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The Terrell Foundation at a glance

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The Terrell 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.

$2k
Granted FY2025still arriving
6
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$750
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, FY2017 to 2024.

Animals$8kHuman Services$7kHealth$7kRecreation & Sports$4kPhilanthropy$1kInternational$1kArts & Culture$1kEducation$1kOther$0
02FY2025 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$500
Median grant
4
States reached
$254k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY$750
THE SALVATION ARMY$500
SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOUNDATION$500
PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$500
AMERICAN HEART SOCIETY - VANCOUVER$100
PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION$100
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, $6k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 58% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%Dressember Foundation: $450 → 13%SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%YMCA of Columbia Willamette: $1k → 12%SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%YMCA of Columbia Willamette: $1k → 12%SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOUNDATION: $500 → 9%YMCA of Columbia Willamette: $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.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
OR
NJ
CA
GA
FL
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.

93%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$31k · 20 repeat orgs$2k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +15% since the first grant, against +12% for those funded once.

20 repeat relationships: 6 still active in FY2025, 14 since wound down.

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

20
5

Total granted

$31k
$2k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+15%
+12%

Still filing today

50%
60%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 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 ServicesHealthAnimalsEducationOther
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

  • PF
    PARTNERS FOR PETS
    6× · 2017–2023 · $8k · revenue +81%
  • NI
    NOE INTERNATIONAL
    4× · 2017–2022 · $1k · revenue +15%
  • PU
    PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    2× · 2024–2025 · $1k · revenue +10%

Funded once

  • YWCA CLARK COUNTYgraduated
    one grant, 2021 · $500 · revenue +59%
  • PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC
    one grant, 2017 · $500 · revenue +12%
  • SW
    SW WA CENTER FOR THE ARTS
    one grant, 2021 · $500
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
Personal Care Products Council Foundation Inc

The foundation is set up to deliver one program - look good feel better. the mission of this nationwide program is to improve the quality of life of women, men, and teens undergoing cancer treatment by offering advice on how to cope with…

Health
2
Planned Parenthood North Central States Foundation

To build and maintain financial support for planned parenthood north central states to advance and protect sexual and reproductive health care for all.

Human Services
3
Patient Access Network Foundation

As a leading charitable foundation and healthcare advocacy organization, the pan foundation is dedicated to accelerating access to treatment for those who need it most and empowering patients on their healthcare journeys. we provide…

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4
Minnesota Medical Association

To be the leading voice of medicine to make minnesota the healthiest state and the best place to practice.

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5
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho

To provide exceptional reproductive and complementary health care services, honest education, and advocacy for all.

Health
6
Western Healthconnect

Support significant improvements in health care delivery and outcomes within the context of nonprofit, charitable ownership.

Health
7
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Phrma's mission is to conduct effective advocacy for public policies that encourage the discovery of important, new medicines for patients by biopharmaceutical research companies.

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8
American Academy of Neurology

The Academy's mission is to enhance member career fulfillment and promote brain health for all.

Community Improvement
9
American Physical Therapy Association

Building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

Health
10
Seattle Foundation

Seattle foundation's mission is to ignite powerful and rewarding philanthropy to make greater seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all.

Philanthropy
11
Paypal Charitable Giving Fund

Our vision is to reimagine everyday giving to help charities. our mission is to enable the world's leading online platforms to create opportunities for everyday charitable giving. in doing so, we ensure our programs are trustworthy,…

Philanthropy
12
United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Empowering the competitive excellence and well-being of team usa athletes, championing the power of sport, and inspiring the nation.

Recreation & Sports
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Parkinson's Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Noe International. 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

14 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. 14 of the 25 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)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/14
Grantees still filing
8/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Salvation Army: $3,000 · OtherSalvation ArmyNew Trier Hockey Club Goal Assist F: $1,500 · OtherNew Trier Hockey Club Goal Assist FSunshine Foundation: $1,450 · OtherSunshine FoundationAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - VANCOUVER: $1,300 · OtherAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY - VANCOUVERNOE INTERNATIONAL: $1,150 · OtherNOE INTERNATIONALPlanned Parenthood of Columbia-Will: $1,100 · OtherPlanned Parenthood of Columbia-WillSALVATION ARMY - CLARK COUNTY: $1,000 · OtherSALVATION ARMY - CLARK COUNTYVANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $600 · OtherAMERICAN HEART SOCIETY - VANCOUVER: $500 · OtherSW WA CENTER FOR THE ARTS: $500 · Other+5 more: $1,350 · Other+5 morePARTNERS FOR PETS: $7,500 · AnimalsPARTNERS FOR PETSYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE: $3,000 · Human ServicesYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN …SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOUNDATION: $2,500 · Human ServicesSUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HA…YWCA CLARK COUNTY: $500 · Human ServicesYWCA CLARK COUNTYDressember Foundation: $450 · Human ServicesDressember FoundationAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,500 · HealthAMERICAN CANCER …PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 · HealthPLANNED PARENTHO…PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $400 · HealthPARKINSON'S FOUN…MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $300 · HealthMULTIPLE SCLEROS…PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 · Education
Other$13,450Animals$7,500Human Services$6,450Health$4,700Education$1,000

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetPARTNERS FOR PETS: $7,500 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetAMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC: $3,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetYOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE: $3,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetSUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOUNDATION: $2,500 over 5y, 0.3% of budgetNOE INTERNATIONAL: $1,150 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetPRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetVANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: $600 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetYWCA CLARK COUNTY: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC: $400 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetMULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC: $300 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetWILLAMETTE WEST HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $250 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.

  • Who funds PARTNERS FOR PETS ↗
  • Who funds AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INC ↗
  • Who funds YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION OF COLUMBIA-WILLAMETTE ↗
  • Who funds SUNSHINE PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds NOE INTERNATIONAL ↗
  • Who funds PRAGER UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds VANCOUVER SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ↗
  • Who funds YWCA CLARK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds Dressember Foundation ↗
  • Who funds PARKINSON'S FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA INC ↗
  • Who funds MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS FOUNDATION INC ↗
  • Who funds WILLAMETTE WEST HABITAT FOR HUMANITY ↗

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 …American Endowment Fo…American Online Givin…Vanguard Charitable E…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
The Oregon Community FoundationOR12.7× affinity4 shared granteesties to 6 of 6Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · American Endowment Foundation · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile 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 Terrell Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from The Terrell Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 30%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Columbia-Willamette: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
3get no government money at all
2report 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 25 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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