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BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION

BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $529,790 to it, the largest being The Ford Family Foundation ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$241k
Funders on record
15
Grants received
$530k
Net assets
$1.8M
6/15 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 51%
01What it does

What Butte Creek Mill Foundation does

Mission

This historic Butte Creek Mill burned on Christmas Day, 2015. The Foundation is dedicated to rebuilding the historic Butte Creek Mill and operating it for years to come providing the community a view of the region's heritage.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Milled products were sold to the public for support in operating the historic Butte Creek Mill campaign.

    $122,414 spent$196,098 earned by the program
    77% of program spending
  2. Store Operations

    $34,429 spent$13,616 earned by the program
    22% of program spending
  3. Education/Promotion

    $2,072 spent
    1% of program spending
  4. Other program services, not described on the e-filed return.

    $0 spent
    0% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $158,915.

02The organization over time

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($166k) Expenses 100 ($72k) Net assets 100 ($319k)2018 Revenue 419 ($696k) Expenses 256 ($184k) Net assets 261 ($832k)2019 Revenue 300 ($498k) Expenses 197 ($141k) Net assets 373 ($1.2M)2020 Revenue 56 ($94k) Expenses 150 ($107k) Net assets 369 ($1.2M)2021 Revenue 195 ($323k) Expenses 141 ($101k) Net assets 440 ($1.4M)2022 Revenue 152 ($252k) Expenses 109 ($78k) Net assets 495 ($1.6M)2023 Revenue 261 ($433k) Expenses 319 ($229k) Net assets 484 ($1.5M)2024 Revenue 145 ($241k) Expenses 492 ($352k) Net assets 552 ($1.8M)
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Revenue (145)Expenses (492)Net assets (552)Peer revenue range

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2018 to 2019, from $966k to $1.5M (+57%).

$449k
$966k
$1.5M
$1.5M
$1.6M
$1.8M
$1.9M
$1.8M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

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.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

19% of BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (64% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 19,547 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$94k
’17
$513k
’18
$357k
’19
−$13k
’20
$222k
’21
$175k
’22
$205k
’23
−$111k
’24
2.1
months of
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.

Board chair

Karen Hammonds

Board Chair

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed855566610
Joined·+2+2+5+1+0+4+7
No longer listed·5250043
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2018 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 5 funders, grant income fell $133k → $47k.

4 of 15 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 18% 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 BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION’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

BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 47% of grant income and the top three 73%; half comes from just 2 funders.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left

47%
largest funder
73%
top three
~4
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2018 38% · 2019 98% · 2020 100% · 2021 98% · 2022 68% · 2023 28% — 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

18% of BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 40% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y

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

100% of BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

OR

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $93k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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.

04Its place in the field

Against its field

BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION's revenue grew 45% between 2017 and 2024.

Operating margin−46% · bottom quartile
Months of reserve2.1mo · bottom quartile
Revenue growth (annualized)5% · below the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 17,936 arts & culture nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Government funding BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $109k on record.

State$109k
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21
Top programs
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$69k
  • DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$40k

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 BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION

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.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

45% of spending goes to programs.

Program 45%Management 53%Fundraising 2%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy–Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990–Audited financials

Public support

91%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

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Questions and answers

Who funds BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION?
BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 15 organizations whose IRS filings report $529,790 to it, the largest being The Ford Family Foundation ($250,000). 6 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION have?
IRS filings report 15 organizations giving $529,790 in grants to BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION, 6 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION?
The Ford Family Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $250,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like BUTTE CREEK MILL FOUNDATION 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 15 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