About Project Oasis
Project Oasis is a Portland-based, community-focused funder that concentrates large gifts on a small set of local organizations. Their giving emphasizes housing and direct services for immigrant and low-income communities, seed and operating support for a local childcare center, and consistent support for faith-based ministries and donor-advised Christian philanthropy. Grants skew toward long-term, capacity-building investments (housing and facility/startup costs) and repeat payments to the same organizations.
Focus Areas
Immigrant and refugee housing and stabilization (e.g., MI CASS/MI CASA International)Start-up, facility, and operating support for community childcare (Little Bird Childcare)Local faith-based ministries providing direct services (West Blvd Ministry)Channeling philanthropy through Christian donor organizations (National Christian Foundation)
Who They Fund
children (early childhood)childcare centers / childcare providersfamilies using childcare servicesrecipients of housing funding (unspecified)
About Project Oasis
Project Oasis stands out for a single large housing grant paired with repeated support for a small set of local service providers. In 2023, the foundation gave $704,903 to MI Cass International for housing, a grant that signals how much of its giving is shaped around stabilization and direct assistance rather than broad, dispersed philanthropy. That same pattern appears in the organization’s repeated support for Little Bird Childcare in McMinnville, which received multiple grants for startup, maintenance, and ongoing support across 2023, 2024, and 2025. The foundation also makes annual donations to the National Christian Foundation in Portland, indicating a consistent channel for faith-based giving. Other recurring relationships include West Blvd Ministry in Charlotte and MI Casa International in Lake Oswego, both of which received support for ongoing services. Across the recent grant list, the foundation’s approach looks concentrated and relationship-driven, with grants often tied to housing, childcare infrastructure, and direct service organizations serving families and communities in Oregon.
What Project Oasis Funds
Childcare is a clear theme in Project Oasis’s recent giving. Little Bird Childcare in McMinnville received $128,202 in both 2023 and 2025 for startup and maintenance of the childcare center, along with additional grants of $39,500 in 2024 and 2025 and $30,000 in 2025 for ongoing support and maintenance. The foundation also backed Dci International in Newberg with $10,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for a childcare playground, showing attention to physical infrastructure as well as operations. In immigrant and refugee services, MI Casa International in Lake Oswego received $13,687 in 2025 and $8,257 in both 2024 and 2025 for ongoing services. Faith-based and community service work also appears through West Blvd Ministry in Charlotte, which received $25,000 in 2025 and $20,000 in both 2024 and 2025 for ongoing services.
How Project Oasis Gives
Project Oasis’s recent awards are shaped by a wide spread between small awards and a few much larger commitments: the typical grant size is $2,500 at the 25th percentile, $10,000 at the median, and $39,500 at the 75th percentile. The list shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, including several annual or near-annual grants, rather than one-time-only giving. That pattern fits a foundation with relationship-based, operationally oriented support. It also makes grants through donor-advised Christian philanthropy, as shown by recurring annual donations to the National Christian Foundation. The foundation is not a funder of individuals and does not make program-related investments.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$128K
Total Assets
$3.2M
Total Revenue
$30K
Total Expenses
$269K
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $3K and $40K, with a median of $10K.
25th Percentile
$3K
Median
$10K
75th Percentile
$40K
Geographic Reach
Local2 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
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