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Grant recipient EIN 93-0909494

Who funds Literary Arts Inc?

52 private foundations gave Literary Arts Inc in Portland, OR $5.9 million across 181 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

181 grants

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

  1. Mackworth-Mendoza FoundationKey Biscayne, FL 2025

    Program activities

    $550,000
  2. The Swigert-Warren FoundationPortland, OR 2025

    General support

    $140,000
  3. Johnson Family FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2025

    General operating support

    $50,000
  4. Swinmurn Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    Capital Campaign

    $40,000
  5. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2025

    Historic preservation

    $33,250
  6. Ronald W Naito MD FoundationPortland, OR 2025

    Project support for youth programs

    $10,000
  7. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2025

    Artistic salaries

    $10,000
  8. Wheeler FoundationVancouver, WA 2025

    Program support

    $7,000
  9. Pontist Family FoundationPortland, OR 2025

    Promote literature

    $5,000
  10. Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2025

    General support

    $5,000
  11. Mancini Charitable FoundationPortland, OR 2025

    General operations

    $2,100
  12. The O L Moore FoundationWilmington, DE 2025

    General & Unrestricted

    $500
  13. M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA 2024

    Facility renovations

    $500,000
  14. Maybelle Clark MacDonald FundBend, OR 2024

    Program support

    $130,000
  15. Finley Family FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    $100,000 - vision plan campaign; $26,000 - event sponsorships

    $126,000
  16. James F & Marion L Miller FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    Three year operating support for literary arts organization

    $125,000
  17. The Swigert-Warren FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    General support

    $100,000
  18. Johnson Family FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2024

    General operating support

    $52,500
  19. Dream Envision FoundationLander, WY 2024

    Support of the arts

    $50,000
  20. Mackworth-Mendoza FoundationKey Biscayne, FL 2024

    Program activities

    $50,000
  21. Florence V Burden FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Conservation

    $42,000
  22. Swinmurn Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2024

    Capital Campaign

    $40,000
  23. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2024

    Artistic facility improvement

    $33,250
  24. Zidell Family FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    Portland book festival

    $25,000
  25. The Roundhouse FoundationSisters, OR 2024

    Ursula k le guin writers residency; literary arts oregon book awards author tour to rural oregon communities

    $25,000
  26. Edwards Lienhart Family FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    Wordstock festival suppport

    $15,000
  27. Raymond Family FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    General operating support

    $15,000
  28. The Jackson FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2024

    General operating

    $15,000
  29. Braemar Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2024

    Support writers in the schools residencies.

    $15,000
  30. Tammis Day FoundationPalm Desert, CA 2024

    Unrestricted

    $10,000
  31. Ronald W Naito MD FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    Youth programs serving underserved schools in mult. & marion counties

    $10,000
  32. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2024

    Artistic salaries

    $10,000
  33. Wheeler FoundationVancouver, WA 2024

    Program support

    $7,000
  34. Rose E Tucker Charitable TrustMilwaukee, WI 2024

    General operating

    $6,000
  35. Pontist Family FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    Promote literature

    $5,000
  36. The Blair Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2024

    Further youth literacy

    $5,000
  37. Hwirwin & DCH Irwin FdnfergMilwaukee, WI 2024

    General operating

    $5,000
  38. Kohnstamm Family FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    General support

    $5,000
  39. Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2024

    General support

    $5,000
  40. JPMorgan Chase FoundationNew York, NY 2024

    Matching contribution (general operating support)

    $4,000
  41. Mancini Charitable FoundationPortland, OR 2024

    General operations

    $1,000
  42. Broughton & Mary Bishop Fam FDN AgyEagan, MN 2024

    General operating

    $500
  43. Finley Family FoundationPortland, OR 2023

    $100,000 - vision plan campaign; $26,850 - event sponsorships

    $126,850
  44. The Collins FoundationPortland, OR 2023

    Renovate a newly acquired building to house its headquarters and promote literary expression for residents of oregon

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

    General operating

    $70,000
  46. Johnson Family FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2023

    General operating support

    $51,000
  47. Dream Envision FoundationLander, WY 2023

    Support of the arts

    $50,000
  48. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2023

    Artistic salaries

    $43,500
  49. Swinmurn Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2023

    Capital Campaign

    $40,000
  50. Mackworth-Mendoza FoundationKey Biscayne, FL 2023

    Program activities

    $35,000
  51. Pontist Family FoundationPortland, OR 2023

    Promote literature

    $30,000
  52. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2023

    Program/operating support

    $25,000
  53. The Jackson FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2023

    General operating

    $25,000
  54. The Blair Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2023

    Further youth literacy

    $20,000
  55. Zidell Family FoundationPortland, OR 2023

    Portland book festival

    $15,000
  56. The Roundhouse FoundationSisters, OR 2023

    Literary arts oregon book awards author tour to rural oregon communities

    $10,000
  57. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2023

    Literary arts youth programs

    $10,000
  58. Edwards Lienhart Family FoundationPortland, OR 2023

    Wordstock festival suppport

    $10,000
  59. Raymond Family FoundationPortland, OR 2023

    General operating support

    $10,000
  60. Wheeler FoundationVancouver, WA 2023

    Program support

    $6,000
  61. Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2023

    General support

    $5,000
  62. Rose E Tucker Charitable TrustMilwaukee, WI 2023

    General operating

    $5,000
  63. The Holzman FoundationEagan, MN 2023

    General operating

    $1,800
  64. Gulliver-Habel Family FoundationPortland, OR 2023

    Community arts

    $500
  65. Broughton & Mary Bishop Fam FDN AgyEagan, MN 2023

    General operating

    $100
  66. Amazonsmile FoundationSeattle, WA 2023

    General support

    $16
  67. Mackworth-Mendoza FoundationKey Biscayne, FL 2022

    Program activities

    $525,000
  68. M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA 2022

    Facility renovations

    $500,000
  69. James F & Marion L Miller FoundationPortland, OR 2022

    Four year operating support initiative grant for arts organization

    $90,000
  70. Maybelle Clark MacDonald FundBend, OR 2022

    Portland arts and lectures series

    $42,000
  71. Swinmurn Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2022

    Capital Campaign

    $40,000
  72. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2022

    Program/operating support

    $30,000
  73. The Jackson FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2022

    General operating

    $12,500
  74. Juan Young TrustLake Oswego, OR 2022

    Wits residencies

    $11,000
  75. The Roundhouse FoundationSisters, OR 2022

    Literary arts oregon book awards author tour to rural oregon communities

    $10,000
  76. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2022

    Youth programs

    $10,000
  77. Finley Family FoundationPortland, OR 2022

    General operating support

    $10,000
  78. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2022

    Artistic salaries

    $10,000
  79. Pontist Family FoundationPortland, OR 2022

    Promote literature

    $5,000
  80. Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2022

    General support

    $5,000
  81. Rose E Tucker Charitable TrustMilwaukee, WI 2022

    General operating

    $5,000
  82. The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care FoundationPortland, OR 2022

    Support: "bookmark" benefit event

    $4,675
  83. Hwirwin & DCH Irwin FdnfergMilwaukee, WI 2022

    General operating

    $3,000
  84. First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncBillings, MT 2022

    General Operating Support

    $2,600
  85. The Roundhouse FoundationSisters, OR 2022

    Contribution in memory of julie mancini

    $2,500
  86. Johnson Family FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2022

    General operating support

    $2,500
  87. NM Bodecker Creative FoundationPortland, OR 2022

    Artist residency grant

    $1,000
  88. Gulliver-Habel Family FoundationPortland, OR 2022

    Community arts

    $500
  89. Roth Family FoundationPortland, OR 2022

    General operating support

    $200
  90. James F & Marion L Miller FoundationPortland, OR 2021

    Osi renewal

    $90,000
  91. M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA 2021

    Literary arts hybrid programming

    $75,000
  92. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2021

    For production of a Meyer Equity Speaker Series event

    $32,500
  93. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2021

    Operational support

    $30,000
  94. The Collins FoundationPortland, OR 2021

    Deliver youth programs connecting students to literary forms, contemporary writers, and opportunities for self-expression at high schools in low-income neighborhoods in multnomah county

    $30,000
  95. Mackworth-Mendoza FoundationKey Biscayne, FL 2021

    Program activities

    $25,000
  96. Edwards Lienhart Family FoundationPortland, OR 2021

    Wordstock festival suppport

    $10,000
  97. Harvest FoundationSeattle, WA 2021

    Program support for the youth programs.

    $10,000
  98. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2021

    Artistic performances

    $10,000
  99. The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care FoundationPortland, OR 2021

    Support bookmark event

    $10,000
  100. The Jackson FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2021

    General operating

    $10,000
  101. Maybelle Clark MacDonald FundBend, OR 2021

    Portland arts & lectures 2021

    $8,000
  102. Hoover Family FoundationIndianapolis, IN 2021

    Writers in the schools program

    $6,000
  103. Pontist Family FoundationPortland, OR 2021

    Promote literature

    $5,000
  104. The Blair Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2021

    Further youth literacy

    $5,000
  105. Juan Young TrustLake Oswego, OR 2021

    Writers in the schools

    $5,000
  106. First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncBillings, MT 2021

    General Operating Support

    $2,500
  107. NM Bodecker Creative FoundationPortland, OR 2021

    Verslandia Partnership

    $2,500
  108. Johnson Family FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2021

    General operating support

    $2,500
  109. Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2021

    General support

    $2,000
  110. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2021

    for general support

    $1,533
  111. Gulliver-Habel Family FoundationPortland, OR 2021

    Community arts

    $500
  112. Kohnstamm Family FoundationPortland, OR 2021

    To engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.

    $500
  113. Chubb Charitable FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2021

    Matching Gifts

    $256
  114. James F & Marion L Miller FoundationPortland, OR 2020

    Osi covid19 support literary arts, inc.

    $90,000
  115. James F & Marion L Miller FoundationPortland, OR 2020

    Osi renewal

    $90,000
  116. M J Murdock Charitable TrustVancouver, WA 2020

    New technology

    $64,000
  117. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2020

    General support

    $30,000
  118. The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care FoundationPortland, OR 2020

    Sponsor: bookmark event

    $25,000
  119. Mackworth-Mendoza FoundationKey Biscayne, FL 2020

    Program activities

    $25,000
  120. Swinmurn Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    support youth programs

    $20,000
  121. Swinmurn Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2020

    General & Unrestricted

    $15,000
  122. The Poetry FoundationChicago, IL 2020

    Portland book festival 2020

    $10,000
  123. Pontist Family FoundationPortland, OR 2020

    Promote literature

    $10,000
  124. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2020

    Artistic salaries

    $10,000
  125. Maybelle Clark MacDonald FundBend, OR 2020

    Portland arts & lectures series

    $8,000
  126. Hillman Family FoundationsPittsburgh, PA 2020

    Youth programs

    $5,000
  127. Edwards Lienhart Family FoundationPortland, OR 2020

    Wordstock festival suppport

    $5,000
  128. Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros FoundaNew York, NY 2020

    General support

    $5,000
  129. The Blair Family Foundation IncJupiter, FL 2020

    Further youth literacy

    $5,000
  130. Wheeler FoundationVancouver, WA 2020

    Charitable purpose of the

    $5,000
  131. Juan Young TrustLake Oswego, OR 2020

    High school based writing program

    $5,000
  132. Rose E Tucker Charitable TrustMilwaukee, WI 2020

    General operating

    $4,000
  133. WRG FoundationPortland, OR 2020

    Charitable

    $2,557
  134. First Interstate BancSystem Foundation IncBillings, MT 2020

    Operational Support

    $2,500
  135. Johnson Family FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2020

    General operating support

    $2,500
  136. The Joseph and Judith H Johnson Family FoundationStockton, CA 2020

    General operating budget

    $1,000
  137. The Roundhouse FoundationSisters, OR 2020

    Literary arts

    $1,000
  138. Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2020

    General support

    $1,000
  139. Gulliver-Habel Family FoundationPortland, OR 2020

    Community arts

    $500
  140. Kohnstamm Family FoundationPortland, OR 2020

    To engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.

    $250
  141. James F & Marion L Miller FoundationPortland, OR 2019

    Osi renewal

    $90,000
  142. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2019

    Program/operating support

    $40,000
  143. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2019

    For a collaboration with Literary Arts and the Multnomah County Library to host Native author Tommy Orange

    $35,000
  144. Maybelle Clark MacDonald FundBend, OR 2019

    2019 lecture series & bookmark fundraiser match

    $33,000
  145. The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care FoundationPortland, OR 2019

    Support - "bookmark" fundraiser

    $24,262
  146. The Jackson FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2019

    General operating

    $20,000
  147. The Collins FoundationPortland, OR 2019

    Support literary arts programs serving high school students in multnomah county

    $20,000
  148. Swinmurn Family FoundationWilmington, DE 2019

    Support of youth programs

    $15,000
  149. Mackworth-Mendoza FoundationKey Biscayne, FL 2019

    Program activities

    $15,000
  150. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2019

    Artistic salaries

    $10,000
  151. The Poetry FoundationChicago, IL 2019

    General Support of Poetry Programs

    $8,750
  152. Chubb Charitable FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    matching gifts

    $7,500
  153. Hoover Family FoundationIndianapolis, IN 2019

    Writers in the schools residencies

    $5,000
  154. Edwards Lienhart Family FoundationPortland, OR 2019

    Wordstock festival suppport

    $5,000
  155. Juan Young TrustLake Oswego, OR 2019

    Education in school arts program 2019-20

    $5,000
  156. Rose E Tucker Charitable TrustMilwaukee, WI 2019

    General operating

    $4,000
  157. The Autzen FoundationPortland, OR 2019

    Youth programs

    $3,000
  158. Chubb Charitable FoundationPhiladelphia, PA 2019

    matching gifts

    $2,500
  159. Johnson Family FoundationLake Oswego, OR 2019

    General operating support

    $2,500
  160. Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2019

    General support

    $1,000
  161. Maybelle Clark MacDonald FundBend, OR 2018

    Bookmark: a benefit for literary arts & portland arts & lecture series support

    $90,000
  162. James F & Marion L Miller FoundationPortland, OR 2018

    Literary arts - osi application

    $80,000
  163. The Bank of America Charitable Foundation IncCharlotte, NC 2018

    Program/operating support

    $37,500
  164. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2018

    To support bringing activist, organizer and educator, DeRay Mckesson, host of Pod Save the People, to Portland for a speaking event and collateral activities focused on equity and social justice

    $35,000
  165. James F & Marion L Miller FoundationPortland, OR 2018

    Tribute to ursula k. Le guin

    $25,000
  166. The Collins FoundationPortland, OR 2018

    Promote youth engagement in writing, spoken word, and literature programs in multnomah county

    $20,000
  167. Harvest FoundationSeattle, WA 2018

    Supporting programs for public high school students to write, publish, and perform their own writing.

    $10,000
  168. The Kinsman FoundationMilwaukie, OR 2018

    Artistic salaries

    $10,000
  169. The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer Care FoundationPortland, OR 2018

    Sponsor: tribute to ursula leguin"

    $10,000
  170. Braemar Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2018

    Writers in the schools

    $10,000
  171. The Jackson FoundationMilwaukee, WI 2018

    General operating

    $8,000
  172. The Poetry FoundationChicago, IL 2018

    Poetry Programming

    $7,500
  173. Mackworth-Mendoza FoundationKey Biscayne, FL 2018

    Program activities

    $7,500
  174. Finley Family FoundationPortland, OR 2018

    General

    $5,000
  175. Edwards Lienhart Family FoundationPortland, OR 2018

    Wordstock festival suppport

    $5,000
  176. Juan Young TrustLake Oswego, OR 2018

    Education school based writing program 2018-19

    $5,000
  177. The Autzen FoundationPortland, OR 2018

    Unrestricted

    $5,000
  178. Rose E Tucker Charitable TrustMilwaukee, WI 2018

    General operating

    $4,000
  179. The Patricia Warburg Cliff and Karl Von Frieling FoundationBoston, MA 2018

    Unrestricted

    $2,500
  180. Franklin & Dorothy Piacentini Charitable TrustPortland, OR 2018

    General support

    $1,000
  181. Meyer Memorial TrustPortland, OR 2017

    To acquire the wordstock festival and present the first three years of this revived literary festival.

    $25,000

About this match

Funders write a recipient’s name and address, not its EIN. We matched these grants to EIN 93-0909494 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.