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

Start with the funders already giving to housing in Oregon, currently The Chicago Community Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust. 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 Chicago Community Trust gives the most to housing organizations in Oregon, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.

How much grant money goes to housing in Oregon?

$92M reached 119 housing organizations in Oregon, from 415 funders. 51% 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

$92M reached 119 housing organizations in Oregon, from 415 funders, with no single one dominating.

$92M

granted

119

organizations

51%

from in-state

The short version

415 funders gave $92M to 119 housing organizations in Oregon across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
51% 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 Chicago Community Trust, at $17M.
The housing organization drawing the most is Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East, at $23M.

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 Chicago Community Trust$17M 2The Oregon Community Foundation$15M 3Meyer Memorial Trust$5M 4Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc$4M 5Habitat for Humanity International Inc$4M 6Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation$4M 7Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund$3M 8Neighborhood Partnerships Inc$2M 9OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation$2M 10Access$2M

Housing organizations in Oregon that draw the most

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

109 other housing organizations$43M

Habitat for Humanity Portland Metro East$23M Northwest Coastal Housing$6M Rose Haven Cic$3M

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 Chicago Community Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust. 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
49% 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 Chicago Community Trust, The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust. 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 Chicago Community Trust gives the most to housing organizations in Oregon, $17M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to housing in Oregon?: $92M reached 119 housing organizations in Oregon, from 415 funders. 51% 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.