Oregon · Private foundation
The Paulus Foundation Incorporated
Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.
- $75k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 7
- Grants FY2025
- 8
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $15,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 7 to 10
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $1.8M
- Applications
- Takes unsolicited applications
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 0% of the organizations The Paulus Foundation Incorporated funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 7 | $75k | 14% |
| FY2024 | 8 | $100k | 0% |
| FY2023 | 8 | $95k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 7 | $91k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 10 | $107k | 10% |
| FY2020 | 8 | $90k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $81k | 22% |
| FY2018 | 10 | $77k | 10% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael House of Portland | $170,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Amigos of Costa Rica Inc | $108,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Food for Lane County | $76,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Freedom for Great Apes Inc | $61,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Oregon Inc | $49,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Chimps Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Volunteers of America of Oregon Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Burrito Brigade | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
Show all 11 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raphael House of Portland | $170,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Amigos of Costa Rica Inc | $108,000 | 8 | 1% |
| Food for Lane County | $76,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Freedom for Great Apes Inc | $61,000 | 6 | 7% |
| Habitat for Humanity of Oregon Inc | $49,000 | 7 | 1% |
| Chimps Inc | $20,000 | 2 | 4% |
| Volunteers of America of Oregon Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Public Broadcasting | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation | $7,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Burrito Brigade | $5,000 | 1 | 3% |
| The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 6 recipients with no EIN on record ($283k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Paulus Foundation Incorporated supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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.
Open a dossier: United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · The Oregon Community Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Paulus Foundation Incorporated
- How much does The Paulus Foundation Incorporated give?
- The Paulus Foundation Incorporated reported 7 grants totaling $75,000 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 7 and 10 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Paulus Foundation Incorporated fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Human Services (26%), Animals (24%), International (13%).
- Who are The Paulus Foundation Incorporated's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Raphael House of Portland ($170k), Amigos of Costa Rica Inc ($108k), Food for Lane County ($76k).
- Does The Paulus Foundation Incorporated fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Paulus Foundation Incorporated accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it accepts unsolicited grant applications.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Paulus Foundation Incorporated?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, The Oregon Community Foundation, American Online Giving Foundation Inc.
- Where is The Paulus Foundation Incorporated based?
- The Paulus Foundation Incorporated is based in OR.
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