: $19,000 · Arts & CultureThe Arts Council of Pendleton Inc: $18,600 · Arts & CultureKINSHIP HOUSE: $52,333 · HealthMULTICULTURAL INTEGRATED KIDNEY EDUCATION PROGRAM: $31,500 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC OF THE CASCADES: $29,477 · HealthPORTLAND STREET MEDICINE: $27,900 · HealthTHE HARBOR INC: $25,500 · HealthVOLUNTEERS IN MEDICINE CLINIC: $23,000 · HealthWELLMAMA INC: $22,700 · HealthASSIST: $21,000 · HealthGOOD SAMARITAN FOUNDATION: $20,000 · HealthHELPING HANDS REENTRY OUTREACH CENTERS: $19,500 · HealthNEIGHBORS FOR KIDS: $19,000 · HealthKEX KIDS FUND: $19,000 · HealthMERRY HEART CHILDREN'S CAMP: $18,500 · Health
Other$2,742,972Human Services$876,533Education$856,205Environment$553,365Food & Nutrition$342,342Arts & Culture$336,385Health$329,410

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOregon State University Foundation: $245,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $240,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $210,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetWESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY: $102,500 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $91,500 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $79,000 over 8y, 1.1% of budgetSEASIDE KIDS INC: $60,000 over 2y, 60% of budgetTHE FRESHWATER TRUST: $52,500 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetKINSHIP HOUSE: $52,333 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetWILDLIFE CENTER OF THE NORTH COAST: $48,167 over 7y, 4.9% of budgetROSE HAVEN CIC: $48,000 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetPARTNERSHIP FOR THE UMPQUA RIVERS INC: $48,000 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetURBAN GLEANERS: $45,917 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetLift Urban Portland: $43,000 over 5y, 1.0% of budgetTHE BASIC FUND: $41,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetMT EMILY SAFE CENTER: $39,750 over 5y, 2.7% of budgetSALEM FREE CLINICS: $39,250 over 5y, 1.1% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY COUNSELING: $39,250 over 6y, 4.0% of budgetCLATSOP ANIMAL ASSISTANCE: $39,000 over 7y, 5.0% of budgetSTORE TO DOOR: $38,833 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetSPAY AND NEUTER HUMANE ASSOCIATION: $37,200 over 4y, 17% of budgetFriends of Trees: $36,000 over 6y, 0.4% of budgetTHE SHADOW PROJECT: $35,667 over 5y, 1.8% of budgetPortland Backpack: $35,550 over 4y, 6.3% of budgetROGUE FARM CORPS: $35,500 over 5y, 1.6% of budgetTHE FRIENDLY KITCHEN: $34,900 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetTualatin Riverkeepers Inc: $34,867 over 5y, 2.6% of budgetBirch Community Services Inc: $34,750 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetLA PINE COMMUNITY KITCHEN: $34,500 over 4y, 1.5% of budgetThink Wild: $34,167 over 4y, 1.8% of budgetClay Street Table: $34,000 over 5y, 2.0% of budgetHOOD RIVER SENIOR CITIZENS INC: $33,383 over 5y, 1.5% of budgetNorthwest Outward Bound School: $33,000 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetPACIFIC RIVERS: $32,833 over 6y, 4.5% of budgetMASLOW PROJECT: $32,500 over 4y, 0.6% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING RESOURCES AND: $32,500 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetYOUTH MUSIC PROJECT: $31,550 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetMULTICULTURAL INTEGRATED KIDNEY EDUCATION PROGRAM: $31,500 over 5y, 4.3% of budgetFREE GEEK: $31,100 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetJosephy Center for Arts and Culture: $30,800 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetJosephine Community Library Foundation: $30,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetWOMENFIRST TRANSITION REFERRAL CENTER: $30,000 over 1y, 2.5% of budgetCASA OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY: $30,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetST MARY'S HOME: $30,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPENDLETON CHILDRENS CENTER: $30,000 over 2y, 2.3% of budgetJERICHO ROAD INC: $30,000 over 4y, 5.2% of budgetPDX DIAPER BANK: $30,000 over 4y, 4.4% of budgetOPHELIA'S PLACE: $29,967 over 6y, 0.7% 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 Oregon State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds WESTERN RIVERS CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds SEASIDE KIDS INC ↗
  • Who funds THE FRESHWATER TRUST ↗
  • Who funds KINSHIP HOUSE ↗
  • Who funds WILDLIFE CENTER OF THE NORTH COAST ↗
  • Who funds ROSE HAVEN CIC ↗
  • Who funds PARTNERSHIP FOR THE UMPQUA RIVERS INC ↗
  • Who funds URBAN GLEANERS ↗
  • Who funds Lift Urban Portland ↗
  • Who funds THE BASIC FUND ↗
  • Who funds MT EMILY SAFE CENTER ↗
  • Who funds SALEM FREE CLINICS ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR COMMUNITY COUNSELING ↗
  • Who funds CLATSOP ANIMAL ASSISTANCE ↗
  • Who funds STORE TO DOOR ↗
  • Who funds SPAY AND NEUTER HUMANE ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds Friends of Trees ↗
  • Who funds THE SHADOW PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds Portland Backpack ↗
  • Who funds ROGUE FARM CORPS ↗
  • Who funds THE FRIENDLY KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds Tualatin Riverkeepers Inc ↗
  • Who funds Birch Community Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds LA PINE COMMUNITY KITCHEN ↗
  • Who funds Think Wild ↗
  • Who funds Clay Street Table ↗
  • Who funds HOOD RIVER SENIOR CITIZENS INC ↗
  • Who funds Northwest Outward Bound School ↗
  • Who funds PACIFIC RIVERS ↗
  • Who funds MASLOW PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING RESOURCES AND ↗

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.

Juan Young TrustMarie Lamfrom Charita…The Reser Family Foun…Braemar Charitable Tr…The Collins FoundationThe Robert D and Marc…James F & Marion L Mi…The Jackson FoundationOCF Joseph E Weston P…The Roundhouse Founda…Rose E Tucker Charita…Maybelle Clark Macdon…
Juan Young TrustOR272.4× affinity247 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Juan Young Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Reser Family Foundation · Braemar Charitable Trust · The Collins Foundation · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund

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 The Autzen Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Autzen Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 660%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 9%
  • Friends of Trees: 100% of income from government
  • Pendleton Childrens Center: 100% of income from government
  • Citizens for Safe Schools: 100% of income from government
  • Rogue Farm Corps: 91% of income from government
  • Family Development Center: 71% of income from government
  • Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers Inc: 67% of income from government
  • The Harbor Inc: 66% of income from government
  • Todos Juntos Inc: 64% of income from government
  • Call to Safety: 61% of income from government
  • Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery: 60% of income from government
  • LArche Portland: 59% of income from government
  • Mt Emily Safe Center: 58% of income from government
  • World Salmon Council: 55% of income from government
  • Wild Salmon Center: 49% of income from government
  • Family Peace Center of Washington County: 49% of income from government
  • Building Healthy Families: 41% of income from government
  • Old Mill Center for Children and Families Inc: 38% of income from government
  • Grow Portland: 36% of income from government
  • Portland YouthBuilders: 35% of income from government
  • Portland Street Medicine: 32% of income from government
  • American Military Encouragement Network: 31% of income from government
  • Play It Forward: 30% of income from government
  • Heart of Oregon Corps Inc: 28% of income from government
  • Native Fish Society Inc: 27% of income from government
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Project 48 Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Maslow Project: 22% of income from government
  • Boost Oregon: 22% of income from government
  • Ophelia's Place: 22% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers: 18% of income from government
  • The Freshwater Trust: 17% of income from government
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of Bend Inc: 16% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children- Central Oregon: 16% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Redemption House Ministries: 14% of income from government
  • Lane Arts Council: 14% of income from government
  • Friends of Buford Park and Mt Pisgah: 14% of income from government
  • Ethos Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Old Church Society Inc: 12% of income from government
  • Columbia Slough Watershed Council Inc: 11% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • Bradley Angle: 10% of income from government
  • Forests Today and Forever: 10% of income from government
  • Wellmama Inc: 9% of income from government
  • School Garden Project of Lane County: 9% of income from government
  • Portland Workforce Alliance: 8% of income from government
  • Portland Urban Debate League: 8% of income from government
  • Neighbors for Kids: 8% of income from government
  • The Shadow Project: 8% of income from government
  • Oregon East Symphony: 8% of income from government
  • Compass House Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
  • Community Outreach Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Josephy Center for Arts and Culture: 7% of income from government
  • Think Wild: 7% of income from government
  • The Arts Council of Pendleton Inc: 6% of income from government
  • North Coast Land Conservancy Inc: 6% of income from government
  • Klamath Basin Senior Citizens' Center: 6% of income from government
  • Write Around Portland: 6% of income from government
  • Miracle Theatre Group: 6% of income from government
  • Cottage Theatre: 5% of income from government
  • Free Geek: 5% of income from government
  • Isaac's Room: 5% of income from government
  • Open Hearts Open Minds: 4% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades: 3% of income from government
  • Arc Portland Metro Arc Portland Metro: 3% of income from government
  • Astoria Visual Arts Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Pdx Diaper Bank: 2% of income from government
  • Profile Theatre Project: 2% of income from government
  • Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program: 2% of income from government
  • Community Cycling Center: 2% of income from government
  • Chess for Success: 2% of income from government
  • Capital Futbol Club: 2% of income from government
  • Sarah Bellums Bakery & Workshop: 1% of income from government
  • Gearhart Volunteer Fire Department: 1% of income from government
  • Parenting Now: 1% of income from government
  • Pear: 1% of income from government
  • Black United Fund of Oregon: 1% of income from government
  • Youth Music Project: 1% of income from government
  • Tualatin Riverkeepers Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Volunteers in Medicine Clinic: 0% of income from government
  • Scienceworks Hands-On Museum: 0% of income from government
  • Casa of Jackson County Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Casa of Clackamas County: 0% of income from government
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
  • Community Supported Shelters: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
66get no government money at all
47report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
13rely 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.
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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 1129 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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More from the funding graph

The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home