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The Jackson Foundation at a glance

· Private foundation

The Jackson Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$800k
Granted FY2025still arriving
150
Grants FY2025still arriving
8
States reached
$21k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
0195% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Arts & Culture$2.7MEducation$742kHuman Services$400kHealth$304kFood & Nutrition$301kHousing & Shelter$281kYouth Development$255kEnvironment$244kOther$0
02FY2025 · 150 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k124 grants · $427k
  • $10k–50k26 grants · $373k
$3,500
Median grant
8
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM$21,000
OPB$20,000
Individual grant recipient$20,000
OREGON ARTS WATCH$20,000
OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION$20,000
TIDES FOUNDATION$15,000
PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION$15,000
PORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION$15,000
OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL$15,000
PATRICIA RESER CENTER FOR THE ARTS$15,000
OREGON JOURNALISM PROJECT$15,000
OMSI$15,000
OREGON BALLET THEATRE$15,000
LITERARY ARTS$15,000
PORTLAND CENTER STAGE$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, $343k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 87% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%ADELANTE MUJERES: $4k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS OREGON: $5k → 12%ADELANTE MUJERES: $3k → 8%DRESS FOR SUCCESS OREGON: $5k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS OREGON: $5k → 12%ALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $4k → 12%ALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $4k → 12%CLACKAMAS WOMEN'S SERVICES: $3k → 8%ALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $4k → 12%CLACKAMAS WOMEN'S SERVICES: $3k → 8%CLACKAMAS WOMEN'S SERVICES: $3k → 8%LATINO NETWORK: $3k → 12%CLACKAMAS WOMENS SERVICES: $3k → 8%CLACKAMAS WOMENS SERVICES: $3k → 8%ALBERTINA KERR CENTER: $3k → 12%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 12%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 12%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE HOUSE: $5k → 12%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $5k → 12%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $8k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $5k → 12%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $5k → 12%BIRCH COMMUNITY SERVICES: $7k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $5k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE HOUSE: $5k → 12%YWCA OF GREATER PORTLAND: $5k → 12%FRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $3k → 12%IMMIGRATION COUNSELING SERVICE: $5k → 12%LIFE EXPANDING ADVENTURE PROGRAM: $4k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $4k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $4k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $4k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $4k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $4k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $4k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $4k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $4k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $4k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $4k → 12%CALL TO SAFETY: $4k → 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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
MN
WI
NY
MA
OR
OH
CA
VA
KS
AR
DC
GA
TX
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 255 repeat orgs$451k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +39% since the first grant, against +37% for those funded once.

255 repeat relationships: 125 still active in FY2025, 130 since wound down; 24 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

255
89

Total granted

$5.9M
$339k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+39%
+37%

Still filing today

75%
53%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $112k 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 ServicesEnvironmentEducationHealthYouth 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

  • PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
    8× · 2017–2025 · $184k · revenue +3%
  • OA
    Oregon Arts Watch
    8× · 2017–2025 · $136k · revenue +275%
  • OREGON BALLET THEATRE
    7× · 2017–2025 · $130k · revenue +31%

Funded once

  • TL
    THE LIBRARY FOUNDATIONgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $25k · revenue +113%
  • NC
    NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER AND SCHOOL INC
    one grant, 2024 · $20k · revenue +6%
  • WF
    WILLAMETTE FALLS AND LANDINGS HERITAGE AREA COALITgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $15k · revenue +37%
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 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
2
Portland Community Media

Open signal's mission is to nurture the change-making power of community media in service of a just and equitable world.

Arts & Culture
3
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
4
Portland Business Alliance

To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.

Community Improvement
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 Progress Forum

Next up amplifies the voice and leadership of diverse young people to achieve a more just and equitable oregon.

Environment
7
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
8
New Progressive Network

Next up amplifies the voice of diverse youth to achieve a more just oregon

Civil Rights
9
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
10
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
11
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
12
Oregon Music Festival

Oregon Music Festival's mission is the performance, production, and promotion of classical music through orchestral, choral/orchestra, and chamber music.

Arts & Culture
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Youth Progress Association; the most unlike its peers is Vintage Trolley Inc. 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

267 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. 267 of the 372 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)
89
Early backer (in before they grew)
256/267
Grantees still filing
194/267
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $205,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATIONPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $184,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUMPORTLAND CENTER STAGE: $170,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND CENTER STAGEOregon Arts Watch: $136,000 · Arts & CultureOregon Arts WatchOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $132,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INCOREGON BALLET THEATRE: $130,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON BALLET THEATREPORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $125,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INCOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $114,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $99,500 · Arts & CultureTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $80,000 · Arts & Culture+34 more: $860,000 · Arts & Culture+34 moreOREGON FOOD BANK: $127,000 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKLITERARY ARTS INC: $104,500 · OtherPORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION: $92,000 · OtherMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $90,000 · Other+98 more: $1,961,089 · Other+98 moreUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $75,000 · EducationCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $52,500 · EducationSMART READING: $48,500 · EducationREBUILDING TOGETHER PACIFIC NW: $37,000 · EducationSCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC: $28,000 · EducationWRITE AROUND PORTLAND: $25,500 · EducationOPEN SCHOOL INC: $20,000 · EducationTHE PARK ACADEMY: $16,500 · EducationOregon State University Foundation: $15,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND: $15,000 · EducationSERENDIPITY CENTER INC: $14,500 · EducationCHESS FOR SUCCESS: $14,500 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationBirch Community Services Inc: $51,500 · Human ServicesBradley Angle: $32,500 · Human ServicesSTORE TO DOOR: $31,000 · Human ServicesADELANTE MUJERES: $22,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDLY HOUSE INC: $21,500 · Human ServicesNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $19,500 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $19,000 · Human ServicesCLACKAMAS WOMEN'S SERVICES: $17,000 · Human ServicesALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $16,000 · Human ServicesIMPACT NW: $15,000 · Human ServicesDress for Success Oregon: $15,000 · Human ServicesCALL TO SAFETY: $14,500 · Human ServicesYWCA OF GREATER PORTLAND: $13,000 · Human ServicesREAP INC: $12,500 · Human ServicesClackamas Service Center: $12,500 · Human ServicesWILLAMETTE FALLS TRUST: $45,000 · EnvironmentLan Su Chinese Garden: $37,000 · EnvironmentFRIENDS OF ZENGER FARM: $30,000 · EnvironmentJAPANESE GARDEN SOCIETY OF OREGON: $16,000 · EnvironmentWILLAMETTE FALLS AND LANDINGS HERITAGE AREA COALIT: $15,000 · EnvironmentBIRD ALLIANCE OF OREGON INC: $15,000 · EnvironmentECO-SCHOOL NETWORK: $14,000 · EnvironmentLEACH GARDEN FRIENDS: $13,000 · EnvironmentWORLD FORESTRY CENTER: $13,000 · Environment1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON: $12,500 · EnvironmentFriends of Trees: $8,500 · EnvironmentFREE GEEK: $8,000 · Environment+1 more: $7,500 · EnvironmentELEVATE OREGON: $39,000 · Youth DevelopmentOREGON BRAVO YOUTH ORCHESTRAS: $24,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentCALDERA: $12,500 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $12,000 · Youth DevelopmentPortland YouthBuilders: $11,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION: $10,000 · Youth DevelopmentFRIENDS OF BASEBALL: $8,000 · Youth DevelopmentTRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES: $31,700 · Housing & ShelterNORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES: $30,000 · Housing & ShelterPATH HOME: $22,500 · Housing & ShelterREACH COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INC: $20,500 · Housing & ShelterCommunity Partners For Affordable Housing: $11,500 · Housing & Shelter
Arts & Culture$2,236,000Other$2,374,589Education$372,000Human Services$312,500Environment$234,500Youth Development$131,500Housing & Shelter$116,200

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 budgetOREGON SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION: $205,000 over 8y, 0.5% of budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $184,000 over 8y, 0.3% of budgetPORTLAND CENTER STAGE: $170,000 over 8y, 0.8% of budgetOregon Arts Watch: $136,000 over 8y, 15% of budgetOREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC: $132,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON BALLET THEATRE: $130,000 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $127,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC: $125,000 over 7y, 0.9% of budgetOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $114,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetLITERARY ARTS INC: $104,500 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetOREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING: $99,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION: $92,000 over 8y, 1.6% of budgetMEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL: $90,000 over 9y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $80,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION: $75,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetBEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INC: $63,500 over 4y, 2.1% of budgetProfile Theatre Project: $60,000 over 7y, 2.0% of budgetNORTHWEST PROFESSIONAL DANCE PROJEC DBA NORTHWEST DANCE PROJECT: $59,500 over 8y, 0.9% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $55,000 over 9y, 0.1% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $52,500 over 7y, 1.8% of budgetBirch Community Services Inc: $51,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetSMART READING: $48,500 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetOREGON CHILDREN'S THEATRE COMPANY: $45,500 over 7y, 0.7% of budgetTUCKER MAXON SCHOOL: $45,000 over 9y, 0.2% of budgetWILLAMETTE FALLS TRUST: $45,000 over 5y, 2.2% of budgetTHE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE: $45,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetBODYVOX INC: $44,000 over 6y, 0.7% of budgetCivics Learning Project: $40,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetTOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN: $39,000 over 4y, 0.7% of budgetELEVATE OREGON: $39,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $38,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $37,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetREBUILDING TOGETHER PACIFIC NW: $37,000 over 7y, 2.5% of budgetLan Su Chinese Garden: $37,000 over 6y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC: $35,500 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetTHE OREGON ZOO FOUNDATION: $35,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetLAKEWOOD THEATRE COMPANY: $35,000 over 6y, 0.5% of budgetADVANCE GENDER EQUITY IN THE ARTS: $34,500 over 7y, 4.0% of budgetBradley Angle: $32,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetTRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES: $31,700 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetSTORE TO DOOR: $31,000 over 9y, 0.4% of budgetLift Urban Portland: $30,500 over 9y, 0.5% of budgetNORTHWEST HOUSING ALTERNATIVES: $30,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ART: $30,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMACDONALD CENTER: $30,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetFRIENDS OF ZENGER FARM: $30,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST: $28,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetArtists Repertory Theatre: $28,500 over 5y, 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 SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND CENTER STAGE ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Arts Watch ↗
  • Who funds OREGON SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON BALLET THEATRE ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND OPERA ASSOCIATION INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds LITERARY ARTS INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL TEAMS INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds BEAVERTON ARTS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds Profile Theatre Project ↗
  • Who funds NORTHWEST PROFESSIONAL DANCE PROJEC DBA NORTHWEST DANCE PROJECT ↗
  • Who funds NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC ↗
  • Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Birch Community Services Inc ↗
  • Who funds SMART READING ↗
  • Who funds OREGON CHILDREN'S THEATRE COMPANY ↗
  • Who funds TUCKER MAXON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds WILLAMETTE FALLS TRUST ↗
  • Who funds THE PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE ↗
  • Who funds BODYVOX INC ↗
  • Who funds Civics Learning Project ↗
  • Who funds TOGETHER WE ARE GREATER THAN ↗
  • Who funds ELEVATE OREGON ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds REBUILDING TOGETHER PACIFIC NW ↗
  • Who funds Lan Su Chinese Garden ↗

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.

Juan Young TrustThe Autzen FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…The Collins FoundationMarie Lamfrom Charita…OCF Joseph E Weston P…Maybelle Clark Macdon…The Oregon Community …Meyer Memorial TrustJames F & Marion L Mi…The Reser Family Foun…The Harold & Arlene S…
Juan Young TrustOR223.9× affinity129 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Juan Young Trust · The Autzen Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Collins Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · The Oregon Community Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care 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 Jackson Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Jackson Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 350%1%4%8%15%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 5%
  • Friends of Trees: 100% of income from government
  • Vietnam War Memorial Fund: 100% of income from government
  • Morrison Child and Family Services: 91% of income from government
  • Albertina Kerr Centers: 74% of income from government
  • Call to Safety: 61% of income from government
  • LArche Portland: 59% of income from government
  • World Salmon Council: 55% of income from government
  • Neighborhood House Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Artists Repertory Theatre: 48% of income from government
  • Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
  • Reap Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Janus Youth Programs Inc: 46% of income from government
  • Portland YouthBuilders: 35% of income from government
  • Clackamas Women's Services: 33% of income from government
  • Outside in: 33% of income from government
  • Adelante Mujeres: 31% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Family Service: 29% of income from government
  • Youth Progress Association: 29% of income from government
  • Friends of Zenger Farm: 28% of income from government
  • Elevate Oregon: 28% of income from government
  • The Wallace Medical Concern: 27% of income from government
  • United Way of the Columbia-Willamette: 25% of income from government
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Young Audiences of Oregon Inc: 23% of income from government
  • Community Partners for Affordable Housing: 22% of income from government
  • Risk-Reward: 22% of income from government
  • Boost Oregon: 22% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Immigration Counseling Service Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Reach Community Development Inc: 18% of income from government
  • Human Solutions Inc Dba Our Just Future: 17% of income from government
  • Latino Network: 15% of income from government
  • Coalition of Communities of Color: 15% of income from government
  • Ywca of Greater Portland: 15% of income from government
  • Self Enhancement Inc: 14% of income from government
  • Medical Teams International: 14% of income from government
  • Ethos Inc: 13% of income from government
  • Cascade Aids Project: 13% of income from government
  • Oregon Arts Watch: 13% of income from government
  • Old Church Society Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse: 11% of income from government
  • Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center: 11% of income from government
  • High Desert Museum: 11% of income from government
  • My Voice Music Inc: 11% of income from government
  • Oregon Historical Society: 10% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • Bradley Angle: 10% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Clackamas Service Center: 9% of income from government
  • Impact Nw: 8% of income from government
  • Bienestar Inc: 8% of income from government
  • Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
  • Write Around Portland: 6% of income from government
  • Growing Gardens: 6% of income from government
  • Miracle Theatre Group: 6% of income from government
  • Portland Institute for Contemporary Art: 5% of income from government
  • Coho Productions Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Free Geek: 5% of income from government
  • Third Rail Repertory Theatre: 5% of income from government
  • Open School Inc: 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
  • Corrib Theatre: 4% of income from government
  • Architecture Foundation of Oregon: 4% of income from government
  • Join: 4% of income from government
  • Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest: 4% of income from government
  • The Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon: 3% of income from government
  • PlayWrite Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Bodyvox Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Third Angle New Music Ensemble: 3% of income from government
  • Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
  • Chamber Music Northwest: 3% of income from government
  • Friendly House Inc: 3% of income from government
  • Advance Gender Equity in the Arts: 2% of income from government
  • Neskowin Coast Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • White Bird: 2% of income from government
  • Profile Theatre Project: 2% of income from government
  • Trillium Family Services: 2% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • St Andrew Legal Clinic: 2% of income from government
  • Community Cycling Center: 2% of income from government
  • Casa for Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Serendipity Center Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Portland Opera Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Chess for Success: 2% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • University of Portland: 1% of income from government
  • Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Actors Conservatory: 1% of income from government
  • Northwest Housing Alternatives: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Baroque Orchestra: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage: 1% of income from government
  • Broadway Rose Theatre Co: 1% of income from government
  • Financial Beginnings: 1% of income from government
  • Northwest Professional Dance Projec Dba Northwest Dance Project: 1% of income from government
  • Caldera: 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
  • Tualatin Riverkeepers Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Young Musicians & Artists Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Portland Youth Philharmonic Association: 0% of income from government
  • Portland Jazz Festival Incorporated: 0% of income from government
  • William Temple House: 0% of income from government
  • Phame Academy: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Repertory Singers: 0% of income from government
  • Casa of Clackamas County: 0% of income from government
  • Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Beaverton Arts Foundation Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Western Rivers Conservancy: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Ballet Theatre: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
  • World Forestry Center: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Childrens Center: 0% of income from government
  • The Northwest Catholic Counseling Center: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
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35get no government money at all
38report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
8rely 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 Jackson 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 372 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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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