Northwest Health Foundation
Portland, OR · EIN 93-1293344. Reported 118 grants totalling $11.2M to 82 organizations across tax years 2021-2024, 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 Northwest Health Foundation, the IRS classifies it under health care rather than as a grantmaker (NTEE E60) -- it is an operating charity that also makes grants.
- How spread out its giving is. 82 distinct organizations, with 11% 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. 22% of one year's grantees are funded again the next, across 3 year-to-year transitions. That is below the 57% median for grantmaking charities, and well below the 67% private foundations manage. A list that turns over this much is one a newcomer can realistically join.
How big are its grants?
The median reported grant is $22,500. Half of what it reported fell between $10,599 and $60,500; the smallest was $5,600 and the largest $1,237,500. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pride Foundation | Seattle, WA | $1,237,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Northwest Health Foundation | Portland, OR | $1,119,978 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Imagine Black Futures | Portland, OR | $500,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon Health and Education Collaborative | Wilsonville, OR | $350,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Utopia Pdx - United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance Portlan | Portland, OR | $336,600 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Better Together Central Oregon | Redmond, OR | $336,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Stronghold a Culturally Responsive Peer Support Program | Chiloquin, OR | $336,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Tayas Yawks | Klamath Falls, OR | $336,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| The Harbor Inc | Astoria, OR | $336,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Una Voz | Medford, OR | $336,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Beyond These Walls | Portland, OR | $335,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Love Is Stronger Gv | Portland, OR | $335,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Mano a Mano | Salem, OR | $335,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Red Lodge Transition Services | Oregon City, OR | $335,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Womenfirst Transition Referral Center | Gresham, OR | $335,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Constructing Hope Pre- Apprenticeship Program | Portland, OR | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Holla | Portland, OR | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jackson County Community Services Consortium Inc | Medford, OR | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oregon Washington Health Network | Pendleton, OR | $325,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oregon Donor Alliance | Portland, OR | $273,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Latino Network | Portland, OR | $260,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| The Family Nurturing Center | Medford, OR | $250,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Central City Concern Inc | Portland, OR | $235,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clackamas Womens Services | Oregon City, OR | $235,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Washington Community Action Network | Seattle, WA | $131,750 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Ebony Collective Coalition | Portland, OR | $122,250 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Imagine Black | Beaverton, OR | $101,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Naya Action Fund | Portland, OR | $90,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Unite Oregon Action | Portland, OR | $90,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Apano Statewide | Portland, OR | $86,750 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Latino Network Action Fund | Portland, OR | $81,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Oneamerica Votes | Seattle, WA | $73,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Fiscal Sponsor Southern Oregon Education Service District for Southern Ore | Medford, OR | $64,471 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Building Power for Communities of Color | Portland, OR | $62,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Accion Politica Pcunista | Woodburn, OR | $61,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area | Portland, OR | $51,184 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon Academy of Family Physicians Foundation | Portland, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Opal | Portland, OR | $40,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Nonprofit Association of Oregon | Portland, OR | $37,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Partnership for Safety and Justice | Portland, OR | $36,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Capaces Leadership Institute | Woodburn, OR | $30,142 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tribal Democracy Project | Portland, OR | $29,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Seeding Justice | Portland, OR | $27,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Beyond Impact | W Hollywood, CA | $26,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Equal Rights for All Petition | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon School-Based Health Alliance | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Social Venture Partners Portland | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington County Ignite Action Fund | Portland, OR | $22,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Side Project Inc | West Palm Bch, FL | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Coalition of Communities of Color | Portland, OR | $21,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Native American Youth and Family Center | Portland, OR | $21,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Confederated Lower Chinook Tribes and Bands | South Bend, WA | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Adelante Mujeres | Forest Grove, OR | $19,360 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| New Progressive Network Inc | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| State Voices | Washington, DC | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| We the People - Eugene | Eugene, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Centro Cultural De Condado De Washington | Cornelius, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Disability Art and Culture Project | Portland, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Klamath Tribal Health & Family Services | Klamath Falls, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Next Door Inc | Hood River, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oregon Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice | Portland, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon | Portland, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Plaza De Nuestra Comunidad | Eugene, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Red Is the Road to Wellness | Klamath Falls, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Rural Organizing Project | Cottage Grove, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Verde | Portland, OR | $11,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Washington Community Action Network Education & Research Fund | Seattle, WA | $10,599 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Fresh Out Community Based African American Program | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Holla School | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Lines for Life | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Micronesian Islander Community | Salem, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oregon Food Bank Inc | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Re-Inventing Social Enterprise | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Samoa Pacific Development Corporation | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program Inc | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Southwest Washington Equity Coalition | Vancouver, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Consejo Hispano | Astoria, OR | $9,360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family and Community Together | Portland, OR | $9,360 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Opencollective Foundation | Covina, CA | $7,590 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Kaiser Foundation Hospitals | Oakland, CA | $6,399 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Uprise Collective | Portland, OR | $6,211 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development | Corvallis, OR | $5,600 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
32 of 82 (39%) 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose column of its filings, largest first. This is the closest thing to a statement of what it funds, in its own words.
- Fiscal Sponsor Family Nurturing Center for Oregon Health and Education Col
CORE SUPPORT FOR A FISCALLY SPONSORED PROJECT - Washington Community Action Network
PROJECT SUPPORT - CIVIC HEALTH - Fiscal Sponsor Tides Advocacy for Oregon Futures Lab
NARRATIVE FELLOWSHIP; PROJECT SUPPORT - ED TRANSITION - Social Venture Partners Portland
PROJECT SUPPORT - EARLY CHILDHOOD EQUITY - Seeding Justice
GENERAL SUPPORT; PROJECT SUPPORT - We the People - Eugene
PROJECT SUPPORT - SUICIDE PREVENTION
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 66 of 82 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | $322,180 | $11,000 |
| 2022 | 43 | $1,335,728 | $10,599 |
| 2023 | 25 | $6,278,600 | $325,000 |
| 2024 | 27 | $3,309,096 | $30,000 |
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
86% 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
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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 $22,500 -- 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 Northwest Health Foundation's own Form 990 Schedule I filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred or estimated.
On its most recent return it told the IRS it made grants to 12 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 15 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: 221 Nw Second Avenue 300, Portland, OR, 97209.
EIN 93-1293344 · See the original filings on ProPublica · How we build this
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