Oregon · Public charity
Worksystems Inc
The mission of the organization is to coordinate a regional workforce system that supports individual prosperity and business competitiveness.
- $18M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 24
- Grants FY2025
- 22
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 5%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $302,662
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $3,606,999
- Organizations funded a year
- 20 to 58
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 2
- Total assets, FY2025
- $15M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 5% of the organizations Worksystems Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 1% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 99% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $127k 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 24 | $18M | 21% |
| FY2024 | 22 | $19M | 5% |
| FY2023 | 20 | $16M | 5% |
| FY2022 | 21 | $15M | 0% |
| FY2021 | 22 | $14M | 0% |
| FY2020 | 58 | $15M | 62% |
| FY2019 | 23 | $17M | 9% |
| FY2018 | 23 | $17M | 17% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization | $26,864,559 | 9 | 11% |
| Portland Community College | $26,259,484 | 9 | n/a |
| Se Works Inc | $20,154,676 | 9 | 69% |
| Mhcc | $11,380,434 | 9 | n/a |
| Portland Opportunities Indust Center | $8,940,547 | 9 | 8% |
| Human Solutions Inc Dba Our Just Future | $8,370,821 | 9 | 6% |
| Central City Concern | $8,369,899 | 9 | 1% |
| Portland YouthBuilders | $5,876,195 | 9 | 31% |
| Latino Network | $4,463,515 | 8 | 5% |
| Oregon Tradeswomen Inc | $4,189,640 | 9 | 32% |
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Where it is load-bearing
Worksystems Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 3 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 57 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
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 Collins Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Oregon Community Foundation · Careoregon Inc · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation · Juan Young Trust · Onpoint Community Credit Union · Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · Hillman Family Foundations
How this is measured
About Worksystems Inc
- How much does Worksystems Inc give?
- Worksystems Inc reported 24 grants totaling $17,509,726 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 20 and 58 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Worksystems Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Employment (100%), Youth Development (0%).
- Who are Worksystems Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization ($27M), Portland Community College ($26M), Se Works Inc ($20M).
- Does Worksystems Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 5% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Worksystems Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include The Collins Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation.
- Where is Worksystems Inc based?
- Worksystems Inc is based in OR.
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