United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
Salem, OR · EIN 93-0395586. Reported 81 grants totalling $2,873,343 to 67 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. The IRS has no activity classification on file for this one, so we cannot tell you whether it is a community foundation or a single-institution support fund. The recipient list below is the better guide.
- How spread out its giving is. 67 distinct organizations, with 9% 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. 16% 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 $19,500. Half of what it reported fell between $7,665 and $42,012; the smallest was $5,200 and the largest $250,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong organization.
1 of those grants was non-cash -- goods, property or services worth $47,815 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Center for Hope and Safety | Salem, OR | $272,285 | 4 | 3 | 2023 |
| Blanchet Community Foundation | Salem, OR | $200,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Parakata Consulting | Woodburn, OR | $152,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| North Salem High School | Salem, OR | $150,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| North Santiam Watershed Council | Stayton, OR | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Saxon Success Fund | Salem, OR | $150,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Be Blac Foundation | Salem, OR | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Poder | Woodburn, OR | $140,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Oregon Health and Education Collaborative | Wilsonville, OR | $100,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Northwest Hub | Salem, OR | $84,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Sheridan School District | Sheridan, OR | $74,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Salem Marion & Polk Counties Foundation | Salem, OR | $72,862 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Blazer Industries Inc | Aumsville, OR | $69,080 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Emmanuel Bible Church of Salem Inc | Salem, OR | $58,012 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Salem Heights Church of Salem Oregon | Salem, OR | $54,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Black Joy Oregon | Keizer, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Polk Co Family&comm Outreach | Monmouth, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Salem for Refugees Association | Salem, OR | $50,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of Deepwood | Salem, OR | $48,600 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Santiam Hospital and Clinics Foundation | Stayton, OR | $47,815 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Young Mens Christian Association of Marion & Polk Count | Salem, OR | $39,854 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Zero Waste Mcminnville Foundation | Mcminnville, OR | $35,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency Inc | Salem, OR | $34,161 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Shellys House | Salem, OR | $33,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Countryside Christian Church of Salem | Keizer, OR | $30,160 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Jefferson School District | Jefferson, OR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Liberty House | Salem, OR | $27,951 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Marion-Polk Food Share Inc | Salem, OR | $26,704 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salem Heights Church | Salem, OR | $26,500 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Family Building Blocks Foundation | Salem, OR | $26,413 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Encompass Yamhill Valley | Mcminnville, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Friends of the Salem Senior Center | Salem, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Juliettes House | Mcminnville, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Young Leaders | Salem, OR | $25,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA of Marion County Inc | Salem, OR | $23,697 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fired Up Inc | Salem, OR | $21,905 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Oregon Humane Society | Portland, OR | $21,284 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| CASA of Polk County Inc | Dallas, OR | $20,530 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Woodburn Foursquare Church | Woodburn, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Reach Northwest | Newberg, OR | $19,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Willamette Humane Society | Salem, OR | $18,338 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Acres of Hope | Independence, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Japanese International Baptist Church | Tigard, OR | $12,350 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Boys & Girls Club of Salem Marion & Polk Counties Inc | Salem, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salem Alliance Church | Salem, OR | $9,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| River West Church | Lake Oswego, OR | $9,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Polk County Svc Integration | Dallas, OR | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Willamette University | Salem, OR | $9,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Santiam Memorial Hospital | Stayton, OR | $8,745 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Long-Term Recovery Group | Salem, OR | $8,518 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Family Building Blocks Inc | Salem, OR | $8,349 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mission Fellowship | Salem, OR | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Northside Community Free Methodist Church | Newberg, OR | $7,930 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| St Francis Shelter | Salem, OR | $7,665 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts Crater Lake Cncl | Central Point, OR | $7,500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Salvation Army | Honolulu, HI | $7,367 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Catholic Community Services of the Mid Willamette Valley & Central | Salem, OR | $7,116 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mission Aviation Fellowship | Nampa, ID | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| St Patricks Church | Independence, OR | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints | Salt Lake City, UT | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Yamhill County Care Organization Inc | Mcminnville, OR | $6,060 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Monmouth Christian Church | Monmouth, OR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salem Leadership Foundation | Salem, OR | $6,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Hope Pregnancy Clinic | Salem, OR | $5,892 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Vibe | Salem, OR | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Salem Dream Center | Salem, OR | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Wings of Rescue Inc | San Diego, CA | $5,200 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
10 of 67 (15%) 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.
- Parakata Consulting
BUSINESS SUPPORT/EDUCATION - Saxon Success Fund
HS COLLEGE & CAREER PLANNING CNTR - Be Blac Foundation
EQUITY & DIVERSITY SMALL BIZ LOANS - Black Joy Oregon
DESIGNATIONS / CAPACITY BUILDING - Deepwood Museum & Garden
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS - The Northwest Hub
CAPACITY BUILDING/DAF DISB
What kind of organizations it funds
By each recipient's own IRS classification, for the 41 of 67 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 | 35 | $893,439 | $9,000 |
| 2022 | 19 | $485,188 | $12,511 |
| 2023 | 18 | $1,173,573 | $36,500 |
| 2024 | 9 | $321,143 | $16,000 |
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
99% 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 $19,500 -- 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 United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley'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 7 section 501(c)(3) organizations and 2 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: 455 Bliler Ave Ne, Salem, OR, 97301.
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