Funding search · EIN 452496984 · Portland, OR

Merchant Family Foundation

Name: Merchant Family Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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

58
grants reported: $288,000
total given: 2022–2025
filing years: $2,250
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

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.

Top recipients

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

Young Life Portland West4 grants · $42,500
Meals On Wheels4 grants · $42,000
Hillsdale College3 grants · $30,000
Victory Academy1 grant · $25,000
Portland Community College Foundation2 grants · $17,500
Community Cancer Fund4 grants · $15,000
Pcc Foundation Women in Trade1 grant · $12,500
Medical Teams International3 grants · $11,000
Oregon Food Bank1 grant · $10,000
Clackamas Community College Foundation1 grant · $10,000

Giving over time

$46,000

2022

$61,000

2023

$81,000

2024

$100,000

2025

Grant history

All 58 reported grants, largest first.

$25,000
Meals On Wheels · Portland, OR · 2025
General support
$25,000
Young Life Portland West · Portland, OR · 2025
General support
$25,000
Victory Academy · Tualatin, OR · 2023
General support
$12,500
Pcc Foundation Women in Trade · Portland, OR · 2025
General support
$12,500
Portland Community College Foundation · Portland, OR · 2025
Student scholarships
$10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2024
Student scholarships
$10,000
Oregon Food Bank · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
$10,000
Young Life Portland West · Portland, OR · 2024
Student scholarships
$10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2023
Student scholarships
$10,000
Clackamas Community College Foundation · Oregon City, OR · 2022
Student scholarships
$10,000
Hillsdale College · Hillsdale, MI · 2022
Student scholarships
$10,000
Meals On Wheels · Portland, OR · 2022
General support
$6,500
Young Life Portland West · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$6,000
Community Cancer Fund · Spokane, WA · 2025
General support
$5,500
Community Cancer Fund · Spokane, WA · 2023
General support
$5,000
Hatchery & Wild Coexist · Tillamook, OR · 2025
General support
$5,000
Tillamook Estaries Partnership · Girabaldi, OR · 2025
General support
$5,000
Comprehensive Risk Reduction Foundation · Battle Ground, WA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Financial Beginnings · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
$5,000
Khesed Church · Vancouver, WA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Meals On Wheels · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
$5,000
Medical Teams International · Portland, OR · 2024
General support
$5,000
Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2024
General support
$5,000
Portland Community College Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Student scholarships
$5,000
Osu Hale Rocket Team Aiaa Co Oregon State University Foundation · Corvallis, OR · 2023
General support
$5,000
Medical Teams International · Portland, OR · 2022
General support
$4,000
Financial Beginnings · Portland, OR · 2025
General support
$3,000
Assistance League of Portland · Beaverton, OR · 2024
General support
$2,500
Community Cancer Fund · Spokane, WA · 2022
General support
$2,000
Helping One Woman · Fresno, CA · 2025
General support
$2,000
Penninsula Family Services · San Mateo, CA · 2025
General support
$2,000
Hatchery & Wild Coexist · Tilamook, OR · 2024
General support
$2,000
Penninsula Family Services · San Mateo, CA · 2024
General support
$2,000
St Mary'S Food Bank · Phoenix, AZ · 2024
General support
$2,000
Meals On Wheels · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$1,500
With Love - Oregon · Tigard, OR · 2022
General support
$1,000
University of Puget Sound · Tacoma, WA · 2025
Student scholarships
$1,000
Community Cancer Fund · Spokane, WA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Linfield University · McMinnville, OR · 2024
Student scholarships
$1,000
Rise Church · Tigard, OR · 2024
General support
$1,000
The Collective Church · Tigard, OR · 2024
General support
$1,000
Tillamook Estuaries Partnership · Garibaldi, OR · 2024
General support
$1,000
U of O Foundation - Women in Flight · Eugene, OR · 2024
Student scholarships
$1,000
Winter Hospitality Overflow · Vancouver, WA · 2024
General support
$1,000
Comprehensive Risk Reduction Foundation · Battle Ground, WA · 2023
General support
$1,000
Hatchery & Wild Coexist · Tilamook, OR · 2023
General support
$1,000
Luis Palau Association · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$1,000
Medical Teams International · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$1,000
Pacific University · Forest Grove, OR · 2023
Student scholarships
$1,000
Rose Church · Portland, OR · 2023
General support
$1,000
U of O Foundation - Women in Flight · Eugene, OR · 2023
Student scholarships
$1,000
Hamilton College · Clinton, NY · 2022
Student scholarships
$1,000
Howard University · Washington, DC · 2022
Student scholarships
$1,000
North Coast Salmon Steelhead Fund · Tillamook, OR · 2022
General support
$1,000
Ocean Cleanup North Pacific Foundation · San Francisco, CA · 2022
General support
$1,000
Rise Church · Tigard, OR · 2022
General support
$1,000
U of O Foundation - Women in Flight · Eugene, OR · 2022
Student scholarships
$1,000
Young Life Portland West · Portland, OR · 2022
General 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.