How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Oregon?

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Oregon, currently The Oregon Community Foundation, Neighborhood Partnerships Inc, Careoregon Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.

Who is the largest housing funder in Oregon?

The Oregon Community Foundation gives the most to housing organizations in Oregon, $180M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Oregon?

$626M reached 481 housing organizations in Oregon, from 1,073 funders. 77% 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 · Housing

Who funds housing in Oregon

$626M reached 481 housing organizations in Oregon, from 1,073 funders, with no single one dominating.

$626M

granted

481

organizations

77%

from in-state

The short version

1,073 funders gave $626M to 481 housing organizations in Oregon across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
77% of that came from funders also based in Oregon; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of housing in Oregon is The Oregon Community Foundation, at $180M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Farmworker Housing Development Corporation, at $80M.

Largest funders of housing in Oregon

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

1The Oregon Community Foundation$180M 2Neighborhood Partnerships Inc$47M 3Careoregon Inc$40M 4Meyer Memorial Trust$29M 5Access$18M 6United Way of the Columbia-Willamette$16M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$14M 8Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$13M 9Central City Concern$12M 10Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$10M

Housing organizations in Oregon that draw the most

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

471 other housing organizations$366M

Farmworker Housing Development Corporation$80M Central City Concern$34M Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East$23M

How to find housing funders in Oregon

1
Start with the funders already active in Oregon
The funders giving the most to housing in Oregon are The Oregon Community Foundation, Neighborhood Partnerships Inc, Careoregon Inc. A funder already writing housing checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the housing 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
23% of housing money in Oregon comes from funders elsewhere, so national housing funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Oregon.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a housing nonprofit in Oregon?: Start with the funders already giving to housing in Oregon, currently The Oregon Community Foundation, Neighborhood Partnerships Inc, Careoregon Inc. Then look at who funds the housing organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.
Who is the largest housing funder in Oregon?: The Oregon Community Foundation gives the most to housing organizations in Oregon, $180M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Oregon?: $626M reached 481 housing organizations in Oregon, from 1,073 funders. 77% 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.