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THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON

THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,229,599 to it, the largest being THE SALEM FOUNDATION ($2,440,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.

Revenue FY2025
$6.0M
Funders on record
33
Grants received
$7.2M
Net assets
$60M
20/33 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 15%
01What it does

What The Abbey Foundation of Oregon does

Mission

The Abbey Foundation of Oregon promotes the financial vitality of mount angel abbey by seeking operating support in addition to special project funding and long-term endowments for the monastery, mt. Angel seminary, the retreat and guest programs, and the library.

As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.

Program

  1. The Abbey Foundation of Oregon was established to support the work of mt. Angel abbey, including the mt. Angel monastery, seminary, library and guest house. Mt. Angel abbey is a monastic community formed in 1882 which operates the second largest catholic seminary in the united states. The foundation provides grants to mt. Angel abbey and operates primarily in three areas: operating support: the foundation makes grants to mt. Angel abbey to help underwrite the cost of education for seminarians at the mt. Angel seminary. Capital support: the foundation raises funds for the various capital needs of mt. Angel abbey. Endowment support: the foundation also administers a number of endowments created by gifts from donors in support of mt. Angel abbey and its programs.

    $4,039,507 spentof which $4,039,507 as grants
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $4,039,507.

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.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($7.4M) Expenses 100 ($5.0M) Net assets 100 ($38M)2018 Revenue 143 ($11M) Expenses 169 ($8.5M) Net assets 108 ($41M)2019 Revenue 109 ($8.1M) Expenses 368 ($19M) Net assets 82 ($31M)2020 Revenue 86 ($6.4M) Expenses 99 ($5.0M) Net assets 82 ($32M)2021 Revenue 117 ($8.7M) Expenses 131 ($6.6M) Net assets 106 ($41M)2022 Revenue 91 ($6.7M) Expenses 70 ($3.5M) Net assets 101 ($39M)2023 Revenue 122 ($9.0M) Expenses 98 ($4.9M) Net assets 114 ($44M)2024 Revenue 99 ($7.3M) Expenses 107 ($5.4M) Net assets 127 ($49M)2025 Revenue 82 ($6.0M) Expenses 98 ($4.9M) Net assets 155 ($60M)
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Revenue (82)Expenses (98)Net assets (155)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2024 to 2025, from $49M to $60M (+22%).

$39M
$42M
$35M
$37M
$44M
$41M
$46M
$49M
$60M
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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
2025
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.

$2.4M
’17
$2.1M
’18
−$10M
’19
$1.4M
’20
$2.0M
’21
$3.2M
’22
$4.1M
’23
$1.9M
’24
$1.1M
’25
8.9
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.

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Listed202325252417202222
Joined·+6+5+2+5+1+4+5+3
No longer listed·33268133
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 12 funders, grant income rose $642k → $1.1M.

11 of 33 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 87% 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 THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 33 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

THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON leans on a few funders — its largest provides 34% of grant income and the top three 65%; half comes from just 2 funders.

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

91% 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 THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON.

34%
largest funder
65%
top three
~5
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 37% · 2018 51% · 2019 59% · 2020 35% · 2021 27% · 2022 39% · 2023 36% — 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.

How long its funders stay

54% of THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 61% give in more than one year at all.

first grant+1y+2y+3y+4y+5y+6y

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

87% of THE ABBEY 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 $967k that is directly attributable, 73% of it comes from Oregon funders.

WA
MN
NY
OR
DE
DC
HI

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

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’22
’23
Oregon out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6.3M arriving through sponsors registered in 8 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

Organizations like THE ABBEY 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

05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

82% of spending goes to programs.

Program 82%Management 18%Fundraising 0%

Governance

22
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy–Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

OR

Part of a family of 1 related entity

  • Mount Angel Abbey · exempt

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON?
THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 33 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,229,599 to it, the largest being THE SALEM FOUNDATION ($2,440,000). 20 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 87% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
How many funders does THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON have?
IRS filings report 33 organizations giving $7,229,599 in grants to THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON, 20 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE ABBEY FOUNDATION OF OREGON?
THE SALEM FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $2,440,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE ABBEY 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.

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 33 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