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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 2 of 4

26. Columbia Pacific Economic Developme
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $263K · through 2022 · 9.8% of their giving
$263K
27. Josephine County Cultural Coalition
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $51K · through 2020 · 55.4% of their giving
$129K
28. Peter and Julie Stott Foundation
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $100K · through 2023 · 36.3% of their giving
$121K
29. The Salem Foundation
17 grants to 8 organizations · largest $130K · through 2024 · 2.7% of their giving
$800K
30. James W and Carolyn O Ritchie Supporting Organization
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $36K · through 2024 · 20.4% of their giving
$90K
31. Four Way Community Foundation
19 grants to 7 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024 · 8.1% of their giving
$221K
32. Oregon Sports Action Inc
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $40K · through 2025 · 16.3% of their giving
$92K
33. Oregon Progressive Fund Inc
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $75K · through 2024 · 49.7% of their giving
$75K
34. Portland Regional Educational Telecommunications Corporation
7 grants to 2 organizations · largest $26K · through 2022 · 9.2% of their giving
$148K
35. Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
6 grants to 1 organization · largest $86K · through 2024 · 2.9% of their giving
$404K
36. Inatai Foundation
15 grants to 7 organizations · largest $225K · through 2024
$1.4M
37. Houston Diesels Inc
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $71K · through 2024 · 11.3% of their giving
$83K
38. United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
29 grants to 16 organizations · largest $135K · through 2024 · 1.2% of their giving
$741K
39. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 701
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $45K · through 2022 · 34.2% of their giving
$45K
40. IBEW Local No 48
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $24K · through 2024 · 10.6% of their giving
$72K
41. Willamette Valley Visitors Association
2 grants to 2 organizations · largest $30K · through 2019 · 19.8% of their giving
$37K
42. Oregon-Columbia Chapter of the Assoc General Contractors of America
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $60K · through 2022 · 10.4% of their giving
$60K
43. Lincoln County Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2023 · 11.9% of their giving
$50K
44. Familycare Inc
8 grants to 2 organizations · largest $125K · through 2024 · 2.1% of their giving
$264K
45. Onpoint Community Credit Union
23 grants to 10 organizations · largest $65K · through 2025 · 1.1% of their giving
$466K
46. Workforce Investment Council of Clackamas County
4 grants to 3 organizations · largest $98K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$273K
47. Happy Cowboy Foundation
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $22K · through 2024 · 40.7% of their giving
$22K
54. Lane Community Health Council
3 grants to 2 organizations · largest $350K · through 2024
$485K
58. Blue Mountain Community Foundation
9 grants to 3 organizations · largest $116K · through 2024
$261K
64. Paypal Charitable Giving Fund
41 grants to 29 organizations · largest $735K · through 2024
$1.4M

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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