Oregon · Grantmakers

Foundations That Fund Education in Oregon

Imperigo has identified 694 funders that made 5,899 grants totaling $1.1B to 674 education organizations in Oregon, with a median grant of $20K. Every figure below is drawn from IRS Form 990 filings through 2025.

Education Funding in Oregon

Total granted $1.1B
Funders 694
Grants 5,899
Organizations funded 674

Top Funders — page 3 of 4

51. Project Apis M Inc
7 grants to 1 organization · largest $128K · through 2024 · 7.1% of their giving
$458K
52. Endowment Fund of Zion Lutheran Church of Portland
6 grants to 2 organizations · largest $50K · through 2025 · 24.3% of their giving
$156K
53. International Society for Animal Rights
4 grants to 1 organization · largest $50K · through 2022 · 61.0% of their giving
$150K
54. Liu Shiming Art Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $108K · through 2023 · 13.8% of their giving
$216K
55. Howard Hughes Medical Institute
5 grants to 3 organizations · largest $1.6M · through 2022 · 1.1% of their giving
$2.7M
56. Zeneth F Ward & Lanetta S Ward Fdn
8 grants to 3 organizations · largest $150K · through 2024 · 4.0% of their giving
$704K
57. Willamette Health Council
5 grants to 5 organizations · largest $1.1M · through 2024 · 2.0% of their giving
$1.3M
58. Oregon Forest Industries Council
5 grants to 1 organization · largest $25K · through 2024 · 100.0% of their giving
$125K
59. The Albertsons Companies Foundation
18 grants to 6 organizations · largest $405K · through 2024
$2.6M
69. United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
19 grants to 11 organizations · largest $528K · through 2024 · 1.7% of their giving
$1.0M
79. Elks National Foundation Inc
3 grants to 1 organization · largest $609K · through 2024
$1.3M
84. Worksystems Inc
7 grants to 3 organizations · largest $353K · through 2024
$923K
95. The San Francisco Foundation
22 grants to 10 organizations · largest $363K · through 2024
$2.7M
104. The Bessemer Giving Fund C/O Bessemer Trust Company Trustee
25 grants to 14 organizations · largest $300K · through 2024
$1.7M
107. Santa Barbara Foundation
5 grants to 2 organizations · largest $756K · through 2024
$806K
109. Tides Foundation
42 grants to 14 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$3.4M
115. City Fund
1 grant to 1 organization · largest $1.2M · through 2023
$1.2M
116. Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc
74 grants to 29 organizations · largest $802K · through 2024
$6.3M
118. Baton Rouge Area Foundation
2 grants to 1 organization · largest $458K · through 2022
$625K
128. The Denver Foundation
6 grants to 3 organizations · largest $600K · through 2024
$1.1M
129. Charities Aid Foundation America
59 grants to 25 organizations · largest $832K · through 2024
$2.3M
135. Silicon Valley Community Foundation
50 grants to 20 organizations · largest $1.5M · through 2024
$5.5M
136. Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc
8 grants to 6 organizations · largest $1.0M · through 2024
$1.6M
160. The Blackbaud Giving Fund
49 grants to 38 organizations · largest $120K · through 2024
$1.4M
162. The Chicago Community Trust
12 grants to 4 organizations · largest $779K · through 2023
$2.9M

Funders are ordered by how much of their overall giving goes to education 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. 16 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 education 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 education funding in Oregon, not every dollar that reached the sector. Figures are a floor, not a ceiling.

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