Foundations that fund organizations in Portland, Oregon
Worked out from where the grants went, not where the foundations sit.
Funding landscape for Portland nonprofits
2,247 private foundations gave $405M to Portland organizations in their latest filings; 44 of the 100 that say either way accept applications.
8,342 grants in total, with a typical foundation's median grant to Portland around $100K. 32 of these funders are based in Oregon; the rest give here from elsewhere.
- Foundations giving here
- 2,247
- Accept applications
- 44
- of 100 that state a policy
- Dollars to Portland
- $405M
- latest filings
- Grants
- 8,342
- Typical median grant
- $100K
- Based in OR
- 32%
- of funders listed
Funders, by dollars given to Portland organizations
| Foundation | Based in | Grants here | Dollars here | Median | Accepts applications | Typical purposes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knight Foundation Attn Lisa McKillips | Beaverton, OR | 4 | $36M | $9.3M | Preselected only | This gift has been designated for general operating support.; This gift has been designated to the cardiology program. |
| The Dell Loy Hansen Foundation | Logan, UT | 1 | $34M | $34M | Yes | Financial Support to provide funding for the construction o… |
| Meyer Memorial Trust | Portland, OR | 226 | $29M | $101K | Yes | For general operating support; For project support; For program support |
| M J Murdock Charitable Trust | Vancouver, WA | 117 | $14M | $73K | Yes | New program staff; New staff; New development staff |
| Gates Foundation | Seattle, WA | 20 | $14M | $375K | Yes | Tuberculosis; Empower women and girls; Washington state education and human service needs |
| Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation Trust | Wilsonville, OR | 260 | $9.7M | $25K | Yes | General operating (rose grant); General operating (sunflower grant); General operating (daffodil grant) |
| Lilly Endowment Inc | Indianapolis, IN | 6 | $8.9M | $525K | Yes | Christian faith&life storytellg init; Operating support & membership dues; Thriving congregations initiative |
| James F & Marion L Miller Foundation | Portland, OR | 125 | $8.9M | $30K | Yes | Two year operating support for theatre company; Five year project support for early childhood advocacy prog…; One year operating support for film education and exhibitio… |
| The Collins Foundation | Portland, OR | 121 | $7.4M | $40K | Yes | Bem grant to support stabilizing fund development and stren…; Matching grant for general operating support; Bem general operations grant to support operations and prog… |
| The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care Foundation | Portland, OR | 138 | $5.3M | $6,917 | Preselected only | Matching gifts; General operating support; June director nagel fund |
| Jtmf Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 30 | $4.9M | $30K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Employment Services Expansion fund; National Blood Management System |
| The Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation | Omaha, NE | 2 | $4.8M | $2.4M | Preselected only | Program support |
| Conrad N Hilton Foundation | Westlake Village, CA | 8 | $4.6M | $405K | Yes | For general operating support; To support the no matter what: professional mentoring proje…; To support the critical needs of people in sudan |
| The Andrew W Mellon Foundation | New York, NY | 7 | $4.1M | $500K | Yes | To support invest in open infrastructure in the further dev…; To support an oral history project, research, and public pr…; To support artist jeffrey gibsons presentation, "the space… |
| The Ford Family Foundation | Roseburg, OR | 75 | $3.7M | $21K | Yes | General Support; 2024 NW Native Economic Summit; General Support (Eugene-Springfield Relay for Life 8/17/24… |
| The Ford Foundation | New York, NY | 14 | $3.7M | $175K | Yes | General support; Matching gift; Core support for the center on race and digital justice's w… |
| Jw & Hm Goodman Family Charitable Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 16 | $3.7M | $11K | Yes | General Support; General operating support; General support |
| Eagle Foundation | Omaha, NE | 2 | $3.7M | $1.9M | Preselected only | Program and Project Support |
| Lee H & Marion B Thompson Foundation | Portland, OR | 12 | $3.4M | $103K | Preselected only | Conservation; Homeless services; Support community mental health |
| Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund | Bend, OR | 71 | $2.9M | $25K | Preselected only | Program support; General operations; Capital campaign |
| James and Shirley Rippey Family Foundation | Tigard, OR | 31 | $2.8M | $75K | Yes | General support; General support for education and outreach programs; Operating expenses |
| Heatherington Foundation for Innovation and Education in Health Care | Portland, OR | 20 | $2.5M | $100K | Yes | Operational support; Children's programming support; Early childhood interventions support |
| Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation | Redmond, WA | 1 | $2.5M | $2.5M | Preselected only | To provide general support |
| The Bloomberg Family Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $2.4M | $2.4M | Preselected only | To improve outcomes for k-12 students in the u.s. |
| Marcia H Randall Foundation | Lake Oswego, OR | 17 | $2.3M | $5,000 | Preselected only | Support |
| Mission Increase Foundation | Portland, OR | 1 | $2.2M | $2.2M | Preselected only | To provide general support and grant funds. |
| The Roundhouse Foundation | Sisters, OR | 75 | $2.2M | $15K | Yes | Crisis psychiatric care program for rural families; Arts activities for youth - admin grant; Ponyxpress workshop extension to eastern oregon |
| Northwest Area Foundation | St Paul, MN | 13 | $2.0M | $125K | Preselected only | General operating support; Atniedc capacity building and northwest native lending netw…; 2024 membership dues |
| Hillman Family Foundations | Pittsburgh, PA | 108 | $2.0M | $15K | Yes | Capital support; Operating support; Event support |
| John D and Catherine T Macarthur Foundation | Chicago, IL | 5 | $1.9M | $450K | Preselected only | In support of the distributed ai research institute; In support of the real ml project; To support participation in the safety and justice challeng… |
| The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust | New York, NY | 2 | $1.8M | $919K | Preselected only | Dissemination pilot the implementation of novel interventio…; An mdi decision support system with cdces and behavioral he… |
| Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation | Bethesda, MD | 1 | $1.6M | $1.6M | Preselected only | Shared society in israel |
| Newman's Own Foundation | Westport, CT | 3 | $1.6M | $40K | Preselected only | Securing broadcast access for underserved voices (107.1 pur…; Genomic analyses of primary specimens from acute lymphoblas…; Connecting all children to nutritious food in schools |
| Wal-Mart Foundation | Bentonville, AR | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Yes | People in supply chains |
| Waverley Street Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | FARM TO School programs |
| The Timashev Family Foundation C/O Carmen & Pearl Cpa | New York, NY | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | To further the mission of the donee |
| Dr Miriam & Sheldon G Adelson Medical Research Foundation | Needham, MA | 1 | $1.5M | $1.5M | Preselected only | Medical research |
| Rose E Tucker Charitable Trust | Milwaukee, WI | 92 | $1.4M | $7,500 | Yes | General operating |
| The Wallace Foundation | New York, NY | 4 | $1.4M | $30K | Preselected only | To sponsor the organization's annual conference.; To maintain a network in which out-of-school-time programs…; To participate in Wallace's ECPI. |
| Ronald W Naito MD Foundation | Portland, OR | 78 | $1.4M | $20K | Yes | General operating support; Barebones theater project; Design ed outreach to underinvested or communities |
| The Coca-Cola Foundation Inc | Atlanta, GA | 2 | $1.4M | $700K | Yes | Enhancing WASH Services and Climate-Resilience in Informal…; Strengthening Anticipatory Action in Nepal (SAAN) |
| Bp Lester & Regina John Foundation | Portland, OR | 54 | $1.4M | $15K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| The Heising-Simons Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 6 | $1.4M | $225K | Preselected only | For the center on race and digital justice; To advance equitable transportation electrification policies; For the roadmap conference sponsorship |
| Clark Foundation | Portland, OR | 90 | $1.4M | $10K | Yes | Charitable - program support; Cultural - program & building suppor; Charitable - education program |
| The Renaissance Foundation | Portland, OR | 46 | $1.4M | $10K | Yes | General operating purposes; Scholarships |
| Walton Family Foundation Inc | Bentonville, AR | 2 | $1.4M | $675K | Preselected only | To support the Business for Water Stewardship program in or…; To support testing large-scale on-farm irrigation moderniza… |
| Jay and Diane Zidell Charitable Foundation | Portland, OR | 25 | $1.3M | $18K | Yes | General operations support; Donor challenge grant; Wrap around senior services planning stage |
| Cambia Health Foundation | Portland, OR | 7 | $1.3M | $60K | Yes | Health Care Workforce; Healthy and Connected Aging; Resilient Children and Families |
| Juan Young Trust | Lake Oswego, OR | 129 | $1.3M | $10K | Yes | Stem education program; Youth mentorship program; Youth mentoring program |
| Rmf Foundation | Beaverton, OR | 17 | $1.3M | $50K | Preselected only | General operating funds; Homeless strategy and solutions initiatives - sources and u…; Every child initiative & summer reading program |
| Wayne D Kuni and Joan E Kuni Foundation | Vancouver, WA | 13 | $1.3M | $20K | Preselected only | General support; To ensure that people with disabilities direct their own li…; To support the housing oregon conference |
| The Schmidt Family Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 8 | $1.3M | $113K | Yes | Fostering youth development and leadership; Supporting indigenous communities' land stewardship, self-d…; Encouraging a just transition away from fossil fuels |
| The Shultz Family Foundation | Phoenix, AZ | 2 | $1.3M | $625K | Preselected only | General funding |
| The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 11 | $1.2M | $100K | Yes | For general operating support; For the columbia basin restoration initiative; For sponsorship of forth roadmap conference |
| The Lemelson Foundation | Portland, OR | 6 | $1.2M | $183K | Preselected only | To reassess the purpose, data sources, assessment methods,…; To support the invent oregon program activities and to impl…; To support the evolution and growth of current programmatic… |
| Laura and John Arnold Foundation | Houston, TX | 3 | $1.2M | $280K | Preselected only | To provide technical assistance for states implementing pha…; To research the impact of over-the-counter hormonal birth c…; To support grantee's efforts to reform parking mandates, bu… |
| The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc | Owings Mills, MD | 4 | $1.2M | $100K | Preselected only | To support a new initiative to upgrade the information tech…; To support the organization, through membership dues for 20…; To support this organization's leadership development progr… |
| Putchie Foundation C/O Intentional Philanthropy LLC | Bethesda, MD | 6 | $1.2M | $250K | Preselected only | General operating support |
| Yarg Foundation | Portland, OR | 24 | $1.1M | $48K | Preselected only | General operating; Youth leadership for the environment; Staff capacity: sexual health education advocacy position |
| The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation | Princeton, NJ | 11 | $1.1M | $50K | Yes | Matching gifts; 80279 supporting the distributed artificial intelligence re…; 81734 general operating support for the equality federation… |
| Philip and Bernice Krupp Foundation for Jewish Life | Boston, MA | 2 | $1.1M | $550K | Yes | Charitable donation |
| Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund Inc | Wilmington, DE | 4 | $1.1M | $300K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Financial Assistance and school's capital campaign funds; Student and Family Support Fund |
| The Honzel Family Foundation | Tacoma, WA | 11 | $1.0M | $75K | Preselected only | Where need is greatest; Tuition assistance; Emergency services rent, utility, & food assistance |
| Margaret a Cargill Foundation | Eden Prairie, MN | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Managing disaster risk through economic development |
| Williams Family Private Foundation | Palo Alto, CA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General & unrestricted |
| Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Yes | To support the 1st year of flexible resources for opt-in or… |
| The Look and See Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| The Starbucks Foundation | Seattle, WA | 1 | $1.0M | $1.0M | Preselected only | Thriving communities & disaster response |
| The Simons Foundation Inc | New York, NY | 6 | $1.0M | $162K | Preselected only | Arxiv strategic planning & implementation support; Autism inpatient collection phase 4: increasing research ac…; Oregon spark: national autism cohort 50k |
| Silver Family Foundation C/O Walter Berlingo and Company | Darien, CT | 16 | $963K | $43K | Yes | Mentoring program for children; Mentoring program; Human services |
| The William G Gilmore Foundation | San Francisco, CA | 13 | $960K | $40K | Yes | General support; General operating support; For the east campus art center |
| D27 Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 22 | $943K | $10K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted; Wildlife Care Center; work in Oregon |
| The Kresge Foundation | Troy, MI | 6 | $917K | $150K | Yes | General operating support; Project support grant to mobilize communities in portland a…; Project supportgrant for the edfunders annual conference an… |
| The Swigert-Warren Foundation | Portland, OR | 28 | $916K | $10K | Preselected only | General support; Education support |
| Thomas D Taylor Foundation | St Louis, MO | 8 | $896K | $52K | Preselected only | General operating |
| Tykeson Family Charitable Trust | Ovando, MT | 6 | $810K | $75K | Preselected only | National chapter; General fund; Dr. bourdette's work on ms |
| Wk Kellogg Foundation | Battle Creek, MI | 7 | $753K | $100K | Yes | Early Care and Education; Matching Grant; Food, Strong and Equitable Food Systems |
| The Essex Avenue Foundation | Wilmington, DE | 1 | $750K | $750K | Preselected only | General & Unrestricted |
| Bob & Evelyn Dieringer Family Foundation Foundation | Milwaukie, OR | 6 | $750K | $103K | Preselected only | For educational purposes; For religious purposes; Educational and religious purposes |
| The Brookby Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | 8 | $706K | $18K | Yes | Capacity building; Media arts center; Chamber Music Northwest 2024 Season and Young Artist Instit… |
| Willard L & Ruth P Eccles Foundation C/O Whittier Trust Co of Nevada | Reno, NV | 21 | $693K | $25K | Preselected only | General operating support; Hospital equipment; Share the wonder campaign |
| The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc | Seattle, WA | 13 | $685K | $45K | Preselected only | Unrestricted grant; Unrestricted funds for multnomah co. fqhc; Unrestricted: health, safety, & elder social needs |
| Wellspring Philanthropic Fund Inc | New York, NY | 3 | $683K | $220K | Preselected only | General operating support; Organizing and narrative shifting |
| Boyer Foundation | Bend, OR | 4 | $675K | $14K | Preselected only | Environmental |
| Jpmorgan Chase Foundation | New York, NY | 64 | $674K | $325 | Preselected only | Matching contribution (general operating support); In support of creating economic mobility and career pathways; In support of neighborhood revitalization |
| The Wollenberg Foundation | Menlo Park, CA | 3 | $670K | $210K | Preselected only | Unrestricted; Restricted |
| The David and Lucile Packard Foundation | Los Altos, CA | 2 | $660K | $330K | Yes | Environment and Science |
| Raymond Family Foundation | Portland, OR | 25 | $655K | $25K | Preselected only | General operating support; To cultivate a unified faith-centered community and, in par…; To support old-time music and dance in portland, oregon |
| Freedom Together Foundation | New York, NY | 1 | $650K | $650K | Preselected only | Cultivating communities for increasing impacts: affordable… |
| Wheeler Foundation | Vancouver, WA | 45 | $638K | $12K | Yes | Program support; Charitable purpose of the |
| Wyss Foundation | Portland, OR | 55 | $630K | $10K | Preselected only | Organization use; Check 4002; Check 4003 |
| The Autzen Foundation | Portland, OR | 106 | $626K | $5,000 | Yes | General operating support; 2024 general scholarship fund; North portland schools fields project |
| Keller Foundation | Vancouver, WA | 14 | $625K | $23K | Preselected only | To support the organization's charitable mission |
| The Jackson Foundation | Milwaukee, WI | 115 | $620K | $3,500 | Yes | General operating; Generaloperating |
| The Kinsman Foundation | Milwaukie, OR | 48 | $616K | $10K | Yes | Artistic performances; Historic preservation; General operating support |
| The V & L Marx Foundation | Scarsdale, NY | 8 | $610K | $38K | Yes | General corporate purpose; General corporate purposes |
| Lawrence E Tokarski Charitable Trust C/O Eric Jamieson Trustee | Salem, OR | 3 | $608K | $58K | Preselected only | Funding for camp howard scholarship endowment program to pr…; Support to expand access to affordable housing through home…; Support of the lifeset program that provides life skills tr… |
| Wold Foundation | Casper, WY | 6 | $606K | $15K | Yes | On campus summer program experiences; Andree stevens macular degeneration support fund; Kathryn faye roberson scholarship in global health |
| Bluecross Blueshield of South Carolina Foundation | Columbia, SC | 1 | $588K | $588K | Preselected only | Investing in South Carolina Children |
| Gladys and Roland Harriman Foundation | New York, NY | 8 | $585K | $50K | Yes | General support |
Source: IRS Form 990-PF Part XV, latest electronic return per foundation (2026-10-28). "Accepts applications" reflects the foundation's own checkbox on Part XV line 2. Grants to individuals excluded.
Common questions
Which foundations give to nonprofits in Portland, Oregon?
Knight Foundation Attn Lisa McKillips, The Dell Loy Hansen Foundation, Meyer Memorial Trust, M J Murdock Charitable Trust, Gates Foundation and 95 others reported grants to Portland organizations on their latest Form 990-PF.
How do I approach a foundation that doesn't accept applications?
A foundation that checks "contributes only to preselected organizations" on its 990-PF won't review a cold proposal. Look at who it funds, find a shared board member, grantee or advisor, and ask for an introduction. Foundations that accept applications usually list a contact and deadlines in Part XV; we show that text on each foundation's page.
Is this list complete?
No. It covers private foundations (Form 990-PF filers) whose latest electronic return lists at least one grant to an organization in Portland. Community foundations and corporate giving programs file different forms and are not included yet.