Northwest Health Foundation
ActivePublic CharityPhilanthropy & Voluntarism
About Northwest Health Foundation
Northwest Health Foundation seeks to advance, support and promote health in Oregon and Southwest Washington, giving every person the opportunity to lead a healthy life through grants, partnerships and policy advocacy.
Focus Areas
health equitycivic engagement and voter/political powerdisability justicecriminal justice reform / reentry and diversionearly childhood/childcare policypolicy advocacycapacity building for community-led organizations
Who They Fund
unspecified
Funding Style
unrestricted/general operating supportproject-based program fundingevent sponsorship
About Northwest Health Foundation
Northwest Health Foundation’s recent giving shows a strong link between health equity and civic power in Oregon and Southwest Washington. One of its largest recent grants went to Building Power for Communities of Color, a Portland-based organization, with a $529,000 award in 2025 for general support and event sponsorship. The foundation also backed Naya Action Fund with $246,000 in 2023 for project support and general support, and it funded several other Portland-area and regional civic groups at similar scale. The pattern points to a funder that uses grants, partnerships, and policy advocacy to support community-led organizing rather than a single service niche. Its portfolio includes work tied to BIPOC political power, disability justice, criminal justice reform, early childhood policy, and health equity. Grants often combine operating support with project or event support, which suggests flexibility in how organizations can use the funding. Recipients range from standalone nonprofits to fiscally sponsored projects, including initiatives routed through fiscal sponsors such as Tides Advocacy and Washington Community Action Network. The foundation’s activity is local in scope and heavily concentrated in Oregon-based organizations.
What Northwest Health Foundation Funds
Northwest Health Foundation gives across several connected cause areas. In civic engagement, it awarded $226,000 in 2023 to Imagine Black for project support and general support, and $195,000 in 2025 to Latino Network Action Fund for general support and project support. Its disability justice work also appears in the recent grants list: the foundation gave $172,500 in 2025 to Imagine Black in Beaverton for general support and event sponsorship, reflecting a mix of organizational support and public-facing engagement. The foundation also funds criminal justice reform and reentry work. In 2025, it awarded $50,000 to Safety and Justice Oregon for general support. Another strand is policy-centered civic infrastructure, including a $147,500 grant to Washington County Ignite Action Fund for general support and project support. Across these areas, the grants are tied to organizing, policy advocacy, and community-led leadership.
How Northwest Health Foundation Gives
Typical grants cluster around a median of $30,000, with a lower quartile of $7,875 and an upper quartile of $169,250. Recent awards range from small sponsorship-level grants to larger operating and project grants above $200,000. The list shows repeated support for several recipients across multiple years, including Building Power for Communities of Color, Naya Action Fund, Imagine Black, Apano, Latino Network Action Fund, and Oneamerica Votes. That repeated presence points to ongoing relationships rather than one-off awards. The foundation is a public charity, not a fund for individuals, and its recent grant types include general support, project support, core support for fiscally sponsored projects, and event sponsorships.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$5.3M
Total Assets
$71.2M
Total Revenue
$3.7M
Total Expenses
$5.1M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $8K and $169K, with a median of $30K.
25th Percentile
$8K
Median
$30K
75th Percentile
$169K
Geographic Reach
Local3 states funded
About 88% of grants go to recipients in OR.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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