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The Sophron Foundation at a glance

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The Sophron Foundation

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.

$55k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$17k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0192% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Science & Tech$66kHuman Services$43kHealth$40kYouth Development$28kFood & Nutrition$26kHousing & Shelter$18kInternational$18kPublic Safety & Disaster$18kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k10 grants · $15k
  • $10k–50k3 grants · $40k
$1,962
Median grant
3
States reached
$1.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
MCAULIFFE-SHEPARD DISCOVERY CENTER$17,000
PROJECT LEMONADE$12,000
LORTON COMMUNITY ACTION CENTER$11,000
NORTHWEST CHILDREN'S THEATER$2,500
KGW SCHOOL SUPPLIES DRIVE$2,050
PLANNED PARENTHOOD$2,000
BRADLEY ANGLE$1,962
COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL$1,196
OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY$1,031
IMPACT NW$1,000
BEAVERTON EDUCATION FUND$988
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE$988
HOLY TRINITY FOOD CLOSET$988
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 (FY17–25, $59k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 7%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 7%TANZANIAN CHILDREN'S FUND: $8k → 8%OZONE HOUSE: $2k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $2k → 14%WAKE UP BEAVERTON: $2k → 8%OZONE HOUSE: $2k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $2k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $2k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $1k → 14%OZONE HOUSE: $1k → 14%RAPHAEL HOUSE: $560 → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE: $988 → 12%PROJECT LEMONADE: $12k → 12%PROJECT LEMONADE: $5k → 12%PROJECT LEMONADE: $5k → 12%PROJECT LEMONADE: $2k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $3k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $2k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $2k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $2k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $2k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $1k → 12%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.

73%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$220k · 15 repeat orgs$82k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +82% since the first grant, against +57% for those funded once.

15 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 8 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

15
20

Total granted

$220k
$74k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+82%
+57%

Still filing today

60%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesYouth DevelopmentHealthHousing & ShelterEducationInternationalOther
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

  • MD
    MCAULIFFE-SHEPARD DISCOVERY CENTER CORP
    7× · 2017–2025 · $66k · revenue +87%
  • MAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OREGON
    2× · 2017–2018 · $30k · revenue +59%
  • LC
    Lorton Community Action Center Inc
    3× · 2023–2025 · $25k · revenue +82%

Funded once

  • JA
    JUST ASK TRAFFICKING PREVENTION
    one grant, 2021 · $13k
  • TN
    THE NEXT DOOR INCgraduated
    one grant, 2020 · $10k · revenue +99%
  • AU
    AINSWORTH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
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
Youth Empowerment Shelter

To provide youth in crisis a place of physical and emotional safety while assisting them to build positive relationships and develop their individual potentials.

Youth Development
2
A Family for Every Child

A family for every child (affec) is dedicated to finding permanent and loving adoptive families for waiting foster children. to accomplish our mission, we focus on finding loving and permanent families for children who the foster care…

Human Services
3
Opportunity House

Opportunity house empowers individuals to improve their lives. we provide security stability, safety, and community to our clients.

Housing & Shelter
4
Interval House

The mission of the organization is to ensure safety and stability for people who are battered, abused, homeless or at risk; to create public awareness about the epidemic of violence; and to mobilize the community to prevent violence and…

Human Services
5
Safehouse Denver Inc

Safehouse denver assists adult, children, and youth in reclaiming their right to a life free from domestic violence. the agency provides a broad spectrum of culturally competent, trauma-informed services, including but not limited to,…

Human Services
6
Covenant House Washington Dc

Covenant house washington, dc ("chw") provides shelter, crisis care, community services, and outreach services to youth in the washington dc area.

Human Services
7
Covenant House

In 34 cities across five countries, covenant house builds bridges to hope for young people facing homelessness and survivors of human trafficking. we meet their immediate needs for food, clothing, protection, and medical and mental health…

Human Services
8
Morrison Child and Family Services

Helping kids be kids, and supporting families when they need us most. morrison serves over 8,000 youth and families annually through ten distinct programs designed to meet the needs of our clients.

Health
9
Oregon Coast Community Action

Positive change for thriving communities: to empower people to work toward social and economic independence, otherwise improving the lives of those served by the corporation, under relevant community services block grant programs.

Housing & Shelter
10
Womenspace

Our mission is to protect, shelter, and empower survivors of domestic violence - offering safety, support, and resources with compassion and trauma-informed care.

Human Services
11
Cocoon House

Partners with young people, families and the community to break the cycle of homelessness through outreach, housing, prevention, education and employment.

Housing & Shelter
12
Friendship Place

Friendship Place is a leader in the Washington, DC, metro area in developing solutions to homelessness that have measurable results and a lasting impact. Friendship Place's mission is to empower people who are experiencing or at risk of…

Housing & Shelter
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Impact Nw; the most unlike its peers is Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc. 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

26 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. 26 of the 41 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)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
26/26
Grantees still filing
19/26
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Lorton Community Action Center Inc: $25,000 · OtherLorton Community Action Center IncAMERICAN RED CROSS: $17,500 · OtherAMERICAN RED CROSSJUST ASK TRAFFICKING PREVENTION: $12,500 · OtherJUST ASK TRAFFICKING PREVENTIONAINSWORTH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST: $10,000 · OtherAINSWORTH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRISTIndividual grant recipient: $8,239 · OtherIndividual grant recipientBRADLY ANGLE HOUSE: $6,264 · OtherBRADLY ANGLE HOUSEPLANNED PARENTHOOD: $4,000 · OtherGOOD SPORTS INC: $5,000 · Other+17 more: $22,790 · Other+17 moreMCAULIFFE-SHEPARD DISCOVERY CENTER CORP: $65,760 · Arts & CultureMCAULIFFE-SHEPARD DISCOV…PROJECT LEMONADE INC: $24,098 · Human ServicesPROJECT LEMONADE INCOZONE HOUSE INC: $12,167 · Human ServicesOZONE HOUSE INCBradley Angle: $11,926 · Human ServicesBradley AngleTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $7,500 · Human ServicesTHE TANZANIAN CHILDREN…WAKEUP BEAVERTON: $2,146 · Human Services+3 more: $2,548 · Human ServicesMAKE-A-WISH FOUNDATION OF OREGON: $30,000 · HealthMAKE-A-WISH F…Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,000 · HealthDana-Farber C…THE NEXT DOOR INC: $10,000 · Crime & LegalInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 · InternationalSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 · InternationalCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $7,140 · EducationSCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC: $1,697 · Education
Other$111,293Arts & Culture$65,760Human Services$60,385Health$35,000Crime & Legal$10,000International$10,000Education$8,837

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 budgetMCAULIFFE-SHEPARD DISCOVERY CENTER CORP: $65,760 over 7y, 1.4% of budgetLorton Community Action Center Inc: $25,000 over 3y, 0.4% of budgetPROJECT LEMONADE INC: $24,098 over 4y, 0.8% of budgetOZONE HOUSE INC: $12,167 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetBradley Angle: $11,926 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetTHE NEXT DOOR INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetTHE TANZANIAN CHILDRENS FUND INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $7,140 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetDana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetInternational Rescue Committee INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetGOOD SPORTS INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSave The Children Federation Inc: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER: $2,369 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetNEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH INC: $1,783 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES INC: $1,697 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetShelter House Inc: $1,493 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $1,031 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT NW: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSTONE WAY: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $988 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $824 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION: $730 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $560 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTHE LAMB CENTER: $500 over 1y, 0.0% 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…The Autzen FoundationThe Robert D and Marc…The Reser Family Foun…The Collins FoundationWheeler FoundationThe Holzman FoundationThe Jackson FoundationOnpoint Community Cre…United Way of the Col…
The Oregon Community FoundationOR26.8× affinity12 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 · The Autzen Foundation · The Robert D and Marcia H Randall Charitable Trust · The Reser Family Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Wheeler Foundation · The Holzman Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · Onpoint Community Credit Union · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

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 Sophron Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Sophron Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 50%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Neighborhood House Inc: 53% of income from government
  • The Next Door Inc: 39% of income from government
  • Save the Children Federation Inc: 30% of income from government
  • Native American Youth and Family Center: 23% of income from government
  • New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • Bradley Angle: 10% of income from government
  • Impact Nw: 8% of income from government
  • Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
  • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Inc: 7% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
  • The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization: 4% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
5get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
1rely 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 41 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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