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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 93-1280388

The Stimson-Miller Foundation

A private foundation in Portland, OR. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 17 grants and $273,769 paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Accepts applications

The return gives an application contact and rules, as below.

Contact person
On file
Phone
On file
Mailing address
On file
Form and materials
On file
Deadlines
See application guidelines at www.stimsonmillerfoundation.org.
Restrictions
See application guidelines at www.stimsonmillerfoundation.org.

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Assets and giving by year

6 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $273,769

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $4,999,860

  • Tax year 2024

    $220,000

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $4,664,995

  • Tax year 2023

    $193,000

    Grants listed
    17
    Assets, end of year
    $4,329,880

  • Tax year 2022

    $148,178

    Grants listed
    13
    Assets, end of year
    $3,985,173

  • Tax year 2021

    $217,940

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $4,869,393

  • Tax year 2020

    $164,000

    Grants listed
    16
    Assets, end of year
    $4,346,978

Grants paid in 2025

17 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Career PATH ServicesSpokane, WA

    Operating expenses

    $30,000
  2. Kaniksu Land TrustSandpoint, ID

    Capital improvements

    $26,009
  3. Community Cancer ServicesSandpoint, ID

    Program expenses

    $20,000
  4. Community Transitional SchoolPortland, OR

    Program expenses

    $20,000
  5. Parkinsons Resources of OregonBeaverton, OR

    Program expenses

    $20,000
  6. Portland YouthbuildersPortland, OR

    Program expenses

    $20,000
  7. Safe Passage (the Women's Center)Coeur Dalene, ID

    Program expenses

    $20,000
  8. Clatskanie Farmer CollectiveClatskanie, OR

    Program expenses

    $16,750
  9. Selkirk Outdoor Leadership & Education (sole)Sandpoint, ID

    Program expenses

    $15,000
  10. Yes (youth Emergency Services) of Pend Oreille CountyNewport, WA

    Program expenses

    $15,000
  11. Banks School District #13Banks, OR

    Capital improvements

    $15,000
  12. Northwest Youth CorpsEugene, OR

    Program expenses

    $13,510
  13. Music Conservatory of SandpointSandpoint, ID

    Program expenses

    $10,000
  14. Northeast Youth CenterSpokane, WA

    Program expenses

    $10,000
  15. Oregon FFA Foundation IncCorvallis, OR

    Program expenses

    $10,000
  16. Sitka Center for Art and EcologyOtis, OR

    Program expenses

    $7,500
  17. College PossibleSaint Paul, MN

    Program expenses

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Jobs and employment2 grants $43,51024% of the total
  2. Education3 grants $41,75023% of the total
  3. Youth development2 grants $30,00017% of the total
  4. Environment1 grant $26,00914% of the total
  5. Health1 grant $20,00011% of the total
  6. Arts and culture1 grant $10,0006% of the total
  7. 1 other causes1 grant $10,0006% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Oregon9 grants $127,760
  2. Idaho5 grants $91,009
  3. Washington3 grants $55,000

Officers, directors and trustees

10 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Carol NordahlEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Hours 6Pay $22,433
  • Clara EvensenPRESIDENT Hours 4Pay $0
  • Chalmers Morse JrVICE PRESIDENT / SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kurt RuttumASSISTANT SECRETARY Hours 1Pay $0
  • Chad FrenchDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Elizabeth GrahamDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Kim GrahamDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Daisy GrahamDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Nicolas MeigsDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0
  • Ed SwenssonDIRECTOR Hours 1Pay $0

The return

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