Funding · Oregon · Human services
Who funds human services in Oregon
Human services funding in Oregon is unusually spread out: no single organization draws even 12%, though The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization leads, and the money reaches 911 groups.
The short version
- 1,736 funders gave $605M to 911 human services organizations in Oregon across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
- 63% of that came from funders also based in Oregon; the rest reached in from out of state.
- The largest funder of human services in Oregon is The Oregon Community Foundation, at $46M.
- The human services organization drawing the most is The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, at $18M.
Largest funders of human services in Oregon
The funders giving the most to human services organizations in Oregon, in-state and out. Pick one for its dossier.
Human services organizations in Oregon that draw the most
Sized by grant dollars received. Pick one to see exactly who funds it.
How to find human services funders in Oregon
- 1Start with the funders already active in Oregon
The funders giving the most to human services in Oregon are The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Ford Family Foundation. A funder already writing human services checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
- 2See who funds organizations like yours
Open the human services 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.
- 3Add the out-of-state funders reaching in
37% of human services money in Oregon comes from funders elsewhere, so national human services funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Oregon.
Questions and answers
- How do I find funders for a human services nonprofit in Oregon?
- Start with the funders already giving to human services in Oregon, currently The Oregon Community Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, The Ford Family Foundation. Then look at who funds the human services organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.
- Who is the largest human services funder in Oregon?
- The Oregon Community Foundation gives the most to human services organizations in Oregon, $46M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
- How much grant money goes to human services in Oregon?
- $605M reached 911 human services organizations in Oregon, from 1,736 funders. 63% 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
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.