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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 FY2025still arriving
8
Grants FY2025still arriving
1
States reached
$50k
Largest
01What you fundRead
02The needRead
03Your edgeRead
04Your fieldRead
01What you fund
01100% classified

What you funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year — across FY2018–2025.

Arts & Culture$565kEnvironment$169kCommunity Improvement$135kRecreation & Sports$65kHousing & Shelter$35kAnimals$25kFood & Nutrition$20k
02FY2025 · 8 grants

Where the money goes

Your grants by size, and where they go.

By grant size · FY2025

  • $10k–50k5 grants · $210k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $150k
$48,000
Median grant
1
States reached
$18M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
LAN SU CHINESE GARDEN$50,000
PORTLAND ART MUSEUM$50,000
WILLAMETTE LIGHT BRIGADE$50,000
CREATIVEHOMIES HQ LLC$48,000
VIVE NORTHWEST$47,860
WORLD FORESTRY CENTER INC$46,941
LLOYD ECODISTRICT$41,144
LEACH GARDEN FRIENDS$25,800
02The need
03

Do your dollars go where the need is?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, then read against the area’s typical level.

show:

Dollar for dollar, your grants (FY18–25) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of your dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of your grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%LAN SU CHINESE GARDEN: $50k → 12%INVESTMENT ADVENTURES LLC: $25k → 9%PROSPER PORTLAND: $25k → 12%TRANSITION PROJECTS: $25k → 12%SOUL'D OUT PRODUCTION: $20k → 12%HERBERT BEAUCCLERE SMITH JR (DBA SNEAKERWEEK LLC): $15k → 12%CENTRAL CITY CONCERN: $10k → 12%SOUL'D OUT PRODUCTION: $10k → 12%OAKS PARK ASSOCIATION: $25k → 12%PDX JAZZ: $20k → 12%PDX JAZZ: $20k → 12%DESIGN WEEK PORTLAND: $10k → 12%DESIGN WEEK PORTLAND: $10k → 12%PDX JAZZ: $10k → 12%CREATIVEHOMIES HQ LLC: $48k → 12%DESIGN WEEK PORTLAND: $6k → 12%MIKE BENNETT ART LLC: $20k → 12%PORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $50k → 12%PORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $25k → 12%ARTISTS REPERTORY THEATRE: $25k → 12%LITERARY ARTS: $25k → 12%LITERARY ARTS: $15k → 12%THE WILLIAMETTE LIGHT BRIGADE: $15k → 12%LARA MEDIA SERVICES LLC: $15k → 12%LITERARY ARTS: $13k → 12%PORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $12k → 12%THE WILLIAMETTE LIGHT BRIGADE: $12k → 12%NORTHWEST FILM CENTER: $10k → 12%LITERARY ARTS: $10k → 12%PORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $10k → 12%NORTHWEST FILM CENTER: $10k → 12%THE WILLIAMETTE LIGHT BRIGADE: $8k → 12%PORTLAND ART MUSEUM: $6k → 12%OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $25k → 12%FEAST PORTLAND: $10k → 12%FEAST PORTLAND: $10k → 12%SEQUOIA INVESTMENT CAPITAL LLC (VANPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL): $8k → 12%WORLD FORESTRY CENTER INC: $47k → 12%LLOYD ECODISTRICT: $41k → 12%MUSIC PORTLAND: $25k → 12%FRIENDS OF GREEN LOOP: $25k → 12%NORTHWEST DANCE PROJECT: $10k → 12%VIVE NORTHWEST: $48k → 12%DOWNTOWN PORTLAND CLEAN AND SAFE: $25k → 12%LEACH GARDEN FRIENDS: $26k → 12%PORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (PICA): $20k → 12%PORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (PICA): $15k → 12%PORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART (PICA): $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount

Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty linein the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP; grantee ZIP can differ from where services are delivered.

US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are actually delivered. Need from public data — U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA — shown as context about the area, never attributed to your giving.

03Your edge
repeat funding

Who you back again

Which organizations you funded more than once, and which you funded a single time. Each grantee is matched to its own filings.

49%of every dollar goes to organizations you’ve funded before.
$497k · 9 repeat orgs$517k to everyone else

And the relationships you keep tend to grow: grantees you re-up on have seen median revenue of +35% since the first grant, against +6% for the ones you funded once.

9 repeat relationships — 3 still active in FY2025, 6 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

9
16

Total granted

$497k
$308k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+6%

Still filing today

67%
56%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 42% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $210k went to new ones.

50%100%’18’19’20’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’18’19’20’24’25
Arts & CultureCommunity ImprovementEnvironmentHealthRecreation & SportsOther

First-time = a grantee’s first year in your filing window; renewed = funded in an earlier year too. As a portfolio matures the renewed share naturally climbs — once funded, an org stays “renewable” — so the signal is the years that buck it (a new-grantee intake wave). 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

  • PORTLAND ART MUSEUM
    5× · 2018–2025 · $123k · revenue +35%
  • WL
    Willamette Light Brigade
    4× · 2018–2025 · $85k · revenue +169%
  • LITERARY ARTS INC
    4× · 2018–2024 · $63k · revenue +64%

Funded once

  • CS
    CLEAN & SAFE INC
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +6%
  • OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue +16%
  • MP
    Music Portland
    one grant, 2024 · $25k · revenue -84%

Repeat = funded in two or more distinct years; growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Your field

The map has a center of gravity: the average direction from the rest of the sector toward the organizations the foundation funds — the shape of its giving. Scoring every nonprofit along that direction surfaces the ones that look most like the portfolio. These are the closest matchesthat aren’t grantees — a resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Pioneer Courthouse Square of Portland Inc

To activate and enrich the environment of the city of portlands premiere public park and gathering space for the benefit of portlands community members and visitors.

Arts & Culture
2
Creative Portland Corporation

Creative portland is a nonprofit organization that supports the creative economy through the arts by providing essential resources, by fostering partnerships, and by promoting portland's artistic talents and cultural assets. as the…

Community Improvement
3
Profile Theatre Project

Profile theatres mission is to produce a season of first-class productions and community engagement activities centered around a season-long featured writer whose vision broadens our perspective on the world and deepens our collective…

Arts & Culture
4
Portland Film Festival

Portland film festival is a nonprofit organization dedicated to nurturing filmmakers and audiences and to celebrating the power of a good story. the festival focuses on the people, ideas, technology, skills and artistry behind filmmaking…

Arts & Culture
5
Central Oregon Center for the Arts

The mission for the central oregon center for the arts is to champion an inclusive, vibrant center for the arts that brings transformative and diverse cultural performances and experiences to central oregon during all seasons

Arts & Culture
6
Earth Day Oregon
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7
Pacific Northwest Music Project
Arts & Culture
8
350PDX

Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

Environment
9
Portland Baroque Orchestra

Pbo creates transformative experiences for musicians and listeners who share in the exploration and celebration of historically inspired music. the professional orchestra presents world-class performances on period instruments for up to…

Arts & Culture
10
The Center for Architecture

The center for architecture is committed to the transformative power of design. through collaboration with communities, through leaders and professionals, the center for architecture works to catalyze action to address the most challenging…

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11
Portland Public Library

Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…

Education
12
Willapa Bay AiR
Arts & Culture

For reference, the grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Literary Arts Inc and the most unlike its peers is Lloyd Ecodistrict. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.

For each theme you fund, this compares how the sector’s money is shifting with how your own giving is shifting.

← shrinkinggrowing →↓ leaning in → pulling backsteadyPacific Northwest Conservat…Oregon Economic DevelopmentPortland Economic Developme…Live Performance Theater Co…Contemporary Art Museums & …Social Services & Reentry S…Classical Music Ensembles
the sector your giving your giving is ahead of the sector the sector’s ahead of you· dot size = how much the theme matters to each side
Ordered by the change in your giving — leaning in on top, pulling back at the bottom. The bar between the two dots is how out of step you are with the sector. Hover any row for detail.

Sector change and giving change are each shown relative to their own range, growing (right) or shrinking (left); both normalized, so inflation isn’t mistaken for growth.

04the grantee network

19 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each one resolved to its own IRS returns and tracked year by year — your grant beside their revenue from every source. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

Counted here: distinct organizations you funded across 2017–2025, not grant rows in a single year — so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 19 of the 30 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile; the rest are funded organizations whose filings we could not track year by year.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
3
Early backer (in before they grew)
18/19
Grantees still filing
11/19
Grew since you first funded

Where your money sits — by cause, then by grantee

LITERARY ARTS INC — $62,500 · OtherLITERARY ARTS INCCREATIVEHOMIES HQ LLC — $48,000 · OtherCREATIVEHOMIES HQ LLCVive Northwest — $47,860 · OtherVive NorthwestSOUL'D OUT PRODUCTION — $30,000 · OtherSOUL'D OUT PRODUCTIONDESIGN WEEK PORTLAND — $26,000 · OtherDESIGN WEEK PORTLANDMusic Portland — $25,000 · OtherMusic PortlandINVESTMENT ADVENTURES LLC — $25,000 · OtherINVESTMENT ADVENTURES LLCFRIENDS OF GREEN LOOP — $25,000 · OtherFRIENDS OF GREEN LOOPPORTLAND FIRE AND RESCUE — $25,000 · OtherPORTLAND FIRE AND RESCUETransition Projects Inc — $25,000 · OtherTransition Projects IncFEAST PORTLAND — $20,000 · OtherMIKE BENNETT ART LLC — $20,000 · OtherLARA MEDIA SERVICES LLC — $15,000 · OtherHERBERT BEAUCCLERE SMITH JR (DBA SNEAKERWEEK LLC) — $15,000 · Other+1 more — $7,500 · OtherPORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $123,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND ART MUSEUMPORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL INCORPORATED — $50,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL INCORPOR…PORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART — $45,000 · Arts & CulturePORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPO…OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY — $25,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND IN…Artists Repertory Theatre — $25,000 · Arts & CultureArtists Repertory TheatreNORTHWEST PROFESSIONAL DANCE PROJEC DBA NORTHWEST DANCE PROJECT — $10,000 · Arts & Culture+1 more — $5,000 · Arts & CultureWillamette Light Brigade — $85,000 · Community ImprovementWillamette Light…LLOYD ECODISTRICT — $41,144 · Community ImprovementLLOYD ECODISTRIC…CLEAN & SAFE INC — $25,000 · Community ImprovementCLEAN & SAFE INCLan Su Chinese Garden — $55,000 · EnvironmentLan Su Chinese…WORLD FORESTRY CENTER — $46,941 · EnvironmentWORLD FORESTRY…LEACH GARDEN FRIENDS — $25,800 · EnvironmentLEACH GARDEN F…THE OAKS PARK ASSOCIATION — $25,000 · Recreation & SportsCentral City Concern — $10,000 · Health
Other$416,860Arts & Culture$283,000Community Improvement$151,144Environment$127,741Recreation & Sports$25,000Health$10,000

Each org by its size and your share of it — top-left is where you’re load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ your share of their budgetPORTLAND ART MUSEUM — $123,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetWillamette Light Brigade — $85,000 over 4y, 5.6% of budgetLITERARY ARTS INC — $62,500 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetLan Su Chinese Garden — $55,000 over 2y, 0.2% of budgetPORTLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL INCORPORATED — $50,000 over 3y, 2.9% of budgetPORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART — $45,000 over 3y, 1.0% of budgetLLOYD ECODISTRICT — $41,144 over 1y, 8.5% of budgetDESIGN WEEK PORTLAND — $26,000 over 3y, 6.7% of budgetLEACH GARDEN FRIENDS — $25,800 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetCLEAN & SAFE INC — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetMusic Portland — $25,000 over 1y, 11% of budgetTHE OAKS PARK ASSOCIATION — $25,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetTransition Projects Inc — $25,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetArtists Repertory Theatre — $25,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetNORTHWEST PROFESSIONAL DANCE PROJEC DBA NORTHWEST DANCE PROJECT — $10,000 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetCentral City Concern — $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND CENTER STAGE — $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budget
Go grantee by grantee — a decade per org, and how each moved after you funded them

A decade per grantee — revenue shaded, your grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

The grantmakers whose grantees overlap with yours far more than size alone predicts. Each orbits closer the stronger the alignment; the arcs between them show where they also fund each other. Here it reads as a tightly interlocked camp — most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

The Jackson FoundationJames F & Marion L Mi…The Autzen FoundationRegional Arts & Cultu…The Oregon Community …Juan Young TrustRose E Tucker Charita…The Collins FoundationM J Murdock Charitabl…The Kinsman FoundationMeyer Memorial TrustMarie Lamfrom Charita…
The Jackson FoundationWI23.9× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

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

Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. A research starting point: overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

Government reliance of your grantees

Every dot is one organization Travel Portland funds. Left–right is the share of its income from government; up–down is the share from you. Bigger dots raise more. Filter to federal, a single department, or state — and drag the year to watch it move.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%1%4%8%15%your share of their income ↑0%15%30%45%60%share of the org’s income from government →median 4%
  • Artists Repertory Theatre — 48% of income from government
  • Transition Projects Inc — 29% of income from government
  • Central City Concern — 10% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc — 10% of income from government
  • Portland Institute for Contemporary Art — 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry — 4% of income from government
  • Clean & Safe Inc — 3% of income from government
  • Portland Art Museum — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Center Stage — 1% of income from government
  • Northwest Professional Dance Projec Dba Northwest Dance Project — 1% of income from government
  • Portland Jazz Festival Incorporated — 0% of income from government
  • World Forestry Center — 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
5report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–60%
typical government reliance, FY20–25

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 your grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first — a floor, not 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 12–24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read directly from IRS e-file XML — your own 990/990-PF and the multi-year returns of the 30 grantees we resolved across every year we hold, several hundred filings in all (a different count from the grant rows on the cover, which are one fiscal year)— each linked to its source. Grantee achievements and outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III); we read these as association with sustained funding — the foundation is one of several forces — suppress low-confidence name matches rather than guess, and say so where a figure rests on a single grant or filing. Not everything on this page is a filed figure, and the difference matters. Filed is what you reported on your 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. How we build these →

Generated from your IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
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