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The Carpenter Foundation at a glance

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The Carpenter Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$949k
Granted FY2025still arriving
116
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$30k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

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
02FY2025 · 116 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k78 grants · $392k
  • $10k–50k38 grants · $558k
$6,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$19M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Individual grant recipient$30,000
OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION$30,000
UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY$25,000
ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY - ROGUE VALLEY DISTRICT COUNCIL$22,500
SOUTH MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL$20,500
JOSEPHINE COMMUNITY LIBRARY FOUNDATION$20,000
ROGUE RETREAT$20,000
LIVING OPPORTUNITIES$20,000
NORTH MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL$19,500
MASLOW PROJECT$17,000
CRATER HIGH SCHOOL$16,500
JACKSON COUNTY SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAM$15,000
SOUTHERN OREGON CHILD & FAMILY COUNCIL$15,000
CASA OF JACKSON COUNTY INC$15,000
SCIENCE WORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM$15,000
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 (FY17–25, $452k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 98% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%PARTNERSHIPS IN COMMUNITY LIVING INC: $5k → 13%PINK LEMONADE PROJECT: $5k → 9%PINK LEMONADE PROJECT: $5k → 9%ILLINOIS VALLEY LIVING SOLUTIONS: $10k → 18%HEALTHY U: $5k → 18%ANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $8k → 13%ANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $5k → 13%ANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $5k → 13%ANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $5k → 13%FRIENDS OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY: $15k → 18%GREENLEAF INDUSTRIES: $12k → 18%WOMEN'S CRISIS SUPPORT TEAM: $12k → 18%WOMEN'S CRISIS SUPPORT TEAM: $10k → 18%WOMEN'S CRISIS SUPPORT TEAM: $10k → 18%FRIENDS OF JOSEPHINE COUNTY FOOD BANK: $10k → 18%SET FREE SERVICES: $15k → 13%ROGUE VALLEY YMCA: $15k → 13%SET FREE SERVICES: $15k → 13%COMPASS HOUSE: $13k → 13%COMPASS HOUSE: $13k → 13%COMPASS HOUSE: $13k → 13%COMPASS HOUSE: $12k → 13%Rogue Valley Family YMCA: $12k → 13%SET FREE SERVICES: $12k → 13%SET FREE SERVICES: $10k → 13%SET FREE SERVICES: $10k → 13%ROGUE VALLEY FAMILY YMCA: $10k → 13%SET FREE SERVICES: $10k → 13%Compass House: $10k → 13%SET FREE SERVICES: $10k → 13%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SOUTHERN OREGON: $9k → 13%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SOUTHERN OREGON: $9k → 13%Hearts With A Mission: $5k → 13%SOUTHERN OREGON FRIENDS OF HOSPICE: $10k → 13%GOLDEN RUNE REENTRY: $5k → 13%SOUTHERN OREGON FRIENDS OF HOSPICE: $5k → 13%REBUILDING TOGETHER ROGUE VALLEY: $6k → 13%JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 13%Jacksonville Community Center: $5k → 13%JACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER: $5k → 13%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SOUTHERN OREGON: $7k → 13%DAVID'S CHAIR OUTDOOR MOBILITY SYSTEMS: $7k → 13%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SOUTHERN OREGON: $7k → 13%Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Southern Oregon: $5k → 13%DAVID'S CHAIR OUTDOOR MOBILITY SYSTEMS: $5k → 13%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SOUTHERN OREGON: $5k → 13%CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SOUTHERN OREGON: $5k → 13%ROGUE RIVER COMMUNITY CENTER: $10k → 13%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.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.5M · 173 repeat orgs$660k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +34% since the first grant, against +19% for those funded once.

173 repeat relationships: 95 still active in FY2025, 78 since wound down; 19 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

173
110

Total granted

$6.5M
$567k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+34%
+19%

Still filing today

66%
51%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 90% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $93k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHuman ServicesHealthEducationEnvironmentYouth 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

  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC
    9× · 2017–2025 · $209k · revenue +96%
  • RC
    ROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION
    7× · 2017–2024 · $200k · revenue +311%
  • SH
    SCIENCEWORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2025 · $120k · revenue +98%

Funded once

  • OF
    Options for Southern Oregongraduated
    one grant, 2019 · $20k · revenue +73%
  • AC
    ARMADILLO COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL
    one grant, 2023 · $16k · revenue -27%
  • JC
    JOSEPHINE COMMUNITY LIBRARY DISTRICT
    one grant, 2020 · $16k
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
Rogue Action Center

Our mission is to grow organizing power and leaders for a more just and thriving Southern Oregon.

Community Improvement
2
Earth Day Oregon
—
3
Rogue Climate

Rogue Climate's mission is to empower Southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change including low-income, rural, youth, seniors & communities of color, to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs &…

Education
4
Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
Environment
5
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
6
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
7
Ashland Works

Local Innovation Works supports recovery and resilience in Southern Oregon by supporting and training emerging leaders in values-aligned community organizations. It also hosts public conversations on topics related to the long term…

Community Improvement
8
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
9
Southern Oregon Forest Restoration Collaborative

Engage with diverse constituencies on forest health and wild fire risk projects to support resilient landscapes, thriving communities, wood manufacturing and workforce development

Environment
10
Greater Oregon City Watershed Council

To conserve, enhance and protect the quality and ecological integrity of the watersheds by providing a cooperative forum to promote and facilitate integrated watershed management.

Environment
11
Oregon Urban Rural and Community Forestry Dba Our Community Forestry

To restore, protect, and build resilient urban tree canopies in Oregon, with a focus on underserved and climate-vulnerable communities. The organization provides tree planting, preservation, education, workforce development, and long-term…

Environment
12
Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund Oregon Wild

Oregon Wild works to protect and restore Oregon's wildlands, wildlife and waters as an enduring legacy for future generations.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Living Opportunities Inc; the most unlike its peers is Eugene Debbs Potts 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

192 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. 192 of the 302 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
72
Early backer (in before they grew)
185/192
Grantees still filing
131/192
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Individual grant recipient: $231,000 · OtherIndividual grant recipientSOUTH MEDFORD HIGH SCHOOL: $183,100 · OtherNorth Medford High School: $179,500 · OtherCRATER HIGH SCHOOL: $148,500 · Other+117 more: $3,254,300 · Other+117 moreOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $210,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON SHAKE…SCIENCEWORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM: $120,000 · Arts & CultureSCIENCEWORKS…SOUTHERN OREGON FILM SOCIETY ASHLAND INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL: $44,000 · Arts & CultureSOUTHERN ORE…Ashland New Plays Festival: $39,000 · Arts & CultureAshland New …Grants Pass Museum of Art: $39,000 · Arts & CultureGrants Pass …+18 more: $272,100 · Arts & Culture+18 moreROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $200,000 · EducationROGUE COMMU…SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationSOUTHERN OR…SOUTHERN OREGON CHILD AND FAMILY COUNCIL INC: $75,000 · EducationSOUTHERN OR…Josephine Community Library Foundation: $60,000 · EducationJosephine C…COLLEGE DREAMS INC: $57,300 · EducationCOLLEGE DRE…OREGON ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: $56,650 · EducationOREGON ALLI…PEACE HOUSE: $36,000 · EducationROGUE VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL: $31,000 · EducationTHE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ROGUE VALLEY CHILDREN'S RELIEF NURSERY: $30,000 · EducationSOUTHERN OREGON GUILD: $27,500 · Education+4 more: $55,000 · Education+4 moreSET FREE SERVICES: $82,000 · Human ServicesCOMPASS HOUSE INC: $59,500 · Human ServicesCONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SOUTHERN OREGON INC: $47,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC MEDFORD dba RV FAMILY YMCA: $37,000 · Human ServicesWOMEN'S CRISIS SUPPORT TEAM: $32,000 · Human ServicesANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $25,500 · Human ServicesDAVIDS CHAIR OUTDOOR MOBILITY SYSTEMS: $19,050 · Human ServicesJACKSONVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER: $15,000 · Human ServicesSOUTHERN OREGON FRIENDS OF HOSPICE: $15,000 · Human ServicesFriends of Josephine County Childrens Advocacy: $15,000 · Human ServicesMid Rogue Foundation: $15,000 · Human Services+8 more: $81,500 · Human ServicesROGUE RETREAT: $102,500 · HealthROGUE COMMUNITY HEALTH: $53,000 · HealthCROSSING BRIDGES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $37,000 · HealthOregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation: $35,000 · HealthCOMMUNITY WORKS INC: $30,000 · HealthADDICTIONS RECOVERY CENTER INC: $25,000 · HealthOptions for Southern Oregon: $20,000 · HealthPHOENIX COUNSELING CENTER INC: $17,000 · HealthALS Northwest: $14,500 · Health+6 more: $49,000 · HealthMASLOW PROJECT: $112,000 · Youth DevelopmentBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE ROGUE VALLEY: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentKIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON: $62,500 · Youth DevelopmentMT ASHLAND ASSOCIATION: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentROGUE VALLEY MENTORING: $20,500 · Youth Development+2 more: $19,000 · Youth DevelopmentUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $209,000 · Philanthropy
Other$3,996,400Arts & Culture$724,100Education$703,450Human Services$443,550Health$383,000Youth Development$324,000Philanthropy$209,000

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$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $210,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetUNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $209,000 over 9y, 2.0% of budgetROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $200,000 over 7y, 3.5% of budgetSCIENCEWORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM: $120,000 over 8y, 1.7% of budgetMASLOW PROJECT: $112,000 over 9y, 0.6% of budgetROGUE RETREAT: $102,500 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetOPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING RESOURCES AND: $102,000 over 7y, 5.7% of budgetACCESS: $92,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetCivics Learning Project: $91,500 over 9y, 1.5% of budgetBOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE ROGUE VALLEY: $85,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetSET FREE SERVICES: $82,000 over 7y, 15% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON CHILD AND FAMILY COUNCIL INC: $75,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetHOPE EQUESTRIAN CENTER: $74,000 over 9y, 4.1% of budgetYOUTH SYMPHONY OF SOUTHERN OREGON: $73,500 over 9y, 6.4% of budgetJACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES CONSORTIUM: $69,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetKIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON: $62,500 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetJosephine Community Library Foundation: $60,000 over 3y, 2.5% of budgetCOMPASS HOUSE INC: $59,500 over 5y, 2.1% of budgetSPARTAN BOXING CLUB: $58,000 over 7y, 4.6% of budgetCOLLEGE DREAMS INC: $57,300 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetOREGON ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES: $56,650 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetROGUE COMMUNITY HEALTH: $53,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetCONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SOUTHERN OREGON INC: $47,000 over 7y, 1.5% of budgetONTRACK INC: $45,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetLIVING OPPORTUNITIES INC: $45,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetHIV ALLIANCE: $44,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON FILM SOCIETY ASHLAND INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL: $44,000 over 6y, 2.5% of budgetNonprofit Association of Oregon: $43,500 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON REPERTORY SINGERS: $42,500 over 8y, 2.9% of budgetPACIFICA A GARDEN IN THE SISKIYOUS: $41,250 over 7y, 2.2% of budgetReaching Our Community ROC Food Pantry: $40,000 over 4y, 6.9% of budgetAshland New Plays Festival: $39,000 over 7y, 6.2% of budgetGrants Pass Museum of Art: $39,000 over 7y, 3.2% of budgetSISKIYOU FIELD INSTITUTE: $39,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetCROSSING BRIDGES THERAPEUTIC RIDING CENTER INC: $37,000 over 9y, 1.7% of budgetYOUNG MENS CHRISTIAN ASSOC MEDFORD dba RV FAMILY YMCA: $37,000 over 3y, 0.5% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON LAND CONSERVANCY INC: $37,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetPEACE HOUSE: $36,000 over 6y, 2.8% of budgetOregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation: $35,000 over 5y, 0.7% of budgetWOMEN'S CRISIS SUPPORT TEAM: $32,000 over 3y, 1.3% of budgetROGUE VALLEY FARM TO SCHOOL: $31,000 over 4y, 4.2% of budgetTHE FAMILY NURTURING CENTER ROGUE VALLEY CHILDREN'S RELIEF NURSERY: $30,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY WORKS INC: $30,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetCASA OF JACKSON COUNTY INC: $30,000 over 2y, 1.2% of budgetSOUTHERN OREGON GUILD: $27,500 over 6y, 12% of budgetANIMA MUNDI PRODUCTIONS: $25,500 over 5y, 3.9% of budgetMT ASHLAND ASSOCIATION: $25,000 over 3y, 0.2% 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 SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY INC ↗
  • Who funds ROGUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SCIENCEWORKS HANDS-ON MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds MASLOW PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds ROGUE RETREAT ↗
  • Who funds OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSING RESOURCES AND ↗
  • Who funds ACCESS ↗
  • Who funds Civics Learning Project ↗
  • Who funds BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF THE ROGUE VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds SET FREE SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHERN OREGON CHILD AND FAMILY COUNCIL INC ↗
  • Who funds HOPE EQUESTRIAN CENTER ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH SYMPHONY OF SOUTHERN OREGON ↗
  • Who funds JACKSON COUNTY COMMUNITY SERVICES CONSORTIUM ↗
  • Who funds KIDS UNLIMITED OF OREGON ↗
  • Who funds Josephine Community Library Foundation ↗
  • Who funds COMPASS HOUSE INC ↗
  • Who funds SPARTAN BOXING CLUB ↗
  • Who funds COLLEGE DREAMS INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON ALLIANCE OF INDEPENDENT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES ↗
  • Who funds ROGUE COMMUNITY HEALTH ↗
  • Who funds CONSUMER CREDIT COUNSELING SERVICE OF SOUTHERN OREGON INC ↗
  • Who funds ONTRACK INC ↗

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 Founda…Four Way Community Fo…The Roundhouse Founda…The Oregon Community …The Ford Family Found…The Autzen FoundationJoe & Frances Naumes …The Collins FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…Careoregon IncWest Family FoundationRobert and Frances Ch…
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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization The Carpenter Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Carpenter Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 620%1%5%11%20%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Farmers Market Fund: 100% of income from government
  • Klamath Bird Observatory: 100% of income from government
  • Applegate Partnership Inc: 100% of income from government
  • Illinois Valley Watershed Council: 100% of income from government
  • Rogue River Watershed Council: 94% of income from government
  • Partnerships in Community Living Inc: 93% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Child and Family Council Inc: 92% of income from government
  • Rogue Farm Corps: 91% of income from government
  • Living Opportunities Inc: 90% of income from government
  • United Community Action Network: 82% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Aspire: 82% of income from government
  • Maxs Mission: 77% of income from government
  • Lines for Life: 70% of income from government
  • Access: 65% of income from government
  • Community Works Inc: 59% of income from government
  • Hiv Alliance: 54% of income from government
  • Hearts With a Mission: 51% of income from government
  • Rogue Food Unites: 48% of income from government
  • Golden Rule Reentry: 47% of income from government
  • Reclaiming Lives: 47% of income from government
  • Oregon Spinal Cord Injury Connection: 44% of income from government
  • Rogue Valley Mentoring: 42% of income from government
  • Oregon Center for Creative Learning Dba Kid Time: 42% of income from government
  • Raices de Bienestar: 41% of income from government
  • Illinois Valley Family Coalition: 40% of income from government
  • The Family Nurturing Center Rogue Valley Children's Relief Nursery: 38% of income from government
  • Butte Falls Community School Partnership: 38% of income from government
  • Understory Initiative: 36% of income from government
  • Grants Pass Sobering Center Inc: 31% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Climate Action Now: 30% of income from government
  • Greater Applegate Community Development: 26% of income from government
  • Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation: 24% of income from government
  • College Dreams Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Maslow Project: 22% of income from government
  • Siskiyou Mountain Club: 22% of income from government
  • Rogue Valley Farm to School: 17% of income from government
  • Siskiyou Field Institute: 17% of income from government
  • The Dome School: 17% of income from government
  • Illinois Valley Wellness Resources: 16% of income from government
  • Oregon Wildlife Heritage Foundation: 16% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Rogue Community Health: 13% of income from government
  • Rogue Retreat: 12% of income from government
  • Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau: 11% of income from government
  • United Way of Jackson County Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Anima Mundi Productions: 10% of income from government
  • Addictions Recovery Center Inc: 9% of income from government
  • Barnstormers Theatre: 8% of income from government
  • Compass House Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Ontrack Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Craterian Performances Company: 6% of income from government
  • Nonprofit Association of Oregon: 6% of income from government
  • Rogue Valley Wind Ensemble: 6% of income from government
  • Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon: 6% of income from government
  • Miracle Theatre Group: 6% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Oregon & Sw Washington Inc: 5% of income from government
  • White Oak Farm & Education Center: 5% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Repertory Singers: 5% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Historical Society Inc: 4% of income from government
  • Options for Southern Oregon: 4% of income from government
  • Siskiyou Singers: 4% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Architecture Foundation of Oregon: 4% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Guild: 3% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Film Society Ashland Independent Film Festival: 3% of income from government
  • Hope Equestrian Center: 3% of income from government
  • Art Presence Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Ashland New Plays Festival: 2% of income from government
  • Equamore Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Woodland Charter School: 2% of income from government
  • Portland Opera Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Chess for Success: 2% of income from government
  • Grants Pass Museum of Art: 2% of income from government
  • Young Mens Christian Assoc Medford dba Rv Family Ymca: 1% of income from government
  • Collaborative Theatre Project Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Josephine County Food Bank: 1% of income from government
  • Young Musicians & Artists Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Scienceworks Hands-On Museum: 0% of income from government
  • Casa of Jackson County Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Southern Oregon Friends of Hospice: 0% of income from government
  • Jackson County Community Services Consortium: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Mid Rogue Imaging Center: 0% of income from government
  • Healthy U: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
62get no government money at all
29report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
17rely 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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Find your warmest path to The Carpenter Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

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 302 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 2025, released 2025. 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