Chambers Family Foundation
Historical FunderEugene, Oregon · EIN 93-1266648 · Private foundation · Website
Grants paid (2025)$1.2M
Organizations funded125
Typical grant$5,000
Total assets$26.7M
Half of its grants to organizations were between $2,500 and $9,000.
From the return
How to apply
The foundation filed the following application information (Form 990-PF Part XV, tax year 2025):
| Contact | CHAMBERS FAMILY FOUNDATION |
|---|---|
| Address | 800 WILLAMETE STREET SUITE 750, EUGENE OR 97401 |
| Phone | 5414842419 |
| Form and materials | APPLICATION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST |
| Deadlines | MARCH 31 AND SEPTEMBER 30 |
| Restrictions | LANE, BENTON, OR DESCHUTES COUNTIES, OREGONIANS BENEFIT |
Copied as filed. Deadlines on a tax return describe the foundation's usual process; they are not confirmation of a current open cycle.
What it funds
Share of grant lines on the latest return, classified from the purpose each grant states.
Where it gives
0% of grants went outside Oregon.
Grants paid in tax year 2025
| Recipient | Location | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| YMCA Eugene Family | Eugene, OR | New y capital campaign support-$300,000, general operating support $1,000 | $301,000 |
| Every Child Lane County | Eugene, OR | Support of their two tangible needs programs, brighter side giving store and my neighbor. | $43,000 |
| Relief Nursery Inc | Eugene, OR | Therapeutic early childhood program support | $31,000 |
| Eugene Symphony Association Inc | Eugene, OR | Support for the free outdoor summer concert at the cuthbert amphitheater, july 27, 2025. | $30,000 |
| O'hara Catholic School | Eugene, OR | Funds towards replacing the siding on their primary wing and cafeteria | $30,000 |
| Volunteers in Medicine Clinic | Springfield, OR | General operating support | $30,000 |
| Pleasant Hill School District | Pleasant Hill, OR | Additional support of plesant hill school district's 2024 track & turf replacement project | $25,000 |
| Sacred Heart Peacehealth Medical Center Foundation | Eugene, OR | Neuroscience program support | $25,000 |
| Circle of Friends School- Lane County | Eugene, OR | 10,000 to support technology upgrades and 10,000 for general operations | $20,000 |
| Corvallis Lion's Club - Youth Activities | Corvallis, OR | 2025 youth livestock auction purchases | $15,000 |
| Emerald Kidsports Foundation (Kidsports) | Eugene, OR | Donation to the scott chambers scholarship fund | $15,000 |
| Food for Lane County | Eugene, OR | General operating support | $15,000 |
| Friends of Child Advocacy Center Dba Kids First | Eugene, OR | Kids first mental health program support. | $15,000 |
| Operation Warm | Philadelphia, OR | Support to provide local children in need with a new winter coat/shoes | $15,000 |
| Ronald Mcdonald House Charities of Oregon & Sw Washington | Springfirld, OR | Heartfelt forward program support | $13,000 |
| One Hope | Eugene, OR | Funds towards purchasing 3,500 athletic shoes to hand out during project hope's kids' fair, august 2025 | $12,000 |
| Casa of Lane County | Springfield, OR | Continued support of the deepening our roots initiative focusing on strengthening community relationships, expanding outreach, and… | $10,000 |
| Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services Inc Dba Devnw | Springfield, OR | Young adult programs support | $10,000 |
| Emmaus Luthern Church | Eugene, OR | Funds to help prepare an area on their property for squareone villages to build and install high-quality, stick built 3 - 8'X16' structures… | $10,000 |
| Friends of the Children - Lane County | Eugene, OR | Funds to support the enrollment of 16 additional kindergarten-aged children into their long-term, relationship-based mentorship program. | $10,000 |
| High Desert Museum | Bend, OR | Free and reduced cost field trip program support | $10,000 |
| Housing Opportunities Made Equal | Junction City, OR | Critical repair program support | $10,000 |
| Lenfest Institure for Journalism - for Lookout Local | Or, OR | Lookout in the classroom launch support in lane county middle and high schools | $10,000 |
| Looking Glass Community Services | Eugene, OR | Support of their counseling food and resource pantry program. | $10,000 |
| Make a Wish Foundation of Oregon | Portland, OR | Funds towards direct costs to grant wishes for 19 lane county youth living with a life-threatening illness. | $10,000 |
| Mental Health for Children Inc Dba Riverview Center for Growth | Springfield, OR | Funds towards purchasing a new sprinter van to expand their transportation capacity for their youth mobile crisis, intensive psychiatric… | $10,000 |
| Onward Eugene | Eugene, OR | A.c.t. now lane cross-sector coalition support - program addresses our communitys homelessness crisis. | $10,000 |
| Pearl Buck Center Inc | Eugene, OR | Adult community services program support | $10,000 |
| Restored Connections Peer Center | Eugene, OR | General operating support. | $10,000 |
| Santiam Christian Schools | Adair Village, OR | General operating support | $10,000 |
| Squareone Villages | Eugene, OR | Funds requested to support general operations at opportunity village. | $10,000 |
| Junction City Local Aid | Junction City, OR | Funds towards purchasing protein for their food pantry. | $9,000 |
| Bring Recycling | Eugene, OR | Support towards expanding their toolbox tactics diy classes, specifically to support staff time for their internship program. | $8,000 |
| Community Food for Creswell | Creswell, OR | Funds to help purchase a commercial generator to keep their cooled and frozen foods cool during power outages. | $8,000 |
| Parenting Now | Eugene, OR | Making parenting a pleasure program support. | $8,000 |
| Thrive Housing Network Dba Agape Families | Eugene, OR | Agape youth camp general operating support | $8,000 |
| Upper Willamette Community Development Committee | Oakridge, OR | Support towards capital improvements to the oakridge food box section in the willamette activity center. | $8,000 |
| Willamette Family Inc | Eugene, OR | Funds to equip the newly constructed buckley house with essential medical-grade equipment and furnishings (beds for detox area, medical… | $8,000 |
| Assistance League of Eugene | Eugene, OR | Funds towards purchasing groceries for their family food pantries in 11 local school sites. | $7,000 |
| Bags of Love | Eugene, OR | Fill the gap project support - funds will be used to purchase soap, shampoo, deodorant, diapers, toothbrushes, coats, school supplies, and… | $7,000 |
| Cross Road Assembly of God | Florence, OR | Food backpack for kids program support in florence & mapleton schools. | $7,000 |
| HIV Alliance Inc | Eugene, OR | Continued support of "the patio" program | $7,000 |
| Love for Lane County | Eugene, OR | General operating support for their church-based ministry helping churches become more engaged with their neighbors in need. | $7,000 |
| Ophelia's Place | Eugene, OR | Support to expand their school based programs for girls into more lane county schools. | $7,000 |
| Burrito Brigade | Eugene, OR | Kitchen renovation support in their newly acquired warehouse that will house all their programming, such as waste to taste (w2t) and little… | $6,000 |
| Eugene Science Center | Eugene, OR | Museums for all program support - offering reduced admission to the museum and planetarium for visitors with an ebt card. | $6,000 |
| Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation - Corvallis | Corvallis, OR | General operating support | $6,000 |
| Healthy Moves | Eugene, OR | Jumpstart and pe recess programs support - in 4 springfield title i schools and 1 in lowell during the 2025-2026 school year. | $6,000 |
| Northwest Housing Alternatives | Milwaukie, OR | Resident services program support | $6,000 |
| Oak Street Child Development Center | Eugene, OR | Funds towards replacing their aging and unsafe playground structure. | $6,000 |
| Old Mill Center for Children and Families Inc | Corvallis, OR | General operating support | $6,000 |
| Pleasant Hill Education Foundation | Pleasant Hill, OR | $1,000 for general operating support & $5,000 donation to the pleasant hill school district to split between 10 families in need within the… | $6,000 |
| Als Association Chapter of Oregon and Southwest Washington | Portland, OR | Funds to support the als independence program in lane and benton counties. | $5,500 |
| Instaballet | Eugene, OR | Support of their educational outreach programs during the 2025-2026 school year. | $5,000 |
| Bethel School District | Eugene, OR | Science supply sanctuary project suppprt, a comprehensive science materials management process for their K-5 teachers. | $5,000 |
| Community Sharing Program | Cottage Grove, OR | Funds towards purchasing diapers and other essential supplies for infants and toddlers in cottage grove. | $5,000 |
| Couples a Marriage and Family Ministry | Corvallis, OR | General operating support | $5,000 |
| Eugene Ballet | Eugene, OR | Dracula production support opening halloween weekend of 2025. | $5,000 |
| Eugene Concert Choir | Eugene, OR | Support to help cover production expenses for 3 of their concerts/events during the 2025/2026 season. | $5,000 |
| Family Relief Nursery-South Lane | Cottage Grove, OR | Funds to puchase diapers for families in need with children 0-6 who live in south lane county. | $5,000 |
Showing the 60 largest of 125 grants to organizations.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants paid | Grant lines |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $1,156,216 | 125 |
| 2024 | $1,070,043 | 104 |
| 2023 | $1,116,660 | 101 |
Sources
- IRS Form 990-PF, tax year 2025, filed May 13, 2026 - IRS e-file batch, object ID 202641339349101994
- IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search for EIN 93-1266648
- Profile updated Nov 4, 2026
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