Marion-Polk Food Share Inc
Salem, OR · EIN 94-3034161. Reported 227 grants totalling $36.9M to 74 organizations across tax years 2020-2023, on Form 990 Schedule I.
Does this grantmaker accept applications?
Its tax return does not say, and we will not guess. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which asks outright whether they fund only organizations they select themselves -- 78% say yes, and that one answer is what lets the rest of this site tell you which foundations are worth approaching. Grantmaking charities like this one file a regular Form 990 instead, and the IRS never puts the question to them. Anyone claiming to know the answer from the filing is inventing it.
Three things in the filing do bear on it:
- What kind of organization it is. For Marion-Polk Food Share Inc, the IRS classifies it under food & nutrition rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE K31Z) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 74 distinct organizations, with 7% of the dollars going to the largest single recipient. That is genuinely spread out -- the mark of a funder making many independent decisions rather than underwriting one institution.
- How much its list changes. 84% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is well above the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and above the 67% private foundations manage. This list is close to settled, so a newcomer has to displace someone rather than fill a gap.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $99,990. Half of what it reported fell between $40,910 and $233,942; the smallest was $5,801 and the largest $735,996. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
227 of those grants were non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $36.7M in total. In-kind giving is real support but it is not a cheque.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Recipients are grouped by the EIN the filer reported, not by name, so an organization that was typed differently in two years appears once rather than twice.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mano a Mano | Salem, OR | $2,634,814 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Council of Mid-Willamette Valley Society of St Vincent De Paul | Mcminnville, OR | $2,515,758 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Ella Curran Community Food Bank | Independence, OR | $2,265,114 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army Food Bank | Salem, OR | $1,865,789 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pentecostal Church of God Inc | Bedford, TX | $1,794,780 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dallas Emergency Food Corporation | Dallas, OR | $1,546,909 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Benedictine Sisters Corp | Mount Angel, OR | $1,270,145 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Silver Creek Fellowship | Silverton, OR | $1,203,519 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Keizer Community Food Bank | Keizer, OR | $1,148,357 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Salem | Salem, OR | $1,145,559 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Stayton Community Food Bank | Stayton, OR | $1,007,256 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Silverton Area Community Aid Inc | Silverton, OR | $1,002,548 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Jason Lee United Methodist Food Bank | Salem, OR | $983,635 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Life | Salem, OR | $906,270 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Trinity United Methodist Church-Salem | Salem, OR | $816,434 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community of Christ | Independence, MO | $766,614 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| The Peoples Church | Salem, OR | $709,815 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Woodburn Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Food Pantry | Woodburn, OR | $686,488 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| International Church of the Foursquare Gospel | Los Angeles, CA | $677,404 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northwest Yearly Meeting of Friends Church | Newberg, OR | $651,961 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Union Gospel Mission Association of Salem | Salem, OR | $601,412 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Idanha Community Church | Idanha, OR | $562,338 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Church at the Park | Salem, OR | $489,604 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Life Spring Church of the Assemblies of God of Marion County | Salem, OR | $476,354 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Pauline Memorial AME Zion Church | Salem, OR | $449,360 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Community of Christ Church Good Samaritan Food Pantry | Salem, OR | $448,021 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| New Harvest Church | Salem, OR | $445,374 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Oregon Food Bank Inc | Portland, OR | $445,054 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency Inc | Salem, OR | $431,274 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| West Salem United Methodist Church Food Pantry | Salem, OR | $410,081 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Mill City-Gates Community Assistance Center | Mill City, OR | $403,675 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Life Essentials Food and Clothing Bank Life Church | Salem, OR | $403,582 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Church at the Park | Salem, OR | $390,010 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Turner Christian Church | Turner, OR | $354,553 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Keizer Community Food Bank | Keizer, OR | $341,878 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| St Luke's Society of St Vincent De Paul | Woodburn, OR | $331,300 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Northwest Human Services Inc | Salem, OR | $309,328 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Dallas Seventh Day Adventist | Dallas, OR | $307,072 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon | Portland, OR | $267,645 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United States Catholic Conference | Washington, DC | $253,857 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Salem Evangelical Church | Salem, OR | $223,911 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| Oregon Conference of Seventh Day Adventists | Gladstone, OR | $206,641 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Tina Miller Teen Club Inc | Willamina, OR | $173,219 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Family Building Blocks Inc | Salem, OR | $172,688 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Diabetes Support Services | Salem, OR | $172,579 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Wesleyan Church Corporation | Fishers, IN | $170,759 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Falls City Seventh Day Adventist | Falls City, OR | $160,388 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Western Oregon University Development Foundation | Monmouth, OR | $152,073 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Mehama Community Church Joseph Storehouse of Hope | Mehama, OR | $150,605 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Scotts Mills Community Center Association | Scotts Mills, OR | $147,961 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salem Mission Church Revival Center | Salem, OR | $120,411 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| Salem Alliance Church | Salem, OR | $111,211 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| South Salem Friends Church | Salem, OR | $106,241 | 3 | 3 | 2022 |
| James 2 Community Kitchen | Dallas, OR | $100,358 | 4 | 4 | 2023 |
| City Vibe | Salem, OR | $99,253 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salem West Foursquare Church | Salem, OR | $98,585 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Capital Park Wesleyan Church | Salem, OR | $96,302 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Santiam Memorial Hospital | Stayton, OR | $83,996 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Food for Lane County | Eugene, OR | $76,138 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Queen of Peace Table of Plenty | Salem, OR | $71,977 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Sacred Heart Catholic Church | Gervais, OR | $62,763 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Linn Benton Food Share | Corvallis, OR | $58,065 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Northwest Housing Alternatives Inc | Milwaukie, OR | $57,686 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley | Salem, OR | $54,839 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Yamhill Community Action Partnership | Mcminnville, OR | $39,187 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Chemeketa Community College Foundation | Salem, OR | $33,988 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Center for Hope and Safety | Salem, OR | $27,992 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Salem Dream Center | Salem, OR | $23,520 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Oregon Child Development Coalition Inc | Wilsonville, OR | $18,925 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Home Youth & Resource Center Mwvcaa | Salem, OR | $14,695 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| Mount Angel Community Center Inc | Mount Angel, OR | $13,142 | 2 | 2 | 2021 |
| Kingwood Bible | Salem, OR | $12,298 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| GOOD360 | Alexandria, VA | $9,225 | 1 | 1 | 2020 |
| S a B L E House | Dallas, OR | $7,733 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
62 of 74 (84%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold. Remember the $5,000 floor: an organization funded every year at $3,000 shows up here as never funded at all.
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 22 of 74 recipients we could match to a registered organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses -- Schedule I reports the recipient's EIN, so this is a lookup rather than a name match.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants reported | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 60 | $10.0M | $86,232 |
| 2021 | 58 | $8,205,735 | $99,844 |
| 2022 | 54 | $9,211,570 | $116,630 |
| 2023 | 55 | $9,425,840 | $114,238 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- Form 990 arrives about a year after the year it covers, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a grantmaker winding down.
Where its money goes
90% of its giving went to organizations in Oregon. Community foundations and federated funds are usually the most geographically bounded funders there are -- being outside the footprint is normally disqualifying in a way that a weak programme fit is not.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These grantmakers and private foundations gave to organizations this one also funded. Shared grantees are the strongest signal available 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 grantmaker
- Look for a published programme first. Unlike most private foundations, organizations of this kind often do run open, deadlined grant cycles with written guidelines. Its own website is the authority on that; this page is the authority on who it has actually paid.
- Check you are its size. The median reported grant is $99,990 -- and because grants under $5,000 need not be reported, it very likely writes smaller cheques than this page can see.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving concentrates in Oregon.
- Read the recipient list for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer and a cheap one to get.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Marion-Polk Food Share Inc's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2020-2023). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 55 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 0 other organizations. That is the filer's own count for one year; the totals above cover every year we hold.
Address of record on the latest return: 1660 Salem Industrial Dr Ne, Salem, OR, 97301.
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