Oregon · Nonprofit
ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON
ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $744,679 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($481,744). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $460k
- Funders on record
- 12
- Grants received
- $745k
- Net assets
- $816k
What Architecture Foundation of Oregon does
Mission
The Architecture Foundation of Oregon educates and inspires oregonians of all ages and backgrounds to engage in the design of our built environment.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Architects in school: over 150 design professionals partner with teachers in over 150 oregon classrooms to provide six-week residencies for over 5,000 third through fifth graders. Architect/teacher teams develop customized curriculum from afo's guide connecting the study of architecture with learning goals in math, science, social studies, art, and other subject areas. Exhibits of the student work were organized in the five metro areas served. Relationships with design professionals and teachers were expanded in service areas across the state.
$165,652 spent55% of program spendingVan evera bailey fellowship:one fellowships was awarded to a mid-career professional. The fellow conducted research to produce a comprehensive how-to guide to advance train repurposing as a scalable model for social justice and sustainable development throughout the region.
$25,000 spentof which $25,000 as grants8% of program spendingHatfield architectural award: scholarships awarded to two architecture students attending university of oregon committed to community service.william hart scholarship: scholarship awarded to a bipoc architecture student entering their last year at university of oregon.tsagaglalal (she who watches) scholarship: scholarships awarded to three art students and one architecture student attending portland state university.pcc architecture + interior design scholarship: scholarship awarded to a first-generation student studying interior design at portland community college.
$47,167 spentof which $47,167 as grants16% of program spendingOther grants, fellowships, scholarships and special projects
$63,366 spentof which $1,506 as grants$11,815 earned by the program21% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $301,185.
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 2022 to 2023, from $1.1M to $1.4M (+28%).
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: 2017 2% · 2018 2% · 2020 13% · 2021 13%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
108% of ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 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.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 5 funders, grant income rose $62k → $106k.
3 of 12 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 72% 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 ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON’s funders (the co-funder graph). 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
ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 65% of grant income and the top three 84%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder 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 ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 77% · 2018 73% · 2019 91% · 2020 73% · 2021 91% · 2022 49% · 2023 51% — 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
50% of ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 75% 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
72% of ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION 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 $210k that is directly attributable, 52% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $535k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $745k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,953 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Government funding ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $73k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$63k
- DISTRIBUTION TO FOR-PROFIT SUBRECIPIENT$10k
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 ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION 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
56% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
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
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON?
- ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 12 organizations whose IRS filings report $744,679 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($481,744). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 72% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON have?
- IRS filings report 12 organizations giving $744,679 in grants to ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION OF OREGON?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $481,744 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ARCHITECTURE FOUNDATION 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.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 12 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing