Oregon · Nonprofit
C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO
C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,425 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($52,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2024
- $101k
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $71k
- Net assets
- $9.0M
What C3initiative Dba Stelo does
Programs
Public programs - tender paths: celebrating paper + print exhibition presents work from 8 artists who participated in stelo's 2022'23 technical residencies.de-canon anthology: a mouth holds many things exhibition and book release. A group art exhibition of hybrid-literary works featuring visual-textual artworks by 12 artists.pnca print media mfa exhibition: exhibition of pnca print media 2024 mfa graduates.the birth of cascadia is an exhibition that will be presented in partnership with oregon origins project. The exhibition features work by 10 artists invited to respond to a pivotal moment in the state's ancient history.love, oregon weekend gathering and campout presents a celebration honoring the true essence of our incredible state. A day in the forest: for our oceans was a gathering that featured local music and art, and presented to broaden support for the work of the sea shepherd conservation society, an organization dedicated to protect marine wildlife.
$194,255 spentResidencies -residency with lucy cotter to support a publication and public program series. The expanded second edition of "reclaiming artistic research" explores artistic research in dialogue with 24 artists worldwide. The public program series "artistic research in a world" on fire expands on themes and dialogues presented in the publication.camp colton residencies: we are expanding our presence in rural oregon through residency programs presented at camp colton. In addition to welcoming artists, curators and cultural practitioners through evolving offerings, we piloted a mental health stabilization residency, and have been actively engaging in environmental justice work.the publication "unfolding" features six years of our technical residency in papermaking, presented in partnership with pulp + deckle papermaking studio. The gallery residency was designed to support local artists by providing free access to our downtown gallery and exible-use space.
$171,004 spentPlacemaking + community building - in an effort to offer more programs in and for rural communities, we have been organizing more open park days and also expanding on our existing studio facilities. In 2024 we started the buildout of a new textile and fibers studio.stelo has a growing art and publication collection. We purchase artwork from artists participating in the space to share program with the goal of supporting artists and making art and art books more widely available to the public. These collections invite visitors to engage in our resource room through the mutable library, and welcome guests in spaces infused with the energy of creatives we serve.
$93,890 spentSpace to share -our space to share (s2s) program operates from both our downtown urban gallery/ex space in portland, or and from our rural campus at camp colton in colton, or. It is an initiative that embodies our commitment to resource sharing by making our spaces accessible to mission-aligned organizations, communities, and individuals with minimal oversight and support. By offering our facilities during unreserved times on our calendar, we aim to create opportunities for supportive and restorative experiences that build capacity, and foster connection, collaboration, and healing. In 2024, s2s was able to support the following local organizations: pacic northwest college of art, adams and ollman, oregon contemporary, portland institute for contemporary art, mullowney printing company, gather:make:shelter, co/lab pdx.
$46,135 spent
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990-PF.
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 2021 to 2022, from $11M to $9.4M (−12%).
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
2019 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $52k.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 73% 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 C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO’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
C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO leans on a few funders — its largest provides 73% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
82% 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 C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2019 100% · 2020 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
73% of C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO'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 $19k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $52k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO's revenue fell 91% between 2017 and 2024.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 21,616 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
Organizations like C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO
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.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO?
- C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO (Oregon) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $71,425 to it, the largest being THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ($52,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 73% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $71,425 in grants to C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO.
- Who is the largest funder of C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO?
- THE OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $52,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like C3INITIATIVE DBA STELO 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 FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 3 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