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The James R Kuse Family Foundation at a glance

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The James R Kuse Family Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$195k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0196% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Human Services$355kEducation$193kCrime & Legal$85kHealth$80kYouth Development$71kEnvironment$70kRecreation & Sports$30kHousing & Shelter$25kOther$0
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • $10k–50k4 grants · $95k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $100k
$35,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.4M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC$50,000
EVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION$50,000
SHRINERS CHILDREN'S PORTLAND$35,000
CASA FOR CHILDREN$30,000
HALPRIN LANDSCAPE CONSERVANCY$20,000
OLIVER PATCH PROJECT$10,000
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 (FY18–24, $31k) land where the poverty rate runs at 10%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 32% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%OLIVER PATCH PROJECT: $10k → 15%ST MARY'S HOME FOR BOYS: $21k → 8%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.
04

Where the work is directed

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

About 5% of The James R Kuse Family Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address. By recipient address, 84% of the giving stays in OR; by stated purpose, 80%.

The James R Kuse Family Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address · 4.4% 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.

51%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$448k · 4 repeat orgs$431k to everyone else

4 repeat relationships: 1 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

4
11

Total granted

$448k
$266k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
+127%

Still filing today

50%
55%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 15% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $165k 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
EducationHuman ServicesCivil RightsEnvironmentHealthYouth 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

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    PHAME
    2× · 2022–2023 · $320k
  • CASA FOR CHILDREN INC
    2× · 2022–2024 · $60k · revenue -16%
  • Oregon State University Foundation
    2× · 2020–2022 · $50k · revenue +33%

Funded once

  • DC
    DOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2019 · $50k · revenue -40%
  • CF
    CASA FOR CHILDREN OF MULTNOMAH AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • PROJECT LEMONADE INCgraduated
    one grant, 2017 · $25k · revenue +127%
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
Friends of the Children-Portland

Friends - portland commits to standing alongside our community's youth as they work to overcome barriers to their success. each child receives 1:1 support and guidance from a salaried, professional mentor (called a friend), from…

Youth Development
2
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
3
Our Children Oregon

Our children oregon's mission is to be a voice and force for the common good for all oregon children, ensuring all children have the resources and opportunities they need to reach their full potential. we elevate data and the voices of…

Philanthropy
4
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
5
The Arc Oregon

The arc of oregon, together with its network of members and affiliated chapters, advocates for the rights and full community participation of all children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

—
6
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
7
Oregon Casa Network

To lead oregon's casa programs to provide a strong voice for every abused and neglected child

Human Services
8
Friends of the Children - Portland Foundation

The foundation raises private donations and manages investments for the future use of friends of the children-portland program. friends of the children-portland provides long-term mentors to portland's most vulnerable children.

Youth Development
9
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
10
Children First for Oregon

Children first for oregon's mission is to make long-term systemic change by advocating for policies and programs that keep children healthy and safe, and strengthen families.

—
11
Oregon Public Broadcasting

Connecting people across oregon and the pacific northwest through the power of a shared story.

Arts & Culture
12
Oregon Child Development Coalition

Oregon child development coalition is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families by providing early childhood education, care and advocacy with unique and supportive services to enhance family growth and community success.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Casa for Children Inc; the most unlike its peers is Oliver Patch Project Inc. 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

13 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. 13 of the 21 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
12/13
Grantees still filing
8/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

PHAME: $320,000 · OtherPHAMEEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherEVANS SCHOLARS FOUNDATIONTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 · OtherTHE NATURE CONSERVANCYDOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 · OtherDOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATIONSHRINERS CHILDREN'S PORTLAND: $35,000 · OtherSHRINERS CHILDREN'S PORTLANDCASA FOR CHILDREN OF MULTNOMAH AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES: $25,000 · OtherDE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $25,000 · Other+3 more: $48,000 · Other+3 moreNAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 · EducationNAVAL POSTGRAD…Oregon State University Foundation: $50,000 · EducationOregon State U…Great Prospects Inc: $20,000 · EducationGreat Prospect…CASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $60,000 · Civil RightsPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $25,000 · Human ServicesST MARY'S HOME: $21,000 · Human ServicesOLIVER PATCH PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $25,000 · Youth DevelopmentHELPING HANDS REENTRY OUTREACH CENTERS: $25,000 · HealthHalprin Landscape Conservancy: $20,000 · EnvironmentTHE CHILDRENS COURSE INC: $20,000 · Recreation & Sports
Other$603,000Education$120,000Civil Rights$60,000Human Services$56,000Youth Development$25,000Health$25,000Environment$20,000Recreation & Sports$20,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCASA FOR CHILDREN INC: $60,000 over 2y, 1.3% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDOERNBECHER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $25,000 over 1y, 3.8% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetHELPING HANDS REENTRY OUTREACH CENTERS: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetHalprin Landscape Conservancy: $20,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetGreat Prospects Inc: $20,000 over 1y, 9.0% of budgetTHE CHILDRENS COURSE INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetOLIVER PATCH PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.6% 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.

The Oregon Community …Juan Young TrustOCF Joseph E Weston P…M J Murdock Charitabl…Bp Lester & Regina Jo…The William G Gilmore…The Holzman FoundationThe Robert D and Marc…Oregon Jewish Communi…United Way of the Col…Maybelle Clark Macdon…Meyer Memorial Trust
The Oregon Community FoundationOR20.3× affinity8 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Juan Young Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · Bp Lester & Regina John Foundation · The William G Gilmore Foundation · The Holzman Foundation · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · Oregon Jewish Community Foundation · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Meyer Memorial 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 James R Kuse Family Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The James R Kuse Family Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%10%20%30%40%share of the org’s income from government →median 2%
  • Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers: 18% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Casa for Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Oliver Patch Project Inc: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–40%
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.

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 21 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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