The Edmund Pettus Bridge over the Alabama River in Selma

Grant recipient EIN 47-1012852Civil rights

Who funds Innovation Law Lab?

21 private foundations gave Innovation Law Lab in Portland, OR $2.4 million across 45 grants, in tax years 2017 to 2025.

Grants listed on funders’ 990-PF returns for tax years 2017 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.

Grants received by year

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

45 grants

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

  1. Rogers Family FoundationParadise Valley, AZ 2025

    Charitable activities

    $15,000
  2. Judith & Edwin Cohen FoundationBinghamton, NY 2025

    Legal help for immigrants

    $2,000
  3. Abner & Mildred Levine Family Foundation IncBoca Raton, FL 2025

    To further the charitable function of the foundation

    $1,000
  4. Tykeson Family Charitable TrustOvando, MT 2024

    General fund

    $150,000
  5. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2024

    For general operating support

    $150,000
  6. Julian Grace FoundationHighland Park, IL 2024

    General operating support

    $45,000
  7. Frank and Janina Petschek FoundationFalls Church, VA 2024

    General Support

    $1,000
  8. Beusse & Porter Family FoundationGrand Rapids, MI 2024

    Charitable

    $500
  9. Catena FoundationCarbondale, CO 2023

    Immigration - support expandion of access to legal counsel and safe facilities

    $235,858
  10. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2023

    To build a digital inclusion project for the 60,000+ individual beneficiaries of oregon worker relief's relief funds

    $200,000
  11. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2023

    For general operating support

    $150,000
  12. The Collins FoundationPortland, OR 2023

    Oirfc grant to support a digital inclusion project to develop financial management tools for immigrants and refugees accessing worker relief funds in oregon

    $75,000
  13. Julian Grace FoundationHighland Park, IL 2023

    General operating support

    $40,000
  14. Beusse & Porter Family FoundationGrand Rapids, MI 2023

    Charitable

    $500
  15. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $48
  16. Catena FoundationCarbondale, CO 2022

    Immigration - scale legal services for immigrants though the use of data, technology, and attorneys

    $230,128
  17. Lannan FoundationSanta Fe, NM 2022

    El paso immigration coalition (epic)

    $60,000
  18. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2022

    For general operating support of this organization working at the intersection of technology, law and advocacy to build permanent pathways to immigrant inclusion and advance justice

    $55,000
  19. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2022

    For general operating support of this organization which leverages technology, lawyers and organizers to advance immigrant and refugee justice in Oregon and elsewhere

    $55,000
  20. Julian Grace FoundationHighland Park, IL 2022

    General operating support

    $31,000
  21. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2022

    For participation in Meyer's Housing Justice Forum in June 2022.

    $575
  22. Beusse & Porter Family FoundationGrand Rapids, MI 2022

    Charitable

    $500
  23. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2022

    General support

    $98
  24. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2021

    For general operating support to leverage lawyers (legal representation and litigation); technology and organizers (advocacy and volunteer management) to advance immigrant and refugee justice

    $165,000
  25. Lannan FoundationSanta Fe, NM 2021

    El paso immigration coalition (epic)

    $60,000
  26. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2021

    General operating support to leverage lawyers (legal representation and litigation); technology; and organizers (advocacy and volunteer management) to advance immigrant and refugee justice.

    $55,000
  27. Julian Grace FoundationHighland Park, IL 2021

    General operating support

    $30,000
  28. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2021

    Asylum assistance tool

    $30,000
  29. Beusse & Porter Family FoundationGrand Rapids, MI 2021

    Charitable

    $500
  30. Alchemy FoundationCambridge, MA 2021

    General Support

    $100
  31. The Pfizer Foundation IncNew York, NY 2021

    Matching gifts

    $100
  32. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    General support

    $63
  33. The California EndowmentLos Angeles, CA 2020

    Welcoming and supporting the health of asylum seekers in california: to support narrative and communications efforts to advance the health and well-being of asylum seekers and immigrant families in california.

    $250,000
  34. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2020

    For legal counsel, representation, litigation, advocacy and volunteer management in connection with the detention of immigrants at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Ore.; this grant is awarded as a part of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, which addresses critical and time-sensitive issues facing immigrants and refugees

    $110,000
  35. The Rafael and Diana Vinoly FoundationNew York, NY 2020

    Support for organization working to leverage technology and activist-organizing theories to stop the illegal removals and support constitutional principles of due process.

    $50,000
  36. Julian Grace FoundationHighland Park, IL 2020

    General operating support

    $30,000
  37. The Zellerbach Family FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2020

    To support the creation of a technology prototype to assist with pro se asylum clinics.

    $30,000
  38. Frankel Family FoundationPrescott, AZ 2020

    Unrestricted

    $500
  39. Beusse & Porter Family FoundationGrand Rapids, MI 2020

    Charitable

    $500
  40. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2020

    General support

    $53
  41. Glencoe Family Foundation IncCarmel, IN 2019

    Endowment

    $8,000
  42. Frankel Family FoundationPrescott, AZ 2019

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  43. The Libra FoundationSan Francisco, CA 2018

    General support

    $50,000
  44. The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable TrustBoston, MA 2018

    Unrestricted support

    $5,000
  45. The Allen H and Selma W Berkman Charitable TrustBoston, MA 2017

    Unrestricted support

    $2,500

Funders of similar organizations nearby

Foundations that gave to other civil rights organizations in Portland, OR and are not among Innovation Law Lab’s funders above.

  1. Ronald W Naito MD FoundationPortland, OR 9 grants Accepts applications $200,000 to similar organizations
  2. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 8 grants Preselected only $814 to similar organizations
  3. The Ford FoundationNew York, NY 7 grants Accepts applications $205,500 to similar organizations
  4. The Ford Family FoundationRoseburg, OR 4 grants Accepts applications $36,700 to similar organizations
  5. Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation TrustWilsonville, OR 9 grants Accepts applications $402,000 to similar organizations
  6. The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care FoundationPortland, OR 6 grants Preselected only $28,397 to similar organizations
  7. The Holzman FoundationEagan, MN 4 grants Preselected only $13,800 to similar organizations
  8. Wellspring Philanthropic Fund IncNew York, NY 13 grants Preselected only $2,035,100 to similar organizations

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 47-1012852 by name and ZIP code against the IRS list of exempt organizations and our list of filers. Grants we could not tie to one organization are not counted here.