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Wheeler Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it accepted unsolicited grant applications.

$890k
Granted FY2025still arriving
66
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$85k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Health$1.2MEducation$1.1MHuman Services$985kArts & Culture$706kEnvironment$506kFood & Nutrition$414kYouth Development$408kRecreation & Sports$280kOther$0
02FY2025 · 66 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k13 grants · $71k
  • $10k–50k52 grants · $734k
  • $50k–250k1 grant · $85k
$10,500
Median grant
4
States reached
$12M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
FORA HEALTH INC$85,000
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY$35,000
ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION$35,000
OREGON FOOD BANK$30,000
ALBERTINA KERR CENTERS$25,000
Individual grant recipient$22,000
SALMONBERRY TRAIL FOUNDATION$20,000
OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY$17,000
MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE$17,000
PORTLAND YOUTH PHILHARMONIC$17,000
OREGON COAST AQUARIUM$15,000
THE NATURE CONSERVANCY - AZ CHAPTER$15,000
IMPACT NW$15,000
OREGON JOURNALISM PROJECT$15,000
NW ASSOCIATION FOR BLIND ATHLETES$15,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

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

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Its human-services grants (FY17–25, $726k) land where the poverty rate runs at 11%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 76% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%ABC HOUSE INC: $10k → 13%ABC HOUSE INC: $10k → 13%ABC HOUSE: $10k → 13%CLACKAMAS WOMENS SERVICES: $15k → 8%YWCA OF CLARK COUNTY: $10k → 9%YWCA of Clark County: $10k → 9%CLACKAMAS WOMENS SERVICES: $12k → 8%YWCA OF CLARK COUNTY: $10k → 9%CLACKAMAS WOMENS SERVICES: $10k → 8%YWCA of Clark County: $10k → 9%COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION: $10k → 8%YWCA of Clark County: $10k → 9%HOMEPLATE YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 8%YWCA of Clark County: $10k → 9%HOMEPLATE YOUTH SERVICES: $10k → 8%COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION: $10k → 8%CLACKAMAS WOMENS SERVICES: $10k → 8%CLACKAMAS WOMENS SERVICES: $10k → 8%Friends of Saturday Academy: $10k → 12%Friends of Saturday Academy: $10k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $10k → 12%YMCA Of Columbia-Willamette: $10k → 12%STORE TO DOOR: $10k → 12%NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE INC: $10k → 12%ALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $25k → 12%ALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $20k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $12k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $12k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $12k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $10k → 12%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $10k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $13k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE HOUSE: $13k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE: $10k → 12%Bradley Angle: $10k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE HOUSE: $10k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE HOUSE: $10k → 12%BRADLEY ANGLE HOUSE: $10k → 12%YOUTH VILLAGES OREGON: $12k → 12%YOUTH VILLAGES OREGON: $12k → 12%YOUTH VILLAGES OREGON: $10k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $15k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $15k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $15k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $15k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $15k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $13k → 12%RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $10k → 12%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

WA
IL
NY
MA
OR
CA
UT
CO
VA
AZ
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

91%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$6.0M · 119 repeat orgs$624k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +38% since the first grant, against +29% for those funded once.

119 repeat relationships: 56 still active in FY2025, 63 since wound down; 9 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

119
61

Total granted

$6.0M
$542k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+38%
+29%

Still filing today

82%
70%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 91% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $83k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’18’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesHealthArts & CultureEnvironmentEducationRecreation & SportsOther
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.

Backed again, and grew

  • FORA HEALTH INC
    8× · 2017–2025 · $635k · revenue +110%
  • OH
    OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
    7× · 2017–2025 · $230k · revenue +38%
  • OREGON FOOD BANK
    8× · 2017–2025 · $200k · revenue +70%

Funded once

  • AO
    ALBINA OPPORTUNITIES CORPORATION
    one grant, 2017 · $25k
  • PP
    PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION
    one grant, 2018 · $20k · revenue -57%
  • OP
    Oregon Paleo Lands Institute
    one grant, 2018 · $20k
How this is measured

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

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Our Children Oregon

Our children oregon's mission is to be a voice and force for the common good for all oregon children, ensuring all children have the resources and opportunities they need to reach their full potential. we elevate data and the voices of…

Philanthropy
2
Oregon Center for Public Policy

The oregon center for public policy's mission is to achieve economic justice for all oregonians through research, analysis, and advocacy. ocpp works to change policies that foster economic security and stability for all oregonians. we do…

Employment
3
The Campbell Institute

Children's institute's mission is to leverage research, practice, policy, and advocacy to shift systems toward justice for families so that all of oregon's children, prenatal to grade 5, have access to opportunity.

Unclassified
4
Oregon Research Institute

Oregon research institute is an independent behavioral sciences research center dedicated to understanding human behavior and improving the quality of human life through the prevention and treatment of health, educational, and social…

Social Science
5
Portland Business Alliance

To ensure economic prosperity in the portland region by providing strong leadership, partnership, and programs that encourage business growth and vitality.

Community Improvement
6
Youth Progress Association

Youth progress is a nonprofit organization that is licensed as a child caring agency (cca) to serve youth ages 12-25 in the custody of the oregon youth authority (oya) or the oregon department of human services (dhs). youth progress uses…

Health
7
Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.

Environment
8
Oregon Coast Community Action

Positive change for thriving communities: to empower people to work toward social and economic independence, otherwise improving the lives of those served by the corporation, under relevant community services block grant programs.

Housing & Shelter
9
Family and Community Together

Fact oregon empowers families, youth, and communities to navigate disability systems, advocating together for disability justice and policy change so that people with disabilities have what they need to thrive at home, in school, and in…

Human Services
10
Portland Trails

Over the next five years, portland trails will work to transform greater portland into a regional hub of connectivity and sustainability. by facilitating the expansion and enhancement of our trail network, we will foster inclusive…

Environment
11
Lewis & Clark College

Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. by fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and…

Education
12
Urban League of Portland Inc

To help empower african americans and others achieve equality in education, employment, and economic security.

Human Services
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Foundations for a Better Oregon; the most unlike its peers is Pax Learning Center. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

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

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 153 of the 192 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
41
Early backer (in before they grew)
149/153
Grantees still filing
107/153
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

OREGON FOOD BANK: $200,000 · OtherOREGON FOOD BANKTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $150,000 · OtherPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $102,000 · OtherTRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES: $108,000 · Other+107 more: $2,382,753 · Other+107 moreFORA HEALTH INC: $635,000 · HealthFORA HEALTH INCEisenhower Medical Center: $85,000 · HealthEisenhower Medica…PARROTT CREEK CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $47,000 · HealthKINSHIP HOUSE: $47,000 · HealthPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 · HealthALS Northwest: $38,000 · Health+13 more: $161,514 · Health+13 moreIMPACT NW: $100,000 · Human ServicesIMPACT NWRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $97,900 · Human ServicesRAPHAEL HOUSE …Metropolitan Family Service: $78,000 · Human ServicesMetropolitan F…Bradley Angle: $75,500 · Human ServicesBradley AngleYWCA CLARK COUNTY: $67,500 · Human ServicesYWCA CLARK COU…Dress for Success Oregon: $64,000 · Human ServicesDress for Succ…YOUTH VILLAGES INC: $59,000 · Human ServicesYOUTH VILLAGES…CLACKAMAS WOMEN'S SERVICES: $57,000 · Human ServicesCLACKAMAS WOME…ALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $45,000 · Human ServicesABC HOUSE INC: $40,000 · Human ServicesFRIENDS OF SATURDAY ACADEMY: $33,000 · Human ServicesYWCA OF GREATER PORTLAND: $30,000 · Human Services+9 more: $131,000 · Human Services+9 moreOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $230,000 · Arts & CultureOREGON HISTORI…Portland Youth Philharmonic Association: $118,000 · Arts & CulturePortland Youth…THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $112,000 · Arts & CultureTHE LIBRARY FO…OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $108,500 · Arts & CultureOREGON MUSEUM …CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST: $75,000 · Arts & CultureCHAMBER MUSIC …Metropolitan Youth Symphony: $40,000 · Arts & Culture+13 more: $164,000 · Arts & Culture+13 moreARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $200,000 · EducationARIZONA ST…University of Chicago: $100,000 · EducationUniversity…Oregon State University Foundation: $55,000 · EducationOregon Sta…INCIGHT COMPANY: $52,000 · EducationINCIGHT CO…COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $38,200 · EducationCOMMUNITY …Fordham University: $32,000 · EducationHIGH MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE INC: $25,000 · EducationTHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY: $22,000 · Education+6 more: $80,500 · Education+6 moreOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC: $130,000 · AnimalsOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $54,000 · AnimalsLower Nehalem Community Trust: $52,000 · AnimalsFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $80,250 · Youth DevelopmentBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $67,000 · Youth DevelopmentMAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION: $40,000 · Youth DevelopmentPortland YouthBuilders: $34,500 · Youth Development+1 more: $6,000 · Youth Development
Other$2,942,753Health$1,053,514Human Services$877,900Arts & Culture$847,500Education$604,700Animals$236,000Youth Development$227,750

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetFORA HEALTH INC: $635,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetOREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY: $230,000 over 7y, 0.5% of budgetOREGON FOOD BANK: $200,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY: $200,000 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY: $150,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC: $130,000 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetPortland Youth Philharmonic Association: $118,000 over 8y, 1.3% of budgetTHE LIBRARY FOUNDATION: $112,000 over 8y, 0.6% of budgetOREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY: $108,500 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES: $108,000 over 7y, 0.0% of budgetPORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION: $102,000 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetUniversity of Chicago: $100,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetIMPACT NW: $100,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetRAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND: $97,900 over 7y, 0.6% of budgetMEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC: $89,000 over 7y, 0.1% of budgetEisenhower Medical Center: $85,000 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND: $80,250 over 8y, 0.2% of budgetMetropolitan Family Service: $78,000 over 8y, 0.1% of budgetTUCKER MAXON SCHOOL: $77,000 over 8y, 0.4% of budgetBradley Angle: $75,500 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetCHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST: $75,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetFRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS: $72,000 over 6y, 1.9% of budgetPATH HOME: $70,000 over 7y, 0.4% of budgetJUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC: $68,000 over 7y, 1.1% of budgetYWCA CLARK COUNTY: $67,500 over 7y, 0.2% of budgetBIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW: $67,000 over 5y, 1.2% of budgetDress for Success Oregon: $64,000 over 6y, 1.8% of budgetVOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF OREGON INC: $64,000 over 5y, 0.1% of budgetCASA OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY: $60,000 over 6y, 1.5% of budgetYOUTH VILLAGES INC: $59,000 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetREADING RESULTS: $57,000 over 7y, 1.3% of budgetCLACKAMAS WOMEN'S SERVICES: $57,000 over 5y, 0.2% of budgetOregon State University Foundation: $55,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetOREGON HUMANE SOCIETY: $54,000 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetCRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY: $52,500 over 5y, 0.8% of budgetLower Nehalem Community Trust: $52,000 over 3y, 5.6% of budgetINCIGHT COMPANY: $52,000 over 5y, 2.3% of budgetARIZONA TRAIL ASSOCIATION: $50,500 over 4y, 2.4% of budgetFriends of Trees: $48,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetPARROTT CREEK CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES: $47,000 over 5y, 0.5% of budgetKINSHIP HOUSE: $47,000 over 4y, 0.5% of budgetALBERTINA KERR CENTERS: $45,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE DOUGY CENTER INC: $42,000 over 3y, 1.2% of budgetPROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetABC HOUSE INC: $40,000 over 5y, 0.4% of budgetMAURICE LUCAS FOUNDATION: $40,000 over 4y, 0.9% of budgetMetropolitan Youth Symphony: $40,000 over 8y, 0.7% of budgetCOMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL: $38,200 over 4y, 0.7% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

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

  • Who funds FORA HEALTH INC ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION FOR A NEW AMERICAN UNIVERSITY ↗
  • Who funds THE NATURE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds OREGON COAST AQUARIUM INC ↗
  • Who funds Portland Youth Philharmonic Association ↗
  • Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds OREGON MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY ↗
  • Who funds TRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds University of Chicago ↗
  • Who funds IMPACT NW ↗
  • Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
  • Who funds Eisenhower Medical Center ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN-PORTLAND ↗
  • Who funds Metropolitan Family Service ↗
  • Who funds TUCKER MAXON SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds Bradley Angle ↗
  • Who funds CHAMBER MUSIC NORTHWEST ↗
  • Who funds FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS ↗
  • Who funds PATH HOME ↗
  • Who funds JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON INC ↗
  • Who funds YWCA CLARK COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS COLUMBIA NORTHW ↗
  • Who funds Dress for Success Oregon ↗
  • Who funds VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OF OREGON INC ↗
  • Who funds CASA OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds YOUTH VILLAGES INC ↗
  • Who funds READING RESULTS ↗
  • Who funds CLACKAMAS WOMEN'S SERVICES ↗
  • Who funds Oregon State University Foundation ↗
  • Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
  • Who funds CRYSTAL COVE CONSERVANCY ↗
  • Who funds Lower Nehalem Community Trust ↗
  • Who funds INCIGHT COMPANY ↗

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.

OCF Joseph E Weston P…Juan Young TrustThe Jackson FoundationThe Autzen FoundationThe Oregon Community …Maybelle Clark Macdon…Marie Lamfrom Charita…The Collins FoundationRose E Tucker Charita…The Reser Family Foun…Meyer Memorial TrustHillman Family Founda…
OCF Joseph E Weston Public FoundationOR138.2× affinity73 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Juan Young Trust · The Jackson Foundation · The Autzen Foundation · The Oregon Community Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Collins Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Reser Family Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Hillman Family Foundations

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.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Wheeler Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wheeler Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 220%5%19%42%75%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 10%
  • Friends of Trees: 100% of income from government
  • Morrison Child and Family Services: 91% of income from government
  • Glide Revitalization: 87% of income from government
  • Youth Rights & Justice: 81% of income from government
  • Albertina Kerr Centers: 74% of income from government
  • Family Building Blocks Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Exceed Enterprises Inc Co Albertina Kerr: 68% of income from government
  • Community Action Organization: 67% of income from government
  • Neighborhood House Inc: 53% of income from government
  • Portland YouthBuilders: 35% of income from government
  • Northwest Family Services: 35% of income from government
  • Clackamas Women's Services: 33% of income from government
  • Portland Street Medicine: 32% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Family Service: 29% of income from government
  • Holla: 29% of income from government
  • Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Abc House Inc: 25% of income from government
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium Inc: 24% of income from government
  • Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
  • Parrott Creek Child and Family Services: 20% of income from government
  • Homeplate Youth Services: 17% of income from government
  • Human Solutions Inc Dba Our Just Future: 17% of income from government
  • Project Lemonade Inc: 15% of income from government
  • Ywca of Greater Portland: 15% of income from government
  • Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East: 14% of income from government
  • Cascade Aids Project: 13% of income from government
  • Old Church Society Inc: 12% of income from government
  • The Portland Playhouse: 11% of income from government
  • Oregon Historical Society: 10% of income from government
  • Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
  • Bradley Angle: 10% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Lifeworks Nw: 8% of income from government
  • Impact Nw: 8% of income from government
  • Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
  • Oregon Recovers: 6% of income from government
  • Portland Community College Foundation Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Providence Portland Medical Foundation: 5% of income from government
  • The Contingent: 5% of income from government
  • Open School Inc: 5% of income from government
  • Together We Are Greater Than: 5% of income from government
  • Friends of the Children-Portland: 5% of income from government
  • Solve: 5% of income from government
  • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4% of income from government
  • Eugene Springfield Youth Orchestras: 4% of income from government
  • Chamber Music Northwest: 3% of income from government
  • Pacific University: 2% of income from government
  • Trillium Family Services: 2% of income from government
  • Lower Nehalem Community Trust: 2% of income from government
  • Casa for Children Inc: 2% of income from government
  • Portland Opera Association Inc: 2% of income from government
  • The Dougy Center Inc: 1% of income from government
  • Young Men's Christian Association of Columbia-Willamette: 1% of income from government
  • Salmonberry Trail Foundation: 1% of income from government
  • Metropolitan Youth Symphony: 1% of income from government
  • Portland Youth Philharmonic Association: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Repertory Singers: 0% of income from government
  • Casa of Clackamas County: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon Symphony Association: 0% of income from government
  • The Peaceful Presence Project: 0% of income from government
  • Childrens Center: 0% of income from government
  • Oregon State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
  • Portland State University Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
22get no government money at all
35report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
9rely on government for over half their income
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
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 a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than 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 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 192 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its 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.

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

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
The regranting layer
51% of grant dollars land in the regranting layer
The DAF merry-go-round
$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds
The endowment market
who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
By state
where grant money is based, and what stays home