Oregon · Public charity
Travel Portland
To strengthen the region's economy by marketing the metropolitan portland, oregon region as a preferred destination for meetings, conventions and leisure travel.
- $360k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 8
- Grants FY2025
- 11
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 82%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $48,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $50,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 9 to 12
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $18M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 82% of the organizations Travel Portland funded were first-time grantees, receiving 81% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 19% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $220k 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 | 8 | $360k | 63% |
| FY2024 | 11 | $270k | 82% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $129k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 9 | $125k | 11% |
| FY2018 | 12 | $130k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2018 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2018 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Art Museum | $123,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Willamette Light Brigade | $85,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Literary Arts Inc | $62,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lan Su Chinese Garden | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Portland Jazz Festival Incorporated | $50,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Creativehomies Hq LLC | $48,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vive Northwest | $47,860 | 1 | n/a |
| World Forestry Center | $46,941 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lloyd Ecodistrict | $41,144 | 1 | 8% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Portland Art Museum | $123,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Willamette Light Brigade | $85,000 | 4 | 6% |
| Literary Arts Inc | $62,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lan Su Chinese Garden | $55,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Portland Jazz Festival Incorporated | $50,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Creativehomies Hq LLC | $48,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Vive Northwest | $47,860 | 1 | n/a |
| World Forestry Center | $46,941 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | $45,000 | 3 | 1% |
| Lloyd Ecodistrict | $41,144 | 1 | 8% |
| Soul'D Out Production | $30,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Design Week Portland | $26,000 | 3 | 7% |
| Leach Garden Friends | $25,800 | 1 | 2% |
| Clean & Safe Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Investment Adventures LLC | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Music Portland | $25,000 | 1 | 11% |
| The Oaks Park Association | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Friends of Green Loop | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Fire and Rescue | $25,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Transition Projects Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Artists Repertory Theatre | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Feast Portland | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Mike Bennett Art LLC | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Herbert Beaucclere Smith Jr (Dba Sneakerweek Llc) | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Northwest Professional Dance Projec Dba Northwest Dance Project | $10,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Central City Concern | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Sequoia Investment Capital LLC Dba Vanport Jazz Festival | $7,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland Center Stage | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($15k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Travel Portland 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: The Jackson Foundation · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · Regional Arts & Culture Council · The Oregon Community Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Collins Foundation · M J Murdock Charitable Trust · The Kinsman Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust
How this is measured
About Travel Portland
- How much does Travel Portland give?
- Travel Portland reported 8 grants totaling $359,745 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 9 and 12 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Travel Portland fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2018 to FY2025, its largest causes are Arts & Culture (56%), Environment (17%), Community Improvement (13%).
- Who are Travel Portland's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2018 to FY2025: Portland Art Museum ($123k), Willamette Light Brigade ($85k), Literary Arts Inc ($63k).
- Does Travel Portland fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 82% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Travel Portland?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Jackson Foundation, James F & Marion L Miller Foundation, The Autzen Foundation.
- Where is Travel Portland based?
- Travel Portland is based in OR.
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