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The Firstenburg Foundation at a glance

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The Firstenburg Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$1.3M
Granted FY2024still arriving
68
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$215k
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.

Health$2.6MHousing & Shelter$2.2MYouth Development$1.5MEducation$1.4MHuman Services$1.1MRecreation & Sports$835kFood & Nutrition$766kArts & Culture$541kOther$0
02FY2024 · 68 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k20 grants · $73k
  • $10k–50k41 grants · $757k
  • $50k–250k7 grants · $515k
$10,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$43M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
SPECIALIZED HOUSING INC$215,000
SHARE INC$50,000
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF SW WASHINGTON$50,000
JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS$50,000
OUTSIDERS INN$50,000
COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS$50,000
COMMUNITY HOUSE ON BROADWAY$50,000
Individual grant recipient$48,000
WASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS$45,000
FISH OF VANCOUVER$43,550
FAMILY PROMISE OF CLARK COUNTY$40,000
SECOND STEP HOUSING$40,000
CASCADE AIDS PROJECT$40,000
COMMUNITY ROOTS COLLABORATIVE$35,000
LIFELINE CONNECTIONS$30,000
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 (FY17–24, $1.7M) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 35% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $75k → 11%FAMILY PROMISE OF COWLITZ COUNTY: $10k → 13%LUTHERAN COMMUNITY SERVICES NORTHWEST: $10k → 11%NW FURNITURE BANK: $10k → 9%WASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS: $45k → 10%WASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS: $10k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF COWLITZ: $10k → 13%WASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS: $10k → 10%FAMILY PROMISE OF COWLITZ COUNTY: $10k → 13%COMMUNITY HOUSE ON BROADWAY: $50k → 13%COMMUNITY HOUSE ON BROADWAY: $50k → 13%CLOTH AND FOSTER: $10k → 9%ASHBY FAMILY LEAD & ENGAGEMENT SERVICES: $10k → 9%EMERGENCY SUPPORT SHELTER: $25k → 13%FISH OF COWLITZ COUNTY: $10k → 13%CDM SERVICES: $45k → 9%CDM SERVICES: $45k → 9%YWCA CLARK COUNTY: $30k → 9%IMPACT NW: $50k → 12%NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETES: $70k → 9%FISH OF VANCOUVER: $65k → 9%NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETES: $50k → 9%PINK LEMONADE PROJECT: $50k → 9%JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS: $50k → 12%FISH OF VANCOUVER: $44k → 9%FISH OF VANCOUVER: $33k → 9%FISH OF VANCOUVER: $32k → 9%BRADLEY ANGLE: $46k → 12%OFFICE MOMS AND DADS: $27k → 9%BRADLEY ANGLE: $25k → 12%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $25k → 12%PINK LEMONADE PROJECT: $25k → 9%BLACK PARENT INITIATIVE: $60k → 12%FRIENDS OF THE CARPENTER: $25k → 9%COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE: $22k → 12%FOSTERFUL: $25k → 9%NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETES: $25k → 9%CHILDRENS HOME SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON: $20k → 9%PINK LEMONADE PROJECT: $20k → 9%PINK LEMONADE PROJECT: $20k → 9%OFFICE MOMS AND DADS: $15k → 9%YWCA CLARK COUNTY: $20k → 9%CDM CAREGIVING SERVICES: $50k → 9%CDM CAREGIVING SERVICES: $45k → 9%NW FURNITURE BANK: $30k → 9%PAX LEARNING CENTER: $25k → 9%SELF SUPPORT FOR EARLY LEARNING AND FAMILIES: $25k → 9%COMMUNITY HOME HEALTH AND HOSPICE: $50k → 9%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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
NY
OR
PA
CA
MO
AZ
HI
GA
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.
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Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 6% of The Firstenburg Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 99% of the giving stays in WA; by stated purpose, 91%.

The Firstenburg Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.3% directed abroad (not shown)
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

66%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$8.4M · 84 repeat orgs$4.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +52% since the first grant, against +27% for those funded once.

84 repeat relationships: 33 still active in FY2024, 51 since wound down; 23 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

84
161

Total granted

$8.4M
$3.8M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+52%
+27%

Still filing today

83%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 60% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $539k 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
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEducationYouth DevelopmentHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CC
    CLARK COLLEGE DISTRICT 14 FOUNDATION
    2× · 2017–2021 · $450k · revenue +143%
  • CC
    CLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK
    6× · 2017–2022 · $316k · revenue +69%
  • FV
    FORT VANCOUVER REGIONAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION
    6× · 2018–2024 · $255k · revenue +6%

Funded once

  • DL
    DE LA SALLE CATHOLIC NORTH HIGH SCHOOL
    one grant, 2021 · $125k
  • IG
    Individual grant recipient
    one grant, 2019 · $123k
  • COLUMBIA RIVER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICESgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $75k · revenue +35%
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.

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LArche Portland

At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…

Human Services
2
Priority Oregon

To support public policies that will help oregon's economy and create new family supporting jobs in oregon.

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3
Family Forward Oregon

We work collectively to educate and advocate for systems that elevate the vital work of care and caregiving in its many forms within our community.

Human Services
4
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
5
Building Changes

Building changes advances equitable responses to homelessness in washington state, with a focus on children, youth, and families. we work at the intersection of housing, education, and health systems, partnering with communities and public…

Health
6
Project Access Northwest

Project Access Northwest provides low-income families access to medical, dental and Behavioral Health care so they can live a healthier and more productive life.

Health
7
Columbia Wellness

CARE. Commitment to improving quality of life. Advocacy for mental health and overall well-being. Response to community needs. Effective treatment with measurable outcomes.

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8
Network Services

Network services has been serving homeless families in the puget sound area since 1990, with a focus on families with children. network services aims to break the cycle of homelessness by providing assistance to families with children to…

Human Services
9
Olympic Peninsula Community Clinic

Improving the quality of life for the people in the Olympic Peninsula Community by providing increased access to health and wellness services for the underserved

Health
10
Cascades Academy of Central Oregon

Cascades academy is an engaged, vibrant community that weaves challenging academics with experiential learning to inspire socially responsible individuals ready for a diverse and changing world.

Education
11
Thrive Central Oregon

To connect individuals to the housing and community resources they seek.

Human Services
12
House Our Neighbors

House Our Neighbors envisions a future where all people can afford to live and thrive in vibrant, cohesive, and climate resilient communities. To achieve this, we develop, advocate, and mobilize for policy to realize social housing for the…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Lifeworks Nw; the most unlike its peers is Pax Learning Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

181 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. 181 of the 270 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)
56
Early backer (in before they grew)
175/181
Grantees still filing
126/181
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK: $316,000 · OtherCHILDREN'S CENTER: $275,000 · OtherNEW HOPE FARMS: $240,000 · Other+114 more: $5,287,876 · Other+114 moreCDM IN-HOME CARE SERVICES: $190,000 · Human ServicesCDM IN-HOME CAR…FISH OF VANCOUVER: $176,458 · Human ServicesFISH OF VANCOUV…PINK LEMONADE PROJECT: $157,600 · Human ServicesPINK LEMONADE P…NORTHWEST ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETES: $145,000 · Human ServicesNORTHWEST ASSOC…COMMUNITY HOUSE ON BROADWAY: $100,000 · Human ServicesCOMMUNITY HOUSE…IMPACT NW: $87,500 · Human ServicesLutheran Community Services Northwest: $85,000 · Human ServicesFOSTERFUL: $76,856 · Human ServicesBradley Angle: $71,000 · Human ServicesFAMILY PROMISE OF CLARK COUNTY: $68,225 · Human ServicesWASHINGTON GORGE ACTION PROGRAMS: $65,000 · Human ServicesBlack Parent Initiative: $60,000 · Human Services+15 more: $444,483 · Human Services+15 moreBATTLE GROUND HEALTHCARE: $157,500 · HealthBATTLE GRO…DAYBREAK YOUTH SERVICES: $150,000 · HealthDAYBREAK Y…FORA HEALTH INC: $150,000 · HealthFORA HEALT…LIFELINE CONNECTIONS: $131,200 · HealthLIFELINE C…COWLITZ FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $80,000 · HealthCOWLITZ FA…FREE CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $77,500 · HealthFREE CLINI…COLUMBIA RIVER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $75,020 · HealthCOLUMBIA R…BLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $75,000 · HealthBLOOD CANC…PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $44,625 · Health+12 more: $273,983 · Health+12 moreCLARK COLLEGE DISTRICT 14 FOUNDATION: $450,000 · EducationCLARK COL…FORT VANCOUVER REGIONAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $255,000 · EducationFORT VANC…VANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $236,000 · EducationVANCOUVER…LOWER COLUMBIA COLLEGE FOUNDATION: $50,000 · EducationCHESS FOR SUCCESS: $45,000 · Education+3 more: $49,931 · EducationOPEN HOUSE MINISTRIES: $240,000 · Housing & ShelterOPEN HOUS…SPECIALIZED HOUSING INC: $215,000 · Housing & ShelterSPECIALIZ…COUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS: $184,050 · Housing & ShelterCOUNCIL F…SECOND STEP HOUSING: $110,498 · Housing & ShelterSECOND ST…COMMUNITY ROOTS COLLABORATIVE: $85,000 · Housing & ShelterCOMMUNITY…XChange Recovery: $54,450 · Housing & ShelterOutsiders Inn: $50,000 · Housing & ShelterREACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $45,800 · Housing & Shelter+2 more: $48,000 · Housing & ShelterCommunity Foundation for SW Washington: $506,000 · PhilanthropyBridgeview Housing: $250,000 · Philanthropy+3 more: $46,840 · PhilanthropyBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $170,235 · Youth DevelopmentPOLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $141,500 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SW WASHINGTON: $100,000 · Youth DevelopmentPortland YouthBuilders: $85,000 · Youth DevelopmentROCKSOLID COMMUNITY TEEN CENTER: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $50,000 · Youth DevelopmentGirls Inc of the Pacific Northwest: $35,000 · Youth DevelopmentAC PORTLAND: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentGIRL SCOUTS OF OREGON & SW WASHINGTON INC: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentODYSSEY WORLD INTERNATIONALEDUCATION SERVICES: $25,000 · Youth Development+2 more: $30,000 · Youth Development
Other$6,118,876Human Services$1,727,122Health$1,214,828Education$1,085,931Housing & Shelter$1,032,798Philanthropy$802,840Youth Development$736,735

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$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCommunity Foundation for SW Washington: $506,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetCLARK COLLEGE DISTRICT 14 FOUNDATION: $450,000 over 2y, 7.2% of budgetCLARK COUNTY FOOD BANK: $316,000 over 6y, 0.9% of budgetCHILDREN'S CENTER: $275,000 over 4y, 2.3% of budgetFORT VANCOUVER REGIONAL LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $255,000 over 6y, 4.7% of budgetBridgeview Housing: $250,000 over 5y, 4.5% of budgetOPEN HOUSE MINISTRIES: $240,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetNEW HOPE FARMS: $240,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetVANCOUVER SCHOOL DISTRICT FOUNDATION: $236,000 over 5y, 3.6% of budgetSPECIALIZED HOUSING INC: $215,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetSHARE: $196,374 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetCDM IN-HOME CARE SERVICES: $190,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetCOUNCIL FOR THE HOMELESS: $184,050 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetFISH OF VANCOUVER: $176,458 over 4y, 1.6% of budgetBOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $170,235 over 3y, 2.1% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $165,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPINK LEMONADE PROJECT: $157,600 over 8y, 19% of budgetBATTLE GROUND HEALTHCARE: $157,500 over 3y, 7.8% of budgetLelooska Foundation: $154,195 over 4y, 33% of budgetEVERGREEN HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $150,500 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetDAYBREAK YOUTH SERVICES: $150,000 over 3y, 0.6% of budgetFORA HEALTH INC: $150,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetTOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN: $150,000 over 3y, 3.4% of budgetNORTHWEST ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETES: $145,000 over 3y, 2.4% of budgetPOLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $141,500 over 4y, 14% of budgetLIFELINE CONNECTIONS: $131,200 over 4y, 0.3% of budgetSECOND STEP HOUSING: $110,498 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetLan Su Chinese Garden: $110,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $100,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN - SW WASHINGTON: $100,000 over 2y, 4.2% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $100,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY HOUSE ON BROADWAY: $100,000 over 2y, 2.0% of budgetFINANCIAL BEGINNINGS WASHINGTON: $90,000 over 2y, 11% of budgetIMPACT NW: $87,500 over 2y, 0.4% of budgetPortland YouthBuilders: $85,000 over 2y, 2.1% of budgetLutheran Community Services Northwest: $85,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY ROOTS COLLABORATIVE: $85,000 over 2y, 3.0% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC: $80,000 over 2y, 4.8% of budgetFOURTH PLAIN FORWARD: $80,000 over 3y, 14% of budgetBIKE CLARK COUNTY: $80,000 over 3y, 17% of budgetCOWLITZ FAMILY HEALTH CENTER: $80,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetFREE CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON: $77,500 over 5y, 4.4% of budgetFOSTERFUL: $76,856 over 4y, 16% of budgetCOLUMBIA RIVER MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES: $75,020 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHarpers Playground: $75,000 over 1y, 8.9% of budgetSACRED EARTH FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 7.1% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $75,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetPROVIDENCE CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 1y, 2.3% 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.

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.

Marie Lamfrom Charita…OCF Joseph E Weston P…The Jackson FoundationJuan Young TrustMaybelle Clark Macdon…The Autzen FoundationOnpoint Community Cre…Wheeler FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…The Oregon Community …Rose E Tucker Charita…The Robert D and Marc…
Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation TrustOR107.8× affinity69 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Autzen Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union · Wheeler Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall 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 Firstenburg Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Firstenburg Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 200%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 8%
  • Friends of Trees: 100% of income from government
  • Morrison Child and Family Services: 91% of income from government
  • Janus Youth Programs Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Black Parent Initiative: 45% of income from government
  • Bridge Meadows: 36% of income from government
  • Portland YouthBuilders: 35% of income from government
  • Portland Street Medicine: 32% of income from government
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Oregon Community Warehouse Inc: 24% of income from government
  • FosterClub Inc: 21% of income from government
  • Reach Community Development Inc: 18% of income from government
  • African American Alliance for Homeownership: 17% of income from government
  • Human Solutions Inc Dba Our Just Future: 17% of income from government
  • Ac Portland: 14% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East: 14% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Cascade Aids Project: 13% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse: 11% of income from government
  • Bradley Angle: 10% of income from government
  • Lifeworks Nw: 8% of income from government
  • Portland Urban Debate League: 8% of income from government
  • Impact Nw: 8% of income from government
  • The Shadow Project: 8% of income from government
  • Girl Scouts of Oregon & Sw Washington Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Providence Portland Medical Foundation: 5% of income from government
  • Together We Are Greater Than: 5% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest: 4% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • Specialized Housing Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Oregon College of Oriental Medicine: 2% of income from government
  • Casa for Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Chess for Success: 2% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Youth Music Project: 1% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Youth Symphony: 1% of income from government
  • Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Youth Philharmonic Association: 0% of income from government
  • Shriners Hospitals for Children: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
20get no government money at all
45report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
2rely 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.
05Through Plinth

Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

How do I get to The Firstenburg Foundation?

Find your warmest path to The Firstenburg 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 270 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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