How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Oregon?

Start with the funders already giving to social science in Oregon, currently University of Pittsburgh, The Oregon Community Foundation, Vose River Charitable Fund. Then look at who funds the social science 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 social science in Oregon?

$6M reached 8 social science organizations in Oregon, from 30 funders. 24% 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 · Social science

Who funds social science in Oregon

Three organizations take 88% of all social science funding in Oregon, led by Coalition of Communities of Color. Most of it comes from outside Oregon: only 24% is from funders based in the state, so national funders set the agenda here.

$6M

granted

organizations

24%

from in-state

The short version

30 funders gave $6M to 8 social science organizations in Oregon across the FY2022 and FY2023 IRS filings.
24% of that came from funders also based in Oregon; the rest reached in from out of state.
The largest funder of social science in Oregon is University of Pittsburgh, at $1M.
The social science organization drawing the most is Coalition of Communities of Color, at $2M.

Largest funders of social science in Oregon

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

1University of Pittsburgh$1M 2The Oregon Community Foundation$986k 3Vose River Charitable Fund$830k 4Sarah Scaife Foundation Incorporated$525k 5Ncta - the Internet & Television Association$435k 6The Seminar Network Inc$400k 7Alfred P Sloan Foundation$313k 8Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Inc$235k 9Northwest Health Foundation Fund II$176k 10Oregon Consumer Justice$150k

Social science organizations in Oregon that draw the most

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

Coalition of Communities of Color$2M Oregon Research Institute$2M International Policy Network US Inc$2M

How to find social science funders in Oregon

1
Start with the funders already active in Oregon
The funders giving the most to social science in Oregon are University of Pittsburgh, The Oregon Community Foundation, Vose River Charitable Fund. A funder already writing social science checks in your state is the warmest place to begin.
2
See who funds organizations like yours
Open the social science 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
76% of social science money in Oregon comes from funders elsewhere, so national social science funders are worth approaching even if they are not based in Oregon.

Questions and answers

How do I find funders for a social science nonprofit in Oregon?: Start with the funders already giving to social science in Oregon, currently University of Pittsburgh, The Oregon Community Foundation, Vose River Charitable Fund. Then look at who funds the social science organizations on this page that resemble yours, and add the national funders reaching into Oregon from out of state.
Who is the largest social science funder in Oregon?: University of Pittsburgh gives the most to social science organizations in Oregon, $1M across the 2022 and 2023 filings.
How much grant money goes to social science in Oregon?: $6M reached 8 social science organizations in Oregon, from 30 funders. 24% 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.