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Grant recipient EIN 27-2964874Education

Who funds Portland Workforce Alliance?

8 private foundations gave Portland Workforce Alliance in Portland, OR $370,500 across 21 grants, in tax years 2018 to 2025.

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Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2018 to 2025, read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

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Grants from private foundations by the funder’s tax year. The latest year is in blue; it is not complete until all its returns reach the IRS.

Every foundation grant, by year

21 grants

Each line as the funder listed it on its return, newest year first, then largest.

  1. James and Shirley Rippey Family FoundationTigard, OR 2025

    To support career education for youth

    $25,000
  2. Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation TrustWilsonville, OR 2024

    General operating (daffodil grant)

    $60,000
  3. James and Shirley Rippey Family FoundationTigard, OR 2024

    To support career education for youth

    $20,000
  4. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2024

    PWA Mentoring to Careers

    $7,000
  5. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2023

    With this investment from Umpqua Bank, PWA will build its capacity and infrastructure to integrate financial literacy into its career development programming, with a focus on high school students from underrepresented, marginalized and under-resourced communities. Our primary goal is to educate and empower youth to navigate and make informed decisions around the financial pitfalls and opportunities related to their career/job, student loans,pay and overall, their financial wellbeing.

    $100,000
  6. Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation TrustWilsonville, OR 2023

    General operating

    $60,000
  7. Juan Young TrustLake Oswego, OR 2023

    Career education program

    $8,000
  8. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2023

    PWA Mentoring to Careers

    $6,000
  9. Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation TrustWilsonville, OR 2023

    Unrestricted programming (summer programs)

    $1,500
  10. Silver Family FoundationDarien, CT 2022

    Providing youth with work experiences and career opportunities

    $8,000
  11. The Autzen FoundationPortland, OR 2022

    Pathways to careers

    $7,000
  12. Hoover Family FoundationIndianapolis, IN 2022

    Mentoring to careers program

    $6,000
  13. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2022

    PWA Mentoring to Careers

    $5,000
  14. Alaska Airlines FoundationAnchorage, AK 2022

    PWA builds enduring partnerships between local businesses and Portland-area high schools. By providing students with real-life work experiences and career-learning opportunities, we enrich their academic knowledge, inspire them to graduate and help them make informed choices after high school and college. We welcome all students, with extra outreach to higher-poverty and marginalized communities. PWA paves the way for employers to strengthen and diversify their workforce, and for young people to find good careers.

    $5,000
  15. Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation TrustWilsonville, OR 2021

    Mentoring to careers

    $25,000
  16. Alaska Airlines FoundationAnchorage, AK 2021

    Our Mentoring to Careers programming offers students enriching experiences over multiple sessions to dive deeply into post-secondary options, career learning and professional skills in a cohort model. Students will gain personal growth and professional contacts through frequent interactions with caring volunteers from a variety of employers and colleges.

    $5,000
  17. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2021

    PWA Mentorships to Careers

    $4,000
  18. The Autzen FoundationPortland, OR 2020

    Pathways to careers

    $6,000
  19. Alaska Airlines FoundationAnchorage, AK 2020

    A grant from the Alaska Airlines Foundation would go specifically towards program elements including educator stipends to support time in developing student experiences, food and transportation for our mentorship program and Career Day students, technology tools to facilitate distance learning, printed program materials for students and educators, and staff support to develop programming and support partnerships.

    $5,000
  20. Umpqua Bank Charitable FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2020

    Pathways to Careers

    $3,000
  21. The Autzen FoundationPortland, OR 2018

    Unrestricted

    $4,000

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  7. Rose E Tucker Charitable TrustMilwaukee, WI 56 grants Accepts applications $562,000 to similar organizations
  8. The Ford Family FoundationRoseburg, OR 87 grants Accepts applications $4,593,309 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 27-2964874 by name and ZIP code, or by name, city and State against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.