The Collins Foundation
Portland, OR · EIN 93-6021893. Reported 1,299 grants totalling $52.1M to 666 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$30,000median grant
$52.1Mgranted, 2021-2024
666organizations funded
36%of grantees funded again the next year
$234.9Massets, 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. The Collins 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 $30,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $15,000 and $50,000; the smallest was $75 and the largest $600,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
All 666 recipients appear in its filings; the 250 largest are listed here. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which this organization received money -- the clearest signal of who this foundation actually has a relationship with.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwest Health Foundation Fund II | Portland, OR | $895,000 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Community Foundation | Portland, OR | $803,600 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Foundations for a Better Oregon | Portland, OR | $800,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Mckenzie River Gathering Foundation | Portland, OR | $700,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Charities of Oregon | Portland, OR | $592,500 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Black United Fund of Oregon Inc | Portland, OR | $574,250 | 14 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon | Portland, OR | $497,979 | 9 | 4 | 2024 |
| Latino Network | Portland, OR | $444,750 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Capaces Leadership Institute | Woodburn, OR | $375,000 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Equitable Giving Circle | Portland, OR | $355,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oregon Native American Chamber | Portland, OR | $350,000 | 3 | 2 | 2024 |
| Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center Inc | Portland, OR | $348,500 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Apano Communities United Fund | Portland, OR | $320,835 | 8 | 3 | 2024 |
| Open School Inc | Portland, OR | $311,625 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon | Portland, OR | $304,500 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| African Youth & Community Organization | Portland, OR | $300,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Albina Vision Trust Inc | Portland, OR | $300,000 | 2 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seeding Justice | Portland, OR | $300,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society | Siletz, OR | $300,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Elevate Oregon | Portland, OR | $295,300 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| De Rose Community Bridge and Holistic Wellness | Hillsboro, OR | $295,000 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| Reap Inc | Portland, OR | $290,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Hacienda Community Development Corporation | Portland, OR | $270,750 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Causa of Oregon | Salem, OR | $261,500 | 6 | 2 | 2022 |
| Join | Portland, OR | $251,500 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Network for Oregon Affordable Housing Suite 245 | Portland, OR | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Self Enhancement Inc | Portland, OR | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rural Organizing Project | Cottage Grove, OR | $240,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Coalition of Communities of Color | Portland, OR | $235,075 | 6 | 4 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Greater Portland | Portland, OR | $232,950 | 8 | 3 | 2023 |
| Uprise Collective | Beaverton, OR | $232,750 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Native American Youth and Family Center | Portland, OR | $232,400 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Western States Center Inc | Portland, OR | $231,500 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| All Ages Music Portland | Portland, OR | $231,200 | 7 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oregon Recovers | Portland, OR | $230,300 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Pueblo Unido Pdx | Portland, OR | $228,700 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Native Arts and Cultures Foundation Inc | Portland, OR | $225,250 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area | Portland, OR | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Muslim Educational Trust Inc | Portland, OR | $225,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| African Family Holistic Health Organization | Portland, OR | $223,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Columbia Riverkeeper | Hood River, OR | $220,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program | Portland, OR | $220,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Imagine Black Futures | Beaverton, OR | $217,000 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Centro Cultural De Condado De Washington | Cornelius, OR | $215,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Irco | Portland, OR | $215,000 | 5 | 2 | 2023 |
| Verde | Portland, OR | $215,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Portland State University Foundation | Portland, OR | $212,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Project Ledo | Portland, OR | $211,200 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Albina Vision Inc | Portland, OR | $210,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Center for Diversity & the Environment | Portland, OR | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lines for Life | Portland, OR | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Northwest Employment Education and Defense Fund (need Fund) | Portland, OR | $204,737 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Samoa Pacific Development Corporation | Portland, OR | $200,525 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Centro Latino Americano | Eugene, OR | $200,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Regional Arts & Culture Council | Portland, OR | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tananwit | Warm Springs, OR | $200,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Warm Springs Community Action Team | Warm Springs, OR | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Friends of Zenger Farm | Portland, OR | $194,000 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Bienestar Inc | Hillsboro, OR | $191,900 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Adelante Mujeres | Forest Grove, OR | $188,770 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Street Roots | Portland, OR | $180,300 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Farmworker Housing Development Corporation | Woodburn, OR | $178,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Neighborhood Partnerships Inc | Portland, OR | $178,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Kairospdx | Portland, OR | $177,175 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest | Portland, OR | $176,875 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Lgbtq Community Center Fund | Portland, OR | $176,000 | 5 | 2 | 2022 |
| Heart of Oregon Corps Inc | Bend, OR | $174,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Community Alliance of Lane County | Eugene, OR | $168,200 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Habitat for Humanity of Oregon | Portland, OR | $165,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Basic Rights Education Fund | Portland, OR | $162,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Microenterprise Resources Initiatives and Training | Salem, OR | $161,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network | Eugene, OR | $160,075 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Immigration Counseling Service Inc | Portland, OR | $160,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Our Children Oregon | Portland, OR | $160,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives | Portland, OR | $160,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Latino Community Association the | Bend, OR | $155,075 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| College Possible | Portland, OR | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Harbor Inc the | Astoria, OR | $155,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Outgrowing Hunger | Boring, OR | $155,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Togo Community Organization of Oregon | Portland, OR | $155,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Ne Steam Coalition | Portland, OR | $153,875 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Public Health Institute | Oakland, CA | $151,200 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| High Desert Museum the | Bend, OR | $151,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blueprint Foundation the | Portland, OR | $150,250 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Clackamas Volunteers in Medicine | Oregon City, OR | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| College Dreams Inc | Grants Pass, OR | $150,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Human Solutions Inc | Portland, OR | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Talent Maker City | Talent, OR | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Evolve Workforce & Multifamily Housing Services | Woodburn, OR | $148,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Marion-Polk Food Share Inc | Salem, OR | $145,075 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Free Geek | Portland, OR | $145,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program Inc | Portland, OR | $145,000 | 5 | 4 | 2024 |
| Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Center | Portland, OR | $144,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| The Next Door Inc | Hood River, OR | $140,350 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Community of Portland | Portland, OR | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Cascade AIDS Project | Portland, OR | $140,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Utopia Pdx | Portland, OR | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades | Bend, OR | $140,000 | 5 | 3 | 2024 |
| Wild Diversity | Portland, OR | $140,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center | Enterprise, OR | $136,200 | 3 | 1 | 2021 |
| Passinart a Theatre Company | Portland, OR | $133,400 | 7 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ecotrust | Portland, OR | $131,350 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Black Farm Bureau | Portland, OR | $130,250 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Forward Together | Oakland, CA | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of Baseball | Portland, OR | $130,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Literary Arts Inc | Portland, OR | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Oregon Tradeswomen Inc | Portland, OR | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rosewood Initiative the | Portland, OR | $130,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality the | Salem, OR | $130,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Camp Fire Columbia | Portland, OR | $125,075 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Communities United for People | Portland, OR | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| East County Rising Community Projects | Fairview, OR | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| HIV Alliance | Eugene, OR | $125,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Reach Community Development Inc | Portland, OR | $125,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Rose Community Development Corporation | Portland, OR | $125,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Together We Are Greater Than | Portland, OR | $125,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Willamette Valley Law Project | Woodburn, OR | $123,375 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Reading Results | Portland, OR | $122,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Center for African Immigrants & Refugees Organization | Portland, OR | $120,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lomakatsi Restoration Project | Ashland, OR | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | Portland, OR | $120,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Rural Development Initiatives Inc | Coburg, OR | $120,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grantmakers of Oregon and Sw Washington | Portland, OR | $117,020 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Call to Safety | Portland, OR | $115,000 | 2 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Children - Portland | Portland, OR | $115,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Filling Empty Bellies | Astoria, OR | $110,075 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| African American Alliance for Home Ownership Inc | Portland, OR | $110,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Campbell Institute | Portland, OR | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| El Programa Hispano Catolico | Gresham, OR | $110,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Proud Ground | Portland, OR | $110,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Stage Theatre | Troutdale, OR | $106,200 | 4 | 2 | 2023 |
| Rogue Climate | Phoenix, OR | $106,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Unite Oregon | Portland, OR | $105,575 | 3 | 1 | 2023 |
| Crag Law Center | Portland, OR | $105,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Educate Ya Inc | Portland, OR | $105,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Incight Company | Portland, OR | $105,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Brown Hope | Portland, OR | $102,050 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oregon Supported Living Program | Eugene, OR | $102,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Transition Projects Inc | Portland, OR | $101,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Building Blocks to Success Corporation | Portland, OR | $101,200 | 5 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oregon Center for Public Policy | Portland, OR | $100,075 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| 1000 Friends of Oregon | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| All Hands Raised | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Blanchet House of Hospitality | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Camp Elso Experience Life Science Outdoors | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Columbia Gorge Children's Advocacy Center | Hood River, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Community Outreach Through Radical Empowerment | Eugene, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation | Pendleton, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Council on Aging of Central Oregon | Bend, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Deschutes Rim Clinic Foundation | Maupin, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Horizon Project | Miltonfreewater, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Josephy Center for Arts and Culture | Joseph, OR | $100,000 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Kids Unlimited of Oregon | Medford, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Klamath Tribes the | Chiloquin, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| La Clinica Del Valle Family Health Care Center Inc | Medford, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Metroeast Community Media | Gresham, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| National Association of Minority Contractors - Oregon | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Options for Homeless Residents of Ashland | Ashland, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oregon Progress Forum | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Our Village Gardens | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Portland Art Museum | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Portland Women in Technology Inc | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Prismid Inc | Greenville, SC | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Sammys Place | Nehalem, OR | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance Portland | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| United Way of the Columbia-Willamette | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Voz Workers' Rights Education Project | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| We Are Healers Inc | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Willamette Falls Trust | Oregon City, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Winding Waters Medical Clinic | Enterprise, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wisdom of the Elders Incorporated | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Women's Foundation of Oregon | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| World Arts Foundation Inc | Portland, OR | $100,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce | Portland, OR | $98,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Hood River Senior Citizens Inc | Hood River, OR | $98,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Outside the Frame | Portland, OR | $96,535 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Artists Repertory Theatre | Portland, OR | $95,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Common Cause Education Fund | Portland, OR | $95,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Lion Speaks | Portland, OR | $95,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon | Portland, OR | $93,060 | 7 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rejoice Diaspora Dance Theater | Portland, OR | $92,750 | 6 | 3 | 2023 |
| Washington County Historical Society | Portland, OR | $92,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Womenfirst Transition & Referral Center | Gresham, OR | $91,200 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Black Economic Collective | Gresham, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Chehalem Center Association | Newberg, OR | $90,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Columbia Land Trust | Vancouver, WA | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Doula Alliance | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holla | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Jackson County Community Services Consortium Inc | Medford, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Love Is Stronger Gv | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Momentum Alliance | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| On-the-Move Community Integration | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Philippine American Chamber of Commerce of Oregon | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 1 | 2023 |
| Portland Chinatown History Foundation | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Triple Threat Mentoring | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Youth Organized and United to Help | Portland, OR | $90,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Resolutions Northwest | Portland, OR | $89,600 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Beyond These Walls | Portland, OR | $88,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Linfield College | Mcminnville, OR | $86,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| American Leadership Forum of Oregon | Portland, OR | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Cupcake Girls | Portland, OR | $85,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Know Agenda Foundation | Wilmington, NC | $84,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oregon Latino Health Coalition | Portland, OR | $83,990 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation | Aloha, OR | $83,500 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center | Corvallis, OR | $82,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Civil Liberties Defense Center | Eugene, OR | $81,000 | 3 | 2 | 2022 |
| Center for Hope & Safety | Salem, OR | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Forest Bridges the O&c Forest Habitat Project Inc | Roseburg, OR | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Forest Park Conservancy the | Portland, OR | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of Tryon Creek Park | Lake Oswego, OR | $80,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Growing Gardens | Portland, OR | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Latinobuilt Foundation | Portland, OR | $80,000 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Mosaic Medical | Bend, OR | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oregon Natural Desert Association Inc | Bend, OR | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette | Portland, OR | $80,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Portland Refugee Support Group | Portland, OR | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Wallace Medical Concern the | Portland, OR | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Xcape Dance Company | Eugene, OR | $80,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oregon Food Bank Inc | Portland, OR | $78,250 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Public Defender Service Inc | Portland, OR | $77,326 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oregon League of Minority Voters | Portland, OR | $77,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wallowa Land Trust Inc | Enterprise, OR | $76,075 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Confederated Lower Chinook Tribes and Bands | Bay Center, WA | $76,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community and Shelter Assistance Corp | Sherwood, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Community Development Corporation of Oregon | Gresham, OR | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon | Grand Ronde, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Daisy Chain Creating Healthy Alliances in New-Mothering | Eugene, OR | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Edwards Center Inc | Aloha, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fishtrap Inc | Enterprise, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Impact Nw | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Innovation Law Lab | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Namco | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North-Northeast Business | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Outside in | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Portland Community Football Club | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Portland Opera Association Inc | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reach Inc | Klamath Falls, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Smart Reading | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yakama Nation | Toppenish, WA | $75,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Chiloquin Visions in Progress | Chiloquin, OR | $71,640 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oregon Black Pioneers Corporation | Salem, OR | $71,545 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Division Midway Alliance for Community Improvement | Portland, OR | $71,500 | 3 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Father's Group | Bend, OR | $71,200 | 4 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wooden Fish Parents First | Portland, OR | $71,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Asset Funders Network | Chicago, IL | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| August Wilson Red Door Project | Portland, OR | $70,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Elakha Alliance | Siletz, OR | $70,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Miracle Theatre Group | Portland, OR | $70,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oregon Bravo Youth Orchestras | Portland, OR | $70,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
294 of 666 (44%) 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 36%, 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.
- Mckenzie River Gathering Foundation
PURCHASE A WAREHOUSE IN NORTH PORTLAND TO PROVIDE SAFE AND AFFORDABLE COLLABORATIVE WORKING SPACES TO COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS - Oregon Community Foundation
CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY REBUILDING FUND TO SUPPORT OREGONIANS MOST IMPACTED BY THE WILDFIRES - Northwest Health Foundation Fund II
SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS TO BUILD CAPACITY IN BLACK, INDIGENOUS, PEOPLE OF COLOR (BIPOC) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO GROW CIVIC ENGAGEMENT ACROSS OREGON - African Youth & Community Organization
SUPPORT THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN TO PURCHASE THE DREAM CENTER COMMUNITY HUB SUPPORTING EAST AFRICAN IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE FAMILIES IN THE PORTLAND METRO REGION - Albina Vision Trust Inc
SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND HEADQUARTERS RENOVATIONS TO FOSTER COMMUNITY-BUILDING AND PROVIDE VITAL GATHERING SPACES FOR THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN MULTNOMAH COUNTY - Network for Oregon Affordable Housing Suite 245
SUPPORT OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS ENSURING ACCESS TO HOUSING FOR ELIGIBLE RESIDENTS OF COLUMBIA, CLATSOP, AND TILLAMOOK COUNTIES
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 1,026 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 469 | $15.5M | $25,000 |
| 2022 | 342 | $14.6M | $35,000 |
| 2023 | 279 | $11.2M | $35,000 |
| 2024 | 209 | $10.8M | $40,000 |
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. 98% 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.
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Funders that support the same organizations
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The Oregon Community Foundation362 shared recipientsMeyer Memorial Trust244 shared recipientsMarie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation185 shared recipientsDonor Advised Charitable Giving Inc179 shared recipientsFidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund172 shared recipientsAmerican Online Giving Foundation Inc167 shared recipients
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $30,000. 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 The Collins 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: 1618 Sw First Avenue Suite 505, Portland, OR, 97201. 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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