· Private foundation
Wyss Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2021 to 2025.
Where the money goes
Grants by size, and the largest recipients.
By grant size · FY2025
- Under $10k30 grants · $140k
- $10k–50k74 grants · $1.1M
- $50k–250k1 grant · $75k
| Recipient | Amount |
|---|---|
| LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK | $75,000 |
| AMERICAN FRIENDS OF NSWAS | $40,000 |
| INTERNATIONAL PHYSICIANS FOR THE PR | $35,000 |
| WATER MUSIC SOCIETY | $35,000 |
| MY FRIENDS PLACE | $35,000 |
| DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS USA | $30,000 |
| REED COLLEGE | $30,000 |
| Individual grant recipient | $30,000 |
| LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE | $25,000 |
| MULTNOMAH ARTS CENTER | $25,000 |
| THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION PORTLAND | $25,000 |
| PARTNERS FOR A HUNGER-FREE OREGON | $20,000 |
| NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH | $20,000 |
| STREET ROOTS | $20,000 |
| VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OREGON | $20,000 |
Does the money reach high-need areas?
Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.
Its human-services grants (FY21–25, $357k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 94% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.
How this is measured
Which US states its grants reach
How this is measured
Who it funds again
Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.
Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +18% since the first grant, against +10% for those funded once.
99 repeat relationships: 79 still active in FY2025, 20 since wound down; 22 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).
How the two cohorts compare
Organizations
Total granted
Median revenue growth · since first grant
Still filing today
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 86% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
Backed again, and grew
- LALOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK5× · 2021–2025 · $275k · revenue +50%
MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC5× · 2021–2025 · $150k · revenue +20%- SPSOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC5× · 2021–2025 · $105k · revenue +13%
Funded once
- OHOregon Historical Society ( for library)one grant, 2021 · $42k
- RCReed College-Lillie P Wyssone grant, 2022 · $35k
- AFAMERICAN FRIENDS OF NEVE SHALOMWAHAT AL-SALAM INCone grant, 2023 · $30k · revenue +21%
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.
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.
Oregon Justice Network is an alliance built and staffed by criminal legal system impacted people advocating for the well-being of people affected or at-risk of being affected by carceral systems. Our work centers around restorative…
Pfm operates world-class farmers markets that contribute to the success of local food growers and producers and create vibrant community gatherings. as a trade association, success for our vendors is our primary objective. listening and…
Building a diverse grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.
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…
Open signal's mission is to nurture the change-making power of community media in service of a just and equitable world.
Nourishing our community. the port angeles food bank is the main food bank in clallam county, providing food to 13 other area pantries and meal programs as well as providing food to over 5,000 individuals per month.
Portland Public Library is a welcoming cultural center that brings people together and connects them with trusted resources, ideas, experiences, and information. We build a stronger community by inspiring learning, creativity, and…
Guided by compassion, collaboration and respect, our house provided oregon and southwest washington's only integrated continuum of health and housing services to people with hiv.
Sheltercare offers a variety of housing and support services for people who are homeless or those facing homelessness with a committed focus on the community's most vulnerable individuals dealing with psychiatric disabilities, acquired…
House Our Neighbors envisions a future where all people can afford to live and thrive in vibrant, cohesive, and climate resilient communities. To achieve this, we develop, advocate, and mobilize for policy to realize social housing for the…
Oregon agricultural trust partners with farmers and ranchers to protect agricultural lands for the benefit of oregons economy, communities, and landscapes.
At l'arche portland people with and without developmental disabilities create home and build community together. we nurture long-term mutual relationships that reveal the gifts of people with developmental disabilities. in doing so we…
How this is measured
93 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. 93 of the 168 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.
Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee
Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing
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 LOS ANGELES REGIONAL FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds MEDECINS SANS FRONTIERES USA INC ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER INC ↗
- Who funds WATER MUSIC SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds REED INSTITUTE ↗
- Who funds LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE ↗
- Who funds Feeding America ↗
- Who funds STREET ROOTS INC ↗
- Who funds Central City Concern ↗
- Who funds FRIENDS OF CHAMBER MUSIC ↗
- Who funds OREGON HUMANE SOCIETY ↗
- Who funds SISTERS OF THE ROAD INC ↗
- Who funds MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE INC ↗
- Who funds THE LIBRARY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER ↗
- Who funds International Rescue Committee INC ↗
- Who funds RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND ↗
- Who funds JANUS YOUTH PROGRAMS INC ↗
- Who funds OREGON FOOD BANK ↗
- Who funds PARTNERS FOR A HUNGER FREE OREGON ↗
- Who funds COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL ↗
- Who funds SAM DAY FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND ART MUSEUM ↗
- Who funds BLANCHET HOUSE OF HOSPITALITY ↗
- Who funds SMART READING ↗
- Who funds Proud Ground ↗
- Who funds VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL FOUNDATION ↗
- Who funds Friends of Hopewell House dba Hopewell House ↗
- Who funds PORTLAND PARKS FOUNDATION ↗
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 · Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust · OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation · The Collins Foundation · Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust · The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation · Meyer Memorial Trust · The Autzen Foundation · The Jackson Foundation · The Reser Family Foundation · Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund · Juan Young Trust
How this is measured
How much its grantees rely on government
Each dot is one organization Wyss Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Wyss Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.
- Northwest Youth Corps: 100% of income from government
- On-the-Move Community Integration: 81% of income from government
- Hacienda Community Development Corporation: 48% of income from government
- Mercy Corps: 47% of income from government
- Janus Youth Programs Inc: 46% of income from government
- Outside in: 33% of income from government
- Portland Street Medicine: 32% of income from government
- Partners for a Hunger Free Oregon: 31% of income from government
- Transition Projects Inc: 29% of income from government
- Oregon Food Bank: 21% of income from government
- New Avenues for Youth Inc: 20% of income from government
- Human Solutions Inc Dba Our Just Future: 17% of income from government
- Self Enhancement Inc: 14% of income from government
- Proud Ground: 11% of income from government
- Oregon Historical Society: 10% of income from government
- Central City Concern: 10% of income from government
- Raphael House of Portland: 10% of income from government
- Neighborhood Health Center: 9% of income from government
- Impact Nw: 8% of income from government
- Community Transitional School: 7% of income from government
- New Narrative: 6% of income from government
- Growing Gardens: 6% of income from government
- Ride Connection Inc: 4% of income from government
- Join: 4% of income from government
- Bodyvox Inc: 3% of income from government
- Smart Reading: 3% of income from government
- The Oregon Community Foundation: 2% of income from government
- Lewis & Clark College: 2% of income from government
- Portland Opera Association Inc: 2% of income from government
- Metroeast Community Media: 1% of income from government
- Wellesley College: 1% of income from government
- Portland Art Museum: 1% of income from government
- Friends of Chamber Music: 1% of income from government
- Reed Institute: 1% of income from government
- Oregon Public Broadcasting: 1% of income from government
- North Pole Studio: 0% of income from government
- Bird Alliance of Oregon Inc: 0% of income from government
- David's Harp 930771871: 0% of income from government
How this is measured
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