Oregon · Private foundation
Walter R Behrens Foundation
Its FY2022 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $101k
- Granted FY2022
- 21
- Grants FY2022
- 21
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 48%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Median grant, FY2022
- $2,200
- Largest grant, FY2022
- $40,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 11 to 22
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2022
- 2
- Total assets, FY2022
- $1.6M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 48% of the organizations Walter R Behrens Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 65% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 35% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $66k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2022 | 21 | $101k | 48% |
| FY2021 | 13 | $48k | 8% |
| FY2020 | 22 | $78k | 36% |
| FY2019 | 15 | $64k | 27% |
| FY2018 | 14 | $67k | 36% |
| FY2017 | 11 | $58k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2022.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2022, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln County Foundation | $40,000 | 1 | 2% |
| B'Nai Brith Men's Camp Association | $17,500 | 4 | 0% |
| Lincoln City Cultural Center | $15,159 | 6 | 0% |
| Angels Anonymous Inc | $5,500 | 1 | 3% |
| George Fox University | $5,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Lincoln City Christian School | $1,566 | 1 | n/a |
| Seventh-Day Adventist Church | $923 | 1 | n/a |
| Siletz Bay Music Festival | $550 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 31 recipients with no EIN on record ($328k), 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 tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
About Walter R Behrens Foundation
- How much does Walter R Behrens Foundation give?
- Walter R Behrens Foundation reported 21 grants totaling $100,735 in its FY2022 IRS filing. It funded between 11 and 22 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Walter R Behrens Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2022, its largest causes are Education (47%), Philanthropy (10%), Recreation & Sports (4%).
- Who are Walter R Behrens Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2022: Lincoln County Foundation ($40k), B'Nai Brith Men's Camp Association ($18k), Lincoln City Cultural Center ($15k).
- Does Walter R Behrens Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 48% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Walter R Behrens Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Walter R Behrens Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Oregon Community Foundation, Amazonsmile Foundation.
- Where is Walter R Behrens Foundation based?
- Walter R Behrens Foundation is based in OR.
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