How much does The Carpenter Foundation give?

The Carpenter Foundation reported 116 grants totaling $949,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 69 and 100 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.

What does The Carpenter Foundation fund?

By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Arts & Culture (20%), Human Services (12%).

Who are The Carpenter Foundation's largest grantees?

By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc ($210k), United Way of Jackson County Inc ($209k), Rogue Community College Foundation ($200k).

Does The Carpenter Foundation fund new organizations?

In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.

Does The Carpenter Foundation accept unsolicited applications?

Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.

Which funders back the same organizations as The Carpenter Foundation?

Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carrico Family Foundation, Four Way Community Foundation, The Roundhouse Foundation.

Where is The Carpenter Foundation based?

The Carpenter Foundation is based in OR.

Foundation Dossiers

Oregon · Private foundation

The Carpenter Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$949k
Granted FY2025(still arriving): 116
Grants FY2025: 100
Organizations funded FY2024: 35%
First-time grantees FY2024

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Median grant, FY2025: $6,000
Largest grant, FY2025: $30,000
Organizations funded a year: 69 to 100; FY2018 to FY2024
States reached, FY2025: 4
Total assets, FY2025: $19M
Applications: Takes unsolicited applications; Per its most recent filing; check its own site

How open it is to new grantees

In FY2024, 35% of the organizations The Carpenter Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 24% of its grant dollars.

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 76% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $217k went to new ones.

RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

EducationHuman ServicesArts & CultureHealthEnvironmentCommunity ImprovementOther

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.

The numbers by year

Fiscal year	Organizations funded	To those organizations	First-time grantees
FY2025still arriving	114	$949k	17%
FY2024	100	$906k	35%
FY2023	95	$882k	15%
FY2022	69	$675k	16%
FY2021	85	$745k	24%
FY2020	100	$715k	24%
FY2019	96	$781k	29%
FY2018	91	$689k	45%

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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Education$1.9MArts & Culture$1.4MHuman Services$831kHealth$654kHousing & Shelter$440kYouth Development$316kPhilanthropy$210kEnvironment$205kOther$0

Top grantees

Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.

Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc	$210,000	8	0%
United Way of Jackson County Inc	$209,000	9	2%
Rogue Community College Foundation	$200,000	7	3%
Scienceworks Hands-On Museum	$120,000	8	2%
Ashland High School	$119,300	9	n/a
Maslow Project	$112,000	9	1%
Rogue Retreat	$102,500	8	1%
Opportunities for Housing Resources And	$102,000	7	6%
Access	$92,500	7	0%
Civics Learning Project	$91,500	9	1%

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All grantees of The Carpenter Foundation by total granted
Grantee	Total granted	Years	Share of their budget
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc	$210,000	8	0%
United Way of Jackson County Inc	$209,000	9	2%
Rogue Community College Foundation	$200,000	7	3%
Scienceworks Hands-On Museum	$120,000	8	2%
Ashland High School	$119,300	9	n/a
Maslow Project	$112,000	9	1%
Rogue Retreat	$102,500	8	1%
Opportunities for Housing Resources And	$102,000	7	6%
Access	$92,500	7	0%
Civics Learning Project	$91,500	9	1%
Boys & Girls Club of the Rogue Valley	$85,000	7	1%
Set Free Services	$82,000	7	15%
Southern Oregon University Foundation	$75,000	2	1%
Southern Oregon Child and Family Council Inc	$75,000	4	0%
Hope Equestrian Center	$74,000	9	4%
Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon	$73,500	9	6%
Jackson County Community Services Consortium	$69,500	6	12%
Kids Unlimited of Oregon	$62,500	4	0%
Josephine Community Library Foundation	$60,000	3	3%
Compass House Inc	$59,500	5	2%
Spartan Boxing Club	$58,000	7	5%
College Dreams Inc	$57,300	5	0%
Oregon Alliance of Independent Colleges & Universities	$56,650	8	1%
Rogue Community Health	$53,000	3	0%
Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Southern Oregon Inc	$47,000	7	2%
Ontrack Inc	$45,000	4	0%
Living Opportunities Inc	$45,000	3	0%
HIV Alliance	$44,000	8	0%
Southern Oregon Film Society Ashland Independent Film Festival	$44,000	6	3%
Nonprofit Association of Oregon	$43,500	6	1%
Southern Oregon Repertory Singers	$42,500	8	3%
Pacifica a Garden in the Siskiyous	$41,250	7	2%
Reaching Our Community ROC Food Pantry	$40,000	4	7%
Ashland New Plays Festival	$39,000	7	6%
Grants Pass Museum of Art	$39,000	7	3%
Siskiyou Field Institute	$39,000	5	3%
Crossing Bridges Therapeutic Riding Center Inc	$37,000	9	2%
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC MEDFORD dba RV FAMILY YMCA	$37,000	3	1%
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc	$37,000	4	1%
Peace House	$36,000	6	3%
Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation	$35,000	5	1%
Women's Crisis Support Team	$32,000	3	1%
Rogue Valley Farm to School	$31,000	4	4%
St Marks Episcopal Church	$31,000	5	n/a
The Family Nurturing Center Rogue Valley Children's Relief Nursery	$30,000	3	0%
Community Works Inc	$30,000	2	1%
Casa of Jackson County Inc	$30,000	2	1%
Southern Oregon Guild	$27,500	6	12%
Anima Mundi Productions	$25,500	5	4%
Mt Ashland Association	$25,000	3	0%
Ashland Emergency Food Bank	$25,000	5	2%
Addictions Recovery Center Inc	$25,000	2	0%
Klamath Bird Observatory	$24,500	5	1%
Rogue Valley Chorale Association Inc	$23,500	5	4%
Barnstormers Theatre	$23,100	6	5%
Collaborative Theatre Project Inc	$23,000	6	3%
Miracle Theatre Group	$23,000	8	0%
Rogue Valley Council of Governments	$23,000	3	n/a
Southern Oregon Aspire	$23,000	3	0%
Multicultural Association of Southern Oregon	$21,000	5	4%
Rogue Valley Mentoring	$20,500	3	1%
Options for Southern Oregon	$20,000	1	0%
Illinois Valley Family Coalition	$20,000	3	5%
1st Phoenix Community Center	$19,500	3	7%
Southern Oregon Historical Society Inc	$19,500	3	2%
Davids Chair Outdoor Mobility Systems	$19,050	3	6%
Craterian Performances Company	$18,000	2	1%
Ballet Folklorico Ritmo Alegre	$18,000	4	4%
Grants Pass School District 7	$17,500	2	n/a
Butte Falls Community School Partnership	$17,000	3	7%
Phoenix Counseling Center Inc	$17,000	3	1%
Habitat for Humanity Rogue Valley	$16,000	2	0%
The Dome School	$16,000	3	3%
Armadillo Community Charter School	$16,000	1	1%
Josephine Community Library District	$16,000	1	n/a
Unique Projects Inc	$15,000	2	1%
Jacksonville Community Center	$15,000	3	4%
Josephine Community Libraries Inc	$15,000	1	2%
Southern Oregon Friends of Hospice	$15,000	2	0%
Sanctuary One	$15,000	3	1%
Brava Opera Theater	$15,000	3	6%
Jpr Foundation Inc	$15,000	2	0%
Providence Community Health Foundation	$15,000	2	1%
Culture of Peace Commissions	$15,000	3	11%
Friends of Josephine County Childrens Advocacy	$15,000	1	17%
Talent Maker City	$15,000	1	1%
Mid Rogue Foundation	$15,000	1	4%
Roots and Wings Child Development	$14,800	4	2%
ALS Northwest	$14,500	2	0%
Applegate Partnership Inc	$14,000	3	0%
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry	$14,000	5	0%
Illinois River Valley Arts Council	$14,000	3	n/a
Greater Applegate Community Development	$14,000	3	3%
Rogue Farm Corps	$13,500	3	1%
Illinois Valley 2010 Community Response Team	$13,000	2	2%
Parker House Project	$12,000	3	10%
Green Leaf Industries of Grants Pass	$12,000	1	1%
Grants Pass Sobering Center Inc	$11,500	3	2%
Equamore Foundation	$11,000	2	2%
Siskiyou Singers	$11,000	3	9%
The Hearth	$10,500	3	2%
Rogue Valley Peace Choir	$10,500	4	n/a
Upper Rogue Community Center Inc	$10,000	1	6%
Girl Scouts of Oregon & Sw Washington Inc	$10,000	2	0%
Illinois Valley Living Solutions	$10,000	1	17%
Spiral Living Center	$10,000	3	7%
Butte Creek Mill Foundation	$10,000	2	2%
Reclaiming Lives	$10,000	2	0%
Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival Association	$10,000	3	5%
Oregon Center for Creative Learning Dba Kid Time	$10,000	1	n/a
1000 Friends of Oregon	$10,000	2	0%
Josephine County Food Bank	$10,000	1	1%
Jackson County Child Abuse Task Force Dba Childrens Advocacy Center	$10,000	2	0%
Rebuilding Together Rogue Valley	$10,000	2	1%
Alexs Story	$10,000	2	n/a
Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau	$10,000	1	14%
Rogue River Community Center	$10,000	1	n/a
Pink Lemonade Project	$10,000	2	0%
Rogue River Watershed Council	$10,000	2	0%
Healthy U	$9,000	2	4%
White Oak Farm & Education Center	$9,000	3	2%
Neighborhood Food Project	$8,650	2	n/a
Planned Parenthood of Sw Oregon	$8,000	1	n/a
YOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC - GRANTS PASS co EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR	$8,000	2	0%
Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon	$8,000	2	0%
Illinois Valley Wellness Resources	$7,500	2	3%
Rogue Valley Food System Network	$7,500	1	2%
Rogue Food Unites	$7,500	1	0%
Three Rivers Community Orchestra	$7,500	3	n/a
Lines for Life	$7,000	2	0%
Southern Oregon Jobs With Justice	$7,000	2	4%
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington	$7,000	1	0%
Siskiyou Violins	$7,000	2	n/a
Rusk Ranch Nature Center	$6,500	3	4%
Resolve Center for Dispute Resolution & Restorative Justice	$6,500	1	1%
Oregon Values and Beliefs Center	$6,000	1	2%
Wildlife Images Rehabilitation & Education	$6,000	1	n/a
Kxcj-Lp	$6,000	2	5%
Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center	$6,000	2	0%
Pollinator Project Rogue Valley	$6,000	2	2%
Rogue Valley Wind Ensemble	$6,000	1	12%
Prospect Community Club	$5,000	1	n/a
Medical Teams International	$5,000	1	0%
Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
The Valley School Of	$5,000	1	0%
Chess for Success	$5,000	2	0%
Josephine County Dep'T of Health	$5,000	1	n/a
Disruptors Org	$5,000	1	5%
Cross the Divide	$5,000	2	1%
Partnerships in Community Living Inc	$5,000	1	0%
Girls Build	$5,000	1	n/a
Hearts With a Mission	$5,000	1	0%
Friends of the Animals	$5,000	1	n/a
Joe's Place Ministries	$5,000	1	1%
Southern Oregon Climate Action Now	$5,000	1	5%
Redemption Ridge	$5,000	1	1%
Farmers Market Fund	$5,000	1	0%
Applegate Siskiyou Alliance	$5,000	1	5%
Siskiyou Mountain Club	$5,000	1	1%
Oregon Robotics Tournament & Outreach Program	$5,000	1	1%
Raices de Bienestar	$5,000	1	0%
Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection	$5,000	1	n/a
Ashland Folk Collective	$5,000	2	1%
Jackson County Library Foundation	$5,000	1	2%
Cascade Community Pool Corporation	$5,000	1	2%
Evans Valley Community Association	$5,000	1	n/a
Golden Rule Reentry	$5,000	1	1%
Asante Foundation	$5,000	1	0%
Bear Creek Greenway Foundation	$4,800	1	n/a
United Community Action Network	$4,500	1	0%
Ashland Parks Foundation	$4,500	1	3%
Oasis Center of the Rogue Valley	$4,000	1	0%
Healthy Democracy Fund	$4,000	1	n/a
Art Presence Inc	$4,000	1	3%
Art in Bloom	$4,000	1	n/a
The Pacific Forest Trust Incorporated	$4,000	1	0%
Young Musicians & Artists Inc	$4,000	1	1%
Architecture Foundation of Oregon	$4,000	2	1%
Assist	$3,125	1	1%
Understory Initiative	$3,000	1	n/a
Meals of Hope Inc	$3,000	1	0%
Maxs Mission	$3,000	1	3%
Woodland Charter School	$3,000	1	0%
Rogue Valley Street Dogs	$3,000	1	2%
Newport Symphony Orchestra	$3,000	1	1%
Ashland High Arts Advocates	$3,000	1	n/a
Cascade Pacific RC&D Area	$3,000	1	0%
Freedom Farms	$3,000	1	3%
Cave Junction Farmers Market	$3,000	1	n/a
Ashland Schools Foundation	$3,000	1	0%
Rogue Valley Humane Society	$3,000	1	0%
Southern Oregon Music Festival	$3,000	1	2%
Disabilities Recreation Project	$2,680	1	n/a
Southern Oregon Humane Society	$2,500	1	0%
Redwood Christian Church	$2,500	1	n/a
Team Overland	$2,500	1	n/a
Portland Opera Association Inc	$2,500	1	0%
Friends of Country Living	$2,000	1	n/a
Jacksonville Elementary Parent Teacher Organization	$2,000	1	3%
Ashland News	$2,000	1	1%
Help Now Advocacy	$2,000	1	5%
Mid Rogue Imaging Center	$2,000	1	0%
Compassion Highway Project	$2,000	1	n/a
Do Good Foundation	$2,000	1	3%
Illinois Valley Watershed Council	$1,500	1	n/a
Rogue Rowing	$1,500	1	1%
Community Counseling Center of Ashland	$1,500	1	n/a
Randall Theatre Company	$1,500	1	4%
Josephine County Foundation	$1,200	1	n/a
Williams Community Forest Project	$1,000	1	n/a
Eugene Debbs Potts Foundation	$1,000	1	1%
3 Rivers Chorale	$1,000	1	n/a
Musica Matrix Inc	$1,000	1	n/a

What it could do for these grantees

Plus 89 recipients with no EIN on record ($2.4M), not named here.

Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Carpenter Foundation supplied at peak.

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How this is measured

Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 175.

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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.

Carrico Family FoundationOR142.6× affinity68 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Carrico Family Foundation · Four Way Community Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Ford Family Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Joe & Frances Naumes Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · Careoregon Inc · West Family Foundation · Robert and Frances Chaney Family Foundation

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.

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About The Carpenter Foundation

How much does The Carpenter Foundation give?: The Carpenter Foundation reported 116 grants totaling $949,450 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 69 and 100 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
What does The Carpenter Foundation fund?: By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (26%), Arts & Culture (20%), Human Services (12%).
Who are The Carpenter Foundation's largest grantees?: By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc ($210k), United Way of Jackson County Inc ($209k), Rogue Community College Foundation ($200k).
Does The Carpenter Foundation fund new organizations?: In FY2024, 35% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
Does The Carpenter Foundation accept unsolicited applications?: Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
Which funders back the same organizations as The Carpenter Foundation?: Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Carrico Family Foundation, Four Way Community Foundation, The Roundhouse Foundation.
Where is The Carpenter Foundation based?: The Carpenter Foundation is based in OR.