Grants and funding in Oregon
5,100 foundations reported granting into Oregon on their most recent IRS filings: 20,421 itemized grants worth $2B between them. On top of that, 13 live grant programs and 94 contract opportunities are specific to Oregon, alongside 3,344 nationwide programs also open here.
- foundations granting into the state
- 5,100
- of 129,981 grantmaking foundations on file
- in itemized grants into the state
- $2B
- across 20,421 grants on IRS filings
- live grants specific to Oregon
- 13
- of 3,984 live grants tracked nationwide
- community lenders serving the state
- 46
- of 483 CDFIs on file
What a typical foundation grant runs here
The 5,100 foundations granting into Oregon, grouped by the average size of their grants. The middle of this chart is where most applications belong: funders whose typical check is thousands, not millions.
Who gives the most into Oregon
The five foundations reporting the largest itemized grant dollars into Oregon on their most recent filings. Size and openness are different things: the giants here are mostly endowments that choose their own recipients, which is why the list worth working from is the 5,100 above filtered to funders that accept applications.
What the live Oregon grants offer
Award ceilings on the Oregon-specific programs that publish one, in the same size bands as the foundation chart above.
Who the Oregon-specific grants are for
Of the 13 live grant programs specific to Oregon, here is who the announcements name. 6 more are open to any organization type and counted separately, never twice.
Wherever you sit, nonprofits, cities and towns, tribal organizations and every other reader get their own page saying what Quillify does and does not do for them.
The lenders almost nobody checks
46 community development lenders serve Oregon: below-market debt that takes no ownership, for organizations a bank would make wait. Among them: Community Reinvestment Fund, Inc., NDN Fund, Inc., Community Impact Loan Fund, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund, Accion Opportunity Fund. Quillify tracks all 483 nationwide alongside the grants, because the right answer to a funding gap is sometimes a loan you can actually get.
Oregon foundation grants by focus
The foundations above, cut by what they fund and filtered to the ones that accept applications.
- Human Services grants in Oregon (38 funders)
- Education grants in Oregon (35 funders)
- Arts, Culture & Humanities grants in Oregon (22 funders)
- Youth Development grants in Oregon (13 funders)
- Food, Agriculture & Nutrition grants in Oregon (13 funders)
Opportunity figures count live, unexpired programs as of September 1, 2026 and refresh twice monthly. Foundation figures come from IRS filings for tax year 2022 and move as new filings arrive. Segment counts are programs that explicitly name the segment; programs open to any organization type are reported separately, never double-counted.
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