How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Oregon?

Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Oregon, currently The Oregon Community Foundation, James F & Marion L Miller Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.

How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Oregon?

$756M reached 1,011 arts and culture organizations in Oregon, from 1,534 funders. 57% came from funders also based in Oregon.

How recent is this data?

It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

Funding · Oregon · Arts and culture

Who funds arts and culture in Oregon

Arts and culture funding in Oregon is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc leads, and the money reaches 1,011 groups.

$756M

granted

1,011

organizations

57%

from in-state

The short version

1,534 funders gave $756M to 1,011 arts and culture organizations in Oregon across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
57% of that came from funders also based in Oregon; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of arts and culture in Oregon is The Oregon Community Foundation, at $137M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc, at $72M.

Largest funders of arts and culture in Oregon

The funders giving the most to arts and culture organizations in Oregon, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.

1The Oregon Community Foundation$137M 2James F & Marion L Miller Foundation$51M 3Corporation for Public Broadcasting$50M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$36M 5Regional Arts & Culture Council$29M 6Oregon Shakespeare Festival Endowment Fund$23M 7Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$20M 8M J Murdock Charitable Trust$18M 9Meyer Memorial Trust$14M 10The Andrew W Mellon Foundation$12M

Arts and culture organizations in Oregon that draw the most

Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.

1,001 other arts and culture organizations$423M

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association Inc$72M Portland Art Museum$71M Oregon Public Broadcasting$64M Oregon Symphony Association$37M

How to find arts and culture funders in Oregon

1
Start with the funders already active in Oregon
The funders giving the most to arts and culture in Oregon are The Oregon Community Foundation, James F & Marion L Miller Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. A funder already writing arts and culture checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours in size or work, and look at who funds them. Shared funders are the strongest signal of fit.
3
Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
43% of arts and culture money in Oregon comes from funders elsewhere, so national arts and culture funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Oregon.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a arts and culture nonprofit in Oregon?: Start with the funders already giving to arts and culture in Oregon, currently The Oregon Community Foundation, James F & Marion L Miller Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Then look at who funds the arts and culture organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.
Who is the largest arts and culture funder in Oregon?: The Oregon Community Foundation gives the most to arts and culture organizations in Oregon, $137M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Oregon?: $756M reached 1,011 arts and culture organizations in Oregon, from 1,534 funders. 57% came from funders also based in Oregon.
How recent is this data?: It is read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file filings for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, the two years with complete coverage. US charity filings lag 12 to 24 months.

More from the funding graph

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

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Each grant is placed by its stated purpose and the recipient's mission, falling back to the recipient's IRS activity category where that is unclear; location is the recipient's state on its most recent filing. Grant figures are read from IRS Form 990 and 990-PF e-file XML for fiscal years 2022 and 2023, among recipients resolved by EIN. Source: IRS Form 990 downloads.