· Private foundation
The Barber Foundation
Its FY2017 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2017
- Under $10k4 grants · $10k
- $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| HUNTINGTONJ DISEASE SOCIETY OF AMERICA | $15,000 |
| RED ROCKS COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION | $7,200 |
| ARVADA COMMUNITY FOOD BANK | $1,000 |
| OSU FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
| BIRDS OF PREY FOUNDATION | $1,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–17) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 8% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
4 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. 4 of the 5 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.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
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How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Barber Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Barber Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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