Oregon · Nonprofit
1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON
1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,258,994 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,491,901). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.1M
- Funders on record
- 48
- Grants received
- $5.3M
- Net assets
- $5.7M
What 1000 Friends of Oregon does
Mission
1000 Friends of Oregon promotes healthy working lands, great communities, shared prosperity, and strong democracy with and for all oregonians.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Healthy working lands:- protected over 26,500 acres of our farms, forests, and watersheds from development applications that would have converted and fragmented the natural and working lands. - grew our farmer advisory committee and worked with members to engage their legislators on bills and policies that would affect working lands.- secured over $3 million in state funding to support oregon farmers and ranchers through the oregon agricultural heritage program. (continued on schedule o)- hosted a 2025 affiliate conference at oregon state university to support our statewide affiliate network and approximately 100 oregonians interested and passionate about land conservation and development- took on land use legal cases at the land use board of appeals and the circuit court to uphold protections for farms, forests, and watersheds.- shared critical resources for wildfire preparedness on our trusted wildfirereadyoregon.org website.
$838,518 spentof which $51,040 as grants55% of program spendingGreat communities:- built out program and project priorities to address oregonians' transportation needs as part of a statewide listening tour. - assembling resources and information for the housing solutions center to help communities build the housing we need in places with high opportunity and out of harm's way. - developed land use planning solutions to improve public health in communities where a city has zoned hazardous industrial uses directly adjacent to homes, schools, or care facilities.- graduated 33 oregonians from our land use leadership initiative in the greater portland area, focused on policies, programs, and funding to reimagine the american dream.
$688,003 spentof which $26,000 as grants$19,882 earned by the program45% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,526,521.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $4.0M to $5.3M (+33%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2021 14% · 2022 11% · 2023 7% · 2024 0% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
99% of 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 4 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Samuel Diaz
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 10 funders to 27 funders, grant income rose $295k → $688k.
11 of 48 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 62% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 48 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 64%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
75% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 67% · 2018 50% · 2019 76% · 2020 55% · 2021 41% · 2022 44% · 2023 40% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
55% of 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 65% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
62% of 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Of the $2.0M that is directly attributable, 75% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $3.2M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON is better cushioned than half of the 1,074 environment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,074 environment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $11k on record.
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SERVICES$11k
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Oregon
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
75% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
85%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON?
- 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 48 organizations whose IRS filings report $5,258,994 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($2,491,901). 31 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 62% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON have?
- IRS filings report 48 organizations giving $5,258,994 in grants to 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON, 31 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,491,901 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like 1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Oregon. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 48 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing