Oregon · Private foundation
The Carol and Velma Saling 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.
- $603k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 27
- Grants FY2025
- 23
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $20,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $60,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 21 to 26
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $12M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 4% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $20k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 26 | $566k | 31% |
| FY2024 | 23 | $524k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 26 | $549k | 15% |
| FY2022 | 24 | $589k | 8% |
| FY2021 | 25 | $505k | 16% |
| FY2020 | 24 | $491k | 8% |
| FY2019 | 22 | $490k | 18% |
| FY2018 | 21 | $456k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Rivers Conservancy | $450,000 | 8 | 1% |
| League of Women Voters of Oregon | $401,000 | 8 | 52% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $400,000 | 7 | 0% |
| Civics Learning Project | $299,800 | 8 | 6% |
| Community Vision Inc | $198,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Komak | $160,000 | 8 | 15% |
| Lift Urban Portland | $158,000 | 8 | 2% |
| Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc | $143,500 | 8 | 2% |
| American-Hellenic Educational Center Inc | $140,000 | 7 | 10% |
| Association of Northwest Steelheaders | $138,900 | 8 | 36% |
Show all 29 grantees
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 17 recipients with no EIN on record ($872k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 25 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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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 · Meyer Memorial Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Collins Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Juan Young Trust · The Holzman Foundation · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation
How this is measured
Compare The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation with peer funders
About The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation
- How much does The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation give?
- The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation reported 27 grants totaling $602,700 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 21 and 26 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Environment (30%), Public Benefit (26%), Health (15%).
- Who are The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Western Rivers Conservancy ($450k), League of Women Voters of Oregon ($401k), Oregon Public Broadcasting ($400k).
- Does The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Carol and Velma Saling 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 Carol and Velma Saling Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation.
- Where is The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation based?
- The Carol and Velma Saling Foundation is based in OR.
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