Oregon · Nonprofit
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 286 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,082,459,868 to it, the largest being KNIGHT FOUNDATION ATTN LISA MCKILLIPS ($623,031,098). 169 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $441M
- Funders on record
- 286
- Grants received
- $1.1B
- Net assets
- $2.7B
What University of Oregon Foundation does
Mission
The purpose and mission of the foundation are, acting on its own or through affiliates, to support and assist the university of oregon in its activities by management and administration of foundation assets representing privately donated funds, by leading advocacy for the university, and by developing, financing, constructing, acquiring and operating facilities for or on behalf of the university.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Funds are disbursed from restricted contributions to the university of oregon at the request of authorized university officials for the donor designated purpose of the contribution: academic facilities and equipment; non-academic facilities and equipment; fundraising.
$85,402,551 spentof which $84,958,061 as grants35% of program spendingFunds are disbursed from restricted contributions to the university of oregon at the request of authorized university officials for the donor designated purpose of the contribution: instructional and research programs; other faculty support.
$130,822,987 spentof which $119,063,730 as grants54% of program spendingFunds are disbursed from restricted contributions to the university of oregon at the request of authorized university officials for the donor-designated purpose of the contribution: student aid; academic merit and needs scholarships; student athletic scholarships; student loans and wages.
$25,496,809 spentof which $20,720,521 as grants$7,500,000 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $241,722,347.
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 $1.4B to $2.3B (+61%).
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.
68% of UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations 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. 1 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
Ronald Weinhold
Chief executive officer
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 80 funders to 116 funders, grant income rose $10M → $159M.
53 of 286 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 36% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
Left out of every figure on this page: $406M from one payer (the payer shares this organization's board, largest U of O Foundation Supporting Organization). These are real filings, and they are not money UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION raised.
From the IRS filings of UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 286 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
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 85%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
38% 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 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 27% · 2018 69% · 2019 64% · 2020 76% · 2021 85% · 2022 60% · 2023 63% — 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
43% of UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 59% 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
95% of UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION's grant income comes from Oregon funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $389M arriving through sponsors registered in 25 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
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 684 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 684 education nonprofits over $100M, FY2025
Government funding UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.3M on record — $2.9M federal, $409k state.
- Department of Education$2.9M
- DISTRIBUTION TO UNIVERSITY OF OREGON$249k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$75k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$53k
- OTHER SPECIAL PAYMENTS$11k
- DOCKS, DIKES AND DAMS>=$5K$11k
- AGENCY PROGRAM RELATED SERVICES$8k
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 UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION
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
85% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
43%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 50 states
Part of a family of 18 related entities
- Hayward Field Enhancement LLC · disregarded
- Ofx White Stag LLC · disregarded
- Oregon Future Expansion III LLC · disregarded
- Oregon Future Expansion Millrace LLC · disregarded
- Oregon Future Expansion Pk LLC · disregarded
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Questions and answers
- Who funds UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION?
- UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 286 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,082,459,868 to it, the largest being KNIGHT FOUNDATION ATTN LISA MCKILLIPS ($623,031,098). 169 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 286 organizations giving $1,082,459,868 in grants to UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION, 169 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION?
- KNIGHT FOUNDATION ATTN LISA MCKILLIPS is the largest funder on record, with $623,031,098 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like UNIVERSITY OF OREGON FOUNDATION 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 286 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