Oregon · Nonprofit
VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $195,000,000 to it, the largest being GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE ($195,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
Against its field
VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 271 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 271 employment nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Three funders worth looking at
Grantmakers with no record of funding this organization, ranked by how strongly the co-funder graph and the mission embeddings agree. The evidence is in section 03.
- Regional Arts & Culture Councillocal
- Wayne D Kuni and Joan E Kuni Foundationportfolio match
- Sourceamericaportfolio match
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.
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.
62% of VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (13% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income held at $20M.
From the IRS filings of VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation.
Where its funders are
100% of VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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.
Funders to approach
Grantmakers that don’t fund you yet, surfaced two ways: they back organizations that share your funders, or their grantees resemble your mission. The ones both signals agree on come first.
- Regional Arts & Culture CouncillocalOR · funds 208 organizations near you
- Wayne D Kuni and Joan E Kuni Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Sourceamericaportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Willamette Workforce Partnershipportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Enterline Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- The Leightman Maxey Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Raymond A & Gertrude D Hyer Foundationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kessler Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Kovar Corporationportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Inclusa Foundation Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- National Disability Institute Incportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
- Hickory Fund Inc Co Curi Capital LLCportfolio matchits grantees resemble your mission
From the co-funder graph (funders backing at least two comparable organizations, shrunk for grantee count, donor-advised and mega-funds excluded) and the universe embeddings. A research starting point; overlap is association, not a guarantee of fit.
Organizations like VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
Nonprofits whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over the universe of 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
94% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
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 VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION: 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.
Screens are triage, not determinations; a source that cannot be read reports not screened, never clear. How the screen works · on the API as GET /api/screening/{ein}?format=pdf
Questions and answers
- Who funds VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $195,000,000 to it, the largest being GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE ($195,000,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $195,000,000 in grants to VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE is the largest funder on record, with $195,000,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT 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 1funders 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. What this page cannot tell you · view filing