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The Coit Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$567k
Granted FY2024still arriving
16
Grants FY2024still arriving
1
States reached
$80k
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 2024.

Education$814kEnvironment$610kArts & Culture$537kScience & Tech$430kHealth$412kFood & Nutrition$300kAnimals$195kHousing & Shelter$110k
02FY2024 · 16 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k13 grants · $372k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $195k
$30,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN OREGON$80,000
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (OMSI)$65,000
OREGON FOOD BANK$50,000
OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$47,000
OREGON COAST AQUARIUM$40,000
COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL$35,000
OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION$30,000
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$30,000
FRIENDS OF HOPEWELL HOUSE$30,000
SMART (START MAKING A READER TODAY)$30,000
OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING$25,000
OPAL CREEK ANCIENT FOREST CENTER$25,000
RANDALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION$20,000
HIGH DESERT MUSEUM$20,000
OREGON BALLET THEATRE$20,000
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.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 93% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%HIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $82k → 10%OREGON COAST AQUARIUM: $40k → 16%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $65k → 18%OREGON COAST AQUARIUM: $40k → 16%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $48k → 18%OREGON COAST AQUARIUM: $35k → 16%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $47k → 18%OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $30k → 18%OREGON FOOD BANK: $50k → 12%OREGON FOOD BANK: $50k → 12%OREGON FOOD BANK: $50k → 12%OREGON FOOD BANK: $50k → 12%OREGON FOOD BANK: $40k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $35k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $35k → 12%COMMUNITY TRADITIONAL SCHOOL: $35k → 12%COMMUNITY TRADITIONAL SCHOOL: $35k → 12%COMMUNITY TRADITIONAL SCHOOL: $35k → 12%COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $35k → 12%COMMUNITY TRADITIONAL SCHOOL: $35k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY IN OREGON: $80k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $80k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $80k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $70k → 12%OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY (OMSI): $65k → 12%OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $65k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 12%OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $50k → 12%THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50k → 12%OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $50k → 12%OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $50k → 12%OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $50k → 12%OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $50k → 12%OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $50k → 12%OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $30k → 12%OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $30k → 12%SMART (START MAKING A READER TODAY): $30k → 12%SMART (START MAKING A READER TODAY): $30k → 12%SMART (START MAKING A READER TODAY): $30k → 12%SMART (START MAKING A READER TODAY): $30k → 12%FRIENDS OF HOPEWELL HOUSE: $40k → 12%RANDALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $57k → 12%RANDALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $45k → 12%RANDALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $45k → 12%RANDALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $45k → 12%RANDALL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $35k → 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.

100%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$2.9M · 15 repeat orgs$0 to everyone else

15 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
0

Total granted

$2.9M
$0

Still filing today

93%
0%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 & CultureEducationAnimalsHealthHousing & ShelterEnvironmentOther
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 MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
    8× · 2017–2024 · $430k · revenue +29%
  • OREGON FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2024 · $300k · revenue +70%
  • RC
    RANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    8× · 2017–2024 · $292k · revenue +21%

Funded once

    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
    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
    2
    Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
    Environment
    3
    Oregon Research Institute

    Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

    Social Science
    4
    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
    5
    Oregon Center for Public Policy

    The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

    Employment
    6
    Oregon Restaurant and Lodging Association

    Orla serves as the leading industry advocate, striving to protect, improve and promote oregon hospitality.

    —
    7
    University of Oregon Foundation

    The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…

    Education
    8
    Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc

    To conserve and enhance land in southern oregon to sustain our human and natural communities forever.

    Environment
    9
    The Oregon Community Foundation

    The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives of all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy.

    Philanthropy
    10
    Aquarium of the Pacific Corporation

    The aquarium of the pacific's mission is to instill a sense of wonder, respect, and stewardship for the pacific ocean, its inhabitants, and ecosystems.

    Animals
    11
    Agricultural Research Foundation

    Our mission is to encourage facilitate support and engage in scientific investigation and research experimentation and to advance educational and training activities related to agriculture and natural resources throughout the state of…

    —
    12
    Oregon Historical Society

    As the steward of oregon's history, the oregon historical society educates, informs, and engages the public through collecting, preserving, and interpreting the past....in other words, oregon history matters.

    Arts & Culture
    How this is measured
    The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Oregon Public Broadcasting; the most unlike its peers is Community Transitional School. 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

    15 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. 15 of the 16 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.

    0
    Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
    4
    Early backer (in before they grew)
    15/15
    Grantees still filing
    11/15
    Grew since first funded

    Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

    THE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $510,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYOREGON FOOD BANK: $300,000 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKSMART (START MAKING A READER TODAY): $220,000 · OtherSMART (START MAKING A READER TODAY)PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $60,000 · OtherPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $430,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND IND…HIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $227,000 · Arts & CultureHIGH DESERT MUSEUMOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $200,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTINGOREGON BALLET THEATRE: $110,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON BALLET THEATREOregon State University Foundation: $289,000 · EducationOregon State Univ…COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $245,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY TRANSIT…RANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $291,500 · HealthRANDALL C…OREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC: $135,000 · AnimalsTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $60,000 · AnimalsFriends of Hopewell House dba Hopewell House: $120,000 · PhilanthropyOREGON ENERGY FUND: $110,000 · Housing & ShelterOpal Creek Ancient Forest Center: $100,000 · Environment
    Other$1,090,000Arts & Culture$967,000Education$534,000Health$291,500Animals$195,000Philanthropy$120,000Housing & Shelter$110,000Environment$100,000

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

    25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $510,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $430,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $300,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $291,500 over 8y, 3.7% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $289,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $245,000 over 7y, 2.8% of budgetHIGH DESERT MUSEUM: $227,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $200,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC: $135,000 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetFriends of Hopewell House dba Hopewell House: $120,000 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetOREGON ENERGY FUND: $110,000 over 8y, 1.2% of budgetOREGON BALLET THEATRE: $110,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetOpal Creek Ancient Forest Center: $100,000 over 6y, 2.0% of budgetTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $60,000 over 2y, 0.1% 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 THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
    • Who funds OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ↗
    • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
    • Who funds RANDALL CHILDRENS HOSPITAL FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
    • Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL ↗
    • Who funds HIGH DESERT MUSEUM ↗
    • Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
    • Who funds OREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC ↗
    • Who funds Friends of Hopewell House dba Hopewell House ↗
    • Who funds OREGON ENERGY FUND ↗
    • Who funds OREGON BALLET THEATRE ↗
    • Who funds Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center ↗
    • Who funds THE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION ↗
    • Who funds PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗

    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.

    The Oregon Community …Willard L & Ruth P Ec…Juan Young TrustHillman Family Founda…Clark FoundationThe Swigert FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…The Robert D and Marc…The Jackson FoundationMaybelle Clark Macdon…OCF Joseph E Weston P…M J Murdock Charitabl…
    The Oregon Community FoundationOR20.7× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

    Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Willard L & Ruth P Eccles Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Hillman Family Foundations · Clark Foundation · The Swigert Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · The Jackson Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust

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

    2024
    ’20’21’22’23’24’25
    no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
    • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
    • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
    • High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
    • Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
    • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
    • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
    • Oregon Ballet Theatre: 0% of income from government
    • Randall Childrens Hospital Foundation: 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
    3get no government money at all
    1report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    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.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to The Coit Family Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to The Coit Family 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 16 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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