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Wieden Family Public Foundation

The Wieden Family Public Foundation is a supporting organization of The Oregon Community Foundation (OCF).

$621k
Granted FY2024still arriving
12
Grants FY2024still arriving
4
States reached
$207k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2023 to 2024.

Arts & Culture$5.5MHealth$420kEducation$167kCommunity Improvement$79kPublic Benefit$46kHousing & Shelter$41kEnvironment$33k
02FY2024 · 12 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k3 grants · $17k
  • $10k–50k5 grants · $179k
  • $50k–250k4 grants · $425k
$40,734
Median grant
4
States reached
$210k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Caldera$206,983
The Laura Fund$92,995
Washington University in St Louis$75,000
Cornell University$50,000
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs$40,734
Farmworker Housing Development Corporation$40,734
Global Lyme Alliance Inc$40,734
Oregon Community Foundation$40,733
AHIVOY$16,518
Literary Arts Inc$5,506
Gray Family Foundation$5,506
North Pole Studio$5,506
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 (FY23–23, $29k) land where the poverty rate runs at 8%, against an area that typically sits at 9%. 0% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Its grants skew toward lower-need ZIPs.

area typical 9%Adelante Mujeres: $29k → 8%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.
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.

95%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$5.9M · 5 repeat orgs$316k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +32% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.

5 repeat relationships: 5 still active in FY2024, 0 since wound down; 6 grantees were first funded in FY2024 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

5
7

Total granted

$5.9M
$167k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+32%
+10%

Still filing today

80%
100%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2024, 74% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $150k went to new ones.

50%100%’23’24
RenewedFirst-time

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

’23’24
EducationArts & CultureYouth DevelopmentScience & TechEnvironmentHuman ServicesOther
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

  • CALDERA
    2× · 2023–2024 · $5.4M · revenue +32%
  • WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    2× · 2023–2024 · $150k · revenue +16%
  • Cornell University
    2× · 2023–2024 · $100k · revenue +27%

Funded once

  • VertueLab
    one grant, 2023 · $34k · revenue -10%
  • LR
    LOMAKATSI RESTORATION PROJECT
    one grant, 2023 · $33k · revenue +4%
  • CD
    COLLEGE DREAMS INC
    one grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +10%
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
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
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
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
4
Independent Colleges of Washington

Independent colleges of washington is the leading advocate for not-for-profit, private campuses in washington state.

Education
5
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
6
Cascades Academy of Central Oregon

Cascades academy is an engaged, vibrant community that weaves challenging academics with experiential learning to inspire socially responsible individuals ready for a diverse and changing world.

Education
7
Western University of Health Sciences

To produce, in a humanistic tradition, health care professionals and biomedical knowledge that will enhance and extend the quality of life in our communities.

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8
Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Foundation Inc Oregon Chapter

The foundation advances science and technology in the united states by providing financial awards to academically outstanding u.s. citizens studying to complete doctoral degrees in science, engineering and medical research.

Education
9
University of Oregon Foundation

The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated…

Education
10
Portland State University Foundation

Portland state university foundation is responsible for raising and managing private resources to advance psu's priorities and mission to be a leading urban university.

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11
Augustana College

Rooted in the liberal arts & sciences & lutheran expression of the christian faith, & is committed to offering a challenging education that develops qualities of mind, spirit, & body necessary for a rewarding life of leadership & service…

Education
12
Oregon Energy Systems Technology and Research
Environment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Literary Arts Inc; the most unlike its peers is College Possible Inc. 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

17 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. 17 of the 19 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.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
17/17
Grantees still filing
10/17
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

CALDERA: $5,416,983 · Youth DevelopmentCALDERAWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $150,000 · EducationCornell University: $100,000 · EducationCOLLEGE DREAMS INC: $30,000 · EducationAHIVOY: $16,518 · Education+1 more: $10,000 · EducationThe Laura Fund: $177,995 · OtherCONFEDERATED TRIBES OF WARM SPRINGS: $40,734 · OtherLOMAKATSI RESTORATION PROJECT: $32,500 · OtherCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $25,950 · OtherADELANTE MUJERES: $29,025 · Other+3 more: $16,337 · OtherTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $73,233 · PhilanthropyGray Family Foundation: $11,506 · PhilanthropyGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $40,734 · HealthFARMWORKER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $40,734 · Housing & ShelterVertueLab: $33,700 · Science & Tech
Youth Development$5,416,983Education$306,518Other$322,541Philanthropy$84,739Health$40,734Housing & Shelter$40,734Science & Tech$33,700

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetCALDERA: $5,416,983 over 2y, 2.5% of budgetWASHINGTON UNIVERSITY: $150,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCornell University: $100,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION: $73,233 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetGLOBAL LYME ALLIANCE INC: $40,734 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetFARMWORKER HOUSING DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION: $40,734 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetVertueLab: $33,700 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLOMAKATSI RESTORATION PROJECT: $32,500 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCOLLEGE DREAMS INC: $30,000 over 1y, 0.7% of budgetADELANTE MUJERES: $29,025 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetCREATIVE VISIONS FOUNDATION: $25,950 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetAHIVOY: $16,518 over 1y, 4.0% of budgetGray Family Foundation: $11,506 over 2y, 3.8% of budgetCOLLEGE POSSIBLE INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetLITERARY ARTS INC: $5,506 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetNORTH POLE STUDIO: $5,506 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetSTONE CHILD COLLEGE: $5,325 over 1y, 0.0% 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.

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.

The Oregon Community …The Collins FoundationJames F & Marion L Mi…Seeding JusticeUmpqua Bank Charitabl…The Roundhouse Founda…Meyer Memorial TrustMarie Lamfrom Charita…The Ford Family Found…The Reser Family Foun…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …
The Oregon Community FoundationOR22× affinity9 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: The Oregon Community Foundation · The Collins Foundation · James F & Marion L Miller Foundation · Seeding Justice · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · The Ford Family Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · 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.

How much its grantees rely on government

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

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%6%25%56%100%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 12%
  • Lomakatsi Restoration Project: 100% of income from government
  • Adelante Mujeres: 31% of income from government
  • Ahivoy: 29% of income from government
  • College Dreams Inc: 23% of income from government
  • VertueLab: 12% of income from government
  • Literary Arts Inc: 10% of income from government
  • Farmworker Housing Development Corporation: 7% of income from government
  • The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
  • Caldera: 1% of income from government
  • North Pole Studio: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
2get no government money at all
1rely 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.
05Through Plinth

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How do I get to Wieden Family Public Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Wieden Family Public Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

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 19 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 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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