Funding search · EIN 237120564 · Lake Oswego, OR

Lamb Foundation

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

132
grants reported
$1.2M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$9,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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1 grant matching “sequential · $10,000

  • $10,000

    Golden Road Arts · Hillsboro, OR · 2025

    Golden road arts provides art classes to fill the void where schools are not offering art classes. Golden road arts provides sequential, hands-on "art club" programs and free support materials for educators.

Top recipients

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  • Friends of the Columbia Gorge1 grant · $40,000
  • Midcoast Watersheds Council1 grant · $30,000
  • Community Transitional School3 grants · $28,000
  • Adelante Mujeres2 grants · $26,500
  • Deschutes River Conservancy2 grants · $26,000
  • Oregon Coast Children'S Theatre & Youth Arts Center1 grant · $25,000
  • The Dougy Center2 grants · $25,000
  • Baker Relief Nursery1 grant · $25,000
  • Human Solutions - Dba Our Just Future1 grant · $25,000
  • Project Lemonade3 grants · $24,000

Giving over time

$300,770
2022
$257,900
2023
$311,900
2024
$319,600
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 132 grants.

  • $40,000

    Friends of the Columbia Gorge · Portland, OR · 2022

    Supports the friends of the columbia gorge in providing restorative efforts in the columbia gorge after the eagle creek wildfire.

  • $30,000

    Midcoast Watersheds Council · Newport, OR · 2022

    Support education program & operational support

  • $25,000

    Baker Relief Nursery · Baker City, OR · 2024

    Supports hiring a project manager to oversee the completion of facility renovations and to manage the requirements of the federal grant that is funding the improvements. This will allow necessary services to continue fo read all
  • $25,000

    Deschutes River Conservancy · Bend, OR · 2023

    This proposal supports the work of the deschutes river conservancy (drc) throughout the deschutes basin. Drc's mission is to restore streamflow and improve water quality in the deschutes basin through innovative, consen read all
  • $25,000

    Human Solutions - Dba Our Just Future · Portland, OR · 2023

    Serves low-income families living in east multnomah county, a racially diverse area. Our resident services team helps families stay housed and, when possible, gain income to become more financially stable with on-site s read all
  • $25,000

    Oregon Coast Children'S Theatre & Youth Arts Center · Toledo, OR · 2022

    The arts in education & community arts initiative

  • $21,000

    Urban Gleaners · Portland, OR · 2025

    Goals: increase volume of food collected, and thus rescued from landfills; increase the number of high-quality, healthy prepared meals ; enhance farm gleaning program; improve community outreach and responsiveness.

  • $21,000

    Treehouse Fund · Seattle, WA · 2024

    Giving foster kids a childhood - and a future. Our programs focus on their academic success, fulfill key material needs and provide important childhood experiences every child deserves. Treehouse partners with youth and read all
  • $21,000

    Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition - Technical Advisory Group · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Elevate the voice of those impacted by the duwamish river pollution and other environmental injustices for a clean, healthy, equitable environment for people and wildlife. Duwamish valley youth corps engages kids aged 1 read all
  • $20,000

    Outgrowing Hunger · Boring, OR · 2025

    Supports staff time and equipment to continue our valuable farm accelerator program that provides food for donation and/or sale in east multnomah county.

  • $20,000

    Cascade Forest Conservancy · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    We aim to represent the public of southwest washington and the portland metro area. Our communities overwhelmingly want our rivers and forests managed in a way that is sustainable and builds resilience in a changing cli read all
  • $20,000

    Coastal Families Relief Nursery · Coos Bay, OR · 2024

    To secure general operating funding to ensure we honor our direct service staff, and cover the overhead of our critical program, which serves high risk families with children ages one to three to keep families safely to read all
  • $20,000

    The Family Nurturing Center · Medford, OR · 2024

    This project will allow us to create a child-centered space, in a newly renovated family campus building to provide therapeutic interventions addressing mental, emotional or behavioral disorders for 35-50 children, ages read all
  • $20,000

    Farmers Ending Hunger · Salem, OR · 2023

    This grant will help enhance and expand the amount of hamburger and fresh cherries that will be delivered to oregon food bank and the statewide oregon food bank network.

  • $20,000

    The Safe Project · Coos Bay, OR · 2022

    Supports emergency shelter security fence

  • $20,000

    Tides of Change · Tillamook, OR · 2022

    Operating support for domestic & sexual violence services

  • $19,250

    Northwest Harvest · Seattle, WA · 2025

    This general operating grant will support northwest harvests purpose to ensure access to nutritious food, and to build broad food partner capacity to create a stronger, more resilient, more just food ecosystem.

  • $18,000

    Wellspring Family Services · Seattle, WA · 2025

    This grant supports wellspring family services work to end family homelessness in king county, wa by providing trauma-informed, culturally responsive support that helps families stabilize, heal, and thrive.

  • $18,000

    Farestart · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Expands farestart's barista & customer service program, which re-engages young people, ages 16-24 years, furthest from opportunity in wa's puget sound region, to develop job readiness skills, access resources, & gain em read all
  • $18,000

    The Goodtimes Project · Seattle, WA · 2022

    Supports you & me retreat for pediatric cancer patients and partents/guardians an experience to rebuild their connection.

  • $17,500

    Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation · Boise, ID · 2024

    The youth wilderness program will serve 200 id and mt teens in 2024 & 2025. Through experiential learning, youth will explore local wilderness areas. This is a new program, as no programs currently exist to immerse yout read all
  • $16,500

    Adelante Mujeres · Forest Grove, OR · 2025

    General operating support to sustain programming across 4 departments with over 15 programs. Adelante mujeres will provide direct services to the latine and immigrant community in washington county, or.

  • $16,000

    Community Transitional School · Portland, OR · 2025

    Cts is a tuition-free, nonprofit prek-8th grade private school dedicated to the educational needs of children whose families are experiencing homelessness and living within the portland metropolitan area and greater mul read all
  • $16,000

    The Lands Council · Spokane, WA · 2025

    Providing reliable vehicles to support watershed restoration in eastern washington. These projects will improve water quality, expand fish and wildlife habitat, and strengthen climate resilience in the columbia river wa read all
  • $16,000

    Willamette Riverkeeper · Portland, OR · 2022

    Unrestricted funds to support education, clean-up and watchdog activities for the willamette river.

  • $15,000

    Building Healthy Families · Enterprise, OR · 2025

    Building healthy families offers proven evidence-based programs focusing on youth development, prevention and parent education. Services are offered in wallowa, baker, union, and malheur counties positively impacting fa read all
  • $15,000

    Confluences · Vancouver, WA · 2025

    Confluences education programs work together to plant seeds of knowledge for students and educators as they experience learning through a broader approach to history.

  • $15,000

    Family Building Blocks · Salem, OR · 2025

    Mission: "keep children safe and families together" goals: reduce child and family risk factors to prevent abuse and neglect, improve family stability and functioning. Improve parenting skills, support positive child de read all
  • $15,000

    Family Tree Relief Nursery · Albany, OR · 2025

    Family trees therapeutic early childhood program (tecp) in sweet home will serve 40 families with children from birth to age 6 who experience family stressors that may increase their risk for child abuse and neglect and read all
  • $15,000

    Farmers Conservation Alliance · Hood River, OR · 2025

    This proposal will support currently engaged rural agricultural communities to respond to rapidly changing federal priorities, programs, and rules related to irrigation modernization efforts in the west, primarily in or read all
  • $15,000

    J Bar J Youth Services · Bend, OR · 2025

    Supports vulnerable families in central oregon, providing housing stabilization, parenting support, and resource navigation to reduce risk of child welfare involvement.

  • $15,000

    Josephy Center for Arts & Culture · Joseph, OR · 2025

    The josephy centers youth art program serves 600+ youth annually in wallowa county, one of oregons most isolated regions, ensuring young people have meaningful access to the arts.

  • $15,000

    Old Mill Center for Children & Families · Corvallis, OR · 2025

    Funds will support transportation for students to and from programming at our relief nurseries in corvallis and monroe, covering vehicle maintenance, staff, car seats, gas, and contracted services like dial-a-bus.

  • $15,000

    The Dougy Center · Portland, OR · 2025

    Dougy center provides grief support in a safe place where young people and their families can share their experiences before and after a death.

  • $15,000

    Friends of Youth · Kirkland, WA · 2024

    Will support general operation of agency programs, which will allow us to provide over 2,000 marginalized youth facing a wide range of difficult circumstances with emergency shelter, housing, mental health counseling, a read all
  • $15,000

    Homeplate Youth Services · Beaverton, OR · 2024

    The impact of this proposal will help 100 unhoused youth to access homeplate's outreach, drop-in center, employment, education and housing resources that provide opportunities to gain stability and self-sufficiency. Als read all
  • $15,000

    New Avenues for Youth · Portland, OR · 2024

    The proposal will fund services for youth experiencing homelessness and housing instability in the portland area from meals and counseling to education, job training, and housing. Our goal is to serve ~1,350 youth in 20 read all
  • $15,000

    Oregon East Symphony · Pendleton, OR · 2024

    Oes will present a free november 9, 2024 hermiston performance of beethoven's 9th symphony featuring the hermiston high school choir dept. This event will serve up to 800 audience members and 45 high school students.

  • $15,000

    Outside the Frame · Portland, OR · 2024

    Outside the frame (otf) trains homeless and marginalized youth to be directors of their own films and lives, providing a creative outlet, job training, a public platform, and a sense of dignity and possibility through f read all
  • $15,000

    Stephen'S Place · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    Will support adding garden size and involvement of an additional 15-20 children in our horticultural therapy program for a total of 25-35 children and 30 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities bene read all
  • $15,000

    Treasure Valley Children'S Relief Nursery · Ontario, OR · 2024

    This grant will allow expansion of our "clothes closet" to include diapers, wipes, hygiene products, and food boxes. We will also include a dress for success offering for parents looking for work, gas cards for transpor read all
  • $15,000

    Wallowa Resources · Enterprise, OR · 2024

    Supports our efforts to advance a new stewardship economy and continue to facilitate and implement collaborative led, cross-boundary landscape restoration and conservation projects across our region of wallowa county an read all
  • $15,000

    Color Outside the Lines · Portland, OR · 2023

    Our objective is to offer weekly classes to foster youth, covering a wide array of art forms and enriching outings that serve the dual purpose of providing foster youth with outlets for self-expression and healing, and read all
  • $15,000

    Fosterclub · Seaside, OR · 2022

    General program support for oregon foster youth pandemic recovery

  • $15,000

    Oasis Advocacy and Shelter · Gold Beach, OR · 2022

    To support rental assistance and homeless prevention in curry county, oregon

  • $15,000

    Project Lemonade · Portland, OR · 2022

    Helps inspire self-esteem to help foster youth to succeed in school and life

  • $12,000

    Holla · Portland, OR · 2025

    Holla pairs 100 youth of color in east portland with adults who share similar cultures. The program provides educational and social support and fun activities, and recruits staff and mentors who are attuned to the cultu read all
  • $12,000

    Artula Institute for Art & Environmental Education · Bandon, OR · 2022

    Support washed ashore enhanced volunteer eduction and recruitment

  • $11,500

    Family Development Center · Roseburg, OR · 2023

    Gives 66 preschool age children with high adverse childhood experience (aces) scores and who experience a history of neglect or trauma the opportunity to experience an art project in clay - an experience otherwise not a read all
  • $11,000

    Newport Food Pantry · Newport, OR · 2022

    Unrestricted

  • $10,000

    Golden Road Arts · Hillsboro, OR · 2025

    Golden road arts provides art classes to fill the void where schools are not offering art classes. Golden road arts provides sequential, hands-on "art club" programs and free support materials for educators.

  • $10,000

    Bravo Youth Orchestras · Portland, OR · 2024

    This year our goal is to expand from twice-weekly classes to three- and four-day-a-week offerings along with outreach efforts to reach more students from all grade levels at each school site we serve.

  • $10,000

    Caldera · Portland, OR · 2024

    Caldera will utilize a grant from lamb foundation to support our youth program, which serves ~350 underserved learners (6th - 12th grade) in portland and central oregon annually with mentoring from artists, mentors, and read all
  • $10,000

    Portland Youth Philharmonic · Portland, OR · 2024

    This grant will support pyp's 101st season of music education and community programs, serving over 20,000 children and adults in the portland metro area. These programs include free initiatives and regional performances.

  • $10,000

    Adelante Mujeres · Forest Grove, OR · 2023

    Funds from the lamb foundation will provide a community based solution to reduce educational and health disparities through programs and community building for children and adults, ages 0-55+ throughout washington count read all
  • $10,000

    Community Transitional School · Portland, OR · 2023

    Community transitional school requests funding to help build a playground for our 3rd-5th grade students to help build core strength. Living in shelters, hotels, and cars, our students have little opportunity to exercis read all
  • $10,000

    Crow'S Shadow Institute of the Arts · Pendleton, OR · 2023

    Supports crow's shadow institute of art in their transitional period as they bring back youth and other programming under new leadership.

  • $10,000

    Heart of Oregon Corps · Bend, OR · 2023

    Heart of oregon provides two summer conservation programs, central oregon youth conservation corps and camp lead, which provide job skills training to youth doing work in a supportive outdoor work environment.

  • $10,000

    Mary'S Place Seattle · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Mary's place will provide essential shelter and access to resources in king county, washington for 4,400 families in 2023, including about 2,000 children.

  • $10,000

    Mountain Star Family Relief Nursery · Bend, OR · 2023

    We are requesting funding for our program expansion in rural la pine. We will provide high-quality, therapeutic classrooms serving children ages 0-3 and crisis intervention and ongoing support to high-risk families.

  • $10,000

    Team Read · Seattle, WA · 2023

    Supports team read's year-round reading tutoring and youth employment and development program that pairs carefully trained 8th-12th grade paid teen reading coaches with 2nd-4th graders who benefit from reading tutoring read all
  • $10,000

    The Dougy Center · Portland, OR · 2023

    The proposal will fund grief support groups for youth ages 3-18 years after the death of a parent/caregiver or sibling in portland metro through 79 biweekly support groups providing direct service to more than 2,600 ind read all
  • $10,000

    Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center · Wallowa, OR · 2023

    To be used as needed for general operations. Will help fund purchase of a tractor, lighting, and a sound system to enhance the cultural experience of the annual tamkaliks powwow. Up to 1000 tribal members and 1000 obser read all
  • $10,000

    Music Is Instrumental · Lincoln City, OR · 2022

    Program support for expert technicians to help maintain access to music for all 1,507 k-12 students in lincoln city schools.

  • $10,000

    Oregon Coast Community Action · Coos Bay, OR · 2022

    Support casa of coos and curry counties

  • $10,000

    Sitka Center for Art & Ecology · Otis, OR · 2022

    Support for sitka youth program

  • $8,000

    Antfarm · Sandy, OR · 2024

    Supports a variety of services and programs for children and youth in clackamas county that encompass lamb foundation's areas of interest and radiate out to serve the broader community.

  • $8,000

    Community Development Corporation of Oregon · Gresham, OR · 2023

    Outcome of this project: 1) needs assessment of what types of jobs our neighbors want to be trained for, 2) needs assessment of what barriers they face in gaining access to training, & 3) identification of local leaders read all
  • $6,000

    Friends of Explorer Post 58 · Portland, OR · 2024

    Post 58 is a dynamic organization designed to connect portland-area teenagers with the outdoors, and build resilience, group skills and leadership through challenging activities. Financial aid helps to ensure more equit read all
  • $6,000

    Portland Rescue Mission · Portland, OR · 2024

    At shepherd's door women and women with their children find healing through addiction recovery, vocational training, spiritual encouragement, and transitional support in a safe, retreat like setting for one year.

  • $6,000

    Project Lemonade · Portland, OR · 2024

    Provides clothing and resources for foster children, from kindergarten to college, and their families in the greater portland metro area. Mission: we inspire self-esteem to help youth in foter care thrive.

  • $5,000

    Olalla Center · Toledo, OR · 2022

    Olalla center relief nursery startup to provide the first therapeutic classroom at the center

  • $5,000

    Oregon Environmental Council · Portland, OR · 2022

    Rural partnerships initiative to benefit low-income residents in the umatilla river basin who face serious water contamination, and local economic development efforts that currently lack reliable water resources.

  • $4,250

    Community Connection of Ne Oregon · La Grande, OR · 2025

    Distribute food across the oregon counties of baker, grant, and wallowa through 18 food pantries and 11 harvest share sites.

  • $4,250

    Food Share of Lincoln County · Newport, OR · 2025

    Support food share of lincoln county's mission to eliminate hunger in lincoln county.

  • $4,250

    Klamath Lake Counties Food Bank · Klamath Falls, OR · 2025

    Support to alleviate hunger and provide essential resources to those in need in klamath and lake counties.

  • $3,000

    Four Rivers Cultural Center · Ontario, OR · 2025

    Sharing and celebrating the history, art, and entertainment of the many cultures that have made their home in treasure valley.

  • $3,000

    Friends of Explorer Post 58 · Portland, OR · 2025

    Supports the mission of friends of explorer post 58 to provide an arena for personal growth and social interaction by creating diverse experiences that foster responsibility, respect, and a passion for the outdoors for read all
  • $3,000

    My Father'S House · Gresham, OR · 2025

    The mission of my fathers house is to equip homeless families with the life skills necessary to become contributing members of their community. More than half of our residents are dependent children.

  • $3,000

    St Johns Food Share · Portland, OR · 2025

    Powered entirely by volunteers, we distribute food through an open-door, no-barrier approach, providing a welcoming pantry shopping experience for individuals to choose what works best for them and their families.

  • $3,000

    The Giving Plate · Bend, OR · 2025

    Support giving plate's mission: feeding the hungry today with compassion and hospitality in central oregon.

  • $3,000

    Friends of Explorer Post 58 · Portland, OR · 2023

    Provides financial aid & outreach so that more youth ages 14-18 can participate in activities that encourage personal growth and social interaction by creating diverse experiences that foster responsibility, respect, an read all
  • $3,000

    Portland Rescue Mission · Portland, OR · 2023

    At shepherd's door women and women with their children find healing through addiction recovery, vocational training, spiritual encouragement, and transitional support in a safe, retreat like setting for one year.

  • $3,000

    Project Lemonade · Portland, OR · 2023

    Provides clothing and school supplies to foster youth under the age of 18

  • $3,000

    Chess for Success · Portland, OR · 2022

    After-school chess programs in 75 schools

  • $3,000

    My Father'S House · Gresham, OR · 2022

    Support the expansion of their facilities, as well as housing for families who would otherwise be homeless

  • $3,000

    Pottery Northwest · Seattle, WA · 2022

    General program support

  • $3,000

    Sea Turtles Forever · Seaside, OR · 2022

    Help to provide conservation efforts, education and research about and for endangered sea turtles, especially by removing contaminants (primarily toxic plastics) from their ocean

  • $2,000

    Saving Grace · Bend, OR · 2025

    Supporting an organization that provides sanctuary, resources, and raises awareness to survivors of domestic violence and individuals at risk.

  • $2,000

    Bloomin' Boutique · Oregon City, OR · 2024

    Bloomin' boutique provides foster and underprivileged youth new clothing and other items, empowering them to become confident, constructive members of their communities.

  • $2,000

    Community Transitional School · Portland, OR · 2024

    Supports portland fruit tree project's mission to increase equitable access to healthy food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown produce.

  • $2,000

    Feeding Kids in Our Backyard · Portland, OR · 2024

    Supports their mission to ensure every child in foster care & less privileged homes throughout oregon & sw washington have the access to nutrition, hygiene, physical activity & everyday necessities to secure a brighter read all
  • $2,000

    Johnson Creek Watershed Council · Portland, OR · 2024

    Mission is to promote restoration and stewardship of a healthy johnson creek watershed through sound science and community engagement.

  • $2,000

    Portland Fruit Tree Project · Portland, OR · 2024

    Portland fruit tree project's mission is to increase equitable access to healthy food and strengthen communities by empowering neighbors to share in the harvest and care of city-grown produce.

  • $2,000

    Smart Reading · Portland, OR · 2024

    Supports the smart mission: to enhance the reading skills, attitudes & life prospects of children who need assistance, and enable adult volunteers to experience the rewards of enriching young lives.

  • $2,000

    Pioneer Relief Nursery · Pendleton, OR · 2023

    Supports the work of this rural relief nursery to support the families facing multiple life stressors and their young children to prevent child abuse and neglect.

  • $2,000

    Sea Turtles Forever · Seaside, OR · 2023

    Supports their mission to protect and restore healthy environments through microplastic removal and education on primarily nw oregon beaches.

  • $2,000

    Casa of Marion County · Keizer, OR · 2022

    To help pay for casa advocates to be assigned to more children who are dependent wards of the state. Casa advocates for the best interests of the child.

  • $1,500

    Bridging Voices · Portland, OR · 2025

    To support bridging voices mission: bridging voices is a youth chorus for lgbtq+ and allied youth, ages 13-21, and strives to be a safe, accessible place for youth to experience empowerment and unity through music.

  • $1,500

    Native American Youth and Family Center (Naya) · Portland, OR · 2025

    The mission of naya is: to enhance the diverse strengths of our youth & families in partnership w/ the community through cultural identity & education. This grant supports their programs for children and youth.

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