Storms Family Foundation
Bend, OR · EIN 26-2020553. Reported 71 grants totalling $4,614,520 to 52 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Storms 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $7,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $5,000 and $25,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $1,500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohsu Foundation | Portland, OR | $3,042,500 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Shedd Institute | Eugene, OR | $600,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services | Bend, OR | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Eugene Family YMCA | Eugene, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital | Portland, OR | $65,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Partners in Care | Bend, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Providence Benedictine Nursing Center | Mount Angel, OR | $50,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Providence Children's Health Foundation | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Squareone Villages | Eugene, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Kids Center | Bend, OR | $36,100 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Providence Portland Medical Foundation | Mt Angel, OR | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cares Northwest | Portland, OR | $26,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Catholic Schools Endowment Foundation of Oregon | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Serendipity Center | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Portland Street Medicine | Portland, OR | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| St Vincent De Paul Society of Myrtle Creek | Myrtle Creek, OR | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oregon Society of Artists | Portland, OR | $17,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bethlehem Inn | Bend, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| High Desert Museum | Bend, OR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Spoon | Portland, OR | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Store to Door | Portland, OR | $13,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Community Counseling | Eugene, OR | $11,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Northwest Pandas Pans Network | Portland, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mountainstar Family Relief Nursery | Bend, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Tucker Maxon School | Portland, OR | $9,370 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Kindred Partners | Beaverton, OR | $9,300 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Albertina Kerr Centers | Portland, OR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Children's Center | Oregon City, OR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Food for Lane County | Eugene, OR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Meals on Wheels People | Portland, OR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Mother and Child Education Center | Portland, OR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smart Reading | Portland, OR | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Safe Haven Maternity Home | Roseburg, OR | $6,400 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Our Community Birth Center | Springfield, OR | $6,350 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kids Intervention & Diagnostic Service Center Inc | Bend, OR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Made to Thrive | Hermiston, OR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Options for Homeless Residents of Ashland | Ashland, OR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Bradley Angle | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA of Lane County | Springfield, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clackamas Women's Services | Oregon City, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Clastsop Community Action | Astoria, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Transitional School | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Warehouse | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Douglas County Child Advocacy Center | Roseburg, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Japanese Garden | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Japanese Garden Society of Oregon | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Rescue Mission | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Salem Free Clinics | Salem, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Center Foundation | Bend, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Dougy Center | Portland, OR | $3,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Hoyt Arboretum | Portland, OR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lan Su Chinese Garden | Portland, OR | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
16 of 52 (31%) 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 52%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is less consistent than most. 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.
- Ohsu Foundation
EXPAND & SUSTAIN AND OPERATING COSTS & DEPOSIT TO DORIS & MARK STORMS ENDOWMENT - The Shedd Institute
LIBRARY CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PAYMENT 1 OF 5 - Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services
NAMING RIGHTS FOR ARENA PAYMENT 1 OF 3 - Eugene Family YMCA
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN PAYMENT 1 OF 2 - Partners in Care
FINE ART INSTALLATION PROGRAM - Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital
DAY OF GIVING AND HOSPITAL EXPANSION
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 46 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $1,810,000 | $6,000 |
| 2022 | 37 | $866,420 | $7,500 |
| 2023 | 4 | $897,500 | $175,000 |
| 2024 | 7 | $1,040,600 | $150,000 |
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.
Already committed for future years
Form 990-PF has a separate schedule for grants approved but not yet paid. Storms Family Foundation has 5 of them, worth $2,762,500. This is the one part of the filing that looks forward rather than back -- and it also tells you how much of the next year's budget is already spoken for.
| Organization | Location | Approved |
|---|---|---|
| The Shedd Institute | Eugene, OR | $1,200,000 |
| The Shedd Institute | Eugene, OR | $900,000 |
| Ohsu Foundation | Portland, OR | $312,500 |
| Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services | Bend, OR | $300,000 |
| Eugene Family YMCA | Eugene, OR | $50,000 |
Where its money goes
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $7,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oregon.
- 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.
- 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 Storms 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: 1085 Ne Purcell Blvd 3, Bend, OR, 97701. 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.
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