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, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, James F & Marion L Miller Foundation. 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?

$252M reached 599 arts and culture organizations in Oregon, from 822 funders. 54% 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 Portland Art Museum leads, and the money reaches 599 groups.

$252M

granted

599

organizations

54%

from in-state

The short version

822 funders gave $252M to 599 arts and culture organizations in Oregon across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
54% 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 $48M.
The arts and culture organization drawing the most is Portland Art Museum, at $29M.

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$48M 2Corporation for Public Broadcasting$17M 3James F & Marion L Miller Foundation$12M 4Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$10M 5Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$9M 6American Online Giving Foundation Inc$8M 7Oregon Shakespeare$8M 8Regional Arts & Culture Council$7M 9The Roundhouse Foundation$7M 10Meyer Memorial Trust$6M

Arts and culture organizations in Oregon that draw the most

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

589 other arts and culture organizations$137M

Portland Art Museum$29M Oregon Public Broadcasting$23M Oregon Shakespeare$17M Columbia River Maritime Museum$11M

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, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, James F & Marion L Miller Foundation. 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
46% 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, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, James F & Marion L Miller Foundation. 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, $48M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to arts and culture in Oregon?: $252M reached 599 arts and culture organizations in Oregon, from 822 funders. 54% 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 regranting layer

51% of grant dollars pass through an intermediary

The DAF merry-go-round

$9.7B circulates between donor-advised funds

Strange bedfellows

the named clusters of US funding

The camps

funders cluster by geography, not ideology

State money flows

the interactive map of money crossing state lines

Giving abroad

which US foundations fund each country

Cause is the recipient's NTEE classification in the IRS Business Master File; 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.