Oregon · Public charity
The Portland Garden Club
Stimulate the knowledge & love of gardening, to aid in the protection of native trees, plants & birds, to encourage civic beauty, and to improve & protect the quality of the environment through programs and action in the fields of conservation and education.
- $89k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $56k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $25,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 2
- FY2019 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $698k
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations The Portland Garden Club funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k 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 | 3 | $56k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 1 | $6k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 2 | $14k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 1 | $10k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $9k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2019 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2019 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Friends of the Columbia Gorge | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Portland Fire and Rescue | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Parks and Recreation | $19,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Agricultural Research Foundation | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Pier Park | $6,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Depave | $6,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North Coast Land Conservancy Inc | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
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: Meyer Memorial Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
How this is measured
About The Portland Garden Club
- How much does The Portland Garden Club give?
- The Portland Garden Club reported 3 itemized grants totaling $56,450, out of $88,605 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 2 organizations a year over FY2019 to FY2024.
- What does The Portland Garden Club fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2019 to FY2025, its largest causes are Recreation & Sports (53%), Environment (38%), Food & Nutrition (9%).
- Who are The Portland Garden Club's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2019 to FY2025: Friends of the Columbia Gorge ($25k), Portland Fire and Rescue ($25k), Oregon Parks and Recreation ($19k).
- Does The Portland Garden Club fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Portland Garden Club?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Meyer Memorial Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation, Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund.
- Where is The Portland Garden Club based?
- The Portland Garden Club is based in OR.
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