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The Portland Trust II at a glance

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The Portland Trust II

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$300k
Granted FY2025still arriving
12
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$80k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.

Arts & Culture$4.2MPhilanthropy$1.9MHuman Services$1.4MEducation$500kEnvironment$140kHealth$95kEmployment$40kYouth Development$13k
02FY2025 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k3 grants · $10k
  • $10k–50k7 grants · $135k
  • $50k–250k2 grants · $155k
$15,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$4.7M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE$80,000
COLUMBUS ACADEMY$75,000
ONE22 INC$40,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY$25,000
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART$25,000
TETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES$15,000
DANCERS WORKSHOP$10,000
CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER$10,000
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$10,000
FUND FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION$5,000
TETON VALLEY REGIONAL LAND TRUST$2,500
WRITE ON DOOR COUNTY$2,500
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 (FY21–25, $110k) land where the poverty rate runs at 7%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%CLIMB WYOMING: $10k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $10k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $10k → 10%CLIMB WYOMING: $10k → 10%ONE22 INC: $40k → 5%ONE22 INC: $10k → 5%ONE22 INC: $10k → 5%ONE22 INC: $10k → 5%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.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

12%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$900k · 14 repeat orgs$6.9M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +33% since the first grant, against -1% for those funded once.

14 repeat relationships: 10 still active in FY2025, 4 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

14
6

Total granted

$900k
$6.9M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+33%
-1%

Still filing today

86%
67%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.

50%100%’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’21’22’23’24’25
Arts & CulturePhilanthropyEducationHuman ServicesEnvironmentHealthOther
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

  • TC
    THE COLUMBUS ACADEMY
    5× · 2021–2025 · $405k · revenue +20%
  • TY
    TETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES
    4× · 2021–2025 · $95k · revenue +63%
  • NM
    NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES
    4× · 2021–2025 · $75k · revenue +101%

Funded once

  • WO
    WRITE ON DOOR DOOR COUNTY
    one grant, 2022 · $4.1M
  • UW
    UNITED WAY OF DOOR COUNTY INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1.4M · revenue -15% · 47% of their budget
  • DC
    Door County YMCA INC
    one grant, 2022 · $1.4M · revenue -44%
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
Wyoming Wilderness Association

The wyoming wilderness association works to protect wyoming's public wild lands to ensure a future of wild places for people and wildlife.

Animals
2
Jackson Hole Land Trust

The jackson hole land trust (jhlt) is a nonprofit that was established in 1980. the land trust's mission is to protect and steward northwest wyoming landscapes for current and future generations. the land trust envisions a legacy of…

Environment
3
Climate Conservation Dba Center for Large Landscape Conservation

We bring science, policy, and proven solutions directly to communities working to restore the integrity and natural connectivity of the landscapes in which they live. (see schedule o)

Environment
4
The Jackson Hole Technology Partnership

To fuel local, regional and global tech ecosystems to shape a better future.

Science & Tech
5
Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Greater yellowstone coalition works with all people to protect the lands, waters, and wildlife of the greater yellowstone ecosystem, now and for future generations.

Environment
6
World Wildlife Fund Inc

Wwf's mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on earth. (continued on schedule o)

Environment
7
Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce

The mission of the Jackson hole chamber of commerce is to champion the interest of local businesses, enhance their prosperity and strengthen the economic climate of teton county

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8
The Tvrc Education Foundation Inc

The mission of teton valley ranch camp is to provide inspiring western adventure in the jackson hole and yellowstone area.

Youth Development
9
Wood River Land Trust Co

The wood river land trust's mission is to protect and sustain the treasured landscapes and life-giving waters of the wood river valley and to inspire love for this special place for generations to come.

Environment
10
Tyonek Tribal Conservation District

To conserve, enhance, and encourage the wise use of natural resources. ttcd's core values are to meet the needs of our stakeholders and to foster cooperative relationships.

Environment
11
Jackson Hole Wildlife Foundation

Jackson hole wildlife foundation advances wildlife conservation driven by science, collaboration, and a community of volunteers.

Animals
12
Door County Land Trust Inc

The door county land trust is a local, non-governmental non-profit organization whose mission is to preserve door county's exceptional lands and waters forever.

Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Community Foundation of Jackson Hole; the most unlike its peers is Grand Teton National Park Foundation. 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

19 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. 19 of the 23 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.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
2
Early backer (in before they grew)
19/19
Grantees still filing
14/19
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WRITE ON DOOR DOOR COUNTY: $4,087,100 · OtherWRITE ON DOOR DOOR COUNTY+5 more: $225,000 · OtherUNITED WAY OF DOOR COUNTY INC: $1,374,751 · PhilanthropyUNITED WAY OF DOOR COUNTY…COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $240,000 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF J…DOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 · PhilanthropyDOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOU…+2 more: $60,000 · PhilanthropyDoor County YMCA INC: $1,374,748 · EducationDoor County YMCA INCTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY: $405,000 · EducationTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY+1 more: $20,000 · EducationNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $75,000 · Arts & CultureDANCERS WORKSHOP: $20,000 · Arts & CultureThe Art Association of Jackson Hole: $15,000 · Arts & CultureWRITE ON DOOR COUNTY INC: $12,500 · Arts & CultureOne22 Inc: $70,000 · Human ServicesCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $40,000 · Human ServicesTETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $95,000 · HealthJACKSON HOLE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $5,000 · EnvironmentTETON REGIONAL LAND TRUST INC: $2,500 · Environment
Other$4,312,100Philanthropy$1,904,751Education$1,799,748Arts & Culture$122,500Human Services$110,000Health$95,000Environment$7,500

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

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetUNITED WAY OF DOOR COUNTY INC: $1,374,751 over 1y, 47% of budgetDoor County YMCA INC: $1,374,748 over 1y, 13% of budgetTHE COLUMBUS ACADEMY: $405,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetCOMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $240,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetDOOR COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC: $230,000 over 1y, 2.9% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $125,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetTETON YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES: $95,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetNATIONAL MUSEUM OF WILDLIFE ART OF THE UNITED STATES: $75,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetOne22 Inc: $70,000 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetTHE CHILDREN'S LEARNING CENTER INC: $40,000 over 4y, 0.2% of budgetCLIMB DBA CLIMB WYOMING: $40,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetEDUCATION FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE: $35,000 over 4y, 1.1% of budgetGRAND TETON NATIONAL PARK FOUNDATION: $25,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetDANCERS WORKSHOP: $20,000 over 2y, 0.5% of budgetThe Art Association of Jackson Hole: $15,000 over 3y, 0.3% of budgetWRITE ON DOOR COUNTY INC: $12,500 over 4y, 1.3% of budgetJACKSON HOLE CONSERVATION ALLIANCE: $5,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTETON REGIONAL LAND TRUST INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.1% 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.

Community Foundation …The Brooks FoundationFirst Interstate Banc…Elbridge & Evelyn Stu…Wonder InstituteNelson Family Foundat…Robert S & Grayce B K…Pharos FoundationLutsey Family Foundat…Hughes Charitable Fou…The Wilson Family Fou…The Andrew Allen Char…
Community Foundation of Jackson HoleWY21.8× affinity8 shared granteesties to 10 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Community Foundation of Jackson Hole · The Brooks Foundation · First Interstate BancSystem Foundation Inc · Elbridge & Evelyn Stuart Foundation · Wonder Institute · Nelson Family Foundation · Robert S & Grayce B Kerr Foundation · Pharos Foundation · Lutsey Family Foundation · Hughes Charitable Foundation · The Wilson Family Foundation · The Andrew Allen Charitable 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 Portland Trust II funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Portland Trust II. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%3%13%28%50%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    0get no government money at all
    9report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely 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.

    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 23 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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