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THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON

THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being HIBLER FRANKE FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$360k
Funders on record
1
Grants received
$20k
Net assets
$6.1M
1/1 repeat funders
01What it does

What The Japanese Garden Foundation of Oregon does

Mission

To provide support to the japanese garden society of oregon and to manage privately donated funds on behalf of the society.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Program

  1. The foundation provides support for the operation of the japanese garden society of oregon and manages privately donated funds on behalf of the society. During 2024, $178,696 was granted to the japanese garden society of oregon.

    $221,964 spentof which $178,696 as grants$49,790 earned by the program
    100% of program spending

The program described on its FY2024 Form 990. Program spending in total: $221,964.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2019, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2019, 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 = 20192019 Revenue 100 ($220k) Expenses 100 ($181k) Net assets 100 ($4.8M)2020 Revenue 184 ($405k) Expenses 108 ($196k) Net assets 110 ($5.2M)2021 Revenue 136 ($299k) Expenses 115 ($208k) Net assets 120 ($5.7M)2022 Revenue 117 ($258k) Expenses 132 ($239k) Net assets 102 ($4.9M)2023 Revenue 246 ($541k) Expenses 143 ($259k) Net assets 119 ($5.7M)2024 Revenue 164 ($360k) Expenses 154 ($277k) Net assets 128 ($6.1M)
201920202021202220232024
Revenue (164)Expenses (154)Net assets (128)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 2023 to 2024, from $6.3M to $7.6M (+22%).

$5.4M
$5.9M
$6.3M
$5.5M
$6.3M
$7.6M
201920202021202220232024
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.

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

42% of THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (88% for the typical peer).

This organization
Typical peer · 4,639 orgs

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 6 reported years ran a deficit.

$39k
’19
$209k
’20
$91k
’21
$19k
’22
$282k
’23
$83k
’24

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.

201920202021202220232024
Listed111313111311
Joined·+2+1+0+3+1
No longer listed·01213
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.

Funder
'24*
'25*
total
funders
1
1

From the IRS filings of THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON’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.

Where its funders are

100% of THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON's grant income comes from Oregon funders.

OR

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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

THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,266 environment nonprofits its size.

Operating margin23% · above the median
Revenue growth (annualized)10% · above the median

this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,266 environment nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024

Organizations like THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON

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In Oregon

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05Profile & governance

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

Where the money goes

80% of spending goes to programs.

Program 80%Management 14%Fundraising 6%

Governance

9
board members
78%
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 2 related entities

  • Japanese Garden Society of Oregon · exempt
  • Portland Japanese Garden and Japan Institute Incorporated Association · corp_trust

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Questions and answers

Who funds THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON?
THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $20,000 to it, the largest being HIBLER FRANKE FOUNDATION ($20,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON have?
IRS filings report 1 organization giving $20,000 in grants to THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of THE JAPANESE GARDEN FOUNDATION OF OREGON?
HIBLER FRANKE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $20,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like THE JAPANESE GARDEN 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 FY2024 (financials across 2019–2024), and the filings of 1 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