· Community foundation
The Portland Foundation
Enhance the quality of life for the people of jay county, indiana, now and for generations to come, by building community endowment, effecting significant impact through grantmaking and providing leadership on key community issues.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
How this is measured
By grant size · FY2024
- $10k–50k14 grants · $264k
- $50k–250k4 grants · $327k
- $250k+1 grant · $3.6M
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| THE PORTLAND FOUNDATION BUILDING | $3,598,456 |
| ARTS PLACE | $117,825 |
| JOHN JAY CENTER FOR LEARNING | $82,680 |
| JAY COUNTY BASEBALL CLUB | $75,000 |
| JAY COMMUNITY CENTER | $51,864 |
| ASBURY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH | $45,543 |
| REDKEY JUNIOR LEAGUE | $25,000 |
| PENNVILLE COMMUNITY CENTER | $25,000 |
| JAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY | $22,512 |
| A BETTER LIFE - BRIANNA'S HOPE | $21,000 |
| JAY COUNTY DRUG PREVENTION | $20,000 |
| PURDUE UNIVERSITY | $20,000 |
| CINCINNATUS LEAGUE | $16,978 |
| JAY COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY | $13,536 |
| WEST JAY COMMUNITY CENTER | $12,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY18–24, $99k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 12%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +8% since the first grant, against +2% for those funded once.
19 repeat relationships: 15 still active in FY2024, 4 since wound down; 4 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 97% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $131k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- JCJAY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC5× · 2017–2023 · $313k · revenue +315% · 29% of their budget
- JCJAY COUNTY BOYS CLUB INC2× · 2023–2024 · $102k · revenue +8%
- ABA BETTER LIFE BRIANNAS HOP4× · 2018–2024 · $71k · revenue +360% · 38% of their budget
Funded once
- JPJAY PATRIOT BAND BOOSTERS INCone grant, 2020 · $66k · revenue -19% · 61% of their budget
- JCJAY COUNTY 4-H CLUB INCone grant, 2021 · $40k · revenue -14%
- JCJAY COUNTY PEE WEE FOOTBALL INCone grant, 2023 · $15k
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.
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.
Encourage business to originate, expand current facilities, or relocate to areas within jay county, indiana, in order to expand job opportunities of the residents of jay county, indiana
At the jay county clubhouse, our mission is to inspire and support the development of athletes of all ages and skill levels through year-round access to high-quality training, play, and fellowship. rooted in our love for baseball and…
The jay county humane society is a limited admissions shelter committed to finding good homes for stray, abandoned, mis-treated and unwanted animals.
Providing opportunities in which to promote individual capabilities of a person while also promoting goodwill in the community
The jackson county education coalition is a county wide partnership of education, industry, and community leaders focused on aligning and integrating the county's learning system with economic growth and a high quality of life in jackson…
Providing christmas for underprivileged families in jay county, indiana.
Support community growth and activities
The mission of cedar rapids jaycee charities, inc. is to create a positive change in linn county. to this end we support charitable, educational, and training endeavors through grant making, shared facilities and mentorship with the cedar…
We provide community outreach, education and recreation for Bertie County youth and adults. We are committed to working with the community to inform and improve the quality of
Protect lives and property from fire/disaster
How this is measured
17 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. 17 of the 30 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 PORTLAND FOUNDATION BUILDING CORPORATION INC ↗
- Who funds ARTS PLACE INC ↗
- Who funds JOHN JAY CENTER FOR LEARNING INC ↗
- Who funds JAY COUNTY FAIR ASSOCIATION INC ↗
- Who funds JAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCORPORATED ↗
- Who funds JAY COUNTY BOYS CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds JAY COUNTY BASEBALL CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds A BETTER LIFE BRIANNAS HOP ↗
- Who funds JAY PATRIOT BAND BOOSTERS INC ↗
- Who funds JAY-RANDOLPH DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES INC ↗
- Who funds JAY COUNTY DRUG PREVENTION COALITION INC ↗
- Who funds JAY COUNTY 4-H CLUB INC ↗
- Who funds WEST JAY COMMUNITY CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds UNITED WAY OF JAY COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds JAY COUNTY 4th OF JULY COMMITTEE INC ↗
- Who funds YOUTH SERVICE BUREAU OF JAY COUNTY INC ↗
- Who funds DUNKIRK VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INC ↗
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: The Portland Foundation Inc · International Associations of Lions Portland · United Way of Jay County Inc · Lilly Endowment Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization The Portland Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Portland Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
How this is measured
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