Oregon · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Arts & Culture in Oregon

Imperigo has identified 370 funders that made 4,519 grants totaling $307.4M to 589 arts & culture organizations in Oregon, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Arts & Culture Funding in Oregon

Total granted $307.4M
Funders 370
Grants 4,519
Organizations funded 589

Top Funders — page 1 of 4

1. The Oregon Community Foundation
925 grants to 334 organizations · largest $9.4M · through 2024 · 9.9% of their giving
$78.1M
2. Regional Arts & Culture Council
328 grants to 85 organizations · largest $514K · through 2024 · 72.0% of their giving
$17.2M
3. Oregon Shakespeare Festival Endowment Fund
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $6.2M · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$11.4M
4. 1803 Fund
13 grants to 8 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2025 · 24.2% of their giving
$5.8M
5. Northwest Health Foundation
15 grants to 4 organizations · largest $800K · through 2024 · 24.0% of their giving
$2.1M
6. Corporation for Public Broadcasting
48 grants to 3 organizations · largest $3.8M · through 2025
$35.1M
7. Oregon Jewish Community Foundation
53 grants to 23 organizations · largest $872K · through 2024 · 9.4% of their giving
$3.7M
8. Nikkei Community Project Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $790K · through 2019 · 93.4% of their giving
$1.3M
9. Sid and Karen DeBoer Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $1.3M · through 2023 · 15.6% of their giving
$1.3M
10. Bend Visitor & Convention Bureau DBA Visit Bend
18 grants to 8 organizations · largest $160K · through 2024 · 21.3% of their giving
$820K
11. Arts Action Alliance Foundation DBA Clackamas County Arts Alliance
13 grants to 13 organizations · largest $205K · through 2024 · 32.9% of their giving
$729K
12. Seeding Justice
51 grants to 28 organizations · largest $750K · through 2024 · 4.8% of their giving
$2.7M
13. Rolf and Alice Klep Educational and Charitable Trust
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $111K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$532K
14. Coaster Theater Foundation
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $94K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$516K
15. Unitus Community Credit Union
11 grants to 3 organizations · largest $100K · through 2024 · 28.5% of their giving
$478K
16. Washington County Visitors Association
4 grants to 4 organizations · largest $630K · through 2024 · 12.6% of their giving
$719K
17. Columbia River Maritime Museum Endowment Trust
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $165K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$441K
18. The Arts Center Endowment
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $246K · through 2022 · 100.0% of their giving
$352K
19. OCF Joseph E Weston Public Foundation
84 grants to 20 organizations · largest $116K · through 2024 · 2.3% of their giving
$2.3M
20. Central Oregon Visitors Association
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 15.2% of their giving
$292K
21. Salem Art Association Endowment Foundation
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$217K
22. Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 392
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2024 · 53.7% of their giving
$186K
23. Travel Portland
8 grants to 5 organizations · largest $50K · through 2024 · 24.0% of their giving
$182K
24. Northwest Health Foundation Fund II
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $200K · through 2024 · 4.9% of their giving
$671K
25. DeMolay Endowment Foundation of Oregon Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $55K · through 2025 · 100.0% of their giving
$157K

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to arts & culture work in Oregon, not by dollar totals alone — a foundation that concentrates its giving here is usually a better prospect than a larger one for which this is a rounding error. 12 of the funders counted here are donor-advised fund sponsors, which grant on behalf of individual donors and accept no applications; they are marked and ranked last.

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About This Data

A grant appears here when a funder reported it on its IRS Form 990 and the recipient organization is classified under the NTEE group covering arts & culture work, with an address in Oregon. Grants are counted from the 2025 filing year backward.

Some 990 grant schedules list a recipient by name and address without an EIN, and those grants cannot be matched to a classification — so the totals above represent identifiable arts & culture funding in Oregon, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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