Oregon · Nonprofit
LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE
LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE (Oregon) receives grants from 190 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,106,002 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($10,204,495). 111 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $244M
- Funders on record
- 190
- Grants received
- $47M
- Net assets
- $458M
What Lewis & Clark College does
Mission
Lewis & clark is a premier private higher education institution offering an exceptional education in an inclusive environment. By fostering critical thinking, innovation, creativity, civic engagement, and leadership, both inside and outside of the classroom, we prepare our students for lifelong success in a connected, rapidly evolving world. Our educational programs include meaningful engagement with research and scholarship and equip students with the knowledge and skills to advance their careers, promote justice, and address urgent societal challenges facing our communities and the world.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Academics: Lewis & Clark College supports its educational mission by preparing students for world citizenship through rigorous curricula and rich experiences both in and out of the classroom. The college of arts and sciences offers 29 majors and 33 minors in the sciences, arts, humanities, and social sciences. A student-faculty ratio of 13 to 1 is provided for a diverse community of students from 47 states and the district of columbia, puerto rico, the virgin islands, and from approximately 56 other countries. A wide range of overseas and off-campus programs form an integral part of the total educational experience at lewis & clark. The college is committed in helping students develop the skills to understand, create, and connect their educational experience with future goals through programs such as career counseling, internships, leadership & development, and entrepreneurship programs. In support of its academic programs, lewis & clark operates well-stocked libraries, award-winning green buildings, and outstanding athletic facilities. The graduate school of education and counseling offers nationally accredited professional programs in a wide range of education and…
$159,698,040 spentof which $99,061,770 as grants$181,970,925 earned by the program75% of program spendingStudent services: student experience is critical to our mission and lewis & clark is dedicated in supporting students' transition to college by encouraging personal development, promoting co-curricular learning, stimulating educational success, and helping prepare students for lifelong careers. Lewis & clark is a residential campus, located on 137 wooded acres in southwest portland. First and second year students are required to live on campus and approximately 70% of all lewis & clark undergraduate students live on campus. The college provides a range of student services and support with more than 100 registered student-run clubs and organizations. The division of student life partners with the undergraduate students through their development in academic & experiential learning, civic leadership & career development, and wellness. Over 400 student-athletes compete in 20 ncaa division iii sports programs offered at lewis & clark and a larger number participate in other recreational activities such as club and intramural sports. At the graduate school of education and counseling, students benefit from specialized support in a range of areas related to professional licensure,…
$18,786,994 spent$4,225,311 earned by the program9% of program spendingAcademic support: lewis & clark is committed to the academic success of every student and carries out its mission through giving each student the opportunity to discover themselves and the world through the study of the arts, the humanities, and the mathematical, natural, and social sciences. Over ninety-one percent of full time faculty hold a ph.d. Or terminal degree in their fields. Many of our faculty are active in research and scholarships and have been tremendously successful in securing prestigious awards and appointments including fulbright alumni ambassador, council for the advancement and support of education (case)and the carnegie foundation for the advancement for teaching for teacher of year awards. Several faculty members have recently been recognized for excellence in teaching with graves awards in humanities and numerous faculty members have been awarded fellowships to conduct research and teach abroad. An average class size of 17 allows close contact between professors and students and creates opportunities for discussion and collaboration. Over 90 percent of undergraduate students receive financial assistance through merit-based scholarships, need-based grants,…
$12,185,288 spent$78,240 earned by the program6% of program spendingAuxiliary services related to and supporting our educational purpose such as student housing, food service, campus bookstore, parking and transportation, and summer conferences.
$23,171,293 spent$27,459,491 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $213,841,615.
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 $505M to $587M (+16%).
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 0% · 2018 1% · 2019 1% · 2020 2% · 2021 3% · 2022 3% · 2023 2% · 2024 2% · 2025 1%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
6% of LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (14% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Board chair
Paula Hayes
Trustee (chair)
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 38 funders to 68 funders, grant income rose $2.7M → $9.5M.
43 of 190 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 56% 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 LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 190 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
LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 22% of grant income, and it takes 6 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 6 funders to its left
64% 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 LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 23% · 2019 30% · 2020 33% · 2021 26% · 2022 32% · 2023 33% — growing more concentrated.
“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
38% of LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 58% 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
56% of LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE'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 $21M that is directly attributable, 66% of it comes from funders outside Oregon, across 25 states.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $27M arriving through sponsors registered in 23 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
LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE is better cushioned than half of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $28.8M on record — $18.5M federal, $10.3M state.
- Department of Education$9.4M
- National Science Foundation$5.9M
- Department of the Treasury$1.2M
- Department of Health and Human Services$825k
- National Endowment for the Humanities$406k
- Department of Justice$298k
- OR$10.3M
- OK$2k
- VT$25
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 LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE
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
88% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 14 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Charitable Remainder Unitrusts (7) · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE: 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 LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE?
- LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE (Oregon) receives grants from 190 organizations whose IRS filings report $47,106,002 to it, the largest being GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC ($10,204,495). 111 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 56% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE have?
- IRS filings report 190 organizations giving $47,106,002 in grants to LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE, 111 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE?
- GS DONOR ADVISED PHILANTHROPY FUND FOR WEALTH MANAGEMENT INC is the largest funder on record, with $10,204,495 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE 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 190 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