Oregon · Public charity
Visitor Development Fund Inc
To plan, budget for and administer the expenditure of the allocation of revenues from the 2.5% increase in the multnomah county transient lodging tax and vehicle rental tax which shall be expended to attract visitors to portland and multnomah county that maximize hotel occupancy and vehicle rentals in the city of portland.
- $3.2M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 79
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 25
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 88%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $3.0M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $9,440
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $1,316,935
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 25
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 22
- Total assets, FY2025
- $9.0M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 88% of the organizations Visitor Development Fund Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 13% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 87% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $541k went to new ones.
RenewedFirst-time
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
EducationRecreation & SportsInternationalScience & TechHealthPublic BenefitOther
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.
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 78 | $2.9M | 90% |
| FY2024 | 25 | $4.0M | 88% |
| FY2023 | 5 | $2.8M | 80% |
| FY2022 | 4 | $824k | 25% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $100k | 100% |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.6M | 60% |
| FY2019 | 6 | $1.7M | 33% |
| FY2018 | 5 | $1.5M | 60% |
100% classified
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Civil Rights$8.3MPublic Benefit$5.2MRecreation & Sports$1.1MEducation$589kCommunity Improvement$529kHealth$273kEnvironment$188kScience & Tech$179kOther$0
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
ME
WA
IL
WI
MI
NY
MA
OR
IA
IN
OH
PA
CT
CA
UT
CO
KY
VA
MD
DE
KS
NC
DC
OK
GA
TX
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merc | $12,578,638 | 8 | n/a |
| National Education Association of the United States | $401,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Emerald X Inc | $367,544 | 2 | n/a |
| Multnomah County Joint Office of Homeless Services | $344,774 | 1 | n/a |
| Emc Strategies | $211,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Association of Sports Commissions | $200,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Travel Portland | $195,375 | 3 | 0% |
| Rip City Management Inc | $189,645 | 2 | n/a |
| Mhcc | $158,587 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition 375 LLC | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
Show all 115 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merc | $12,578,638 | 8 | n/a |
| National Education Association of the United States | $401,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Emerald X Inc | $367,544 | 2 | n/a |
| Multnomah County Joint Office of Homeless Services | $344,774 | 1 | n/a |
| Emc Strategies | $211,000 | 2 | n/a |
| National Association of Sports Commissions | $200,000 | 3 | 3% |
| Travel Portland | $195,375 | 3 | 0% |
| Rip City Management Inc | $189,645 | 2 | n/a |
| Mhcc | $158,587 | 1 | n/a |
| Coalition 375 LLC | $150,000 | 1 | n/a |
| National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals Inc | $118,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Association for Professional in Infection Control & Epidemology Inc | $100,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Basis Global Technologies Inc | $99,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Inc | $78,500 | 1 | 2% |
| Conferencedirect | $76,071 | 1 | n/a |
| Brooksee LLC | $75,000 | 2 | n/a |
| The Mission Productions LP | $75,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Sports Authority | $71,000 | 3 | 6% |
| North American Gay Amateur Athletic Alliance (Portland Series 2017) | $65,000 | 1 | n/a |
| USA Artistic Swimming | $45,000 | 1 | 2% |
| Nikeinc | $38,610 | 1 | n/a |
| Future Business Leaders of America- Phi Beta Lambda Inc | $33,120 | 2 | n/a |
| A2z Portland LLC | $31,250 | 1 | n/a |
| The American Association of Immunologists Inc | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Topaz Farm | $22,574 | 1 | n/a |
| Adidas America Inc | $22,075 | 1 | n/a |
| Viva Events LLC | $21,998 | 1 | n/a |
| American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (Ashp) | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Christian Community Development Association | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lavacon Inc | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| International AIDS Society - USA | $20,000 | 1 | 1% |
| Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| NW Navigator | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Zeco Development Group LLC Dba River Pig | $19,450 | 1 | n/a |
| Hyatt Regency Portland at the Oregon Convention Center | $18,830 | 1 | n/a |
| West Columbia Gorge Chamber of Commerce | $18,750 | 2 | 2% |
| National Center for Victims of Crime Inc | $18,300 | 1 | n/a |
| Navex Global Inc | $17,960 | 1 | n/a |
| Association of Research Libraries | $17,160 | 1 | 0% |
| Association for Career & Technical Education (Acte) | $16,540 | 1 | 0% |
| American Society of Echocardiography Incorporated | $16,500 | 1 | 0% |
| American Society of Appraisers | $16,360 | 1 | 0% |
| Western Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel | $16,160 | 1 | 3% |
| Rps Events Inc | $15,960 | 1 | n/a |
| American Society for Neurochemistry | $15,880 | 1 | 4% |
| Rose City Rollers | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| North American Bike Share | $15,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis Intl | $15,000 | 1 | 1% |
| National Association of State Directors of Migrant Education | $15,000 | 1 | 2% |
| International Law Students Association | $14,880 | 2 | 1% |
| Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics | $14,460 | 1 | 0% |
| Hoopsource Grassroots LLC | $14,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Equality Federation Institute | $13,640 | 1 | n/a |
| Peak Load Management Alliance Inc | $13,420 | 1 | n/a |
| Side Yard Farm & Kitchen | $13,310 | 1 | n/a |
| World Wrestling Entertainment LLC | $12,990 | 1 | n/a |
| Premier Press | $12,848 | 1 | n/a |
| Autodesk Inc | $12,630 | 1 | n/a |
| Nacada the Global Community for Academic Advising Inc | $12,522 | 2 | 0% |
| Mischief Management LLC | $12,500 | 1 | n/a |
| American Geophysical Union | $11,870 | 1 | 0% |
| Drupalcon Inc the Drupal Association | $11,519 | 1 | n/a |
| Kipkat Corp Dba Grayling | $11,370 | 1 | n/a |
| North American Association for Environmental Educa | $10,440 | 1 | n/a |
| International Veterinary Acupuncture Society Inc | $10,140 | 1 | 2% |
| Inspire Events LLC | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Iglesia del Dios Vivo Columna | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| League of Oregon Cities | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Knot Springs Holdings Company Inc | $9,906 | 1 | n/a |
| Potato Association of America | $9,440 | 1 | n/a |
| The Western Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc | $9,400 | 1 | 2% |
| Association for Library and Information Science Education | $9,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Tektronix Inc | $9,165 | 1 | n/a |
| Animal Legal Defense Fund Inc | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Society for American Archaeology | $9,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Unitarian Universalist Association | $8,802 | 1 | n/a |
| Mast Vacation Partners Inc | $8,690 | 1 | n/a |
| Oregon Health & Science University | $8,660 | 1 | n/a |
| Presbyterian Church USA Foundation | $8,180 | 1 | n/a |
| Latinos in Transit | $7,940 | 1 | n/a |
| Distributive Education Clubs of America | $7,890 | 1 | n/a |
| American Mensa Ltd | $7,650 | 1 | 0% |
| Non-Profit Technology Enterprise Network Dba Nten | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| Education Market Association | $7,498 | 1 | 0% |
| USA Taekwondo Inc | $7,450 | 1 | n/a |
| International Citycounty Management Association | $7,361 | 1 | 0% |
| Environmental Design Research Association Inc | $7,335 | 1 | n/a |
| Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians | $7,290 | 1 | n/a |
| Foliage Services by Concepts in Green | $7,240 | 1 | n/a |
| Dci International LLC | $7,065 | 1 | n/a |
| Metropolitan Tavern LLC | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics Incorporated | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| American Public Human Services Association | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Safe States Alliance | $7,000 | 1 | 0% |
| American Society for Engineering Education | $6,801 | 1 | 0% |
| National Human Services Data Consortium | $6,643 | 1 | 1% |
| The Election Center | $6,340 | 1 | n/a |
| Regents of the University of California | $6,300 | 1 | n/a |
| National Indian Child Care Association | $6,020 | 1 | n/a |
| International Nanny Association | $5,980 | 1 | n/a |
| International Nanny Association | $5,980 | 1 | n/a |
| Reach Out and Read Inc | $5,820 | 1 | 0% |
| Parent Heart Watch | $5,760 | 1 | n/a |
| Sheerid Inc | $5,715 | 1 | n/a |
| Association for Computing Machinery Inc | $5,581 | 1 | 0% |
| Inventurus Knowledge Solution Inc | $5,320 | 1 | n/a |
| Habitat for Humanity of Oregon Inc | $5,299 | 1 | 0% |
| Oregon Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America | $5,280 | 1 | n/a |
| International Chapter PEO Sisterhood | $5,273 | 1 | 0% |
| International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health Inc | $5,260 | 1 | n/a |
| Lily & Cane LLC | $5,158 | 1 | n/a |
| American Library Association | $5,103 | 1 | 0% |
| Vibrant Table Catering & Events Inc | $5,063 | 1 | n/a |
| Portland International Conference Management of Engineering & Technology | $5,040 | 1 | n/a |
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 Visitor Development Fund Inc supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Share of budget is the funder’s grant in a year over the grantee’s total revenue that year, at its highest across the years we hold; revenue is from all sources. Only grantees confirmed against their own filings, whose grants do not exceed their revenue, are plotted: the largest 42.
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.
Alfred P Sloan FoundationNY13× affinity4 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →
Open a dossier: Alfred P Sloan Foundation · Gates Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Tides Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · The Ford Foundation · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · National Philanthropic Trust · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund
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.
About Visitor Development Fund Inc
- How much does Visitor Development Fund Inc give?
- Visitor Development Fund Inc reported 79 itemized grants totaling $2,953,671, out of $3,162,936 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 25 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Visitor Development Fund Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Civil Rights (49%), Public Benefit (31%), Recreation & Sports (7%).
- Who are Visitor Development Fund Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Merc ($13M), National Education Association of the United States ($401k), Emerald X Inc ($368k).
- Does Visitor Development Fund Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 88% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Visitor Development Fund Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Alfred P Sloan Foundation, Gates Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust.
- Where is Visitor Development Fund Inc based?
- Visitor Development Fund Inc is based in OR.
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