Funding search · EIN 680525464 · Vancouver, WA

The Firstenburg 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.

195
grants reported
$4.5M
total given
2022–2024
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222024. 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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Funding pattern

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11 grants matching “paddle · $96,900

  • $20,000

    Share · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support paddle raise

  • $20,000

    Pink Lemonade Project · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support pink glow paddle raise

  • $10,000

    Fosterful · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as giving tuesday match & paddle raise

  • $5,000

    Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support paddle raise

  • $2,500

    Police Activities League of Southwest Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support paddle raise

  • $900

    Boys and Girls Club of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied to welcome to the jungle paddle raise

  • $20,000

    Pink Lemonade Project · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as program support pink glow paddle raise

  • $6,000

    Police Activities League of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as program support paddle raise and sponsorship for jeff firstenburg

  • $2,500

    Boys and Girls Club of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied to welcome to the jungle paddle raise

  • $5,000

    Pink Lemonade Project · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    For pink glow paddle raise at the pink glow fundraising event

  • $5,000

    The Free Clinic of Southwest Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    Raise the paddle donation 2022 holiday ball

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • Specialized Housing1 grant · $215,000
  • Evergreen Habitat for Humanity4 grants · $150,500
  • Childrens Center3 grants · $150,000
  • Clark County Food Bank1 grant · $150,000
  • Vancouver Housing Authority4 grants · $123,000
  • Fish of Vancouver3 grants · $111,300
  • Battle Ground Health Care3 grants · $107,500
  • Boys and Girls Club of Sw Washington4 grants · $103,400
  • Council for the Homeless3 grants · $100,050
  • Community House On Broadway2 grants · $100,000

Giving over time

$1.8M
2022
$1.4M
2023
$1.3M
2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 195 grants.

  • $215,000

    Specialized Housing · Beaverton, OR · 2024

    To be applied to felida park senior housing

  • $150,000

    Clark County Food Bank · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    For the construction and operation of the vision center warehouse

  • $75,000

    Lutheran Community Services Northwest · McMinnville, OR · 2022

    To support case management and direct needs associated with afghan refugee resettlement

  • $65,000

    Fish of Vancouver · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as capacity building support staffing

  • $50,500

    Evergreen Habitat for Humanity · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied to project manager hire

  • $50,000

    Boys & Girls Club of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as capacity building

  • $50,000

    Community House On Broadway · Longview, WA · 2024

    To be applied to emergency shelter

  • $50,000

    Council for the Homeless · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as capacity building

  • $50,000

    Janus Youth Programs · Portland, OR · 2024

    To be applied to key housing prevention

  • $50,000

    Outsiders Inn · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support

  • $50,000

    Share · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as flexible funds for housing programs

  • $50,000

    Battle Ground Health Care · Battle Ground, WA · 2023

    To be applied as capital support

  • $50,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as capacity building staff comp/retention

  • $50,000

    Childrens Center · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    Creation of staff wellness program

  • $50,000

    Childrens Center · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied to staff wellness program

  • $50,000

    Council for the Homeless · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To beapplied as capacity building

  • $50,000

    Foundation for Vancouver Public Schools · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as program support

  • $50,000

    Friends of the Children Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied to enrollment growth

  • $50,000

    Lower Columbia College Foundation · Longview, WA · 2023

    To be applied as capital support

  • $50,000

    Northwest Association for Blind Athletes · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as capacity building

  • $50,000

    Open House Ministries · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as capital support ohm west project

  • $50,000

    Police Activities League of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as program support pal of swwa summer camp

  • $50,000

    Stevenson Community Pool District · Stevenson, WA · 2023

    To be applied as partial match for pool funding stabilization

  • $50,000

    Battle Ground Health Care · Battle Ground, WA · 2022

    To be applied to the expanding health hope & healing capital campaign - yr 2/3

  • $50,000

    Boys and Girls Club of Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as staff retention matching grant authorized 12/8/2022

  • $50,000

    Bridgeview Housing · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied to the bridgeview education & resource center cap campaign - yr 5/5

  • $50,000

    Childrens Center · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as capacity building support staff wellness program

  • $50,000

    Clark County Veterans Assistance Center · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as program support

  • $50,000

    Community House On Broadway · Longview, WA · 2022

    Community house on broadway renovation

  • $50,000

    Cowlitz Family Health Center · Longview, WA · 2022

    To be applied as operating support:cowlitz county severe weather shelter

  • $50,000

    Evergreen Habitat for Humanity · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as capacity building: project manager

  • $50,000

    Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied to the ridegefield library capital campaign yr 5/5

  • $50,000

    Fourth Plain Forward · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as operating support: community development corporation

  • $50,000

    Free Clinic of Southwest Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as program support: project access

  • $50,000

    Friends of the Children- Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as capacity building support: enrollment growth

  • $50,000

    Impact Nw · Portland, OR · 2022

    In support of homelessness prevention services

  • $50,000

    Junior Achievement of Oregon & Sw Washington · Portland, OR · 2022

    To support expansion of its capstone programs through the ja 2.0 project

  • $50,000

    Lelooska Foundation · Ariel, WA · 2022

    To be applied as program support

  • $50,000

    Meals On Wheels People · Portland, OR · 2022

    For acquisition of a walk-in refrigerator at the padden parkway center

  • $50,000

    Oregon Museum of Science and Industry · Portland, OR · 2022

    To support the design and build of a new exhibit in the center for innovation

  • $50,000

    Rocksolid Community Teen Center · Bush Prairie, WA · 2022

    For the purchase of a 12 passenger van

  • $50,000

    Skyline Hospital Foundation · White Salmon, WA · 2022

    Community education & wellness center capital campaign yr 5/5

  • $48,000

    Vancouver Housing Authority · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support

  • $45,000

    Washington Gorge Action Programs · Bingen, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support for housing & shelter programs

  • $43,550

    Fish of Vancouver · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as capacity building

  • $41,003

    The Watershed Alliance of Southwest Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To support the burnt bridge creek restoration project

  • $40,000

    Cascade AIDS Project · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied to housing services

  • $40,000

    Family Promise of Clark County · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied to cares program

  • $40,000

    Second Step Housing · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied to resident retention program

  • $35,000

    Community Roots Collaborative · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as fte support

  • $30,000

    Columbia River Mental Health · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as essential needs support

  • $30,000

    Lifeline Connections · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied to recovery residencies

  • $30,000

    Nw Furniture Bank · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied to welcome home furniture program

  • $30,000

    Cowlitz Family Health Center · Longview, WA · 2023

    To be applied as program support child care partnership

  • $30,000

    The Childrens Discovery Museum · Eugene, OR · 2023

    To be applied as operating support

  • $30,000

    Ywca Clark County · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as capacity building

  • $30,000

    Lifeline Connections · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as capacity building: windhaven therapeutic riding

  • $30,000

    Second Step Housing · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as capital support: vehicle replacement

  • $27,750

    Vancouver Symphony Orchestra · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To support outreach to low-income students

  • $25,000

    Community Roots Collaborative · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as capacity building

  • $25,000

    Cultureseed · White Salmon, WA · 2024

    To be applied as capacity building support staffing

  • $25,000

    Evergreen Habitat for Humanity · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as capacity building

  • $25,000

    Community Roots Collaborative · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied to fte support

  • $25,000

    Cultureseed · White Salmon, WA · 2023

    To be applied as capacity building support staffing

  • $25,000

    Evergreen Habitat for Humanity · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as program support project manager hire

  • $25,000

    Greater Vancouver · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as program support nonprofit leadership program

  • $25,000

    Lower Columbia School Gardens · Longview, WA · 2023

    To be applied as operating support staff support

  • $25,000

    Medical Teams International · Portland, OR · 2023

    To be applied as program support mobile clinics

  • $25,000

    Odyssey World International Education Services · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as operating support volunteer coordinator

  • $25,000

    Rooted School Vancouver · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as operating support school opening

  • $25,000

    Vancouver Housing Authority · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied to nam u qas project

  • $25,000

    Vancouver Housing Authority · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as partial match for pool funding stabilization

  • $25,000

    Arthur D Curtis Childrens Justice Center · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as operating support

  • $25,000

    Birch Community Services · Portland, OR · 2022

    For expanding freezer capacity in the food distribution warehouse

  • $25,000

    Emergency Support Shelter · Longview, WA · 2022

    To be applied as operating support

  • $25,000

    Fosterful · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as operating support

  • $25,000

    Friends of Hospice Sw Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as program support

  • $25,000

    Friends of the Carpenter · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To support the purchase of a mobile laundry trailer

  • $25,000

    Housing Opportunities of Sw Washington · Longview, WA · 2022

    To be applied as capital support: investment in vip 4-plex

  • $25,000

    Pax Learning Center · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as program support: esl for ukrainian refugees

  • $25,000

    Pink Lemonade Project · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as program support: pink practicalities

  • $25,000

    Vancouver Housing Authority · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as operating support: na?m?u qas project

  • $25,000

    Vancouver St Vincent De Paul Society Conference · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as program support: rent assistance

  • $23,200

    Komak · Beaverton, OR · 2023

    To be applied as program support service expansion

  • $21,527

    Community Warehouse · Portland, OR · 2022

    To be used to repair broken awning and for installation of security system for donated items

  • $20,206

    Childrens Home Society of Washington · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    For the purchase of play therapy toys and games

  • $20,000

    Pink Lemonade Project · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support pink glow paddle raise

  • $20,000

    Share · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support paddle raise

  • $20,000

    Galia Recovery Homes · Portland, OR · 2023

    To be applied as program support

  • $20,000

    Pink Lemonade Project · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as program support pink glow paddle raise

  • $20,000

    Ywca Clark County · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as program support sexual assault prevention/ outreach program

  • $16,000

    Smart Reading · Portland, OR · 2022

    In support of shared reading time and books for pre-k to third graders in need

  • $15,000

    Skyview Boosters Club · Vancouver, WA · 2023

    To be applied as restoring skyview baseball/softball fields

  • $15,000

    Celebrate Life International Dba Teach One To Lead One · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    To be applied as program support: youth mentoring

  • $15,000

    Chess for Success · Portland, OR · 2022

    To be applied as program support: cfs clark county initiative

  • $15,000

    Lions Sight Foundation of Clark County · Vancouver, WA · 2022

    Vision exams, eyeglasses, and related vision services for the disadvantaged

  • $10,000

    A Caring Closet · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support

  • $10,000

    Ashby Family Lead & Engagement Services · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied to peer mentorship program

  • $10,000

    Clark County Sheriffs Office Search and Rescue Team · Ridgefield, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support

  • $10,000

    Cloth and Foster · Vancouver, WA · 2024

    To be applied as program support

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Source: IRS Form 990-PF, Part XV, as filed by the foundation. These are grants already paid — a record of what this funder backs, not an open call.