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Tom & Marilyn Moyer Foundation

Portland, OR · EIN 93-6238025. Reported 15 grants totalling $5,875,000 to 15 organizations across tax years 2022-2023. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.

Yesaccepts unsolicited requests
$500,000median grant
$5,875,000granted, 2022-2023
15organizations funded
0%of grantees funded again the next year
$5,057,295assets, 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. Tom & Marilyn Moyer 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 $500,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $275,000 and $500,000; the smallest was $50,000 and the largest $500,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.

$50,000 - $100,000
1 grant
$100,000 and Up
14 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
Angels of America's FallenColorado Springs, CO$500,000112022
Children of Fallen PatriotsReston, VA$500,000112022
Children's CenterVancouver, WA$500,000112022
Cottage Rehabilitation HospitalSanta Barbara, CA$500,000112022
Mikeroweworks FoundationSanta Monica, CA$500,000112023
Open House MinistriesVancouver, WA$500,000112022
San Diego Seniors Community FoundationSan Diego, CA$500,000112023
Tunnel to TowersStaten Island, NY$500,000112022
Comprehensive Life ResourcesTacoma, WA$400,000112023
Friends of the ChildrenVancouver, WA$400,000112023
Kellin FoundationGreensboro, NC$400,000112023
De La Salle High SchoolPortland, OR$275,000112022
Santa Barbara FoundationSanta Barbara, CA$250,000112022
Columbia River Maritime MuseumAstoria, OR$100,000112023
Bridge the GapVancouver, WA$50,000112023

0 of 15 (0%) received money in more than one year over the 2 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 0%, across 1 year-to-year transition. 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 kind of organizations it funds

By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 12 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.

Philanthropy & Grantmaking
2 grants
Education
2 grants
Human Services
2 grants
Housing & Shelter
1 grant
Crime & Legal
1 grant
Health Care
1 grant
Mental Health
1 grant
Arts & Culture
1 grant

Giving by year

Tax yearGrantsTotalMedian grant
20228$3,525,000$500,000
20237$2,350,000$400,000

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. 31% of this one's giving went to organizations in Washington. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.

Washington
$1.9M
California
$1.8M
New York
$500K
Colorado
$500K
Virginia
$500K
North Carolina
$400K
Oregon
$375K

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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.

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How to approach this foundation

  1. Check you are its size. The median grant is $500,000. 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 Washington.
  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.

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Where these numbers come from

Everything above is taken from Tom & Marilyn Moyer Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 3 returns (tax years 2021-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.

Address of record on the latest return: 1000 Sw Broadway Ste 1770, Portland, OR, 97205. 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 93-6238025 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this

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