Oregon · Private foundation
The Varitz 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.
- $140k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 15
- Grants FY2025
- 24
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 4%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $8,800
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $22,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 18 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 5
- Total assets, FY2025
- $14k
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 4% of the organizations The Varitz Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $1k 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 | 15 | $140k | 0% |
| FY2024 | 24 | $159k | 4% |
| FY2023 | 23 | $153k | 4% |
| FY2022 | 25 | $122k | 4% |
| FY2021 | 24 | $101k | 21% |
| FY2020 | 20 | $93k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $109k | 17% |
| FY2018 | 18 | $116k | 6% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Corps | $210,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Fathers Heart Street Ministry | $148,200 | 9 | 5% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $81,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship | $55,800 | 9 | n/a |
| Central City Concern | $43,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medical Teams International | $36,500 | 5 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $31,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Clackamas Volunteers in Medicine | $7,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Clackamas County Historical Society | $4,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
Show all 22 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mercy Corps | $210,000 | 9 | 0% |
| Fathers Heart Street Ministry | $148,200 | 9 | 5% |
| Oregon Food Bank | $81,000 | 8 | 0% |
| Chi Alpha Christian Fellowship | $55,800 | 9 | n/a |
| Central City Concern | $43,000 | 4 | 0% |
| Medical Teams International | $36,500 | 5 | 0% |
| American National Red Cross & Its Constituent Chapters and Branches | $31,500 | 5 | 0% |
| Clackamas Volunteers in Medicine | $7,550 | 7 | 0% |
| Clackamas County Historical Society | $4,500 | 8 | 1% |
| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| The Susan G Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Inc | $3,500 | 7 | 0% |
| Neighbors for Kids | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Willamette Riverkeeper | $2,250 | 7 | 0% |
| American Diabetes Association | $2,000 | 8 | 0% |
| National Wildlife Federation | $1,200 | 7 | 0% |
| Outside In | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Energy Fund | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Union Gospel Mission | $949 | 4 | n/a |
| Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc | $700 | 2 | 0% |
| World Wildlife Fund Inc | $550 | 5 | 0% |
| Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation | $450 | 1 | 1% |
| Portland Community College Foundation Inc | $250 | 1 | 0% |
What it could do for these grantees
Plus 15 recipients with no EIN on record ($467k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget The Varitz Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
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: Juan Young Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Collins Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About The Varitz Foundation
- How much does The Varitz Foundation give?
- The Varitz Foundation reported 15 grants totaling $139,550 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 18 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Varitz Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are International (34%), Religion (22%), Food & Nutrition (17%).
- Who are The Varitz Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Mercy Corps ($210k), Fathers Heart Street Ministry ($148k), Oregon Food Bank ($81k).
- Does The Varitz Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 4% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does The Varitz Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Varitz Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Juan Young Trust, OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation, The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is The Varitz Foundation based?
- The Varitz Foundation is based in OR.
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