The Collins Foundation

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

12 grants matching “multicultural” · $527,000

• $65,000

  Uprise Collective · Beaverton, OR · 2023

  Support operations and expand multiculturally-led and serving programs designed by and for bipoc, lgbtq+, and disability communities in multnomah, clackamas, and washington counties

• $50,000

  Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center · Corvallis, OR · 2023

  Support operations and justice programs to improve educational access for immigrant and refugee communities in oregon

• $85,000

  Uprise Collective · Beaverton, OR · 2022

  Support operations and expand multiculturally-led and serving programs designed by and for bipoc, lgbtq+, and disability communities in multnomah, clackamas, and washington counties

• $40,000

  Oregon Progress Forum · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and civic engagement programs to improve leadership opportunities for multicultural youth in benton, clackamas, linn, marion, multnomah, and washington counties

• $60,000

  Oregon Progress Forum · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support operations and civic engagement programs to improve leadership opportunities for multicultural youth in benton, clackamas, linn, marion, multnomah, and washington counties

• $50,000

  Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association · Ashland, OR · 2021

  Support operations and culturally-relevant programming impacted by covid-19, and drawing from the talents of multicultural theater professionals presenting to audiences in southern oregon

• $50,000

  Alberta Abbey Foundation · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support operations and multicultural programs at an arts and culture hub serving primarily bipoc artists and organizations in ne portland during the covid-19 pandemic

• $50,000

  Columbia Land Trust · Vancouver, WA · 2021

  Support operations and begin strategic planning to increase multicultural and multilingual community engagement with conservation and habitat restoration work across oregon

• $32,000

  Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center · Corvallis, OR · 2021

  Support operations and provide language and cultural education, citizenship programs, and resources to immigrant and refugee communities in benton and linn counties

• $24,000

  Heart of Oregon Corps · Bend, OR · 2021

  Support operations delivering education and workforce development programs serving multicultural opportunity youth in central oregon

• $15,000

  Multicultural Integrated Kidney Education Program · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support operations and hire staff to improve health and education outcomes for children of color and children living in low-income neighborhoods in linn, marion, multnomah, and washington counties

• $6,000

  Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support black-led choral programs supporting a multicultural, multigenerational choir promoting interracial and cross-cultural relationships in the portland area

Top recipients

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

• Northwest Health Foundation Fund Ii9 grants · $895,000
• Oregon Community Foundation5 grants · $803,600
• Foundations for a Better Oregon4 grants · $800,000
• McKenzie River Gathering Foundation2 grants · $700,000
• Catholic Charities of Oregon6 grants · $592,500
• Black United Fund of Oregon14 grants · $574,250
• Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon9 grants · $497,979
• Latino Network5 grants · $444,750
• Capaces Leadership Institute7 grants · $375,000
• Equitable Giving Circle5 grants · $355,000

Giving over time

Grant history

The 100 largest of 1,294 grants.

• $600,000

  McKenzie River Gathering Foundation · Portland, OR · 2021

  Purchase a warehouse in north portland to provide safe and affordable collaborative working spaces to community-based organizations

• $400,000

  Oregon Community Foundation · Portland, OR · 2021

  Contribute to the community rebuilding fund to support oregonians most impacted by the wildfires

• $360,000

  Northwest Health Foundation Fund Ii · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs to build capacity in black, indigenous, people of color (bipoc) nonprofit organizations to grow civic engagement across oregon

• $300,000

  African Youth & Community Organization · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support the capital campaign to purchase the dream center community hub supporting east african immigrant and refugee families in the portland metro region

• $250,000

  Albina Vision Trust · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and headquarters renovations to foster community-building and provide vital gathering spaces for the black community in multnomah county

• $250,000

  Network for Oregon Affordable Housing Suite 245 · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs ensuring access to housing for eligible residents of columbia, clatsop, and tillamook counties

• $250,000

  Self Enhancement · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs for black youth and families in clackamas, multnomah, and washington counties

• $229,750

  Black United Fund of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $203,000

  Latino Network · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations to plan and implement a statewide strategy and colectivo infrastructure centering latinx/a/e/o, indigena, afro-latinx/a/e/o comunidades in oregon

• $200,000

  Apano Communities United Fund · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support general operations and organizational leadership transition for multi-ethnic asian and pacific islander statewide

• $200,000

  Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and pre-apprenticeship construction programs to improve access to building trades careers for communities of color, formerly incarcerated individuals, and individuals experiencing low incomes in clack… read allSupport operations and pre-apprenticeship construction programs to improve access to building trades careers for communities of color, formerly incarcerated individuals, and individuals experiencing low incomes in clackamas, multnomah, washington counties less
• $200,000

  Foundations for a Better Oregon · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs advocating for equitable education policies in oregon

• $200,000

  Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs supporting entrepreneurship and economic development in communities of color and distressed areas throughout oregon

• $200,000

  Regional Arts & Culture Council · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs to support artists and arts organizations in clackamas, multnomah, and washington counties

• $200,000

  Foundations for a Better Oregon · Portland, OR · 2023

  Support the operations of fbo, a philanthropic partnership working to advance the well-being of oregon's children and youth

• $200,000

  Warm Springs Community Action Team · Warm Springs, OR · 2023

  Renovate the historic commissary building to develop a self-determined retail and economic hub supporting economic development for tribal members on and off the warm springs reservation

• $200,000

  Foundations for a Better Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support the operations of fbo, a philanthropic partnership working to advance the well-being of oregon's children and youth

• $200,000

  Albina Vision · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support operations towards the development of an inclusive community land parcel to share the black community's culture and history of albina district, portland's historically black neighborhood

• $200,000

  Catholic Charities of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support catholic charities' work with the oregon refugee resettlement collaborative to provide legal, housing, and trauma-informed care services to afghan refugees

• $200,000

  Foundations for a Better Oregon · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support the operations of fbo, a philanthropic partnership working to advance the well-being of oregon's children and youth

• $200,000

  Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society · Siletz, OR · 2021

  Construct the ghii dee-ne dvn (a place for the people) culture & heritage center to share and preserve the confederated tribes of siletz indians culture and history with tribal members and oregon residents

• $190,000

  Hacienda Community Development Corporation · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support capacity building to launch an 80/20 loan program to advance first-time homeownership in latinx and bipoc communities in the portland metro region and umatilla county

• $180,000

  Northwest Health Foundation Fund Ii · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and program capacity for disabled bipoc leaders, groups, and organizations in oregon

• $180,000

  Native American Youth and Family Center · Portland, OR · 2021

  Provide upgrades to nayas campus infrastructure assuring that the center continues to serve as a cultural and direct-services hub for native american individuals in the portland metro region

• $175,000

  Causa of Oregon · Salem, OR · 2022

  Support for the immigrant inclusion plan and oregon ready coalition in oregon

• $160,000

  Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives · Portland, OR · 2022

  Construct an affordable housing rental complex for black seniors at risk of facing or experiencing homelessness in multnomah county

• $151,800

  Oregon Community Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023

  Support the black student success initiative grantmaking fund to strengthen the efforts of nonprofits working to improve outcomes for black students statewide

• $150,000

  Heart of Oregon Corps · Bend, OR · 2024

  Support operation and the development of a centralized campus to expand employment, job training, and education services for opportunity youth across crook, deschutes, jefferson, and klamath counties

• $150,000

  Open School · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and educational programs for bipoc and low-income students underserved and underestimated by public school systems in multnomah county

• $150,000

  Oregon Community Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support the black student success initiative strengthening capacity of nonprofits working to improve outcomes for black students statewide

• $150,000

  Oregon Recovers · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support general operations and organizational stability to advance programs and support for people living with and recovering from addictions across oregon

• $150,000

  Talent Maker City · Talent, OR · 2024

  Support operations and steam programs for youth and community members from marginalized communities in jackson and josephine counties

• $150,000

  Capaces Leadership Institute · Woodburn, OR · 2022

  Expand anahuac indigenous food sovereignty and cultural education programs and support development of the anahuac farm and cultural center in the mid-willamette valley

• $150,000

  Catholic Charities of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022

  Provide capital support to build a transitional housing property for individuals and families experiencing housing instability in multnomah county

• $150,000

  Native Arts and Cultures Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support pre-construction costs to develop and renovate the native arts & culture foundation's center for native arts and culture to share american indian, native hawaiian, and alaska native peoples' culture and history … read allSupport pre-construction costs to develop and renovate the native arts & culture foundation's center for native arts and culture to share american indian, native hawaiian, and alaska native peoples' culture and history with residents and visitors in oregon less
• $150,000

  Clackamas Volunteers in Medicine · Oregon City, OR · 2021

  Expand healthcare services for communities of color and primarily latinx individuals at the renovated clinic space on the clackamas community college campus

• $150,000

  Human Solutions · Portland, OR · 2021

  Construct an affordable housing project primarily serving families of color and immigrants and refugees living on low incomes in the rosewood neighborhood in east portland

• $140,000

  Latino Network · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support construction of a community-centered hub for culturally-specific latino programs in east multnomah county

• $132,500

  Open School · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $130,000

  African Family Holistic Health Organization · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs for african immigrant and refugee families in multnomah and washington counties

• $125,075

  Camp Fire Columbia · Portland, OR · 2023

  Renovate cabins at camp namanu to increase accessibility for youth with disabilities and trans+ and nonbinary youth in clackamas, multnomah, and yamhill counties

• $125,000

  Equitable Giving Circle · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and services related to advancing black communities across multnomah and washington counties

• $125,000

  Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs in workforce development and education for black youth and young adults in clackamas, multnomah, and washington counties

• $125,000

  Reach Community Development · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and homeownership programs for bipoc families in multnomah county

• $125,000

  Oregon Native American Chamber · Portland, OR · 2023

  Support culturally specific economic development programs and activities through the community economic coalition supporting bipoc entrepreneurs and small businesses in oregon

• $125,000

  Oregon Native American Chamber · Portland, OR · 2023

  Support operations and programs to advance educational and economic attainment for native americans in oregon

• $125,000

  Imagine Black Futures · Beaverton, OR · 2022

  Sustain organizational capacity and fiscal and staffing health by hiring finance and human resources staff

• $125,000

  Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center · Enterprise, OR · 2021

  Purchase land where the original maxville townsite was located to build a facility to share multiethnic timber history and culture with residents and visitors in enterprise

• $125,000

  Western States Center · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support operations, build people-centered movements, and develop leaders to achieve racial, gender, and economic justice within primarily communities of color statewide

• $120,000

  Farmworker Housing Development Corporation · Woodburn, OR · 2023

  Capital support to purchase land to develop affordable housing for farmworkers and low-income families in albany, oregon

• $120,000

  Center for African Immigrants & Refugees Organization · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $120,000

  Centro Latino Americano · Eugene, OR · 2022

  Support culturally specific operations and comprehensive social service and health programs primarily serving latinx immigrant individuals and families in lane county

• $115,000

  Harbor Inc the · Astoria, OR · 2024

  Support organizational capacity and staff wellbeing to expand trauma-informed and culturally competent support services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in clatsop county

• $107,500

  Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Blanchet House of Hospitality · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs for individuals navigating addiction, mental health, housing, or other challenges across multnomah county and yamhill county

• $100,000

  Centro Cultural De Condado De Washington · Cornelius, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs providing services to the latino community, migrant farmworkers experiencing low incomes, and immigrant refugee communities in clackamas, multnomah, washington, and yamhill counties

• $100,000

  Columbia Riverkeeper · Hood River, OR · 2024

  Support programs that protect and restore the columbia river for tribal nations and communities in hood river county, grand ronde community, and umatilla and warm springs reservation

• $100,000

  Council On Aging of Central Oregon · Bend, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs supporting the elderly communities in crook, deschutes, jefferson, and klamath counties

• $100,000

  Kids Unlimited of Oregon · Medford, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs for latinx families experiencing high poverty across jackson county

• $100,000

  Oregon Native American Chamber · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support culturally specific economic development programs and activities supporting bipoc entrepreneurs and small businesses in oregon

• $100,000

  Prismid · Greenville, SC · 2024

  Support operations and programs for black, indigenous people of color artists to rest, heal, restore, and create in multnomah county

• $100,000

  Regional Accelerator & Innovation Network · Eugene, OR · 2024

  Support operations and programs providing equitable access to training, resources, and capital for underrepresented entrepreneurs and small businesses in benton, grant, lane, and linn counties

• $100,000

  Seeding Justice · Portland, OR · 2024

  Support operations and coordination for a statewide funders collaborative

• $100,000

  Catholic Charities of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2023

  Oirfc grant to provide legal services to immigrants and refugees who are part of the deferred action for childhood arrivals (daca) in oregon

• $100,000

  Center for Diversity & the Environment · Portland, OR · 2023

  Support operations and environmental justice programs to improve access to professional development resources for communities of color statewide

• $100,000

  Centro Cultural De Condado De Washington · Cornelius, OR · 2023

  Support operations and programs providing services to the latino community, migrant farmworkers experiencing low incomes, and immigrant refugee communities in clackamas, multnomah, washington, and yamhill counties

• $100,000

  Community Outreach Through Radical Empowerment · Eugene, OR · 2023

  Renovate core's new administrative offices and support the development of its advocacy center and programs for youth experiencing homelessness in lane county

• $100,000

  Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation · Pendleton, OR · 2023

  Support operations and programs for tamstslikt cultural institute to honor, respect, represent, and educate about the cayuse, umatilla, and walla walla tribes at the confederated tribes of the umatilla reservation state… read allSupport operations and programs for tamstslikt cultural institute to honor, respect, represent, and educate about the cayuse, umatilla, and walla walla tribes at the confederated tribes of the umatilla reservation statewide less
• $100,000

  La Clinica Del Valle Family Health Care Center · Medford, OR · 2023

  Expand the acute care clinic to improve access to urgent care services for rural, low-income, underinsured, and uninsured residents living in jackson county

• $100,000

  Latino Network · Portland, OR · 2023

  Support construction of a community-centered hub for culturally-specific latino programs in east multnomah county

• $100,000

  Literary Arts · Portland, OR · 2023

  Renovate a newly acquired building to house its headquarters and promote literary expression for residents of oregon

• $100,000

  Reap · Portland, OR · 2023

  Support operations and programs to improve educational outcomes for bipoc and marginalized students in clackamas, columbia, multnomah, and washington counties

• $100,000

  Rural Organizing Project · Cottage Grove, OR · 2023

  Oirfc grant to advance campaigns and programs that expand rural migrant and refugee rights and to interrupt, challenge, and transform the systems of deportation and detention in rural areas of oregon

• $100,000

  Seeding Justice · Portland, OR · 2023

  Support operations to advance social justice movements primarily through organizations led by bipoc and lgbtq+ communities across oregon

• $100,000

  All Ages Music Portland · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support a project to renovate, repair and weatherize black-owned homes and businesses in portland metro

• $100,000

  Blueprint Foundation the · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Call To Safety · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Camp Elso Experience Life Science Outdoors · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Coalition of Communities of Color · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and projects that promote bipoc-centered civic engagement, research, and environmental justice and health equity projects across oregon

• $100,000

  Columbia Gorge Children'S Advocacy Center · Hood River, OR · 2022

  Capital support to build a permanent children's advocacy center in the columbia river gorge, serving hood river, wasco, gilliam, wheeler and klickitat counties

• $100,000

  Communities United for People · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Deschutes Rim Clinic Foundation · Maupin, OR · 2022

  Construct a new rural health clinic serving medically underserved individuals in south wasco county

• $100,000

  Elevate Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Girls Inc of the Pacific Northwest · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Horizon Project · Miltonfreewater, OR · 2022

  Support renovation of the step center in hermiston, which will provide services to facilitate independence and self-sufficiency for individuals with developmental and intellectual disabilities

• $100,000

  Join · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and staffing for programs for individuals and families experiencing homelessness to transition into permanent housing in multnomah, clackamas, and washington counties

• $100,000

  National Association of Minority Contractors - Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Options for Homeless Residents of Ashland · Ashland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and programs aiding individuals experiencing houselessness and/or living on low incomes in jackson county

• $100,000

  Seeding Justice · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations to advance social justice movements primarily through organizations led by bipoc and lgbtq+ communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Siletz Tribal Arts and Heritage Society · Siletz, OR · 2022

  Construct the ghii dee-ne dvn (a place for the people) culture & heritage center to share and preserve the confederated tribes of siletz indians culture and history with tribal members and oregon residents

• $100,000

  Street Roots · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support operations and programs as the organization undergoes a capital campaign to relocate its headquarters to expand and enhance direct services for people experiencing homelessness and poverty in multnomah county

• $100,000

  United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance Portland · Portland, OR · 2022

  Support organizational capacity to ensure effective operations and expand services to queer and trans pacific islanders in the portland metro area

• $100,000

  Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support awareness of low and no-cost daca-focused legal services and advocacy for immigrants and refugees statewide

• $100,000

  Immigration Counseling Service · Portland, OR · 2021

  Continue support of the immigrant justice initiative providing legal services to underserved immigrant communities in rural areas statewide, including expansion of services into central oregon and the rogue valley

• $100,000

  Klamath Tribes the · Chiloquin, OR · 2021

  Construct a community park and green schoolyard primarily serving children, youth, and families living on low incomes in the rural chiloquin area

• $100,000

  McKenzie River Gathering Foundation · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support operations to advance social justice movements primarily through organizations led by bipoc and lgbtq+ communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support operations and additional community services related to advancing black communities across oregon

• $100,000

  Oregon Community Foundation · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support the black student success initiative grantmaking fund to strengthen the efforts of nonprofits working to improve outcomes for black students statewide

• $100,000

  United Way of the Columbia-Willamette · Portland, OR · 2021

  Support culturally responsive vaccination awareness campaigns and provide basic support services for latinx and pacific islander communities statewide in response to the covid-19 pandemic

• $100,000

  Winding Waters Medical Clinic · Enterprise, OR · 2021

  Construct a new integrated medical, dental, and mental healthcare facility to improve health and wellness for individuals and families in wallowa county

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