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Willamette Workforce Partnership

The purpose of this corporation is to work in concert with the business community, schools, colleges, public agencies, units of government, community-based organizations, and nonprofit entities to develop a skilled workforce able to compete for, retain, and advance in employment in today's and tomorrow's economy.

$4.4M
Granted FY2025still arriving
21
Grants FY2025still arriving
3
States reached
$2.5M
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
01What it funds
0198% classified

What it funded, over time

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

Employment$17MCommunity Improvement$8.9MPhilanthropy$1.6MHuman Services$920kFood & Nutrition$588kEducation$564kArts & Culture$502kHealth$339kOther$0
02FY2025 · 21 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k4 grants · $24k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $176k
  • $50k–250k5 grants · $835k
  • $250k+3 grants · $3.3M
$25,000
Median grant
3
States reached
$3.5M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
COMMUNITY SERVICES CONSORTIUM$2,502,591
UNITED WAY$418,869
CHEHALEM YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES$415,997
CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE$244,016
MID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY$236,047
HIGHTOWER WORKFORCE INITIATIVES LLC$149,380
EASTER SEALS OREGON$130,000
BE-BLAC FOUNDATION$75,953
CROSSROADS COMMUNITIES$28,974
MEDICAL TRAINING ACADEMY$26,228
VALLEY FAB CORP$25,000
EXITBLISS CORP$18,566
KNIFE RIVER TRAINING CENTER$17,430
ARE MANUFACTURING INC$16,125
METAL INNOVATIONS$16,000
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 (FY19–24, $88k) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%DRESS FOR SUCCESS: $37k → 12%THE GATE YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $10k → 13%FAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS: $20k → 14%CATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES: $20k → 14%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.

88%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$26M · 42 repeat orgs$3.4M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +35% since the first grant, against +23% for those funded once.

42 repeat relationships: 12 still active in FY2025, 30 since wound down; 8 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

42
287

Total granted

$26M
$3.1M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+35%
+23%

Still filing today

31%
7%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 94% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $252k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

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

’17’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
EmploymentHuman ServicesEducationCommunity ImprovementHealthHousing & ShelterOther
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

  • CY
    Chehalem Youth & Family Services
    7× · 2017–2025 · $2.2M · revenue +29% · 89% of their budget
  • MW
    MID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY
    4× · 2020–2025 · $557k · revenue +127%
  • WI
    Worksystems Inc
    2× · 2017–2019 · $216k · revenue +20%

Funded once

  • CF
    CENTER FOR COMMUNITY INNOVATION
    one grant, 2017 · $289k · 53% of their budget
  • KC
    KID CAROUSEL DAY CARE IN CARE OF ED
    one grant, 2022 · $99k
  • RG
    RICKY GIL (BARBER)
    one grant, 2022 · $71k
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
Eastern Oregon Workforce Board

To coordinate the resources need to help employers succeed and individuals to advance through innovation and partnerships.

Community Improvement
2
Southwest Washington Workforce Development Council

Swwdc's mission is to prepare and promote a skilled and adaptive workforce for a thriving economy in southwest washington. swwdc and its community partners provide job search assistance, education and training to individuals and assist…

Philanthropy
3
Abilities At Work

To provide employment and alternative service programs for developmentally disabled adults in the portland metro area.

Employment
4
Se Works Inc

Se works' mission is to strengthen the economic health and well being of our diverse community by facilitating successful connections between job seekers and employers.

Employment
5
Oregon Human Development Corporation

To promote economic and social advancement of farmworkers and disadvantaged individuals through the provision of education, training, advocacy and services that enhance self-sufficiency.

Human Services
6
Central Ozarks Private Industry Council

Central Ozarks Private Industry Council, Incorporated (COPIC) strives to provide all customers with access to professional, high-quality workforce development services, resulting in sustainable employment and contributing to positive…

Employment
7
Collaborative Economic Development

To accelerate inclusive economic prosperity in lane county, oregon

Employment
8
Siskiyou Training & Employment Program

Offering access to employment and training information and services, promoting linkages to job seekers and employers, and providing guidance, workplace readiness skills and job training opportunities.

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9
Economic Development for Central Oregon Inc

Lead the diversification of central oregon's economy through marketing, targeted recruitment, business expansion, formation of effective public/private partnerships and venture coaching for early stage companies.

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10
Spokane Area Workforce Development Council

The SWC mobilizes partnerships, data-driven innovation,and strategic investment to build an equitable workforce ecosystem where every individual can access opportunity, every business can find talent, and every community can thrive.

Community Improvement
11
Coastal Counties Workforce Inc

To oversee and manage regional Federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) programming. CCWI performs the functions of the regional workforce board and applies for/obtains additional funding for our region with the mission of…

Employment
12
Eastern Connecticut Workforce Investment Board Inc

EWIB efficiently coordinates employment-related services in concert with a multitude of state and local agencies at benefit to both businesses and job-seekers. These services offer new opportunities and/or skills to the regional workforce,…

Employment
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Mid Willamette Valley Community Action Agency; the most unlike its peers is Kid Central. 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

39 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. 39 of the 338 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.

4
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
8
Early backer (in before they grew)
36/39
Grantees still filing
27/39
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

COMMUNITY SERVICES CONSORTIUM: $11,698,191 · OtherCOMMUNITY SERVICES CONSORTIUMEQUUS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONS: $4,597,022 · OtherEQUUS WORKFORCE SOLUTIONSUNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY: $2,403,027 · OtherUNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY+181 more: $4,694,728 · Other+181 moreSOUTH COAST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CORPORATION: $3,633,009 · EmploymentSOUTH COAST BUS…Worksystems Inc: $216,457 · Employment+5 more: $258,364 · Employment+5 moreChehalem Youth & Family Services: $2,212,385 · HealthBE BLAC FOUNDATION: $408,203 · Civil RightsINTEGRATED SUPPORTS FOR LIVING INC: $114,569 · Housing & ShelterCROSSROADS COMMUNITIES: $28,974 · Housing & ShelterMEDICAL TRAINING ACADEMY: $112,374 · EducationKID CENTRAL: $23,000 · EducationOregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership Inc: $68,900 · Community ImprovementA RAY OF HOPE TODAY: $31,403 · Community ImprovementNORTHWEST REAL ESTATE INVESTORS INC: $12,600 · Community Improvement
Other$23,392,968Employment$4,107,830Health$2,212,385Civil Rights$408,203Housing & Shelter$143,543Education$135,374Community Improvement$112,903

Showing the 200 largest grantees by grant value.

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

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetSOUTH COAST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CORPORATION: $3,633,009 over 4y, 20% of budgetUNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY: $2,403,027 over 6y, 13% of budgetChehalem Youth & Family Services: $2,212,385 over 7y, 89% of budgetMID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY: $556,689 over 4y, 0.4% of budgetBE BLAC FOUNDATION: $408,203 over 3y, 43% of budgetCENTER FOR COMMUNITY INNOVATION: $288,686 over 1y, 53% of budgetWorksystems Inc: $216,457 over 2y, 0.8% of budgetLANE WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP: $140,244 over 2y, 2.8% of budgetINTEGRATED SUPPORTS FOR LIVING INC: $114,569 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMEDICAL TRAINING ACADEMY: $112,374 over 2y, 48% of budgetWORKFORCE INVESTMENT COUNCIL OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY: $94,978 over 2y, 1.8% of budgetROGUE WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP: $73,017 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetOregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership Inc: $68,900 over 2y, 0.6% of budgetMV ADVANCEMENTS: $52,203 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetOregon Northwest Workforce Investment Board: $43,677 over 1y, 1.9% of budgetDress for Success Oregon: $37,442 over 1y, 2.7% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN OREGON WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD: $32,834 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetA RAY OF HOPE TODAY: $31,403 over 2y, 0.9% of budgetCROSSROADS COMMUNITIES: $28,974 over 1y, 1.6% of budgetKID CENTRAL: $23,000 over 1y, 6.1% of budgetMCMINNVILLE AREA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY: $20,000 over 2y, 1.0% of budgetCATHOLIC COMMUNITY SERVICES OF THE MID- WILLAMETTE VALLEY & CENTRAL COAST: $20,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetFAMILY BUILDING BLOCKS INC: $20,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetATHLETIC EDGE: $16,300 over 1y, 0.5% of budgetOPTIONS COUNSELING SERVICES OF OREGON INC: $16,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetEAST CASCADES WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD: $13,858 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetFRIENDS OF DEEPWOOD: $12,600 over 1y, 7.3% of budgetNORTHWEST REAL ESTATE INVESTORS INC: $12,600 over 1y, 22% of budgetOREGON GARDEN FOUNDATION: $12,600 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetGATE YOUTH ASSOCIATION: $10,476 over 1y, 1.3% of budgetCAPITAL COMMUNITY TELEVISION INC: $10,000 over 1y, 1.1% 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 SOUTH COAST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT CORPORATION ↗
  • Who funds UNITED WAY OF THE MID-WILLAMETTE VALLEY ↗
  • Who funds Chehalem Youth & Family Services ↗
  • Who funds MID WILLAMETTE VALLEY COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY ↗
  • Who funds BE BLAC FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds CENTER FOR COMMUNITY INNOVATION ↗
  • Who funds Worksystems Inc ↗
  • Who funds LANE WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds EASTER SEALS OF OREGON ↗
  • Who funds INTEGRATED SUPPORTS FOR LIVING INC ↗
  • Who funds MEDICAL TRAINING ACADEMY ↗
  • Who funds WORKFORCE INVESTMENT COUNCIL OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY ↗
  • Who funds ROGUE WORKFORCE PARTNERSHIP ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership Inc ↗
  • Who funds MV ADVANCEMENTS ↗
  • Who funds Oregon Northwest Workforce Investment Board ↗
  • Who funds Dress for Success Oregon ↗
  • Who funds SOUTHWESTERN OREGON WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD ↗
  • Who funds A RAY OF HOPE TODAY ↗

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.

United Way of the Mid…Willamette Health Cou…Oregon Workforce Part…The Ford Family Found…The Salem FoundationSalem HealthThe Oregon Community …Barbara Emily Knudson…Maps Community Founda…The Roundhouse Founda…Southwestern Oregon W…Intercommunity Health…
United Way of the Mid-Willamette ValleyOR20.6× affinity8 shared granteesties to 9 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley · Willamette Health Council · Oregon Workforce Partnership · The Ford Family Foundation · The Salem Foundation · Salem Health · The Oregon Community Foundation · Barbara Emily Knudson Foundation · Maps Community Foundation · The Roundhouse Foundation · Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board · Intercommunity Health Plans Inc

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 Willamette Workforce Partnership funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Willamette Workforce Partnership. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 60%6%23%51%90%funder's share of their income ↑0%25%50%75%100%share of the org’s income from government →median 81%
  • Oregon Northwest Workforce Investment Board: 93% of income from government
  • Lane Workforce Partnership: 92% of income from government
  • Rogue Workforce Partnership: 90% of income from government
  • Workforce Investment Council of Clackamas County: 87% of income from government
  • East Cascades Workforce Investment Board: 86% of income from government
  • Oregon Manufacturing Extension Partnership Inc: 83% of income from government
  • Mid Willamette Valley Community Action Agency: 81% of income from government
  • Mv Advancements: 81% of income from government
  • Easter Seals of Oregon: 77% of income from government
  • Family Building Blocks Inc: 68% of income from government
  • Worksystems Inc: 55% of income from government
  • South Coast Business Employment Corporation: 41% of income from government
  • Gate Youth Association: 6% of income from government
  • United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley: 6% of income from government
  • Festival Chorale Oregon: 4% of income from government
  • Oregon Garden Foundation: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
6get no government money at all
10report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
11rely 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 338 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 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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