Oregon · Nonprofit
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,041,453 to it, the largest being OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation ($1,011,500). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $5.2M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $3.0M
- Net assets
- $35M
What Western Oregon University Development Foundation does
Mission
The western oregon university foundation exists to strengthen relationships and provide resources in order to serve and support the mission and vision of western oregon university.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
951 wou students received a total of $1,299,112 in scholarships, student aid and student loans for the continuation of their education and advancement toward the completion of their degrees. Scholarships enable students to focus on their education by providing resources that make college more affordable. With nearly all wou students qualifying for and needing financial aid, raising funds for scholarships and student aid remains a top priority for the wou foundation board, wolves rising campaign leadership committee, advancement and university staff. Increasing scholarship resources makes up half of the $20 million wolves rising campaign $10 million goal. The wolves rising campaign timeline is 2020 - june 30, 2028. As of december 31, 2025, $12.9 million (or 129%) has been committed in support of current use, endowed or future (estate) scholarships.volunteers and staff work with new and existing donors to create new named current use or endowed scholarships or to direct their support to the existing general scholarship fund. We also work with existing donors to renew current use and add to existing endowed scholarships.in addition to scholarships, many students benefit from…
$1,299,122 spentof which $1,299,122 as grants50% of program spendingThe foundation's mission is to strengthen relationships and secure private resources in order to provide funds that serve and support the mission and vision of western oregon university. The foundation's vision is to ensure every student has the opportunity to have access to a quality educational experience that increases their ability to succeed in our ever-changing global economy and society. To this end, we are focusing on raising funds in three key areas: scholarships, wolves athletics and student success. Goals that will help us achieve these include the following: 1. Continue the public phase of the wolves rising campaign and achieve annual fundraising goals. 2. Keep telling our story and sharing outcomes of donors' support. 3. Enhance relationships to support university initiatives. 4. Continuously improve the quality of data & efficiency for operations. 5. Prioritize stewardship.
$634,971 spentof which $634,971 as grants24% of program spendingThe foundation sponsors university programs and activities that assist students in the pursuit of cultural, scientific, educational, and athletic programs. Throughout the year, the foundation works with donors to support a variety of needs across the university. Gifts come from individuals, corporations, and foundations. A significant percentage of support comes from individuals on giving day, through corporate sponsorships for the wolves athletic auction and wolves on the green golf tournament, and foundation grants or corporate sponsorships for the smith fine arts series. During these fundraising campaigns alumni, employees, family, and community members designate their areas of support which include the fund for wou, emergency student aid, specifically named scholarships, wolves athletics, student clubs, academic programs, and more. Funds raised throughout the year increasingly support the wou foundation's small competitive grant program that helps create innovation across dozens of campus departments while enriching the student experience. In 2025, 29 grants were awarded.
$673,964 spentof which $700 as grants$212,051 earned by the program26% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $2,608,057.
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 2023 to 2024, from $27M to $32M (+19%).
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: 2021 6% · 2022 4%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
55% of WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (48% 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
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
Katie Wojke
Executive director
Board chair
Mike Morgan
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
The chief executive listed changed between the FY2017 and FY2018, and between the FY2022 and FY2023 filings.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 10 funders, grant income rose $107k → $482k.
12 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 44% 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 WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 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
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION leans on a few funders — its largest provides 33% of grant income and the top three 70%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
85% 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 WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 68% · 2018 45% · 2019 48% · 2020 47% · 2021 48% · 2022 53% · 2023 42% — diversifying over time.
“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
60% of WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 74% 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
92% of WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY 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. $1.4M arriving through sponsors registered in 9 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
WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,615 education nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,615 education nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $498k on record.
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$246k
- PAYMENTS TO NON-GOVERNMENTS$127k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT>$75K$59k
- DISTRIBUTION TO NON-PROFIT ORG$37k
- PROFESSIONAL SERVICES NON-IT$25k
- DISTRIBUTION TO INDIVIDUALS$3k
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 WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT 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
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
64%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Western Oregon University · exempt
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Questions and answers
- Who funds WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (Oregon) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $3,041,453 to it, the largest being OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation ($1,011,500). 17 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $3,041,453 in grants to WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, 17 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION?
- OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation is the largest funder on record, with $1,011,500 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like WESTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY 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 23 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