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Theodore C and Katherine P Bentley Foundation at a glance

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Theodore C and Katherine P Bentley Foundation

Its FY2024 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$198k
Granted FY2024still arriving
6
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$77k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
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.

Youth Development$708kHuman Services$360kHealth$245kEducation$145kFood & Nutrition$130kArts & Culture$90kAnimals$15kHousing & Shelter$10k
02FY2024 · 6 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $7k
  • $10k–50k4 grants · $114k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $77k
$25,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$6.0M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST$76,850
FRIENDS OF THE CLARK COUNTY FAIR$48,961
MINDS MATTER$25,000
YOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER - YEAH$20,000
YOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER - YEAH$20,000
BLACKPEARL FRIESIANS$7,000
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:

Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 11%. 66% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 11%MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICES INC: $1k → 14%MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC: $15k → 17%BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $25k → 12%TREEHOUSE: $100k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE CLARK COUNTY FAIR: $49k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $70k → 12%TREEHOUSE: $75k → 9%FRIENDS OF THE CLARK COUNTY FAIR: $35k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $50k → 12%TREEHOUSE: $65k → 9%BLACKPEARL FRIESIANS: $7k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $19k → 12%TREEHOUSE: $50k → 9%YOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER - YEAH: $20k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $9k → 12%TREEHOUSE: $25k → 9%YOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER - YEAH: $20k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $6k → 12%TREEHOUSE: $20k → 9%YOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER - YEAH: $20k → 9%ONE VET AT A TIME: $15k → 12%TREEHOUSE: $15k → 9%YOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER - YEAH: $20k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $109k → 12%X CHANGE RECOVERY: $10k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $100k → 12%YOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER - YEAH: $15k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $89k → 12%ROYAL RIDGES RETREAT AT ANDERSEN RANCH: $10k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $77k → 12%YOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER - YEAH: $10k → 9%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $75k → 12%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $75k → 12%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $12k → 12%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $10k → 12%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $5k → 12%BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS NORTHWEST: $2k → 12%OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $60k → 12%OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $60k → 12%MINDS MATTER: $30k → 12%MINDS MATTER: $25k → 12%MINDS MATTER: $20k → 12%MINDS MATTER: $20k → 12%MINDS MATTER: $15k → 12%MINDS MATTER: $10k → 12%MINDS MATTER: $10k → 12%OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $60k → 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.

94%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$1.6M · 7 repeat orgs$102k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +59% since the first grant, against +42% for those funded once.

7 repeat relationships: 4 still active in FY2024, 3 since wound down; 1 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

7
7

Total granted

$1.6M
$95k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+59%
+42%

Still filing today

100%
86%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 96% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $7k went to new ones.

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

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

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24
Youth DevelopmentHealthEducationFood & NutritionArts & CultureHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW
    8× · 2017–2024 · $708k · revenue +9%
  • T
    TREEHOUSE
    6× · 2018–2023 · $350k · revenue +78%
  • OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION
    3× · 2017–2020 · $180k · revenue +91%

Funded once

  • BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITYgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $25k · revenue +83%
  • BT
    BREAKTHROUGH T1Dgraduated
    one grant, 2023 · $19k · revenue +35%
  • MM
    MINDS MATTER NATIONAL INCgraduated
    one grant, 2018 · $15k · revenue +132%
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
Urban Triage Incorporated

Urban triage transforms culture, institutions, and communities to ensure a humane future.

Philanthropy
2
Bald Ridge Lodge Inc

The mission of bald ridge lodge (brl) is to provide safe and stable support to young men in the group home, independent living program, and community based services, in a manner that nurtures the youth, strengthens healthy relationships,…

Human Services
3
Ranch Hands Rescue

To provide a sanctuary for people and animals, founded on hope and healing for the long-term recovery of trauma victims, special needs animals, and male survivors of sex trafficking.

Animals
4
Covenant House California

Covenant house is dedicated to serving all of god's children with absolute respect and unconditional love to help youth experiencing homelessness and to protect and safeguard all youth in need.

Human Services
5
Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc

Bridge over troubled waters provides effective and innovative services to homeless, at-risk, and runaway youth, helps youth avoid a lifetime of dependency on social services, guides youth towards self-sufficiency, and enables youth to…

Health
6
Mat-Su Youth Housing

Youth experiencing homelessness, and youth at risk of becoming homeless, are empowered to be contributing, self-supporting members of their community. we provide safe shelter and wrap-around services for youth with a hand-up not a hand-out…

Housing & Shelter
7
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington

Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships, changing their lived for the better, forever. our vision is that all children achieve success in…

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8
Covenant House Georgia Inc

Covenant house georgia provides shelters, protects and advocates on behalf of homeless, trafficked, runaway and sexually exploited youth.

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9
The Matthews House

Vision: a community that is aware, belongs, and is self-sufficient. mission: empowering youth and families through connection, self efficacy, and independence. values: relationship-centered, assume the best of people, own your role,…

Human Services
10
Youth for Change

Youth For Change (YFC) mission is to enhance the well being of children, families, individuals, and communities.

Human Services
11
Urban Peak Denver

Urban peak helps youth experiencing homelessness and youth at risk of becoming homeless overcome real life challenges by providing essential services and a supportive community, empowering them to become self-sufficient adults.

Housing & Shelter
12
The Thresholds

Thresholds provides innovative behavioral and primary healthcare that promotes empowerment, well-being, and full participation in community life. through unwavering community-based engagement, support, and advocacy, thresholds helps people…

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How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Treehouse; the most unlike its peers is XChange Recovery. 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 15 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
4
Early backer (in before they grew)
14/14
Grantees still filing
12/14
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $708,000 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHWTREEHOUSE: $350,000 · Youth DevelopmentTREEHOUSE+1 more: $15,000 · Youth DevelopmentOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $180,000 · EducationOREGON HEAL…MINDS MATTER OF PORTLAND INC: $130,000 · OtherMINDS MATTE…BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $25,000 · OtherBLANCHET HO…ONE VET AT A TIME: $15,000 · OtherONE VET AT …ROYAL RIDGES RETREAT: $10,000 · OtherROYAL RIDGE…YOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER: $105,000 · Food & NutritionFRIENDS OF THE CLARK COUNTY FAIR: $83,461 · Arts & CultureDONATE LIFE NORTHWEST: $45,000 · HealthBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $19,250 · Health+1 more: $1,000 · HealthXChange Recovery: $10,000 · Housing & ShelterBLACKPEARL FRIESIANS: $7,000 · Animals
Youth Development$1,073,000Education$180,000Other$180,000Food & Nutrition$105,000Arts & Culture$83,461Health$65,250Housing & Shelter$10,000Animals$7,000

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

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $708,000 over 8y, 8.8% of budgetTREEHOUSE: $350,000 over 6y, 0.6% of budgetOREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $180,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetMINDS MATTER OF PORTLAND INC: $130,000 over 7y, 8.1% of budgetYOUTH EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER: $105,000 over 4y, 38% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CLARK COUNTY FAIR: $83,461 over 2y, 72% of budgetDONATE LIFE NORTHWEST: $45,000 over 2y, 3.1% of budgetBLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY: $25,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetBREAKTHROUGH T1D: $19,250 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetMINDS MATTER NATIONAL INC: $15,000 over 1y, 2.6% of budgetROYAL RIDGES RETREAT: $10,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetXChange Recovery: $10,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetBLACKPEARL FRIESIANS: $7,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetMENTAL HEALTH ADVOCACY SERVICES INC: $1,000 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.

Charities Aid Foundat…American Online Givin…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Charities Aid Foundation AmericaVA9.5× affinity4 shared granteesties to 3 of 3Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Charities Aid Foundation America · American Online Giving Foundation 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 Theodore C and Katherine P Bentley Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Theodore C and Katherine P Bentley Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%5%10%15%20%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Oregon Health & Science University Foundation: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
3report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–20%
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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Theodore C and Katherine P Bentley Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Theodore C and Katherine P Bentley Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 15 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 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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