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Austin Family Foundation

Newberg, OR · EIN 47-5352542. Reported 199 grants totalling $8,513,340 to 72 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$10,000median grant
$8,513,340granted, 2021-2024
72organizations funded
62%of grantees funded again the next year
$87.4Massets, latest filing

Does this foundation accept applications?

Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. Austin Family Foundation did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.

This is the foundation's own statement to the IRS, not our judgement, and it says nothing about whether they have a form, a deadline, or an appetite for new grantees. Treat it as the reason this foundation is worth your research time, not as an invitation. Many small foundations of this kind have no website and no application process -- a letter of inquiry is the normal first step.

How big are its grants?

The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $500 and the largest $1,000,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

Under $1,000
19 grants
$1,000 - $5,000
30 grants
$5,000 - $10,000
35 grants
$10,000 - $25,000
55 grants
$25,000 - $50,000
6 grants
$50,000 - $100,000
22 grants
$100,000 and Up
32 grants

Every organization it funded

This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.

OrganizationLocationTotal receivedGrantsYears fundedLast
Lutheran Community Services NorthwestMcminnville, OR$1,702,7031642024
Virginia Garcia Memorial FoundationAloha, OR$1,190,000532024
Newberg Public SchoolsNewberg, OR$925,0282442024
Juliette's HouseMcminnville, OR$756,061942024
Newberg Dundee Public SchoolsNewberg, OR$711,800512024
Providence Newberg Health FoundationNewberg, OR$592,862842024
Mv AdvancementsMcminnville, OR$500,000112024
Yamhill Community Action PartnershipMcminnville, OR$354,042642024
Northwest Christian (newberg Christian)Newberg, OR$350,500832023
Love Inc NewbergNewberg, OR$210,000542024
Northwest Christian ChurchNewberg, OR$159,000212024
George Fox UniversityNewberg, OR$109,700222023
Hazelden Betty Ford FoundationNewberg, OR$106,333212022
Yamhill Enrichment SocietyMcminnville, OR$100,000642024
Carlton ObservatoryCarlton, OR$68,000322024
Provoking HopeMcminnville, OR$62,000322024
Newberg-Dundee Police FoundationNewberg, OR$56,4001042024
Reach NorthwestNewberg, OR$45,500322024
River Street Church of GodNewberg, OR$40,500542024
Joyful Servant Lutheran ChurchNewberg, OR$35,500532024
Emergency Assistance Foundation IncDallas, TX$30,000322024
The Vivian Lee FoundationNewberg, OR$25,000442024
2ND Street Community ChurchNewberg, OR$21,000322022
Zion Lutheran ChurchNewberg, OR$20,500442024
Chehalem Valley Middle SchoolNewberg, OR$20,166332023
Newberg Downtown CoalitionNewberg, OR$15,500222024
Tv Volunteer Firefighters AssocTigard, OR$15,000222023
Northwest Yearly Meeting of FriendsNewberg, OR$11,000212022
Newberg Animal Shelter FriendsNewberg, OR$10,680112024
Newberg Fish Emergency ServiceNewberg, OR$10,500222024
2ND St Community ChurchNewberg, OR$10,000112023
Antonia Crater Elementary PTONewberg, OR$10,000112024
Blanchet House of HospitalityPortland, OR$10,000112023
Concert Rock Acador Music Hall of FamePortland, OR$10,000112024
Cycle Yamhill CountyMcminnville, OR$10,000112024
Emergency Assistance Foundation IncWest Palm Beach, FL$10,000112022
Evergreen Aviation & Space MuseumMcminnville, OR$10,000112024
Hazel's House RescueNewberg, OR$10,000112024
Homeward Bound Pets Humane SocietyMcminnville, OR$10,000112024
Hoofprints in the Sand Horse RescueNewberg, OR$10,000112024
Newberg First Presbyterian ChurchNewberg, OR$10,000112024
North Valley Friends ChurchNewberg, OR$10,000112022
Upward Bound CampGates, OR$10,000112021
Values to ActionEugene, OR$10,000112022
Wayside Friends ChurchNewberg, OR$10,000112023
Special Olympics Yamhill CountyMcminnville, OR$9,700112024
Saint Bezzie's Art CollabMcminnville, OR$8,980112024
Newberg Library FriendsNewberg, OR$8,527112023
Edwards Volunteer OrganizationNewberg, OR$8,139112022
Friendsview Retirement CommunityNewberg, OR$7,596112024
Tualatin Valley Volunteer FirefightersTigard, OR$7,500112024
In Kind BoxesTualatin, OR$6,000112024
Gather Repertory TheatreNewberg, OR$5,500112024
Smart ReadingPortland, OR$5,500222024
St Peter Catholic ChurchNewberg, OR$5,500222024
Newberg Rotary FoundationLafayette, OR$5,000222024
Tualatin Valley Fire & RescueTigard, OR$5,000112023
Wheel to Walk FoundationPortland, OR$5,000112024
Christmas Smiles IncNewberg, OR$3,000112024
Yamhill County Sheriff's Office FoundationMcminnville, OR$2,623112024
Arbores Classical CommunityNewberg, OR$2,000112021
Kiwanis Foundation of NewbergNewberg, OR$2,000112021
Newberg Graduation PartyNewberg, OR$2,000112022
Quilts for CopsNewberg, OR$2,000112024
Chehalem Cultural CenterNewberg, OR$1,000112022
Library Foundation of NewbergNewberg, OR$1,000112022
Newberg Booster ClubNewberg, OR$1,000112023
Newberg Young LifeNewberg, OR$1,000112022
With CourageMcminnville, OR$1,000112022
Dundee Woman's Club (dundee Community CtrDundee, OR$500112022
Newberg Area Habitat for HumanityNewberg, OR$500112022
See Ya Later Foundation IncMcminnville, OR$500112022

27 of 72 (38%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.

Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 62%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.

What the money was for

Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.

What kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 92 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Human Services
27 grants
Health Care
15 grants
Community Improvement
11 grants
Crime & Legal
10 grants
Education
8 grants
Religion
5 grants
Diseases & Disorders
4 grants
Science & Technology
3 grants

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
202130$1,219,296$10,000
202268$1,797,873$5,000
202339$1,647,091$10,000
202462$3,849,080$10,000

Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.

Where its money goes

Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 100% of this one's giving went to organizations in Oregon. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Oregon
$8.5M
Texas
$30K
Florida
$10K

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Funders that support the same organizations

These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.

The Oregon Community Foundation20 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund16 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc15 shared recipientsThe Ford Family Foundation9 shared recipientsMarie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation9 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc8 shared recipients

How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
  2. Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oregon.
  3. Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
  4. Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.

Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Austin Family Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 3113 Crestview Drive, Newberg, OR, 97132. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.

EIN 47-5352542 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

This is history, not an open call. Foundation returns are published about a year after the tax year ends. Nothing on this page is a deadline. It is a record of who this foundation has actually funded, which is the best available predictor of who it will fund next -- and a much better basis for deciding whether to write to them than a mission statement.

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