Wheeler Foundation
Vancouver, WA · EIN 93-0553801. Reported 273 grants totalling $3,401,792 to 128 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
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. Wheeler 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.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $10,000. Half of everything it gave fell between $8,000 and $15,000; the smallest was $2,000 and the largest $85,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
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.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| De Paul Treatment Centers Inc | Portland, OR | $210,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oregon Historical Society | Portland, OR | $140,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Food Bank Inc | Portland, OR | $115,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Arizona State University Foundation C/O Cash Receipting | Tempe, AZ | $90,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | Rancho Mirage, CA | $85,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Fora Health Inc | Portland, OR | $85,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Portland State University Foundation | Portland, OR | $75,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Portland Youth Philharmonic | Portland, OR | $62,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Library Foundation Inc Serving the People of Multnomah County | Portland, OR | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Coast Aquarium | Newport, OR | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Raphael House of Portland | Portland, OR | $60,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| The Nature Conservancy | Arlington, VA | $60,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | Portland, OR | $59,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Impact Nw | Portland, OR | $51,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Oregon Humane Society | Portland, OR | $44,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Trillium Family Services | Portland, OR | $43,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Friends of the Children-Portland | Portland, OR | $42,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Clackamas Womens Services | Oregon City, OR | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Dress for Success | Portland, OR | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Meals on Wheels People Att Chief Development Officer | Portland, OR | $42,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Youth Villages Oregon | Portland, OR | $42,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| CASA of Clackamas County | Oregon City, OR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Family Services | Portland, OR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Providence Portland Medical Foundation | Portland, OR | $40,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Tucker Maxon School | Portland, OR | $40,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| University of Chicago Booth Business School | Chicago, IL | $40,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Nw Association for Blind Athletes | Vancouver, WA | $39,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Volunteers of America of Oregon Inc | Portland, OR | $39,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Chamber Music Northwest | Portland, OR | $36,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of the San Juans | Friday Harbor, WA | $36,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Portland Homeless Family Solutions | Portland, OR | $35,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| De La Salle North Catholic Nhs | Portland, OR | $34,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Incight Company | Portland, OR | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Kinship House | Portland, OR | $32,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Portland Youthbuilders | Portland, OR | $31,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Trees | Portland, OR | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Junior Achievement | Portland, OR | $31,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest 6443 Sw | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dougy Center | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Lewis & Clark Law School Development Office | Portland, OR | $30,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Maurice Lucas Foundation | Lake Oswego, OR | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oregon State University Foundation | Corvallis, OR | $30,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Clark County | Vancouver, WA | $30,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Community Transitional School | Portland, OR | $28,200 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Reading Results | Portland, OR | $28,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Project Lemonade | Portland, OR | $27,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Macdonald Center Dba Maybelle Ctr for Community | Portland, OR | $25,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Abc House | Albany, OR | $25,000 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Als Northwest | Portland, OR | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Crystal Cove Conservancy | Newport Coast, CA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Grace Network International | Redmond, OR | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| San Juan Preservation Trust | Friday Harbor, WA | $25,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA of Multnomah Washington County | Portland, OR | $24,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Community Partners for Affordable Housing | Tigard, OR | $24,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Bradley Angle | Portland, OR | $23,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Als Association Oregon and Sw Washington | Portlans, OR | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Bradley Angle House | Portland, OR | $22,500 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Oregon Recovers | Portland, OR | $22,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Albertina Kerr Centers | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Community Action Organization | Hillsboro, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Dental Lifeline Network | Wilsonville, OR | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Friends of Saturday Academy | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Homeplate Youth Services | Hillsboro, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Metropolitan Youth Symphony | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Nature Conservancy Oregon | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Parrott Creek Child & Family Services | Oregon City, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Youth Rights & Justice | Portland, OR | $20,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Four Rivers Cultural Center | Ontario, OR | $16,500 | 3 | 3 | 2023 |
| Albertina Kerr Centers Foundation | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| De La Salle North Catholic Hs | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Gleaners of Clackamas County Inc | Oregon City, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Lift Urban Portland | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Oregon Repertory Singers | Gladstone, OR | $15,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Providence St Vincent Med Foundation | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The Portland Playhouse | Portland, OR | $15,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| CASA for Children | Portland, OR | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Jesuit High School | Portland, OR | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Mid-Columbia Health Foundation | The Dalles, OR | $14,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Urban Gleaners | Portland, OR | $14,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Literary Arts Inc | Portland, OR | $13,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Wallowa Valley Center for Wellness | Enterprise, OR | $12,014 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Boy Scouts of America Cascade Pacific Council | Portland, OR | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Peaceful Presence Project | Bend, OR | $12,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Portland Rescue Mission | Portland, OR | $10,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Arizona Trail Association | Tuscon, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Black Canyon Trails Coalition Inc | Black Canyon City, AZ | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Cascade AIDS Project | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Clark County Veterans Assistance Center | Vancouver, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Clark County Food Bank Attn Melinda Berg | Vancouver, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Exceed Enterprises Inc | Milwaukie, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Grotto | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Home Share Oregon | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Neighborhood House Inc | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Path Home | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Portland Community Football Club | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Portland Street Medicine | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Schoolhouse Supplies Inc | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Solve | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Store to Door | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| Sunshine Division | Portland, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| The High Mountain Institute Inc | Leadville, CO | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Vale Food Pantry & Resource Center | Vale, OR | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YWCA of Clark County Attn Tia Sherry Chief Philanthropy Ofcr | Vancouver, WA | $10,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Union Gospel Mission | Portland, OR | $8,800 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Brian Grant Foundation | Portland, OR | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Deschutes Rim Clinic Foundation | Maupin, OR | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lifeworks Northwest | Portland, OR | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Mt Adams Institute | Trout Lake, WA | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Oregon Parks Forever | Portland, OR | $8,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| CASA of Lane County | Springfield, OR | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Fun House Commons | Eastsound, WA | $7,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Imago the Theatre Mask Ensemble | Portland, OR | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Glide Revitalization | Glide, OR | $5,283 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Columbia Insight | Hood River, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Fordham University C/O Student Financial Services | Boston, MA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holla | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Little Sisters of the Poor San Pedro Chapter | San Pedro, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mt Scott Learning Center | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Oregon Symphony Association | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Our House of Portland Inc | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pacific Northwest College of Art | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Pax Learning Center | Vancouver, WA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Portland Childrens Museum | Portland, OR | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Palos Verdes Art Center | Rancho Palos Verdes, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula Land Conservancy | Palosverdespeninsula, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Little Oak Montessori School | White Salmon, WA | $4,495 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| French American International School | Portland, OR | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
73 of 128 (57%) received money in more than one year over the 4 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 66%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is about typical. 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 the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- De Paul Treatment Centers Inc
CHARITABLE PURPOSE OF THE
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 180 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73 | $824,309 | $10,000 |
| 2022 | 64 | $830,200 | $10,000 |
| 2023 | 62 | $813,000 | $10,000 |
| 2024 | 74 | $934,283 | $12,000 |
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. 84% of this one's giving went to organizations in Oregon. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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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.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $10,000. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Oregon.
- 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.
- 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.
Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from Wheeler Foundation's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 900 Washington Street Suite 900, Vancouver, WA, 98660. 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.
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