Oregon · Nonprofit
THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE
THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE (Oregon) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,929,951 to it, the largest being JAMES F & MARION L MILLER FOUNDATION ($11,703,880). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $2.8M
- Funders on record
- 53
- Grants received
- $28M
- Net assets
- $11M
What The Campbell Institute does
Mission
Children's institute's mission is to leverage research, practice, policy, and advocacy to shift systems toward justice for families so that all of oregon's children, prenatal to grade 5, have access to opportunity.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
'supporting early years and early grades success: early school success (ess) is a long-term approach that provides school districts with the tools needed to offer developmentally appropriate instruction to children from preschool through fifth grade. Ess is designed to make preschool and elementary school alignment possible while transforming the learning experience to yield better outcomes for children, families, and educators. To date, ess has trained over 150 educators, aligned instruction for more than 10,000 students, and supported improved attendance and literacy outcomes in pilot districts beaverton, forest grove, lincoln county, and st. Helens school districts. The early school success academy ("academy") offers a one-year cohort-based learning experience for educators and leaders working to strengthen early learning and early grades in their district and is building a statewide network. The academy specifically targets and recruits school districts in rural communities and typically sees rural districts making up 50-65% of participants. District teams from across oregon come together four times a year for professional learning sessions and ci provides coaching to help…
$1,946,632 spentof which $115,000 as grants$19,200 earned by the program50% of program spendingPublic policy and advocacy for early childhood care, education, and health: ci creates public policy and advocates for public investment in early childhood programs, services, and health systems that support children and families. Ci does this through a coordinated strategy for developing a bold early childhood policy agenda that engages families and providers and cultivates champions across education and health. Ci convenes oregon's early childhood coalition (ecc), a partnership of more than 50 state and national organizations who advocate at the state legislature to improve outcomes for oregon's youngest children and families. Ci works with and alongside community partners to elevate the voices of parents, providers, and educators. In this work, ci emphasizes racial equity and economic justice in the development and implementation of an early childhood advocacy agenda for oregon. Ci translates large-scale research and population census data in ways that influence policy and programs. The research-based policy recommendations are informed by local and national promising practices, lived experiences of families and providers, community leaders and organizations, and national…
$1,009,485 spent$41,396 earned by the program26% of program spendingResearch and design: a tremendous amount of academic research and population data exists in the early childhood field, and ci plays a key role in synthesizing and disseminating information, translating complex information into concrete tools for policy- and decision-makers, and illuminating promising practices to help craft program and policy solutions in the oregon context.ci engages with research in three ways: translate large-scale research and population data in ways that influence policy and programs, evaluate ci's programs and initiatives, and apply research practices to shape advocacy and program design and implementation efforts. Some examples of how ci's research has shaped statewide efforts include:- listening sessions, surveys, and policy working groups focused on preschool access, p-3 alignment, and strong kindergarten transitions to inform statewide policy and systems change efforts. - statewide preschool and workforce survey research to better understand district preschool capacity, access, funding, transition practices, and workforce needs across oregon. - research, policy summaries, and data analysis on issues such as early literacy, social-emotional health,…
$667,288 spent17% of program spendingEarly childhood equity collaborative: since january 2023, children's institute has been the fiscal sponsor of the early childhood equity collaborative (ecec). The ecec is a coalition of community-based organizations providing culturally specific services and programs to children and families. Ci operates as the fiscal sponsor for the ecec in its efforts to increase investment in culturally specific organizations to provide early childhood programs and shift the public narrative to make equity a public priority in oregon's early education system.
$255,486 spentof which $205,000 as grants7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,878,891.
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 $6.0M to $14M (+141%).
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: 2020 9% · 2024 9% · 2025 6%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
84% of THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (71% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 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.
Chief executive
Kali Thorne Ladd
Chief executive officer
Board chair
Marissa Kaiser
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2019 and FY2020, and between the FY2021 and FY2022 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 12 funders to 30 funders, grant income rose $2.6M → $5.6M.
9 of 53 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 16% 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 CAMPBELL INSTITUTE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 53 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 CAMPBELL INSTITUTE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 42% of grant income and the top three 58%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 29% · 2018 73% · 2019 39% · 2020 44% · 2021 45% · 2022 46% · 2023 36% — 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
48% of THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
75% of THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $4.4M 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.
Against its field
THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE is better cushioned than half of the 390 unclassified nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 390 unclassified nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $42k on record.
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$30k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$10k
- INSTATE AIR TRANSPORTATION$1k
- INSTATE TRAVEL MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES$276
- INSTATE MILEAGE REIMBURSMNT-NONEMPLOYEE$150
- INSTATE LODGING$34
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 THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE
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
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
71%
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
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE: 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 THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE?
- THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE (Oregon) receives grants from 53 organizations whose IRS filings report $27,929,951 to it, the largest being JAMES F & MARION L MILLER FOUNDATION ($11,703,880). 36 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE have?
- IRS filings report 53 organizations giving $27,929,951 in grants to THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE, 36 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE?
- JAMES F & MARION L MILLER FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $11,703,880 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like THE CAMPBELL INSTITUTE 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 53 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