Oregon · Public charity
VertueLab
To unleash innovation and entrepreneurship that will solve environmental challenges and catalyze shared economic prosperity. Provide funding and holistic entrepreneurial support to cleantech startups.
- $111k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Grants FY2025
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $21,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $69,732
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 9
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $5.8M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations VertueLab funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $392k 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 | 2 | $111k | 50% |
| FY2024 | 3 | $392k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 4 | $70k | 50% |
| FY2022 | 2 | $20k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 8 | $90k | 88% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $152k | 89% |
| FY2019 | 1 | $110k | 0% |
| FY2017 | 6 | $510k | n/a |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University | $400,868 | 3 | n/a |
| Latino Founders | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Clean Technology Alliance | $117,476 | 2 | 7% |
| University of Washington | $90,732 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Springfield | $77,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland State University | $66,139 | 2 | n/a |
| Oregon Tech Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
Show all 28 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon State University | $400,868 | 3 | n/a |
| Latino Founders | $180,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington Clean Technology Alliance | $117,476 | 2 | 7% |
| University of Washington | $90,732 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Springfield | $77,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland State University | $66,139 | 2 | n/a |
| Oregon Tech Foundation Inc | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Washington State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon State University Foundation | $50,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Warm Springs Community Action Team | $25,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Beyond Toxics | $25,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Skip Technologies | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Onboard Dynamics | $20,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Ampere Scientific | $14,899 | 1 | n/a |
| Onboard Dynamics | $11,678 | 1 | n/a |
| Food4all | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Maia Analytica | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Focal Technologies | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rute Foundation Systems Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Opconnect Inc | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Community Energy Labs Inc | $8,438 | 1 | n/a |
| Blade Runner Energy | $6,296 | 1 | n/a |
| Leapfrog Design | $5,862 | 1 | n/a |
| Gadusol Laboratories | $5,383 | 2 | n/a |
| Wheyward Spirit | $5,382 | 1 | n/a |
| Blue Dot Photonics | $5,382 | 1 | n/a |
| Energy Resource Management Corp | $5,089 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 1 recipient with no EIN on record ($114k), not named here.
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 set of overlaps that mostly run through this funder rather than between each other.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation
How this is measured
About VertueLab
- How much does VertueLab give?
- VertueLab reported 3 grants totaling $110,608 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 9 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does VertueLab fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Science & Tech (65%), Environment (17%), Community Improvement (15%).
- Who are VertueLab's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Oregon State University ($401k), Latino Founders ($180k), Washington Clean Technology Alliance ($117k).
- Does VertueLab fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as VertueLab?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is VertueLab based?
- VertueLab is based in OR.
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