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Funding search · EIN 436771713 · Lake Oswego, OR

Sawyer & Jean Marglous 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.

144
grants reported: $560,033
total given: 2021–2025
filing years: $2,388
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2025. 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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Top recipients

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

Flance Early Lrn Center4 grants · $51,952
Missouri Appleseed4 grants · $41,000
St Judes2 grants · $35,000
Lady of Lake School2 grants · $26,600
Our Lady of the Lake2 grants · $25,414
Portland Art Museum5 grants · $21,000
Flance Early Learning Center1 grant · $20,000
Our Lady of the Lake1 grant · $17,150
Flance Early Learning Center1 grant · $15,000
Our Lady of Lake School1 grant · $14,500

Giving over time

$93,767

2021

$168,676

2022

$98,534

2023

$113,889

2024

$85,167

2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 144 grants.

$20,000
Flance Early Lrn Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
Annual Gift
$20,000
St Judes · Memphis, TN · 2024
Annual Gift
$20,000
Flance Early Learning Center · St Louis, MO · 2023
Annual Gift
$17,150
Our Lady of the Lake · Lake Oswego, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$15,000
St Judes · Memphis, TN · 2025
Annual Gift
$15,000
Flance Early Learning Center · St Louis, MO · 2021
Annual gift
$14,514
Our Lady of the Lake · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$14,500
Our Lady of Lake School · Lake Oswego, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$13,300
Lady of Lake School · Lake Oswego, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$13,300
Lady of Lake School · Lake Oswego, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$11,952
Flance Early Lrn Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2025
Annual Gift
$11,000
Missouri Appleseed · St Louis, MO · 2021
Annual gift
$10,900
Our Lady of the Lake · Lake Oswego, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$10,000
Missouri Appleseed · Saint Louis, MO · 2024
Annual Gift
$10,000
Missouri Appleseed · St Louis, MO · 2023
Annual Gift
$10,000
Flance Early Lrn Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Annual Gift
$10,000
Flance Early Lrn Center · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Annual Gift
$10,000
Missouri Appleseed · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Annual Gift
$10,000
Missouri Appleseed · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Annual Gift
$10,000
Multnomah Athletic Foundation · Portlanld, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$10,000
Portland Japanese Garden · Portland, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$9,000
Classic Wine Fnd · Portland, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$8,000
Mo Appleseed · St Louis, MO · 2025
Annual Gift
$7,000
Portl Japanese Garden · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$7,000
Portl Japanese Garden · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,500
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$5,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2025
Annual Gift
$5,000
Satement Cancer Center · St Louis, MO · 2025
Annual Gift
$5,000
Brain Injury Assoc · St Louis, MO · 2024
Annual Gift
$5,000
Heifer International · Little Rock, AR · 2024
Annual Gift
$5,000
Mult Athletic Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$5,000
Saf · Kulpsville, PA · 2024
Annual Gift
$5,000
Classic Wine Foundation · Portland, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$5,000
Heifer Intl · Little Rock, AR · 2023
Annual Gift
$5,000
Northwest Childrens Theatre · Portland, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$5,000
Portland Japanese Gardens · Portland, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$5,000
St Judes · Memphis, TN · 2023
Annual Gift
$5,000
Cicatricial Alp Researc · Kulpsville, PA · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Cicatricial Alp Research · Kulpsville, PA · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Heifel Intl · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Heifel Intl · Little Rock, AR · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Mult Athletic Foundation · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Mult Athletic Founddat · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Portland Rescue Mission · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Portland Resque Mission · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$5,000
Heifer Intl · Little Rock, AR · 2021
Annual gift
$5,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$5,000
Portland Rescue Mission · Portlalnd, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$4,805
Multnomah Athletic · Portland, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$4,000
Habitat for Humanity · Portland, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$3,790
Habitat for Humanity - Pdx · Portland, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$3,500
Classic Wine Fnd · Portland, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$3,500
Meals On Wheels · Lake Oswego, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$3,200
Alzheimers Assoc · Lake Oswego, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$3,000
Mult Athletic Foundation · Portland, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$3,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$3,000
Portland Art Museum · Portland, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$3,000
Cong Beth Isreal · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$3,000
Congr Beth Israel · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$3,000
St Louis Zoo · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Annual Gift
$3,000
St Louis Zoo · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Annual Gift
$2,500
Friends of the Public Library · Lake Oswego, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity · Portland, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$2,500
Friends of the Public Library · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$2,500
Habitat for Humanity · Portland, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$2,500
Oregon Zoo Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$2,500
Oregon Zoo · Portland, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$2,500
Congregation Beth Isreal · Portlanld, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$2,500
Missouri Botanical Garden · St Louis, MO · 2021
Annual gift
$2,388
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$2,388
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$2,000
Jesuit School of Portland · Portland, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$2,000
Meals On Wheels · Lake Oswego, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$2,000
Michelle'S Love · Scapoose, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$2,000
Unicef · Washington, DC · 2024
Annual GIft
$2,000
Omsi · Portland, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$2,000
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$2,000
Resurrection Cath Schoo · Kansas City, KS · 2022
Annual Gift
$2,000
Resurrection Cath School · Kansas City, MO · 2022
Annual Gift
$1,700
Friends of Tyron Creek · Portland, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$1,250
Lake Oswego School Foundation · Lake Oswego, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$1,200
Friends of Tryon Creek · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$1,200
Friends of Tryon Creek · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$1,200
Oregon Zoo · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$1,200
Oregon Zoo · Portland, OR · 2022
Annual Gift
$1,200
Oregon Zoo · Portland, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$1,077
Oregon Symphony · Portland, OR · 2021
Annual gift
$1,000
Omsi · Portland, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$1,000
Village Baskets Lochamber Foundatio · Lake Oswego, OR · 2025
Annual Gift
$1,000
Alzheimers Assoc · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$1,000
Jfs St Louis · St Louis, MO · 2024
Annual Gift
$1,000
Meals On Wheels · Lake Oswego, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$1,000
Omsi · Portland, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$1,000
Portland Japanese Garden · Portland, OR · 2024
Annual Gift
$1,000
St Louis Childrens Hospital · St Louis, MO · 2024
Annual Gift
$1,000
Lake Oswego Public Library · Lake Oswego, OR · 2023
Annual Gift
$1,000
H Kornbloom Food Pantry · Saint Louis, MO · 2022
Annual Gift
$1,000
Jewish Fdr of Grtr Pdx · Tigard, OR · 2022
Annual Gift

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The Oregon Community Foundation6,045 grants · $495.4M
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Similar grant size

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