Give Guide 2018 by aaronmesh

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PORTLAND'S GUIDE TO DOING GOOD

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HOW TO GIVE!GUIDE OPEN YOUR G!G • R E A D A B O U T W H AT I T MEANS TO BE A GOOD PORTLAND CITIZEN • BROWSE FOR A CAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT • VISIT GIVEGUIDE.ORG AND GIVE BACK TO THE CITY YOU LOVE

We want to make sure you get something in return for your donations, no matter how much you can afford to give. Incentives come in three forms: access to the full Chinook Book mobile app, a thankyou bag delivered to your home, and a chance to be chosen at random to win one of nine prizes.

BIG GIVE DAYS

IF YOU GIVE $10 OR MORE

NOVEMBER 15

You get full access to hundreds of local coupons in the Chinook Book app, plus freebies from Laughing Planet, Gluten Free Gem, Oui Presse and Nossa Familia Coffee.

If you donate to any G!G nonprofit on one of the following Big Give Days, you could randomly win one of these kickass prizes:

NOVEMBER 8

Give: $10 or more You Get: A $500 shopping spree at Powell’s Books If You’re 35 or Under: You have twice the chance of winning, as we’ll be giving away a second Powell's gift card to one donor under the age of 36!

Give: $10 or more You Get: A Tender Loving Empire vinyl package + A year’s supply of Laughing Planet (Each TLE package includes four brand-new records, a TLE mixtape, a $100 shopping spree, a comfy T-shirt, a mug for all your winter beverages, and more!)

If You’re 35 or Under: You have twice the chance of winning, as we’ll be giving away a second Tender Loving Empire package + A year’s supply of Laughing Planet to one donor under the age of 36!

DECEMBER 6

Give: $10 or more You Get: A Sony RX100 VA mirrorless camera from Pro Photo Supply If You’re 35 or Under: You have twice the chance of winning, as we’ll be giving away a second Sony RX100 VA camera to one donor under the age of 36!

DECEMBER 13

Give: $10 or more You Get: Two tickets with parking to the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Memphis Grizzlies game Dec. 19, 2018; two tickets with parking to the Trail Blazers vs. Chicago Bulls game Jan. 9, 2019; and a jersey signed by Jusuf Nurkic.

DECEMBER 20

Give: $10 or more You Get: A Trek FX 1 commuter bike from Bike Gallery.

THANK-YOU BAGS Give: $1,000 - $2,499 You Get: Home delivery of Widmer Brothers beer, KIND bars, a free Washman car wash, a Chinook Book download code, and more. Give: $2,500 - $4,999 You Get: Everything in the $1,000-$2,499 bag, as well as Nossa Familia coffee, Bob’s Red Mill steel cut oats, A to Z Wineworks Bubbles, Guayaki Yerba Mate, and more. Give: $5,000+ You Get: Home delivery by Mark Zusman or Richard Meeker (co-owners of Willamette Week) of everything in the $2,500-$4,999 bag, plus a bag of Jasmine Pearl Tea Company tea, and more.

DECEMBER 27

Give: $10 or more You Get: A vacation package from the Oregon Cultural Trust that will take you across the amazing state we call home! Visit giveguide. org for more details.

NOVEMBER 27

Give: $10 or more You Get: Two nights in a luxury suite at Brasada Ranch and a round of golf If You’re 35 or Under: You have twice the chance of winning, as we’ll be giving out a second Brasada vacation package to one donor under the age of 36!

G I V E E A R LY – I N C E N T I V E S A R E O N LY A V A I L A B L E W H I L E S U P P L I E S L A S T. H O M E D E L I V E R Y O F T H A N K - Y O U B A G S I S O N LY A V A I L A B L E I N T H E P O R T L A N D M E T R O A R E A . FOR A COMPLETE LIST OF INCENTIVES, VISIT GIVEGUIDE.ORG.

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EDITOR'S NOTE

FROM THE MUELLER INVESTIGATION TO THE KAVANAUGH

confirmation to the latest report on climate change, this has been an earth-shaking year. While many of these happenings have filled us with dismay, one unexpected — and somewhat glorious — consequence has been Americans showing up to participate in our democracy in ways they haven’t for decades. More than anything, these developments inspired us to make extensive changes to this year’s Give!Guide. We want this magazine to begin to address larger issues of local philanthropy. And we want to provide you with opportunities and ideas for making real societal change happen — in ways you may not have considered before. So, in these pages, you’ll find interviews with noteworthy Portlanders — star Blazer guard Damian Lillard, social capitalist and Oregon Investment Council chair Rukaiyah Adams, Wild author Cheryl Strayed, “Feel It Still” musicians Portugal. The Man, and Wildfang founder and CEO Emma McIlroy. We let them tell us what they do to make a difference in times like these. We also have personal essays by active participants in the local nonprofit scene. They help us understand, in their own unique ways, the answers to a very basic question: How does volunteering — and giving — make a difference in our city, and in our country? You’ll also find inspirational profiles of the four winners — and five finalists — of this year’s Skidmore Prize competition. Each is a young Portlander under the age of 36 who does truly admirable work for a local nonprofit, work that makes a significant impact in Portland’s community. The prize gets its name from the timehonored fountain at Southwest 1st Avenue and Ankeny Street in Old Town, where you can read this inscription: “Good citizens are the riches of a city.” That is certainly true of every one of the 105 nominees for this year’s awards. The 148 nonprofits on pages 62-131 provide enormous support to tens of thousands of our fellow Portlanders. Without them, this city simply could not function, let alone thrive. The hope is that this year’s Give!Guide will provide a tangible path for you to do real good — and to receive a meaningful return on your altruism. So thank you for participating in our annual effort to support Portland’s amazing nonprofit community.

RICHARD H. MEEKER FOUNDER

MAHALA RAY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

A N I M P O R TA N T P O S T S C R I P T : O N PA G E 1 3 8 , Y O U W I L L F I N D A L I S T O F L O C A L B U S I N E S S E S T H AT H E L P E D T H I S Y E A R ’ S E F F O R T. I F T H E S P I R I T S O M O V E S Y O U , L E T T H E M K N O W H O W M U C H Y O U A P P R E C I AT E T H E I R C O N T R I B U T I O N S .

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CONTENTS

3 INCENTIVES 4 5 CHANGE THE WORLD

HOW TO GIVE!GUIDE

BIG GIVE DAYS &

EDITOR’S NOTE

HOW TO

WHEN MONEY’S NOT AN OPTION

35 & UNDER

COMPETITION

SKIDMORE PRIZE

SAINTS

29 41 43 NEIGHBORHOOD HEROES 45 133 135 OF THE CITY

31,000 SHADES OF GREY

K E E P I N G I T C U LT U R E D

Y O U R F R I E N D LY

OFFLINE GIVING FORM

NONPROFIT INDEX

ANIMALS 62 / CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS 66 / COMMUNITY 76 / CREATIVE EXPRESSION 86 EDUCATION 94 / ENVIRONMENT 104 / HEALTH 112 / HUMAN SERVICES 120

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CONTRIBUTORS

MAHALA RAY BENJAMIN STONE RICHARD H. MEEKER KAT TOPAZ STEPHANIE BARNHART, MATT BUCKINGHAM SAM GEHRKE ELISE FURLAN, KEITH RODRI, RICK VODICKA SAM GEHRKE, ABBY GORDON, EMILY BERNARD, DAVID HERASIMTSCHUK MARK L. ZUSMAN JANE SMITH KIM ENGELKE BRIAN PANGANIBAN SPENCER WINANS SHANNON GORMLEY, MATTHEW SINGER, BENJAMIN STONE, JUSTIN CARROLL-ALLAN, BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON, SAUNDRA SORENSON, HILARY SHOHONEY, SAMANTHA SWAIM, LAUREN KERSHNER, DONOVAN FARLEY, JYSSICA YELAS ROUNDHOUSE KATIE FREDERICK, MEGAN GEX, LILISA HALL, MARLET HURST, NICK MACDONALD, ANDRÉ MIDDLETON, SAHAR MURANOVIC, JUANJE NAVARRETE, AUDIE PAULUS JANICE LEVENHAGEN, COLE MERKEL, LISA PALERMO, JASON SKIPTON, TONY VEZINA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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BY HILARY SHOHONEY

HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD WHEN MONEY’S NOT AN OPTION Are you broke but still want to change the world? You’re not alone. Luckily, making a difference is easier than ever before — especially if you don’t have money. Because, in 2018, money is just one of many currencies. Are you good at social media? Perhaps you’ve got great organizational skills, or you love doing trail work. Your skills can make just as much of an impact as a donation, and in many cases even more. And changing the world starts right where you are, in your local community. I should know. I started as a volunteer in my organization, and we now rely on hundreds of volunteers to make our nonprofit function effectively. Nonprofits are the backbone of our city. Here’s what I mean: Our taxpayer dollars are limited to funding government-approved projects, which leaves many sectors that are important to societal health and well-being wanting for more. Take mental health, for example. We live in a society where mental health issues go untreated more often than not, mostly due to a lack of accessible treatment. Why, you ask? Well, Medicaid payments are lower than those of most private in(continued on next page)

VOLUNTEERING AS THE NEXT S O C I A L C U R R E N C Y.

surance companies, and mental health providers who are willing to take Medicaid have to wait a long time for government approval. The result: Only about 40 percent of mental health providers accept Medicaid. That translates to too few providers and not enough appointments. Enter Portland nonprofits, which provide advocacy, free outpatient services, support groups — the list goes on. Where the government is lacking, nonprofits pick up the slack. Service-oriented nonprofits fill operational gaps, in both the city and the state. Policy-oriented nonprofits influence change in governmental attitudes and lawmaking, providing a solid foundation for the service-oriented nonprofits to do the work they need to do. Education-oriented nonprofits change cultural perspectives about the issues these other nonprofits are working on. There are many other types of nonprofits, but the point is this: The nonprofit sector is a massive, thriving ecosystem that works together to make America a better place every day. But, just like in the natural world, that ecosystem is only happy and healthy when it has all the necessary inputs to keep it running smoothly. Enter you, the volunteer. Nonprofits are filling the holes in society, and volunteers are the workforce that makes that possible. Due to limited funding and budgetary restrictions (it seems we’re all a little broke these days), nonprofits are understaffed and therefore don’t have the ability to keep things functioning at prime capacity. That’s where volunteers who really care about the cause come in: They’re the ones who keep the ball rolling. Nonprofits need your time, your skills, your professional expertise, your connections, your secret magical powers — from tax law to trail hiking to Twitter. Somewhere there’s a nonprofit in desperate need of something you’re great at. They’re just waiting for you to show up and offer it to them. Changing the world can start right here, right now, in your own community. I work for Free Geek, an organization that could not function without its volunteers. Nearly everyone who works at Free Geek depends on a team of volunteers to make it possible for us to accomplish our work. Not only that: Many of us volunteered at Free Geek first, before joining the staff. Volunteers help us thank donors, put on monthly events, do basic data entry, and manage much of the administrative day-to-day work that is needed. Volunteers are the capital that allows us to improve, and they propel our mission forward. Moral of the story: Without its nonprofits, Portland would crumble. And without volunteers, so would the nonprofits. My question for you is this: Do you want to keep sitting on your couch and feeling helpless about the current state of our country, or do you want to #ShowUpIRL and make a difference?

#SHOWUPIRL AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. give guide.org

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35 & UNDER CHALLENGE

DON’T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY, BUT WANT TO HELP A CAUSE YOU CARE ABOUT? THE 35 & UNDER CHALLENGE LETS YOU DO JUST THAT. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS GIVE $10 OR MORE TO YOUR FAVORITE G!G NONPROFIT. THE NONPROFIT IN EACH CATEGORY WITH THE MOST INDIVIDUAL DONORS UNDER THE AGE OF 36 WILL BE AWARDED A PRIZE OF $1,000. G ET A N U P -TO -T HE-MI N UT E COUN T OF EACH ORGAN I Z AT I ON ’S 35-AND-UNDER DONORS AT GIVEGUIDE.ORG. EIGHT PRIZES TOTAL.

SPONSORED BY TA N D E M P R O P E R T Y M A N A G E M E N T

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2018 SKIDMORE PRIZE WINNERS Not far from the constant buzzing of the Burnside Bridge, the Skidmore Fountain stands gurgling, tall and proud. Dedicated in 1888, it has embodied Portland’s values for over a century through the inscription at its base. The words serve as a constant reminder of the lasting altruism of our community: “Good citizens are the riches of a city.” Despite Portland’s dramatic growth and change, we have to keep in mind the foundation of active citizenship that was laid by the early leaders of our community. And no matter how controversial certain aspects of the history of our state may be, particularly Oregon’s early racism, the words on Skidmore Fountain remind us always to work to create liberty and equity for every single human being. The fountain’s inscription, combined with the current progressive nature of our city, inspired the creation of the Skidmore Prize in 2004. Each year, the prize honors four young Portlanders who work every day to make this a better place and to preserve the community-oriented nature of our city we all know and love. If you’ve ever wondered who’s really making a difference in our community, look no further than the pages that follow. WINNERS OF THE SKIDMORE PRIZE MUST BE UNDER THE AGE OF 36 AND WORK FULL-TIME FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT. WINNERS WILL RECEIVE THEIR AWARDS, INCLUDING PRIZES OF $4,000 EACH, AT THE GIVE!GUIDE CAMPAIGN CELEBRATION ON FEBRUARY 5, 2019, AT REVOLUTION HALL. I N T R O D U CT I O N B Y M A H A L A R AY STORIES BY STEPHANIE BARNHART PHOTOS BY SAM GEHRKE

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Chris is a tireless coach, consultant, flavor guru, chef, collaborator and connector. The community seeks him out for his expertise, efficient communication skills, patience and humor. He is a testament to the future trajectory and accomplishments of entrepreneurs of color in Portland.

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Shea Flaherty Betin Director, Portland Mercado

CHRIS BAILEY AGE: 32 M I C R O - E N T E R P R I S E D E V E LO P E R AT H A C I E N D A C D C / P O R T L A N D M E R C A D O

Chris Bailey wraps up his 11 am business meeting — one of several for the day — on the patio at the Portland Mercado on Southeast Foster Road. It’s a sweltering Wednesday in August. As the micro-enterprise developer for Hacienda CDC, Bailey often spends his days at the Latino market hall, where he oversees an incubator kitchen and 19 retail spaces representing different Latin American regions. From Oaxacan to Haitian to Puerto Rican, the Latin-inspired fare available at the nine carts out front is only one of the features of the Mercado. The perimeter of the building also contains a juice shop, meat counter, beer bar and bustling commissary kitchen. As we walk the property, Bailey introduces me to Omar, who just opened the cold-pressed juice bar Xocotl. With Bailey’s help, Omar completed the Mercado’s bilingual boot camp last spring and opened his shop earlier this summer. “Chris, he’s been a great help coaching and guiding us,” says Omar, a Mexican immigrant who ran embroidery and dehydration businesses before moving here 14 years ago. “There are so many little details,” he says, “that, as an entrepreneur and an immigrant, you don’t know.” During the six-session boot camp that Bailey coordinates, participants learn product development, business licensing and insurance, cash flow, marketing, sales channels and more — in Spanish. Customized consulting meetings with Bailey and his team help prepare graduates for business ownership and operation, often at an accelerated rate.

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According to Bailey, some of the biggest challenges for immigrants who want to open businesses include language barriers, technology and access to financial capital. As a kid, Bailey would nap in the side office of the Thai restaurant kitchen his mother and aunt ran in Oahu for 30 years. From Hawaii, Bailey went to college at Portland’s Lewis & Clark College, then back to the island to work as the travel editor for Hawai‘i magazine. Eventually, Portland drew him back; here, he started two packagedgoods businesses of his own. One is Pozole to the People, selling a vegan, gluten-free Mexican soup starter based on a family recipe using organic chilies. The other is Bloom Caramel, which makes a dairy-free, handcrafted caramel, with vanilla, pure coconut milk and organic spices, that he is working to export to Canada, Japan and beyond. Says Mercado director Shea Flaherty Betin: “[Bailey] brings business acumen, product development, recipe development, product testing, food chemistry, and retail industry relations to a community that needs them desperately.” BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND:

Bailey has helped more than 50 small, POC-owned businesses expand and thrive through the Hacienda CDC’s business incubation program, and oversees daily operations at the Portland Mercado.

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Madeline’s coalition members have testified to the Portland Planning Commission and Portland City Council, making a difference in the city’s housing decisions. She has built a citywide coalition focused on equitable housing that will last longer than these immediate decisions.

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Mary Kyle McCurdy Deputy Director, 1000 Friends of Oregon

MADELINE KOVACS AGE: 32 P O R T L A N D F O R E V E R Y O N E P R O G R A M C O O R D I N AT O R AT 1 0 0 0 F R I E N D S O F O R E G O N

For some, the phrase “it’s complicated” conjures up a 2009 Meryl Streep film. For others, a relationship status. But for Madeline Kovacs, program coordinator of Portland for Everyone at 1000 Friends of Oregon, “it’s complicated” is the reality of housing law and zoning code in this city. It’s a complex reality she’s on a mission to help the rest of us understand — and change — right now. Her umbrella organization,1000 Friends of Oregon, is the watchdog nonprofit that defends and strengthens Oregon’s statewide land-use planning program. 1000 Friends, in turn, founded the Portland for Everyone Coalition in 2016 and hand-selected Kovacs to lead it. Her unique blend of communications experience and policy development know-how perfectly fit the role, and she’s been helped considerably by a background of community organizing and environmental activism that began in college. Kovacs’ coalition organizes Portlanders to advocate for policy changes at the city level to ensure abundant, diverse and affordable housing options in every neighborhood. Kovacs focuses on buoying chronically underrepresented voices in housing conversations — renters, young people, people of color, recent immigrants and adults living with disabilities. Kovacs, by her own admission not a morning person, recently took a big sip of her Barista coffee at Pine Street Market before turning an hourlong interview into a mile-a-minute master class on this city’s sordid history with exclusionary land-use policy. With the meter of someone who has presented to more than 60 groups in the past two years and trained over 100 individuals to give public testimony about housing, Kovacs swiftly but thoroughly summarizes

the issues: Cities across the United States are adding jobs faster than they are adding housing. Rental prices are rising, and families cannot find housing they can afford —pricing them out of entire regions of the country. This is why she took this job. “I saw the need for focused community education and organizing around something both very complex and misunderstood — but critical to solving the housing shortage and housing affordability crisis,” Kovacs says. Along with coordinating the schedules and needs of 43 coalition members, Kovacs launched and manages the PFE website, facilitates citywide conversations on Twitter, sends testimony alerts over social media and email, and plans events. For her, the affordable housing movement is not just a trendy buzzword, it’s personal. Thanks to a grant from Proud Ground, Kovacs (a 31-year-old, single-earner nonprofit employee who also works at a brewery on weekends) recently purchased her own Portland home: a 1938 horseshoe-shaped apartment building that could not be built today in Portland, due to current zoning regulations. Kovacs operates with urgency — her speech quick, eyes laser-focused, tweets answered late at night and early in the morning, work bleeding into personal life. Decisions made today about zoning, she says, resonate generations deep. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND:

Kovacs convenes the Portland for Everyone coalition of 43 organizations, which in the past two years have presented to 60 groups and met face to face with more than 2,600 residents in an attempt to restructure housing and land-use law for all.

SKIDMORE PRIZE FINALISTS CARMEN DENISON

CHRISTINA MCGOVNEY

VISTA Program Manager

Shelter & Housing Services Manager

Campus Compact

Raphael House

Age: 31

Age: 35

THE WORK:

Denison oversees dozens of full-time and summer AmeriCorps VISTAs each year through Campus Compact of Oregon, which works to improve racial equity and inclusion at educational institutions across the state. Denison has taken the pre-existing VISTA system in this area and transformed it from a program that promotes the white savior complex into a culturally responsive, trauma-informed resource for communities of color.

McGovney has worked for Raphael House for the past eight years in more than six different roles. A survivor herself, she now oversees all aspects of the shelter building, housing an average of 33 adults and children nightly. She coordinates long-term housing placements, supervises her team of 21 advocates, calls creditors and landlords, and personally created a digital tour of Raphael House’s shelter in Russian and Spanish, and one for those who are deaf or hard of hearing.

THE IMPACT:

“The trainings and dialogues Carmen facilitates forever shape the young professionals who go into government, nonprofit, education and businesses across Oregon and the country,” says Joshua Todd, executive director at Campus Compact. CARMEN IRL:

“Portland is really good at sending black and brown kids to prison but not to college,” Denison says. “If we’re ever going to make any change, these young people deserve to have all of the opportunities that more privileged kids have. It’s better these folks have opportunities to go to college, realize themselves and their brilliance, and have some political power.”

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THE IMPACT:

“Christina is training and supporting advocates; she comes from a place of truly ‘getting it,’” says Lindsey Vold, youth and advocacy services manager at Raphael House. “[She] is always able to offer tangible tips and meaningful support in the moment. We have heard multiple survivors refer to the tour as being one of the reasons they felt safe making the leap and coming into shelter.” CHRISTINA IRL:

“Shelter’s not your first stop. It’s a last resort, either because you have no other options, or your level of safety is that severe that you need to be hidden,” McGovney says. “It’s like, how do you get out? [We’re building] opportunities for more peerto-peer community building, where folks who’ve made it further on their journey can say to the survivor who’s just starting out that they got out and how they did it.”

JORDAN JOHNSON

KATELYNN BESSETTE

NIKKI WEAVER

Crisis Team Manager

Director of Treatment Services

Trauma Intervention Program of

Bridges to Change

Portland/Vancouver

Age: 33

Education Director and Co-Founder Portland Playhouse Age: 35

Age: 28 THE WORK:

A coffee napkin led Johnson to TIP. She first learned about the program from the executive director, who was a regular at the Troutdale cafe where she was a barista. Jordan became a volunteer and, soon after, team manager. Now, she supervises 180 volunteers who, in 2017, responded to 2,913 scenes of tragedy (from natural deaths to child drowning) and spent nearly 10,000 hours on scene. Johnson is responsible for recruiting, training, supervising, 24/7 dispatching and debriefing all volunteers. Part counselor, part administrator, Johnson meets with each of them once a year. She also oversees TIP’s fundraising events, social media and grant writing. THE IMPACT:

“Jordan's contributions are above and beyond, despite her young age,” says June Vining, TIP executive director. “Being an active, engaged millennial, Jordan brings fresh ideas and a voice for young professionals to get involved and make a difference. She especially focuses on our TIP TEEN volunteers who are growing and learning about being in the world as contributing adults.” JORDAN IRL:

“We are really serving people on the worst day of their lives,” Johnson says. “It’s an honor to be there and provide that support. Most people think someone wouldn’t want it. But surprisingly, people still let us in — a complete stranger — on the worst day of their lives. I’m grateful we get to be part of that.”

THE WORK:

With her counseling psychology background, administrative savvy and deep patience, Bessette implemented a new treatment services program from the ground up for Bridges to Change. The hybrid approach offers free housing to those participating in inpatient addictions treatment. Most have significant barriers to affordable housing — like criminal records, mental health issues and poor rental histories. THE IMPACT:

“Katelynn brings integrity, humility and a sharp mind to all that she does,” says Terri Collins, executive assistant at Bridges To Change. “She has the ability to see the big picture and does not shrink from taking on large projects. She also brings understanding and compassion to her work even though she is one of very few in the organization who does not have a history of addiction and recovery.” KATELYNN IRL:

“Addiction sucks. For the most part, people aren’t choosing to be homeless,” Bassette says. “They’re there because they have addictions issues or mental health issues, and there aren’t enough services because there’s not enough funding. It’s going to take a real shift in the whole Portland community to make something big happen.”

THE WORK:

Weaver, who co-founded the Portland Playhouse a decade ago, mentors six to 12 apprentices each year from across the country, and oversees a $2 million capital campaign for a second creative space being constructed in the adjacent lot. Originally from Australia, she also oversees the Fall Festival of Shakespeare and a Social Justice Festival for Portland students, covering topics like ableism and sexuality. She recently directed the first-ever play starring inmates at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility. THE IMPACT:

“Nikki can get 12- to 17-year-olds to gasp and ‘Awww!’ at Shakespeare,” says Sarah Bills, marketing and PR director at Portland Playhouse. “She can conduct a group of 200 businesspeople to shake off their inhibitions and join her in a group gratitude exercise. She can inspire a room full of prison inmates to love and embrace Shakespeare and themselves. And even when she is doing this with a large group of people, everyone feels like she is speaking just to them.” NIKKI IRL:

“Am I doing enough? Am I listening enough?” Weaver says, when asked what keeps her up at night. “Am I adapting, rather than pushing an agenda or an idea? It’s easy as an artist to do what you want to do, then look for the support of others. But the harder part in building an arts organization is listening to what the community needs. That’s a skill set that you have to tend to daily, moment to moment.” 27

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SAINTS OF THE CITY T H A N K S TO T H E D I G I TA L AG E ,

the immense political and social changes in our world have never been more visible. With the constant barrage of information, it’s natural at times to want to disengage from the issues. But that’s the last thing we should be doing right now. It’s easy to post about the issues you care about — and that simple act is important in its own right. But real change takes more than just an Instagram story. It means showing up, in real life, at a protest. It means taking 15 minutes out of your day, in real life, to vote in your local elections. It means making a donation, in real life, to a nonprofit that’s working to address issues you care about. Our city needs more people — saints, if you will — who are willing to get off their phones and make a difference, now more than ever. Don’t get us wrong. We know that one protest, one ballot, or one $10 donation can feel lost in the enormity of today’s issues and needs. But keep this in mind: When you compound each individual act with those of your friends and family — and their friends and family, and so on — real, lasting change occurs. In the spirit of solidarity, G!G sat down with five influential Portlanders to discuss how they #ShowUpIRL to make a difference in times like these. BY MAHALA RAY /

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L I L L A R D TRAIL BLAZERS POINT GUARD B Y M AT T H E W S I N G E R

On a warm day in late June, Damian Lillard drove a U-Haul to the edge of Irving Park in Northeast Portland, threw open the back of the truck, and began handing out sneakers to a crowd of ecstatic kids. It was an impromptu act of generosity from the Blazers’ star point guard, which he announced on Twitter just a few hours before. Seeing one of the NBA’s best players in your local park is always unexpected. But for anyone who’s followed Lillard’s career since he was drafted in 2012, it isn’t a surprise. From the moment he arrived in Portland, Lillard has striven to make an impact, and not just on the hardwood. The same year he won Rookie of the Year, he launched his anti-bullying initiative — now called the RESPECT campaign. Every year since, there are have been stories of Lillard’s off-the-court altruism, from persuading his teammates to donate their playoff bonuses to Blazers staff to giving money to his former high school back home in Oakland. But as Lillard makes clear, his sense of charity isn’t motivated by the praise he receives for it. It’s something much deeper.

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DAMIAN LILLARD

G!G: YOU’VE HAD A PRONOUNCED SENSE OF PHILANTHROPY PRETTY MUCH EVER SINCE YOU CAME INTO THE LEAGUE. WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM FOR YOU?

Damian Lillard: I’ll never forget the night I got drafted. It was in New York. I walked the stage, went through the whole media gauntlet in the back. It took like two hours, and then, finally, after everything calmed down, I was able to actually celebrate with my family in the back. I walked back there and there’s, like, 50 of my family members. My dad pulled me to the side, from the whole crowd of family. My dad is a quiet person, but he was like, “I want you to have fun and really enjoy this. But the most important thing you’re going to be able to do with this type of blessing is impact other people and give back to other people, because you come from a background that a lot of people who make it to your position have never been around or experienced.” I connected with him on that level, because I’ve always been that person where it’s hard for me to enjoy my success when I feel like it’s not going great for everybody else too. That was the start of it, and that’s why my mentality is the way it is. WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP IN OAKLAND, WAS THERE A PERSON OR AN ORGANIZATION THAT DID SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT HAD AN IMPACT ON YOUR LIFE?

I had a guy that worked at the rec center, a friend of my dad’s from a childhood. I’d go to the rec sometimes by myself. The rec would be about to close, and he would stay two extra hours and let me just shoot around, at 9 or 10 years old. He’d sit in the bleachers, watching me shoot. Sometimes he’d rebound for me, sometimes he put me through a workout in the weight room. And he taught me to be a good person. “Make sure you say thank you. Tell your mom and your grandparents thank you for signing you up to play basketball. Tell people thank you for giving you a ride.” I’ve always had people in my corner who were on me about the kind of person I am and how I treat people and how I care about people.

IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR PHILANTHROPIC ENDEAVOR YOU’RE ESPECIALLY PROUD OF?

The thing I’m most proud of so far here is my RESPECT campaign. I started it five years ago, and originally it was called the anti-bullying campaign. I went to private school one year, and I had a kid I was good friends with that everybody picked on. I kind of started to protect him. Somebody says something to him, I’d step in: “Say it about me, then we’re going to see.” I saw the impact that had on him. So when I got here, I started the anti-bullying campaign. I looked at the numbers, and you’ve got 8- and 9-year-olds committing suicide because kids are picking on them at school. Last year I changed it to the RESPECT campaign, because it starts with respect. Being nice and being kind are two separate things. I can be nice to you because I want something back. Being kind is caring about how you feel about something. I’m going to be the same person to you if it’s just me and you, if nobody else is here. Kids need to learn that, to treat people that way. IS THERE ANYONE YOU’VE MET IN PORTLAND WHO YOU FEEL IS AN UNSUNG HERO IN THE COMMUNITY?

[Hip-hop artist] Cool Nutz. I give him a lot of credit, because he represents the black community. He does music, but every time I’ve ever been around him or been somewhere where he was, it’s uplifting. He cares about his people and it’s genuine. Being connected to people matters more to me than somebody just running around like, “Oh, I’m doing this charity event, I need this person and that person.” You can tell his love is for free. I think Brian Grant is somebody who he does a lot of things but he doesn’t always want cameras and people to know about what he does. And that’s how I am. Those are the kind of people I respect, because they don’t do it for people to know who did what. They do it because it’s what they want to do and let other people tell their story. I tell people all the time I’ll probably never win the NBA Community Assist Award because a lot of the stuff that might make that happen is stuff I don’t care to tell. I just cared that the impact is being made.

YOU’VE BEEN REALLY VOCAL ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD IDEALLY WANT TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR CAREER HERE IN PORTLAND. OFF THE COURT, HOW WOULD YOU MEASURE SUCCESS IN PORTLAND AT THE END OF YOUR CAREER?

I think I will be able to call it a success if, when people get up to speak about me, the first thing they say about me isn’t, “I remember this game, he hit the game-winning shot.” When I left college last summer, they retired my jersey, and my head coach got up there and he was speaking, and he immediately just started talking about interactions we had, why he appreciated me as a person and things that he saw that I did or knew that I did that I had no idea he even recognized. And it was things like that that tells me that was a successful time for me, because I didn’t have to go out there and say, “Look at me! This is the kind of person I am! I hold the door for the lady working in the office.” They just recognize it because when it’s genuine, people see it. So when I’m done playing here, and when they hopefully retire my jersey, when Terry Stotts and Neil Olshey or CJ [McCollum] or even people that are in the media get up and talk about me, hopefully they talk about the kind of person they knew me as, more so than what 20,000 people see every game. WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE TO YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY BUT FEEL LIKE THEY CAN’T?

Not everybody has the financial stability to put things in place. You’ve got to know people. You have to be connected to people who will listen. I use myself as an example. I’m a global ambassador for the Special Olympics. When I was 17, that was the first time I ever dealt with the Special Olympics. I did it halfheartedly. I didn’t know a whole lot about it. But when I did it, I see the joy in all the athletes. I had no idea I was going to have that type of day with all these Special Olympics athletes. So I attached myself to it. And now that I’m in the NBA, all these people coming to support something that I’m part of are connecting to it. For a kid that’s trying to give back to their community, a kid from Portland, attach yourself to a RESPECT campaign. Attach yourself to the Brian Grant Foundation. By supporting it and sharing it with people that you know, then you’ve got all these people coming along. It’s a process.

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As any native Portlander will tell you, the City of Roses is changing — and not always for the best. An influx of wealthy tech types and people attracted by Portlandia have some longtime residents fearing for the soul of “Old Portland” as the city evolves. But not all new arrivals are keen on turning our fair city into a playground for the rich. Many of Portland’s newer arrivals desire deeply to respect and maintain the city’s uniquely DIY, creative and community-minded punk-rock soul — and perhaps no one represents the best of “New Portland” better than the members of Portugal. The Man. The group has been repping Stumptown loudly and proudly around the globe, whether they’re playing the Blazers’ theme song at Coachella, helping donate $35,000 in instruments to Ron Russell High School, or volunteering to play the March for Our Lives rally downtown, Portland and its community have seeped into the band’s soul. Given that the city has meant so much to them, we sat down with frontman John Gourley to discuss the idea of giving back to the city.

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G!G: IT’S CLEAR PORTUGAL. THE MAN TRULY LOVES THEIR ADOPTED HOMETOWN. HOW HAS PORTLAND HELPED SHAPE THE BAND AND THEIR PHILOSOPHY?

John Gourley: Really, this band wouldn’t have existed without Portland. Doing things like going to see shows at Meow Meow [a now-defunct DIY all-ages venue] with 20 other people and seeing these bands work so hard was really inspiring. The city opened our eyes to this whole DIY culture and lifestyle, that you don’t need all this money to make music and be a band. We realized we could put a down payment on a minivan, buy a rice cooker and a 5-pound bag of rice and go and do our thing. And that to me is what Portland has always been about: You can be yourself and you can do it yourself. I feel like we owe the city so much. AND YOU’VE BEEN GIVING BACK FOR A WHILE — BACK IN 2015, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE BAND HELPED THE MR. HOLLAND’S OPUS FOUNDATION DONATE $35,000 WORTH OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TO RON RUSSELL HIGH. THOSE KIDS WERE BLOWN AWAY.

Yeah that was great. Music was so important to us growing up in Alaska. We moved around so much. I mean, my parents were both dogsled mushers, and music was the one thing that went with us everywhere. Things like bringing musical instruments to schools when arts and music programs around the country are being cut — that should be our goal as musicians. I think more musicians (and people) should be doing that — and that’s the thing about Portland: People here will be the first to jump on something like that. Another thing that’s been so inspiring about Portland is the care and craft people put into things. It’s kind of become a jokey thing to be “artisan” now or whatever with Portlandia and everything, but you see that DIY spirit in things like food carts where someone has taken something they’re really passionate about and made it work outside of traditional norms.

PORTLAND PUTS ITS MONEY AND TIME WHERE ITS MOUTH IS, GENERALLY SPEAKING, AND THAT’S VERY MOTIVATING.

There’s only a couple of cities like this left in the country. I mean, Portland is still punk. You can gentrify certain areas, but you can’t take that spirit from this city. Portland is still going to be Portland. You see it in the creative directors around town. You see it in massive art projects people are undertaking. You can see it in someone who might not be this big chef but wants to make quality food for people and starts a food cart. You can even see it in some of the Nike execs. The city draws a certain type of person and work ethic. ANOTHER TIME PORTUGAL. THE MAN GOT INVOLVED WITH PORTLAND’S YOUTH WAS PLAYING AT THE MARCH FOR OUR LIVES EARLIER THIS YEAR. THE KIDS’ THRILLED REACTIONS TO THAT WERE FANTASTIC.

Political issues aside, this is about kids, and they were just amazing. They really have something to say — when I was growing up, if I had questions or something to say, it would be suppressed and it would never have a chance. Kids are afraid. Kids should never be afraid in school, you know? Never. We gotta listen to what these kids have to say. I thought it was a beautiful thing — and they organized it themselves! We just hit them up and asked if we could play. AND YOU GOT HIP-HOP ARTIST BLACK THOUGHT TO COME OUT.

Yeah! That was very Portland. He was staying up the street, and I just shot him a text explaining what was up and to see if he was down, and of course he was. It was amazing, Tariq — one of the best MCs of all time — just coming up on stage and absolutely killing it. He freestyled all that! And it was all for those kids and the energy they were bringing.

THE BAND SEEMS TO REALLY MAKE A REAL EFFORT TO CONNECT WITH EVERY TYPE OF LISTENER AND PERSON, AND YOUR CHARITY WORK SEEMS TO REFLECT THAT.

Definitely. We want to make music everyone can listen to. Music that crosses religion, race, political views — to make music that brings people together. If I can get one who believes something different than me but digs our music to maybe think about things a little more and a little differently, that’s all we want. That’s beautiful. Same for any sort of altruism; politics shouldn’t matter when it comes to helping others in your community. THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY IS REALLY VITAL TO WHAT MAKES PORTLAND SUCH A SPECIAL PLACE. PEOPLE TRULY CARE HERE.

People really believe in things here and that rubs off on you. The Portland thing is, it’s this big, real city that actually cares about each other, that actually tries and supports the people in their community. Where I grew up in Alaska, there were only 300 people, so of course you’re going to support each other, you don’t really have a choice [laughs]! IT SEEMS LIKE YOU AND THE BAND REALLY FEED OFF OF THAT SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY ALMOST AS MUCH AS YOU DO THE MUSIC SCENE HERE.

That’s being in Portland and watching people we admire being dedicated and go through struggles to become successful and still work hard and still care about community. We thought, “If they can do, we can do it. And we should do it.” We want to inspire others the way we were inspired. WITH ALL THE ACRIMONY AND DIVISIVENESS IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW, SOMETIMES IT SEEMS WE’RE LOSING THAT SENSE OF “WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER,” THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND FELLOWSHIP.

I feel like we get so caught up that we miss — I don’t like to view things as left and right — the power of community. The power of people coming together and supporting the less fortunate and the people that are in need. It’s a very powerful thing, community.

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Cheryl Strayed talks about charitable donations like it’s a spiritual practice.

Given Strayed’s literary career, it seems fitting. Since the Portland writer’s soul-searching memoir Wild launched her to international acclaim and the top of The New York Times Best Seller list in 2012, Strayed has become an icon of empathy. Even before she achieved literary fame, Strayed was an anonymous, unpaid advice columnist under the moniker Dear Sugar. More recently, Strayed and a team of fellow writers that included Elizabeth Gilbert and Brené Brown launched a social media campaign to raise money for refugees around the world. So it’s not exactly surprising Strayed sees her writing career and her charitable donations as closely intertwined. Even before Wild became a best-seller and a movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Strayed felt a need to give back. G!G talked to Strayed about how her giving style has changed over the years and how generosity provides a sense of agency. If stories are a source for empathy, giving is an outlet.

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CHERYL STRAYED

G!G: YOU WERE ACTIVE WITH NONPROFITS WELL BEFORE YOUR SUCCESS WITH WILD. WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE WHO DON’T FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE ENOUGH TO GIVE?

Cheryl Strayed: Your gifts matter. Those $10, $20 contributions aren’t a lot in isolation, but combined with many other people, it does actually add up to a lot. You’re part of something larger than yourself, which I think is always powerful. You are saying their work matters. I’ve always approached giving in that way. I look at what have I made this year and [decide] what percentage I want to give back to the community. And I did that even when any reasonable person would have looked at my income and said, “Well, you don’t have a penny to spare.” But I think that’s not true. Most of us are able to give at least something, and so I always did. WHAT SORT OF ISSUE WERE YOU DRAWN TO SUPPORT EARLY ON?

In my younger days, I think a lot of my giving was focused on reproductive rights. I’m one of those people where my giving has been representative of the thing I’m most passionate about, and those things are feminist issues, women’s rights, reproductive rights, the environment and wilderness issues and, of course, things like education, the arts, humanities. If you traced my giving back to those years, you’d probably find three buckets where I gave the most. And then now what’s happened, now that my life has expanded and my consciousness has expanded about what it means to be a citizen, so has my giving. So now, I’m also giving to organizations that help refugees and immigrants. DOES YOUR WORK AS A WRITER IMPACT HOW YOU SEE GIVING?

The truth is, I care about everything and everyone. I think as a writer, once you know somebody’s story, it’s hard not to feel empathy for them. It’s never that I don’t care, it’s that my sense of empathy is expanded with every bit of information, every story I hear.

DOES GIVING HELP MANAGE ALL THAT CARING?

People ask me all the time about my work at Dear Sugar. I have, at this point, thousands of letters from people who are struggling and sometimes telling me devastatingly sad things. So often, people will ask me, “Doesn’t that feel like a burden? Isn’t that a weight on you?” The answer has always been really clear to me that in engaging with it and writing that column or making that podcast, I’m helping. So it doesn’t feel like a burden, it feels like I’m doing something. I might not be able to completely eradicate the person’s problem, but the act of doing something in response to despair is powerful. It’s so much better to be doing something rather than running around panicking. DID YOUR LITERARY SUCCESS AFFECT YOUR GIVING STYLE?

It was the first time in my life I had actually money that I could pay my bills and actually have more to give. My husband and I had these deep conversation about who do we give to and why. So many people told us, “You’re going to be overwhelmed with requests. There are so many good causes to support. You should each just choose one or two you feel passionate about and put all your money in to that.” I think that is a fine plan, but that’s just not a fit for us. My husband and I donated to 57 nonprofits in 2017. Some of those were $50, and some of those were bigger. Our giving style is to say, “We care about a lot of things.” DO YOU HAVE A SIMILAR PHILOSOPHY TOWARD YOUR WRITING?

When I sit down to write, I’m driven by this desire to create a beauty of words or story or language, and yet I think the larger reach of my vision is always to make people feel less alone, that you get to actually understand the life or perspective of someone who’s not you. I do ultimately believe all art making is an act of empathy. And I do think there’s a connection between generosity and your capacity to empathize with others.

SO, IS IT FAIR TO SAY YOU THINK THE ACT OF GENEROSITY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE STYLE?

Yeah, I do. The point is to do it. Sometimes people can feel a little bit paralyzed, especially people who don’t have that much to give. That $10 contribution you have to sacrifice just two frappuccinos for, that’s something that’s going to contribute to your own emotional wellbeing. At the same time, you’re being generous with others. OUTSIDE OF GIVING, WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO BE GOOD CITIZENS?

Many years ago, I worked for the Boys & Girls Aid society in Portland. I was a youth advocate for this program called GLAD, which was Girls’ Leadership and Development. We were trying to empower the girls and educate them about sex and birth control. All of these girls lived in poverty and they all had hard lives. One of the things we did [as a group] was volunteer. We’d buy all these sandwich makings, and we had the girls make lunches that we would bring to a homeless shelter. We asked the girls to make a lunch they would like to eat and decorate the bag and write a note to the person who was going to be the recipient of this lunch. One of the things that struck me most was, here were these girls that were actually in need and every time we did any kind of project where they were helping somebody else, they were the happiest and strongest I ever saw them. That’s what generosity does — it reminds us of our own strength and our own opportunity to give instead of receive. So, be generous.

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As one of the most influential investors on the west coast, Rukaiyah Adams believes thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only one way to differentiate herself from the profit-driven investment hive minds of New York and Chicago: better ideas.

As Chair of the Oregon Investment Council, she oversees $92 billion of public employee pension funds and state money. She is also the Chief Investment Officer at Meyer Memorial Trust, created from the Fred Meyer fortune, which has an investment portfolio of $750 million. For Adams, better ideas means letting her core values of environmentalism and social justice guide investment. It means selling all of MMTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s direct holdings in oil and switching to clean water investments. And it means investing in regional businesses owned by women and people of color instead of in foreign currency futures. We sat down with her to talk about the roots of her philanthropic ideals and the intersection of environmentalism and race in Portland.

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RUKAIYAH ADAMS

G!G: WHO IN YOUR EARLY LIFE MADE YOU THINK ABOUT GIVING BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY?

Rukaiyah Adams: When I grew up in Portland, the African American and Vietnamese and Pacific Islander communities were one community and people stretched a dollar by working together, so there was this sense of helping and pitching in. But specifically, my grandfather. He fought in World War II and Korea, and when he came home he was injured and didn’t work full-time so his job in the community was basically to help. When Margaret Carter ran for her first election to the state house, he organized a group of kids to make sure that all the seniors and elders in the community could actually get to the polling place. I also remember him organizing us to read for older people that, frankly, couldn’t read as well as we could, because a lot of them only went through second or third grade in the Jim Crow South before they moved here. We would come home from school and read the politics section of the newspaper to them. There was definitely a sense of communal help and a connection between very young people and very old people in Portland and society at that time—late 70s, early 80s. And it also was a more contained community, so we would grocery shop for older people if they needed it and I think it was him orchestrating the sense of connection to the community that I’ve sort of inherited and evolved to a larger scale. His name was Cleon Hill, and my grandmother’s name was Christine. The African Americans who came home from World War II planted the cherry blossom trees that are in East Portland. So, spring in Alameda on the east side, when all those trees bloom, those were the black wives of servicemen who wanted to beautify the community there in memory of all the horrible things that happened in World War II, including the interning of neighbors here in Portland. That generation of African American/black Portlanders, they wrote a love letter to us that we open every spring.

G!G: WHAT GEOGRAPHIC OR SOCIAL COMMUNITY IN PORTLAND IS IN GREATEST NEED OF MONETARY HELP? AND WAS THAT DIFFERENT IN THE EARLY 80S?

Well, because of redlining I think we would have probably said the community that I grew up in looked as if it needed capital improvements. Having lived on the inside of it, it was quite different. I felt like it was really rich with creativity and the resource constraints created lots of innovative thinking—like my grandfather speaking to me in Italian. But now I think the community here I would say is Lower Albina, which is what you guys know of as the Rose Quarter. One, it’s one of the last opportunities for central city development with an affordable plan and the opportunity to design a diverse community. After that part of the city, it’s really over. G!G: YOUR ENVIRONMENTALIST SIDE—IS THAT SOMETHING THAT’S CHANGED SINCE YOU WERE YOUNG?

No, I think when I was 24 it wasn’t as acute. But I’m an Oregonian—you’re born here, you get a pair of Birkenstocks and a bill for the pension system and then you go off into the world. To live here and to be here, and to claim this as home culturally, and physically, is to be an environmentalist. To have played in the parks system that was designed for me to have access to wild spaces in the central city—I loved it. And that wasn’t always richly divided as it is today. When I was a kid, the head of the parks bureau here was an African American man, Charles Jordan, and there was a woman who ran county parks the generation before who was a giant. So I never had the sense that I didn’t have access to wild spaces and that I shouldn’t be there or any of that nonsense. That’s all, to me, relatively recent. I’m not quite sure where that’s coming from. When I was a kid, to recreate we would go to Sauvie Island or Kelly Point Park. And those are essentially shipping channels, right, so wealthy white people didn’t want to want to be there. But that’s why we wanted to be there — because we didn’t want to be with them! And now that I’m privileged enough, I’m not recreating in shipping channels. I’m in other places. But I think where people went to recreate were really quite different. It was somewhat segregated,

but we did all access the wild spaces. And when I was a kid, the chief of police was African American—Charles Moose. The head of the symphony was African American, James DePreist. So I didn’t have the sense that the sort of, you know, “Portland is so white.” And I still don’t. But apparently that’s true. Everyone in my family’s black, so I’m like, I see lots of black people. G!G: WHAT’S THE STATUS OF MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST’S PROJECT TO CREATE A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST FOR LOW-INCOME RENTERS IN NORTH AND NORTHEAST PORTLAND?

We’re down to the last five points of negotiations. The idea is that, for young people, fee simple ownership of property is really hard to achieve, because you’ve got to save the 20% for down payment or if you’re not wealthy and your parents can’t give that to you, it can take a long time. And while you’re trying to save, your community can basically grow around you and you can’t afford to live by the time you’ve saved up for the down payment. I didn’t buy my first house until I was 40. So, what if we could detach the concept of fee simple ownership from having an investment in your community? Basically, you could put in whatever you can and buy into a real estate investment trust—a REIT—and your REIT could own your building, it could own several buildings in your community, and in that way your 401K or your IRA, or whatever young people have, can have an incremental wedge of ownership instead of owning a full apartment or a full house. And in that way you can participate in the upswing in your community. G!G: HOW WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE YOUNG PORTLANDERS TO BE GOOD CITIZENS?

Don’t wait for direction, approval, or permission. Don’t wait. Tear this shit down. Just do something. If I could tell you guys to do anything, it would be vote. But don’t have the sense that you have to be given a seat at the table or you have to be invited to the power lunch or whatever. Just show up. Rabble rouse. Because learning to disregard authority takes time and you guys don’t have time for that.

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Emma McIlroy knows a little something about building a movement.

When she founded Wildfang in 2013, she knew she wanted not only to create menswear styles fit for women, but a home for badass women everywhere. “People call us political, but I see us as supporting human rights,” says McIlroy. “I don’t feel like its political anymore, when you start locking kids in cages. If you have a platform, brand and fanbase, and you’re not taking a stance on this stuff, that’s when you’re not giving back.” For McIlroy, giving back is a way of life. It is in the very bones of her being (and, obviously, her brand). So how do we draw inspiration from this? What does “giving back” look like on a daily basis for the average person, for a brand, for the city of Portland altogether? Emma McIlroy challenges us to redefine these two words with her.

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EMMA MCILROY

G!G: GROWING UP, WHO OR WHAT IN YOUR LIFE MADE YOU START TO THINK ABOUT GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY?

Emma McIlroy: For me, it was privilege. I have bucket loads of it. So many people put time and energy into me to get me here, whether that was my parents, brother, investors, mentors. I’m really privileged to be in the position I am, and with privilege comes responsibility. I got here with a bunch of luck, a bunch of other people, and I’m really aware of that. My partner, Sarah, and I were having a conversation recently about high school and the early days of Wildfang. She grew up very femme in Arizona, with a classic, massive, bitchy high school. She never thought she was skinny enough — even though she’s tiny. A fairly classic female high school story. I grew up playing international sports, wanting to be more ripped — essentially this epic privilege of not realizing the constraints that were around my gender. Now I understand what other women were faced with, how they were oppressed on their journeys. And it only gets worse when you add women of color or queer to the picture. There’s a real responsibility for me, because of the privilege I had growing up and the way I was raised. I consider myself to be super-lucky. WHAT PHILANTHROPIC CONTRIBUTION ARE YOU MOST PROUD OF?

The last $100,000 we raised for the We’re Not Going Back campaign. I am proud of this campaign because not only do we say the word “abortion,” we offer [our customers] the ability to buy another woman’s abortion. I can’t imagine anything more beautiful. One out of 3 women who visit that clinic have traveled more than 350 miles by public transport — and when they get there, not only do they have to listen to all the bullshit about killing a baby, they have to see the same doctor within a three-day period. That means they have to go home, because they most likely already have kids, and then come back. On top of that, the doctors are only there for one week at a time because they have to be flown in from another state due to the level of hostility they face. If you see a doctor on a Friday, you’re screwed. That doctor might not be back for three weeks.

Can you imagine getting into the clinic, wanting the abortion, already having two kids you can’t afford, and realizing you also can’t afford the cost of the abortion, but then someone says, “You’re good — someone in Oregon paid for your abortion.” That is like the most special thing a woman can do for another woman. So far, Wildfang has funded 46 abortions. When we were considering whether or not to move forward with this campaign, I pulled the team together to ask their opinion. I said, “I won’t be the one in the store if some crazy comes in. I want you to know why this is important to me, but I need you all to be on board. If you’re uncomfortable with it, just email me and tell me. If we get just one email, we won’t move forward.” One hundred percent of our employees emailed me and said we should do it. The first time I spoke to the clinic, I left in tears. The first question they asked was “Why are you doing this? You live in Portland. Why are you in South Dakota? Why do you care about us?” and I had this moment like, “If I don’t give a shit about the women in South Dakota, we have a much bigger problem.” That’s what feminism is supposed to be. WE LOVED WATCHING WHAT YOU DID WITH THE “I REALLY CARE, DON’T U” JACKET AND HOW QUICKLY YOU MADE IT HAPPEN. WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO DO THAT IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME?

We got it live in four hours. We had a blank military jacket and [decided to] throw a screenprint on the back and give all the money to the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services, or RAICES. My team already had plenty to do that week. I went to a panel at the Women’s Resource Center of Portland State University, and by the time I came out of the meeting, the team had managed to get it online. We put 100 jackets up at $100 each (giving all the profit away), and by the time I drove home, it was sold out. We lost money on that, but it went viral. In six days, we earned over a quarter million [overall] for RAICES.

WHICH COMMUNITY IN PORTLAND IS IN THE GREATEST NEED OF SUPPORT?

I will say Oregon is a very racist place. Anything we can do to continue to lift up communities of color from an economic perspective, making sure they can afford housing. Stephen Green and Rukaiyah Adams have done such amazing work in the city around this problem. We have to realize there is a lot of potential we are not utilizing. Funding [POC-owned] businesses, giving them opportunities. Portland still has some serious racial issues. GIVE!GUIDE’S FOCUS IS ON MONETARY GIVING, WHICH CAN SOMETIMES BE A CHALLENGE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. SO HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND YOUNG PORTLANDERS BE GOOD CITIZENS?

There are a lot of ways you can be an advocate for other communities. That means being considerate of your language, considerate of [the] space you create for others. When you get in a room, who do you bring with you? I won’t put on an event unless it’s diverse and inclusive. If you’re putting on panels, forums, discussions, are they representative and inclusive, do they create safe spaces for people in the room? When you’ve got the opportunity to represent, take advantage of it — from the staff you hire, who you chose to give back to, the fliers you print, to the experience you create for your customers. Are you training your staff on gender identity expression? On diversity? Are those annual workshops you’re doing? If not, you’re not creating a safe space.

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31,000 SHADES OF GREY How Portland’s nonprofits color outside the lines. BY SAMANTHA SWAIM

I have been in nonprofit fundraising and event production for over 20 years. And I’m a big believer in community. So when seeking answers, it’s only natural that I turn to Portland’s nonprofits for solutions. Here’s a little context: We live in a city experiencing rapid growth, and as our population increases, so do our needs. Conversations with friends at happy hour more often than not turn to questions about what we do to improve access, infrastructure and social welfare. Current political debates center on how to address homelessness and crowded schools, and how to fund infrastructure and health care. It’s natural to find the number — and extent — of needs overwhelming. My friends and I often feel at a loss how to help — especially when I look at the divisive and polarizing world of policymakers and political leaders. The 24-hour news cycle and a stream of social media provide more input than I can navigate, and often blame people instead of systems, pitting us against each other in polarizing

camps of right vs. wrong, left vs. right, old vs. young, etc. We exist in a binary narrative of “either/or” that, all too often, misses the gray areas where we actually live. And yet those gray areas are where the nonprofit sector is having the most impact on Portland. With over 31,000 registered nonprofits throughout our state, the local nonprofit world is a growing industry that currently employs more than 10 percent of the workforce. But unlike other industries, it does not exist in a competitive marketplace. It is, instead, a mission-based industry built to serve. Similarly, those who work in the nonprofit sector are guided by a motivation to serve the community and create change where needed — and are often tasked to carry out their missions on extremely limited budgets. This creates an environment where both collaboration and creativity thrive, and the binary of “either/or” frequently fades into the background. As a result, nonprofits are showing up as leaders in our city with real solutions. Innovation, resilience, impact, community, hope. These are the words I think of when I think about our local nonprofit leaders. As the political debates roll on, it’s the nonprofit community that is hard at work finding real solutions and making a real impact. Its collective impact provides an antidote for the divided spaces we live in. Yet as the needs of our city grow, the demands for this essential sector are stretched thin. Its name alone indicates it is not a workforce built on profitability and resources. But the term “nonprofit” isn’t an accurate reflection of the work. Terms like social innovation, culture continued next page

31,000 SHADES OF GREY continued creation, and community organizing are far more appropriate ways of defining the sector. And while there are some large nonprofits like hospitals and universities, the truth is that the majority of the organizations serving our community are small. So, to create impact and continue in their work of public good, collaboration becomes an essential recipe for success. Here in Portland, the nonprofit sector is partnering with both government and businesses to build collaborative spaces focused on solutions. That’s where we as citizens come in. Each of us has the opportunity to participate in this collaboration and support the work of these innovators. That cause you are most passionate about? There are a team of organizations already focused on changing it for the better. That need you see most in your community? There’s probably a group of nonprofits actively addressing it. But these issues can’t continue being addressed without your help. Funding for most organizations comes from a diverse revenue model that includes earned income (or services people pay for), grants from government or foundations, corporate support, and individual giving. Over the past 15 years, every one of these revenue streams has been steadily declining, with one exception: individual giving. Giving USA estimates you and I account for more than 70 percent of the revenue in the nonprofit sector. And the World Giving Index rates Oregon as the 18th-most generous state in the country. So, the question is: Can we do better? Can we do more? Let’s start first with the big picture. According to Jeﬀ Raikes of the Raikes Foundation, giving is a way to correct market failures. Capitalism has its weaknesses, and giving helps to fill in those gaps. If you think of capitalism as a means of producing goods and services for profit, you can think of the nonprofit sector as a means of producing structural support and change for social benefit. It is a sector not restrained by risk or profitability. Instead, nonprofits are a place of collaboration with the goal of helping people — a place where we can connect over shared values and scale good ideas. This makes giving a way to be a part of the solution. Now, let’s look at the personal benefit. Dozens of studies show people who give are happier. Households who participate in giving report better health indicators and, once

“Terms like social innovation, culture creation, and community organizing are far more appropriate ways of defining the sector.”

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again, overall improved happiness. Studies show helping others helps us to live longer. And giving isn’t only about writing a check. Giving is about sharing our resources, volunteering our time, providing our skills and expertise to create the world we want to live in. And through giving, we have an impact and help our city — and we find joy. So, how do you get involved? The first step is to find a way to do something good every week. Find a nonprofit doing work you care about, and get involved in little ways: make a donation online, attend a fundraising event, volunteer an hour of your time. If you enjoy leadership, look for a board or a committee to serve on. If you prefer direct impact, call the organizations you care about most and offer your time to be a supplemental staﬀ member. You’ll quickly find where your passions and skill set allow you to have the biggest impact. I’m a big fan of cycling. So, every year, I join my friends in fundraising rides that support causes we’re all passionate about. It’s a great way for us all to have fun cycling together and make an impact. I’m also a small business owner, so I oﬀer my entrepreneurial support serving as a board member. That said, if you don’t have the privilege of donating your time and you need an easier way to support a cause, give. There are many causes I care about, so I give gifts that are small to others but big to me. Financial contributions are a requirement for organizations to thrive, and I hope my gifts of $20 inspire others to join and that, collectively, we end up giving $2,000 to a cause we care about. The nonprofit sector allows me to be an agent of social change, amplify my impact and create the world I want to live in — even if I don’t work in it. I am grateful such an industry exists, and I am thankful for the nonprofits that truly make Portland the city I love.

“I give gifts that are small to others but big to me.”

BY JUSTIN CARROLL-ALLAN

Oregon is known for its citizens and Legislature working together to find innovative ways of preserving the state and its famous quality of life. In 1967, the Oregon Beach Bill reserved coastal beaches for the public — a unique policy to this day. The Oregon coastline is still one of the most wild and beautiful places in the country, thanks to some forward-thinking citizens and legislators who held sacred the coastline and thought it should belong to the public. Much like the Beach Bill, the Oregon Cultural Trust’s tax credit is singular in its innovation. The program continues Oregon’s legacy of innovating ways to enrich the lives of its citizens, rewarding Oregonians for doing their part to invest in this state’s deep and far-reaching culture. No other states have passed legislation like this, and as a result, Oregon has become the place to look to for those trying to improve the quality of life in their own communities. The program works like this: Donate to one of the more than 1,500 Cultural Trust partner nonprofit organizations in Oregon. Next, donate the same amount to the Oregon Cultural Trust. Finally, deduct that amount from your taxes; it’s a dollar-for-dollar tax credit. In other words, donate $10 to your favorite nonprofit and $10 to the Cultural Trust, and then take $10 off your taxes — in addition to the tax deduction you get for your original donation to a cultural nonprofit. This way, you’re essentially doubling your impact — at no added cost to you. It’s as simple as that. During its 16 years of raising and distributing dollars, the Trust has funded a cultural network across Oregon to the tune of over $25 million in grants. Every year, Oregonians rely on the Trust to support hundreds of cultural non-

profits in every county in the state. And it’s not just money it raises; it also supports the social capital grown from community volunteer activities to matching grant support. In fact, the tax credit program started when a group of citizens wanted to ensure that Oregon’s government was doing everything it could to preserve arts and culture in our state. The Legislature listened and, in 2001, passed a house bill that provided funding and structure for the Oregon Cultural Trust's development, including the establishment of the tax credit program. Since then, the Cultural Trust has worked hard to raise awareness of the tax credit program. In 2017, Oregonians contributed more than $4.9 million to the Cultural Trust. More than $3 million of the funds raised were distributed across the state to five statewide partners: the Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Humanities, the Heritage Commission, the Historical Society and the State Historic Preservation Office. Additional funds were distributed to 45 county and tribal cultural coalitions, for regranting in their communities, and directly to cultural nonprofits. The bulk of the remaining funds went into a permanent fund to ensure future support for Oregon culture. Ultimately, the Oregon Cultural Trust’s work allows everyone to have a hand in making sure opportunities to grow and prosper are plentiful. It is the Oregon way, after all. Y O U C A N F I N D O R E G O N C U LT U R A L TRUST NONPROFITS IN GIVE!GUIDE. LO O K FO R T H I S SY M B O L N E X T TO THEIR PROFILE TO CONFIRM THEY QUALIFY FOR THE OREGON C U LT U R A L T R U S T TA X C R E D I T.

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H E R O E S 14 BUSINESSES MAKING PORTLAND A BETTER PLACE

One of my favorite mantras comes from none other than Ben Parker, uncle to one of Marvel’s best-known superheroes. “Remember,” he says to Spider-Man’s alter ego, Peter Parker, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Despite coming from a Marvel comic, this idea has serious weight. If someone has privilege, they should use it to lift up those who don’t. If they have money, they should use it to better a cause they care about. If they have influence, they should use it to amplify marginalized voices. In doing so, they are choosing to use their power responsibly. In this section, G!G takes a moment to acknowledge Portland businesses who have brought this sense of responsibility to life by using their resources and influence to better our community in a variety of ways.

BANK OF AMERICA BY SAUNDRA SORENSON

It isn’t easy for someone to make the transition from a minimum-wage job to one with an average annual salary of about $72,000. Or to do so in a matter of months, in some cases. But with the help of Bank of America, Oregon Tradeswomen Inc. found a way to make this dynamic a reality for many. By securing BofA’s annual Neighborhood Builder grant of $200,000 in unrestricted funds, the nonprofit launched its Women in Metals & Manufacturing program in 2015. That program, in turn, provided essential training and avenues for local women so they could enter local trades at pay levels commensurate with their newly developed skills. The bank chose to work with OTI as a result of the connections the nonprofit had developed with major employers in local manufacturing. Not only was OTI working with all the leading manufacturers in town to create an effective curriculum that would properly train and prepare participants, it was also working to ensure these employers had a mechanism to connect with and ultimately hire their new graduates. “This turned out to be a really special and unique project for us to invest in and support, which was all about connecting local women with living-wage jobs,” says Monique

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Barton, a local senior vice president at Bank of America. “Three years later, OTI has strong, data-driven results and stories of women who are now thriving, and earning salaries that allow them to support themselves and their families.” BofA market president Roger Hinshaw agrees: “In Oregon and Southwest Washington, we’ve seen firsthand how the dollars we invest in education and workforce development really deliver dividends and return on investment, in terms of removing barriers,” Hinshaw says. He points out, the bank donated more than $5 million last year alone, supporting a number of local nonprofits in the areas of jobs, hunger and housing. The bank also encourages its employees to give back through volunteer work and donates $500 to a nonprofit after a BofA employee completes 50 hours of volunteer work there. Last year, the local BofA team donated more than 16,000 hours of their time. “We’re truly committed to doing our part to strengthen local communities by supporting and collaborating with nonprofits like Oregon Tradeswomen, among many others,” Hinshaw says. “The investments we make are about building stronger neighborhoods and moving Oregon forward.”

THE STANDARD BY SAUNDRA SORENSON

Each of the 3,000 people employed by The Standard has a unique opportunity to directly affect positive change in Portland and beyond. While some companies offer employees a one-to-one match for their charitable giving, The Standard offers something more: For every dollar up to $5,000 donated by employees, The Standard double matches with up to $10,000 — essentially tripling the impact for every dollar given. “In 2017, that equated to $4.4 million donated to 1,700 different nonprofits and schools across the country, many of which are located right here in Portland,” says Robyn Shuey, public affairs program manager at The Standard. A financial services company, The Standard weaves charitable giving and community support into the worklife balance. Employees are welcome to make a one-time gift or give every two weeks through payroll deduction. “The Standard is built on a promise to be there for our customers,” Shuey says. “Our success as a business is sustained by a workforce of people who truly care about others, and who are motivated to stand behind our strong products and services and fulfill the promises we make to our customers. Not surprisingly, our employees want to work for a company that supports their individual generosity and is a good corporate citizen in the communities where we live and work.” About 70 percent of The Standard’s employees participate in the Employee Giving Campaign. Shuey points

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out that some employees early in their careers are starting to grow their families, so their best intentions for giving back may be dampened by day-to-day logistics. But many employees find other ways to give back, including donating their time through the many volunteer opportunities coordinated by the company, supported by policies such as annual paid time off just for volunteering. “Having the support of your company — giving you the space to be engaged in the way you want to be — is a really meaningful benefit,” she adds. And as employees gain their financial footing, their philanthropic opportunities accelerate: Leaders are trained and encouraged to sit on a nonprofit board, as well as recognized for donating at a certain level during the giving campaign. The Standard also finds ways to give back as a company through its charitable foundation and by hosting events such as the annual Volunteer Expo, held each September in Portland’s living room, with more than 125 nonprofits setting up in Pioneer Courthouse Square to connect with potential volunteers. “The Standard was founded here in 1906,” Shuey says. “So we feel a deep connection to Oregon and a sense of place, and a compelling responsibility to help strengthen our communities by finding ways to give back and making sure our employees can stay engaged in philanthropy.”

“The Standard is built on a promise to be there for our customers.”

MOREL INK BY SAUNDRA SORENSON

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Marketing and fundraising are the meat and potatoes that keep nonprofits afloat. Behind the glamour of benefit galas and the persuasiveness of inspirational stories and testimonials, a healthy amount of grunt work goes into making glossy brochures and compelling newsletters to help capture the interest of donors. No one knows this better than Scott Ballo, co-owner of Morel Ink. Although he and partner Alli Wood, both longtime Morel Ink employees, bought the iconic Portland commercial printer a year ago, he credits founder Bill Dickey with setting the business’s philanthropic leanings. “It definitely is a big part of our client base,” Ballo says of the union print shop. “We’re known for doing a lot of political and nonprofit work. Those are niches our founder was very interested in and had a lot of connection with.” The commercial printer has stood out as one of the few of its kind still standing — and still profitable. In fact, not only is the printed word not dead, it’s enabled Morel Ink to donate in spades. The Portland Business Journal recognized Ballo and Wood’s company as the top corporate philanthro-

pist in the small business category in 2016, noting it had given $175,000 in cash contributions locally, and $40,000 in in-kind. In 2017, Morel Ink grabbed the second spot for giving in the medium-sized company category. But at the end of the day, what Morel does best is largescale printing. It just happens the shop has been able to do a lot of business with “organizations and people we agree with and support,” Ballo says. “We can develop a real partnership. We help them with their needs by giving back to them as well as doing the work for them.” Morel Ink’s in-kind donations are more ubiquitous than the occasional flier or invite, with the firm sponsoring and printing, among other projects, DoveLewis’ yearly calendar — a huge fundraiser for the veterinary clinic, and a beloved publication for organized animal lovers throughout Portland. This annual effort is especially personal to the Morel team, with Ballo’s dog appearing as a model in this year’s edition. “Quite a few of our staff came out of the nonprofit world or political world,” Ballo notes. So it’s obvious their values align neatly with those of their clients.

“We’re known for doing a lot of political and nonprofit work.”

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EGG PRESS BY BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON

Tess Darrow believes in the power of greeting cards. “At the core of the greeting card is love and self-expression, in a way that has kind of gone by the wayside,” she says. “It just holds more value now than it ever has because of the time that it takes and the thoughtfulness behind writing a card.” This philosophy powers the greeting card manufacturer and design studio Egg Press, which Darrow owns. Egg Press is renowned for its gloriously cute cards — one of its most well-known offerings being a birthday card that features a smiling octopus wearing a party hat. Egg Press sprang from Darrow’s longtime zeal for art. “I remember the moment I realized I could design wallpaper,” she says. “It didn’t hit me until I stood in front of the School of Art at the University of Washington. That was the moment for me.” Darrow has brought the same passion to Egg Press’ philanthropic efforts, which are as much a part of the company as the Heidelberg Windmill presses that fill the company’s studio in Northwest Portland. Perhaps the most unique of Egg Press’ initiatives is the Write_On campaign, which seeks to promote letter writing in the digital age. “We were sitting in a meeting, and Tess was like, ‘I want to challenge myself to write more letters. I want to write 30 letters in 30 days,’” recalls Egg Press creative director Kara Yanagawa. “We decided to ask our studio and fans to accept that same challenge. The idea is to get people writing letters, whether it’s political postcards to

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elected officials or an endearing letter to your grandma.” In addition to running nationwide writing campaigns, Egg Press strategically uses its products to raise money for crucial causes. Before gay marriage was legal at the federal level, for instance, Egg Press sold cards that were used to help raise money to support organizations lobbying for marriage equality. Egg Press also gives its employees the option of taking paid leave if they volunteer their time. Employees have volunteered for groups like Pass the Mic, a youth music camp for immigrants and refugees. “The parameters are: Does it inspire you personally? Is it a cause that is dear to you?” Darrow says. “From a corporate standpoint, we want it to be a really inspiring experience. If you’re going to take a week off, you want to come back fulfilled.” The cheerful designs and old-school methods of Egg Press are in many ways at odds with the increasingly divided and mechanized world that is America in 2018. Yet, that doesn’t deter Darrow. “I think our values show in our designs,” she says. “We want the world to be a more friendly place, and there isn’t room for snarky cards. We’d rather make people laugh than make people anxious.” And even in a post-smartphone world, she believes cards are necessary. “You don’t tuck a text away — you can’t do that,” she says. “But you can tuck a card away.” 49

FETCH EYEWEAR BY SAUNDRA SORENSON

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Ann Sacks is big on the idea of recovering what’s been lost. “We’ve been rescuing all of our lives,” Ann says. “Since my children were babies, we always had in our car blankets and food and a carrier in case we saw a cat that could be a stray.” So it was no surprise that when her daughter, Amy, graduated from college, she decided to open an animal rescue. But it was serendipitous that she found her calling just as her mother lost an expensive pair of eyeglasses and decided to launch her own line of affordable specs — the Fetch line of eyewear, which will soon contain an embedded Bluetooth tracking device that pairs with a phone to keep the glasses and their owner together. As with all products sold at Fetch Eyewear, 100 percent of the profits from the glasses support the Pixie Project and other organizations — and the prescription eyewear starts at just $95. Following the Newman’s Own model, the success of Fetch Eyewear keeps Amy from having to spend too much of her time fundraising, allowing her to establish the Pixie Project as not only a well-respected shelter, but also as a

leading low-cost veterinary clinic. “If we can keep a 12-year-old dog out of the shelter, we will,” Amy explains. “Regardless of whether we intake the animal or not, we still do the medical procedures — so why also have two broken hearts, when we could do all that and keep them with the owner?” In addition to providing contingency plans for pet owners in hospice, Pixie is well known for its stringent application process. “Our adoption program is the most focused one, in the sense that we get to know our animals very well,” Amy says. “We use certified trainers to do extensive behavioral assessments and training. It’s about advocating for both the animals and the people that are taking them home.” She adds: “We don’t advertise it, but 40 percent of our animal population is 9 years or older. As long as they’re behaviorally sound and they will make a nice pet for someone, it doesn’t matter if they have one eye or weird teeth. An ugly 10-year-old dog that can happily waddle down the street — those are worth saving. Portland loves the weirdies, after all.”

“We’ve been rescuing all of our lives.”

LAUGHING PLANET BY SAUNDRA SORENSON

You won’t find a Laughing Planet Cafe open until 4 pm on Election Day. Franz Spielvogel, owner of the chain of health-centric eateries, teamed up with Patagonia CEO Rose Marcario to launch Time to Vote, a program that provides employees with a paid partial day off. “I’m not trying to put any stripes or colors on anything,” he says. “It’s more that we’re trying to facilitate people’s involvement in the process. I know we have vote-by-mail, but a lot of our employees move a lot, so sometimes they won’t get a ballot in the mail. Yes, it’s symbolic, but I also hope that people truly take advantage of it.” Another unique perk from the employee-focused company is, in the spirit of much larger chains, tuition assistance. Twice a year, the company earmarks $20,000 that employees and their immediate family can apply for. There’s no shortage of repeat recipients. Granting such assistance can keep his staff from having to find a second job, or from leaving altogether, Spielvogel points out. “As a business owner, my goal has always been that working with us, it’s an experience, but then you hopefully take it elsewhere,” he says. “We have to be realistic about who we are and what we

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do. We’re in the restaurant business.” But cultivating a culture of employee appreciation is good for lowering turnover rates, too. “I’m really proud to say I have employees that have been with me 17 years, a bunch 10 years — there are a lot of folks that have stayed with me for a very long time.” Laughing Planet also has a great recruitment program, offering an internship to one De La Salle North Catholic High School student a year. This year’s participant is working in the company’s human resources and accounting department one day a week, and in return, Laughing Planet pays her tuition. “The whole idea is also to give them a real-life idea of what it is to be in the workplace,” he says. He adds: “The philosophy of Laughing Planet has always been that each store is truly a member of its community, and so we’ve invested a lot in programs and in the surrounding community that helps those neighborhoods.”

“The whole idea is also to give them a real-life idea of what it is to be in the workplace.”

DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE BY SAUNDRA SORENSON

Christopher Weathers uses his pro bono hours to get out of his comfort zone. As an associate at the nationally acclaimed law firm Davis Wright Tremaine, he can use what amounts to nearly four work weeks annually to lend his expertise to underrepresented clients — and to make his professional focus a bit more diverse. A media and entertainment transactional attorney by trade, Christopher has given himself a crash course in criminal, tenant, domestic violence and immigration law through his work at Outside In headquarters in downtown Portland. Throughout the year, he volunteers at the drop-in legal clinic to serve primarily homeless and marginalized youth. The clinic gives priority to younger clients, but will also aid underrepresented adults. “When they come in, we run [their names and adverse parties] through our conflicts department like we would with any client,” he says. “At the beginning of every session, I explain their rights and the duties I owe them, such as the duty of confidentiality and loyalty. Because our representation of clients at the clinic is limited to our time in the clinic, it is important that we clearly explain the representation ends when they leave. We let people know that they are free to come back to future clinics with new issues.” The client concerns can be unpredictable, forcing volunteers like Christopher to stretch their imagination and resourcefulness. “It’s sort of like a triage unit,” Christopher says. “Someone comes in, and maybe they do have a legal claim, and the

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clock’s ticking — this needs to get into court before the statute of limitation runs. One of the most powerful things I can do is connect a clinic client with a pro bono attorney, or even an attorney willing to take something on a contingency basis, for longer-term representation.” Sometimes, it’s just a matter of acting as an advocate and getting on the phone. He once helped a young client who wanted to visit his family in Texas, but was concerned there was a bench warrant out for him in the area (Christopher checked; there wasn’t). He worked with an adult client whose bank insisted on speaking with her abusive parent before allowing her access to the account containing her disability payments. He helped a client, who spoke only Swahili, make progress on a workers’ compensation claim that had been incorrectly filled out by his employer. Firmwide, Christopher and his colleagues clock about 23,000 hours of free legal work each year. For Christopher, he believes that enhances the firm’s culture of promoting a healthy work-life balance. “It’s one of those rare instances where you really have an opportunity to impact someone’s life for the better,” Christopher says, “or at least help someone who just has no clue if they have any rights or recourse at all or what to do, or [just acknowledge] they’ve been wronged in some way.”

“At the beginning of every session, I explain their rights and the duties I owe them.”

NOSSA FAMILIA BY JUSTIN CARROLL-ALLAN

In September, Nossa Familia officially opened its third cafe in Portland — with a special purpose. The Seven Corners Cafe at Southeast 20th Avenue and Division Street will maintain the same high standards for high-quality, ethically sourced coffee of Nossa Familia’s other shops. The new cafe, however, has a unique and important mission: to be a contributing member of the Seven Corners Collaborative, a new community resource devoted to serving those with disabilities. The building itself houses six nonprofits that share the goal of providing disability services. The impact of having so many comprehensive services in one location is monumental. Organizations and agencies serving people with disabilities have been scattered throughout the city, making it difficult, sometimes even impossible, for some to access. The vision for the Seven Corners Collaborative was to create an easily accessible, onestop shop where people and their families could come and feel supported while exploring services. In addition, the entire building, including the cafe, was developed along the principles of Universal Design, with the highest level of accessibility in mind. “Sustainability and accessibility were key considerations, and we wanted to set the bar in both areas,” says Nossa Familia marketing and events manager Karen Lickteig. “The whole cafe was designed to be as accessible as possible, and that meant re-examining ideas and policies already in place.”

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For anyone familiar with Nossa Familia, the partnership with Seven Corners Collaborative will come as no surprise. Since its founding in 2004 by Brazilian native Augusto Carneiro, Nossa Familia has built itself as a company that cares about developing relationships, supporting its community, and putting people first. Nossa Familia has also teamed up with p:ear by supporting a barista training school in Northwest Portland devoted to job training for homeless youth. In 2016, Nossa Familia became Oregon’s first Certified B Crop coffee roaster in alignment with its deep commitment to the triple bottom-line approach: taking care of people, the planet and profit. For Nossa Familia, profits simply aren’t enough — helping the community is just as important. Everything the company does is designed to help someone. “Our goal is to be a business that is involved, thoughtful and gives back meaningfully to the community, and this partnership with the Seven Corners Collaborative allows us to do just that,” says Carneiro. “For us, coffee is so much more than a daily routine — it’s a tool that can be used to improve lives.”

“The whole cafe was designed to be as accessible as possible, and that meant reexamining ideas and policies already in place.”

PRO PHOTO SUPPLY BY LAUREN KERSHNER

Pro Photo Supply isn’t just about the product; it’s about how people use those products to make a difference in the community. “Obviously, we sell cameras,” says Jon Combs, Pro Photo Supply’s marketing manager. “But we’re really about conducting our business in an honorable way that benefits our community, connects us to something bigger than ourselves, and makes us feel like we’re really contributing.” Housed in a single brick-and-mortar location since 1983 in the heart of Northwest Portland, Pro Photo Supply does more than sell cameras and develop photos. The locally owned company strives to develop community as well. To do this, Pro Photo Supply partners with individuals and local organizations who use still and motion photography for the greater good. Last summer, the firm’s partner was Central City Concern, which needed cameras for its “Art of Recovery” program. Led by local photographer Geoffrey Hiller, the program hosted 12-week photography workshops for recovering addicts. Putting them behind the lens acted as a form of therapy through artistic expression. “Getting behind a camera is this weird combination of looking outward and inward at the same time,” says Combs. “It seems to give people who are in difficult circumstances an element of control over their life.” Supporting another cause for health and wellness, Pro Photo Supply recently teamed with the Children’s Cancer Association on NatureRx — a program that pro-

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vides nature therapy to young cancer patients by organizing interactive outdoor events. Earlier this month, CCA hosted an afternoon trip to Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden, giving patients the chance to venture beyond hospital walls to experience the power of healing through nature. Working with Nikon, Pro Photo Supply donated cameras for the children to capture their adventure while REI provided outdoor instructors to guide them. Pro Photo Supply also supports local individuals within the creative community. In October, the firm hosted an in-store lecture by local photographer and filmmaker Gerry Ellis. He discussed his latest series, “Apes Like Us” — a multimedia project that follows the lives of gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans in the rainforests of Africa. “[Ellis] is somebody trying to do good, educate and change the world in a positive way through photography and videography,” says Combs. “By sharing his story and values, that creates value for us.” And Ellis is not alone. “There are so many people doing positive work with photography,” says Combs. “The number of stories that deserve to be told is endless. We really focus on trying to help bring those stories to life, rather than just selling another camera.”

“There are so many people doing positive work with photography”

PROSPER PORTLAND BY SAUNDRA SORENSON

The Cannabis Business Development Equity Project supports minority-owned, marijuana-related businesses in Portland. It may be grassroots in spirit, but it falls under the purview of Prosper Portland, a recently rebranded public agency that unabashedly acknowledges the city’s rocky history with racial and economic disparity. It’s one of many projects that reflect Prosper Portland’s commitment to addressing the city’s history of redlining and exclusion. For example, the Cannabis Business Development Equity Project offers tax advice, development and training — all courtesy of its specialized service provider, the Nu Leaf Project. Nu Leaf is an organization focused on “the work of building intergenerational wealth for people of color through the legal cannabis industry.” Kimberly Branam, executive director of Prosper Portland, explains that the project was inspired by “the recognition that while the recent legalization of cannabis presents new business opportunities, entrepreneurs of color have been disproportionately negatively affected by its previous prohibition.” To that end, Branam says her agency has expanded its Inclusive Business Resource Network to assist between 10 and 20 cannabis-related businesses. Formerly the Portland Development Commission, Prosper Portland recently rebranded itself as a part of the effort to deliver on its mission of creating an equitable economy. “We needed a name that reflects this work and our commitment to ensure all Portlanders, especially people of color and historically underserved communities, can achieve their full potential,” Branam says. “It became increasingly clear that ‘PDC’ didn’t adequately describe our work or reflect the agency’s strategic priorities.” The rebranding also came with a lot of baggage. “We understand that the name change doesn’t change the past,” Branam says, “and is only meaningful in concert with the

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changes in how we work, invest and partner. But we believe it was an important signal that we’re serious about our evolution.” Prosper Portland’s focus ranges from workforce development to real estate deals. In the past few years, the agency has emphasized its commitment to making sure all Portlanders feel they have a fair shot at economic prosperity within the city. “Our underlying philosophy is to always ask, ‘Who benefits?’ and to seek to ensure the gains from physical and economic growth are intentionally directed toward closing the growing gaps within our city,” Branam says. You can see that philosophy in action at Portland Mercado, a Latin-American marketplace and food cart pod that rents its Foster-Powell property from Prosper Portland for $1 a year. It’s a great deal for all concerned. But Prosper Portland doesn’t always step in as a stakeholder. Often, the agency sees itself as a catalyst for prosperous business relationships that might not have happened otherwise. “We have nearly 20 people on staff who spend their days helping businesses of all sizes and types to grow and expand in Portland,” Branam says. “Most of our business development professionals directly serve businesses — they met with 1,000 businesses last year — and also work with industry and community partners who can provide culturally specific, place-based or industry-specific support. A lot of our work includes making meaningful connections between business owners and service providers.” Workplace diversity is essentially baked into the agency’s operating philosophy, as Branam points out: “When we adopted our strategic plan in 2015, we also solidified our commitment to becoming a multicultural, anti-racist institution. Workplace diversity is central to that journey, whether it’s our own internal hiring and staffing at all levels of the organization, or our work in partnership with outside organizations.”

ROUNDHOUSE BY LAUREN KERSHNER

Many creative agencies claim to live their clients’ brands. Roundhouse Agency actually does it. The Portland-based creative agency demonstrated this quite literally recently, when it sent a copywriter out into the woods for five days, armed with nothing but products made by Roundhouse clients. The accompanying documentary, Living Off the Brands, captured the highlights of the challenge. Adorned in Adidas clothing, he carried a Redington bag containing fishing gear, a Leatherman and some Red Bull. Alongside the entertainment value of watching the copywriter struggle to build a fire and catch fish, the real takeaway from this 16-minute video is Roundhouse’s passion for forging connections with clients. To put it simply, the firm truly enjoys its relationships. “We build with heart and passion,” says Matthew Moss, managing director of client services. “We truly believe in the people we work with to help them bring their brands to market.” Working with both global and local names, Roundhouse strives not only to expand brands, but to enrich the community through the services they offer. Following the legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015, for example, Roundhouse worked closely with Basic Rights Oregon to develop a new brand platform and identity to support the

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LGBTQ+ community. “We felt we needed to help out and be a part of a momentous occasion in history,” says Moss. “Not only for our own LBGTQ+ employees, but for our own friends, families, community and the future progression of basic human rights.” The firm’s reach stretches beyond helping clients create successful branding. Roundhouse regularly joins the do-good missions of other local businesses. “We're currently working with a local company that deals with urban mobility and how to reduce congestion and pollution, and promote shared transportation.” says Moss. “We also support local charities and foundations to be more successful.” Among these is Willamette Week’s Give!Guide. This year, Roundhouse has taken over management of the content management system that powers the annual giving effort’s website, giveguide.org. “As a company that develops brand identities, we feel strongly we can be the experts not only for global products, but also for important causes in our own backyard,” says Moss. “We care about Portland. It’s our home, and as a local business, we feel we need to be [involved].”

“We truly believe in the people we work with to help them bring their brands to market.”

THE SCHLESINGER FAMILY FOUNDATION BY SAUNDRA SORENSON

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“We’re working to make degrees attainable for students who are not in the financial position to achieve their academic dreams.” For four generations, the Schlesingers have called Oregon home. “Our family has always been passionate and committed to providing opportunity and support to help this community thrive,” says Paul Schlesinger, president of the Schlesinger Family Foundation. “So we founded the foundation in 1982, in an effort to realize our family’s commitment.” The foundation has a colorful donation portfolio that reaches nearly 70 different nonprofits, research foundations and universities. “We’ve supported health care and research, environmental initiatives, homelessness relief, higher education, community programs and a variety of other organizations that help our community prosper,” says Schlesinger. One notable initiative provides opportunities for degree-seeking young minds through partnerships with seven different institutions — the University of Oregon,

Oregon State University, Portland State University, the University of Portland, Pitzer College, Oregon Health and Sciences University and the University of Puget Sound. The foundation provides scholarship programs through the respective institutions for students from Oregon and Southwest Washington who are in need of financial assistance. Through this initiative, the foundation is tracking to hit its goal of endowing $1 million in scholarships by 2020. “We’re working to make degrees attainable for students who are not in the financial position to achieve their academic dreams,” Schlesinger adds. “We want to offset the rising cost of tuition while continuing to provide opportunity and support to a number of other organizations that help the Portland and Southwest Washington communities.”

TANDEM PROPERTY MANAGEMENT INC. @ TA N D E M P R O P

BY LAUREN KERSHNER

“We're continuously brainstorming new ways to incorporate giving [with Tandem],” says Megan Howard, one of three Clarey family members at Tandem Property Management Inc. “It’s something we're passionate about, and we want to spread that to the residents and the people who choose to work for us. We're always looking for more opportunities to give and encourage citizenship in the city as it grows and evolves.” Working at the family business since their high school days, Megan and her sister, Campbell, say they are in it for the long haul. Even in a quick conversation, their passion for community shines through — not only in the relationships they’ve built with the tenants and staff — but in the continual support for local businesses beyond their own walls. “We've always shared a spirit of giving in our family,” says Campbell Clarey. “[Our goal is] to bring that light into our corporate culture.” Alongside their father, Tom Clarey (who started the company in 1986), the sisters have dedicated much of their time, energy and resources to fostering apartment

communities that give back to the community. With eight complexes spread throughout the Portland metro area, Tandem regularly encourages its hundred-odd employees and 3,000-plus tenants to contribute to local nonprofits through an ongoing series of rotating partnerships. In addition, the service teams at each complex choose different nonprofit business to work with on a year-round basis — donating dollars, volunteering time and organizing charity events to get the residents involved as well. “We pride ourselves on not just being apartment complexes,” says Howard. “We work really hard to make our residents feel like they're part of something bigger as opposed to just living there.” Last year, in addition to hosting on-site clothing and food drives for the tenants to partake in, Tandem implemented an employee match program that matches every staff-made donation to nonprofits dollar for dollar. It also teamed up with Move for Hunger, an organization that collects unwanted, nonperishable food items from tenants who are moving and donates it to food banks.

“We work really hard to make our residents feel like they’re part of something bigger as opposed to just living there.“

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BENEFICIAL STATE BANK BY BENNETT CAMPBELL FERGUSON

Matthew Anderson has worked for every kind of bank you can imagine — big, small, public, private. But, as Anderson puts it, too many banks have one thing in common: “In my experience, they prioritize profits over people.” That’s why Anderson felt at home when he began working for a bank that balanced people and the planet equally with profit. Anderson serves as director of nonprofit banking at Beneficial State Bank — which operates in Oregon, Washington and California. The bank — a for-profit, triple bottom-line bank and Certified B Corporation — is owned by a charitable foundation, the Beneficial State Foundation, and has committed to reinvesting its profits in the communities it serves. “We’re a charitable foundation, but we’re also unique in that we’re a bank holding company,” says Kate Rood, one of the foundation’s community engagement officers. “We are stewards of this social enterprise model, in that our staff at the foundation work very closely with bank staff to hold the bank accountable.” At Beneficial State Bank, accountability means doing business with socially responsible organizations. The bank

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also considers with whom they should not be in business. “It’s not good enough to do good. We also must do our best to avoid the bad. For instance, if we help to build 500 affordable houses while supporting hydraulic fracturing [‘fracking’] that pollutes the wells near these homes, we will have unraveled the good we’ve done,” Rood says. “We believe banks must be just as committed to avoiding harm as they are to supporting good.” Consumers are also developing a greater sense of social responsibility, and that extends to banking. “There’s just a real big movement lately of people thinking about what it means to be an ethical consumer, and that impacts everything from what kind of transportation you use, where you buy your groceries, what you think about sustainable clothing,” she says. “We’re really trying to shine a light on banking as another big decision that every individual makes. We really like to think about banking as the original form of crowdfunding.”

“We really like to think about banking as the original form of crowdfunding.”

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ANIMALS â&#x20AC;&#x153;FETCH Eyewear is honored to help customers select frames that will make them feel great about how they look and even better about the fact that they can step it up while keeping a close eye on their budget. But we are even more honored to do this in support of the incredible Pixie Project adopters, fosters and volunteers who share their time and their love EVERY DAY. A look into the welcoming area in which these humble heroes open their hearts to our new guests is an opportunity to appreciate that, rain or shine, kindness abounds in our rescue communities. Thank you for supporting the people and the pets who have benefitted from 10 wonderful years of Pixie love!â&#x20AC;? Ann Sacks, Founder and CEO Fetch Eyewear

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CAT ADOPTION TEAM

FENCES FOR FIDO

FERAL CAT COALITION OF OREGON

◊ Founded: 1998

◊ Founded: 2009

◊ Founded: 1995

◊ 503-925-8903

◊ 503-621-9225

◊ 503-797-2606

◊ catadoptionteam.org

◊ fencesforfido.org

◊ feralcats.com

MISSION

Fences for Fido builds fences and provides insulated dog houses so chained dogs can enjoy shelter, safety and freedom. Its services also include free spay/neuter and emergency vet care.

To improve the welfare and reduce the population of feral and stray cats through spay/neuter programs and education.

To save the lives of homeless cats and to work with the community to provide feline expertise and quality programs and services for people and cats. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

CAT brings love, laughter, and companionship to Portland by celebrating and saving cats. Last year, it found homes for 3,172 cats and kittens, performed nearly 1,000 low-cost spay/neuter surgeries, and provided assistance to hundreds of individuals who needed help to keep, care for or find new homes for their cats.

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Since 2009, Fences for Fido has unchained more than 1,800 dogs in the Pacific Northwest that would otherwise languish on chains. Last year alone, it unchained more than 200 dogs. It helps approximately 20 dogs every month.

“CAT is a great organization doing wonderful work. I am so glad they exist for our feline friends, and also for the community as a resource for support, spay/neuter services, and education. We love our kitty from CAT.” —Jessica B., CAT adopter

“I couldn’t believe it when I looked in my backyard and saw 20 people, in the rain! Not only all of that, but the kindness and understanding about the challenges I was facing caring for my dog were also awesome.” —Fences for Fido client

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CAT donors will be entered into a $250 Pet Loft Gift Card raffl e, plus show your G!G receipt for 15 percent off at Pet Loft. Donors age 35 and under receive a “Cat Lover” sticker from Shred My Couch.

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“MEAT the Founders of Fences for Fido Cocktail Party!” hosted by Meat for Cats & Dogs. Exclusively for G!G donors of $200 or more. Attendees will enjoy hors d’oeuvres and a signature cocktail.

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FCCO spayed/neutered more than 6,000 cats this year—from feral to friendly. Feral cats are fixed and vaccinated at no cost, and pet cat spay/ neuters range from $15 to $60. Without FCCO’s help, these cats could produce another 24,000 kittens a year.

“This place is amazing. The staff is great and they really know cats. They have helped me trap and fi x 14 feral cats and four pets." —David G., feral cat caregiver and cat dad BUSINESS PARTNER

Universal Cycles, Portland’s most catloving bike shop, will match all gifts up to $10,000.

PORTLAND ANIMAL WELFARE TEAM

THE PIXIE PROJECT

THE PONGO FUND

◊ Founded: 1999

◊ Founded: 2007

◊ Founded: 2009

◊ 503-206-6033

◊ 503-542-3432

◊ 503-939-7555

◊ pawteam.org

◊ pixieproject.org

◊ thepongofund.org

MISSION

The Portland Animal Welfare Team saves lives, alleviates suffering and keeps pets and people together by providing free veterinary care to the pets of people who are experiencing homelessness or extreme poverty.

To bring together families with rescue animals through personalized, family-friendly adoption services, to keep pets happy, healthy and in their existing homes by offering veterinary care to low-income residents, and to reduce animal overpopulation by providing low-cost spay/neuter surgeries.

Providing high-quality food and lifesaving veterinary care for the family pets of anyone in honest need, including senior citizens, veterans, the homeless, the unemployed, the low-income and more, keeping their beloved family pets safe at home and out of the shelters.

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In 2017, PAW Team provided free veterinary care to 1,186 pets, impacting 862 families. In 2018, it has already helped over 1,100 animals with free veterinary care. Its programs keep pets healthy, happy, and with their people by providing services that enable pet owners to access and maintain housing and care for their beloved companion animals.

“PAW Team is awesome and shows so much compassion. I’m grateful for everything they do for Toto, my service dog. He’s trained to alert me if my blood pressure drops. Toto sees the vet and we get quality dog food here.” —Evelyn, PAW Team client

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This year, Pixie will find rescue pets for 750 families through its adoption programs. Pixie will also provide food, medication, training and behavior support, and will perform 1,000 spay/ neuter and lifesaving surgeries.

“If you’re looking for an animal friend, look no further than Pixie Project! They put so much love and energy into every match — the dogs and cats in their care get the very best. (Plus, their Instagram is 100 percent cuteness.)” —Tanya Paul, ambassador animal area manager, Oregon Zoo

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The first 50 donors of $75 or more will receive a $15 gift certificate to Meat for Cats and Dogs and a $15 gift certificate to the Florida Room.

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Fetch Eyewear will give a free pair of sunglasses to donors of $150 or more. Donors of $250 or more will receive a pair of Fetch Eyewear sunglasses, readers or single-vision prescription glasses.

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The Pongo Fund provided more than 2 million high-quality meals last year, along with spay-neuter, vaccinations, dental services, lifesaving veterinary care and more, helping 20,000 beloved family pets stay safe at home and out of the shelters.

“The Pongo Fund does amazing work. They are the unsung heroes of animal welfare, saving lives in a way that no one else does. I support them 100 percent!" —Howard Hedinger, Hedinger Family Foundation BUSINESS PARTNER

The Hedinger Family Foundation will match the first $25,000 in contributions.

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CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS “At Roundhouse, we believe we have a responsibility to stand for what's right and what we believe in, especially when it comes to supporting our Portland community. We're all in this fight together, and we feel strongly that as a company that develops brand identities, we can give a voice not only to global products, but also to important causes in our own backyard. This is especially critical at this moment in history, when it’s up to all of us to safeguard basic rights and equality. That’s why we’re proud to be a part of the Give!Guide, and to sponsor the Civil and Human Rights category.”

Matthew Moss Managing Director, Client Services Roundhouse

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AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION FOUNDATION OF OREGON

BASIC RIGHTS EDUCATION FUND

BRADLEY ANGLE

◊ Founded: 1996

◊ 503-232-1528

◊ Founded: 1955

◊ 503-222-6151

◊ bradleyangle.org

◊ 503-227-3186

◊ basicrights.org

◊ aclu-or.org MISSION

The ACLU of Oregon works in courts, the Legislature and communities to expand civil rights and civil liberties that are fundamental to free people: freedoms of press, speech, assembly and religion; and the rights to due process, equal protection and privacy. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In 2017, the ACLU of Oregon responded to 2,100 persons who felt their rights were violated. The ACLU takes on the toughest civil rights and civil liberties issues, whether it be protecting LGBTQ youth from harassment or challenging Portland police’s response to protests.

“The ACLU of Oregon stood with me when my rights were violated. With their support, I was able to start positive changes in the North Bend School District. I hope these changes can also bring awareness to LGBTQ youth issues and can show students they are not powerless in the face of discrimination or harassment.” —Liv Funk, recent client BUSINESS PARTNER

Donors of $25 or more receive one small cup of drip coffee from Stumptown Coffee at any Portland location. give guide.org

◊ Founded: 1975

MISSION

Ensuring that all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer Oregonians experience equality by building a broad, inclusive, politically powerful movement, by shifting public opinion and achieving policy victories.

Bradley Angle serves all people affected by domestic violence. It does this by placing people experiencing, or at risk of, domestic violence at the center of its services, and providing them with safety, empowerment, healing and hope.

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MISSION

Last year, Basic Rights Education Fund trained 1,200 people in transgender competency and assisted more than 600 community members experiencing anti-LGBTQ discrimination. More than 4,000 people engaged in its advocacy work as supporters, volunteers or activists during a time when transgender rights are under attack.

Last year, Bradley Angle provided over 5,700 nights of safe shelter and offered financial education, housing assistance, youth programs, and culturally responsive advocacy for LGBTQ, Black, and African American survivors of domestic violence. 630 adult and 270 child survivors received safety and support from Bradley Angle's programs and services.

“As a black transgender woman, Basic Rights has been pivotal to me. As I found out who I am and transitioned, they gave me information, resources and connection to a larger community through Catalyst, their transgender leadership development cohort.” —Geeta Lewis

“Bradley Angle gave me guidance when I felt hopeless. They helped me create a safety plan and end my lease without penalty to leave a violent home. I’m thankful I found them in my time of need.” —Shelter participant

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Donors of $50 or more receive a 22-ounce bottle of Ninkasi Brewing beer.

BUS PROJECT

CALL TO SAFETY, AKA PORTLAND WOMEN’S CRISIS LINE

COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF TENANTS

◊ 503-233-2018

◊ Founded: 1973

◊ Founded: 1996

◊ busfoundation.org

◊ 503-946-1421

◊ 503-460-9702, ext. 140

◊ calltosafety.org

◊ oregoncat.org

MISSION

End domestic and sexual violence through confidential support services and education to empower our community. It operates Oregon’s largest crisis line for survivors of domestic and/or sexual violence, answering more than 30,000 calls each year.

The Community Alliance of Tenants is Oregon’s statewide, tenant-led renters’ rights organization — building tenant power through tenant education, organizing and advocacy programs. CAT’s mission is to educate and empower Oregon tenants to demand safe, stable and affordable rental homes.

◊ Founded: 2001

MISSION

Bus Project fosters civic and political involvement led by young people for young people. We build a strong, effective leadership pipeline by focusing on voter education, advocacy and engagement. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

This year, it organized with and mentored 30 high school students, and has brought more than 200 students to the Capitol to talk about gun safety. It also registered 1,000-plus voters and made 5,057 calls and knocked 406 doors to remind young people to vote in the May primary election.

“The Bus Project is a grassroots organization that helps give students voices. It’s an incredible organization that really gives power to students who are looking to have their voices be heard and connect with the causes we care about.” —Gabrielle Cosey, 17, junior at Lincoln High School and Bus Project board member

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In 2017, it answered more than 32,000 crisis line calls, provided 719 individuals or households with emergency shelter for 1,187 safe nights, served 392 participants with case management, and supported 111 sexual assault survivors with in-person hospital advocacy.

"It was like someone was finally there to hear me. It was way more than hearing me. It was that I felt validated and that my advocate was there to be by my side for as long as it took." —Survivor feedback BUSINESS PARTNERS

Drishti Yoga, Starlight Knitting Society

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In 2017, CAT held 20 renters’ rights workshops in Portland, hosted 1,000 volunteer hours on the Renters’ Helpline, graduated 30 from tenant leadership development programs, and formed the Stable Homes for Oregon Families Coalition — working with legislative champions on tenant protections bill HB 2004. This is the furthest Oregon has come toward winning rent stabilization and ending no-cause evictions.

“Big thank you to the CAT team for helping me figure out how to exercise my legal rights. My landlord tried to keep my security deposit, saying it was essentially a fee for moving out. I got the full refund back after taking the measures advised by CAT.” —Nevin Mayes, hotline caller

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HARPER'S PLAYGROUND

NARAL PRO-CHOICE OREGON FOUNDATION

NATIONAL INDIAN CHILD WELFARE ASSOCIATION

◊ Founded: 2010

◊ Founded: 1983

◊ 503-459-3515

◊ 503-223-4510

◊ Founded: 1983

◊ harpersplayground.org

◊ prochoiceoregon.org

◊ 503-222-4044

MISSION

The mission of Harper’s Playground is to inspire vital communities by creating inviting playgrounds for people of all abilities. Its vision is a more inclusive world, one playground at a time, naturally.

NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation supports and protects a person’s freedom to make individual decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing legal abortion — through education, training, organizing, and research.

◊ nicwa.org

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Harper’s Playground improves Portland’s quality of life by making fully inclusive, nature-based playspaces available to all, regardless of income or ability. This increases outdoor play, enriches childhood development, and equitably builds community. With fi ve completed projects and three under development, Harper's Playground is expanding its impact throughout the Portland region.

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NPCOF ensures that pro-choice policies are implemented, researched and evaluated in order to have the greatest impact on the Portland communities most in need of services. In addition, it identifies and cultivates advocates who will become the pro-choice leaders of tomorrow.

“The first Harper’s Playground… set a new standard for public spaces that provide people of all abilities with the opportunity to play and learn together. I was proud to support that project. I look forward to welcoming more.” —Commissioner Nick Fish, city of Portland

“NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation is essential to protecting reproductive rights and abortion access in Oregon. Without their work, we would not have the grassroots support for pro-choice policies in the Legislature or a strong pipeline of future pro-choice leaders.” —State Rep. Jennifer Williamson

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Recesstime Sports League will offer $20 off sports league registrations to donors of $20 or more, and $30 off registrations or a kickball for donors of $50 or more.

Every Give!Guide donor who supports NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation will receive a buy-one-get-one-free ice cream from What's the Scoop?, a slice of pizza from Pizza Jerk, and $1 off a slushy drink at the Waypost.

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MISSION

NICWA works to strengthen the wellbeing of American Indian and Alaska Native children and families. Its vision is that every Indian child will have access to community-based, culturally appropriate services that help them grow up safe, healthy and spiritually strong. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In Portland, Native children are taken from their families 20 times more often than white children. Last year, NICWA trained 156 social workers in Portland and answered 77 or more crisis calls to reduce that statistic. This year, it is expanding local initiatives to keep even more Native families together in the community.

“I was recently doing family reunification and everything worked out well. Mom had supports in place and kids felt happy, loved and nurtured. Our communities deserve the best, and NICWA is there to support workers, families and children.” —Hilary M., NICWA member and social care worker

OREGON CENTER FOR PUBLIC POLICY

OREGON CRIME VICTIMS LAW CENTER

OREGON JUSTICE RESOURCE CENTER

◊ Founded: 1997

◊ Founded: 2009

◊ Founded: 2011

◊ 971-279-4732

◊ 503-208-8160

◊ 503-944-2270

◊ ocpp.org

◊ ocvlc.org

◊ ojrc.info

MISSION

OCPP improves economic opportunity for all Oregonians, especially those with low and moderate incomes. Its research and clear, fact-based materials empower Oregonians to push back against powerful state and national interests — including the Trump agenda — to advance progressive policy change. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

OCPP arms Oregonians with facts to fight for a better future for everyone, not just the fortunate few. It is fighting to: enact corporate tax transparency; invest in working Oregonians by raising revenue from corporations, big businesses and the rich; and confront Oregon’s housing crisis with innovative solutions.

“The Oregon Center for Public Policy provides progressives with the intellectual muscle needed to fight for economic justice for all Oregonians. I turn to the center for up-to-date, credible information on issues critical to my constituents. Its work is instrumental in the fight for a more inclusive and equitable Oregon.” —State Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer BUSINESS PARTNER

All donors will receive a $6 gift certificate from Breakside Brewing.

Oregon Crime Victims Law Center provides free legal representation and advocacy to victims of crime throughout Oregon. It empowers victims by ensuring their independent voices are heard through protection and enforcement of their legal rights. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Every victim’s voice matters. Oregon Crime Victims Law Center strives to provide a platform in which victims’ voices are heard. Its attorneys represented more than 250 victims of crime over the past year in criminal cases and contested restraining order cases helping to ensure victim safety and victim empowerment.

“I feel like my attorney is changing this world to be a better and safer place. She always made me feel like I had a say in what was happening. This was a very scary thing to go through, and she never made me feel bad for feeling the way I did.” —Client

Mass incarceration is the civil rights crisis of our time. OJRC provides free legal services urgently needed by currently or formerly justice-involved people and work to make the justice system fairer, more responsive and more transparent for all Oregonians. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

As the only organization in Oregon solely focused on achieving lasting criminal justice reform, OJRC combines legal services to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated clients with system-level action to make the justice system fairer for all Oregonians, particularly people of color and other groups who are most adversely impacted.

“Having my son changed everything. I want to do better. It’s so important that he hears my voice and knows I’m his mom. I wouldn’t have gotten this far without OJRC.” —Selina, client OJRC helped to get a court order to continue contact with her son to prepare for life after prison BUSINESS PARTNERS

Each donor is entered to win a $100 Adidas gift card. Each donor is entered to win a tour and wine tasting for up to eight at Maryhill Winery valued at $416. CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS

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PARTNERSHIP FOR SAFETY AND JUSTICE

PORTLAND WOMEN IN TECHNOLOGY

PUEBLO UNIDO PDX

◊ Founded: 2016

◊ Founded: 2018

◊ Founded: 1999

◊ 503-928-2250

◊ 503-912-8925

◊ 503-335-8449

◊ pdxwit.org

◊ pueblounidopdx.org

MISSION

To bring together and empower women in tech and encourage others to pursue tech careers. Portland Women in Technology is reducing the gender imbalance in the industry and addressing the negative effects of that imbalance on women.

To empower and provide resources to Latinxs with vulnerable immigration status, and to advocate for solutions that build just communities. Pueblo Unido envisions a United States of America with libertad y justicia para todxs.

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PDXWIT produces fi ve no-cost community building events every month where folks can connect and support one another. It operates Portland’s most active tech job board, listing nearly 100 jobs per month highlighting opportunities to join companies committed to inclusion. It also has a robust mentorship program, with nearly 1000 active matches.

Since its formation in 2017, fi ve clients have been released from detention and reunited with their families. Pueblo Unido measures its progress by how many people it helps get out of detention, and how many ultimately win their cases against deportation.

◊ safetyandjustice.org MISSION

Partnership for Safety and Justice advances policy solutions to crime that ensure justice, equity, accountability and healing to create safe and strong communities. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In the past fi ve years alone, Partnership for Safety and Justice has helped prevent the opening of two prisons and redirected more than $100 million of savings into addiction treatment, victim services and diversion programs that keep families together.

“Partnership for Safety and Justice raises the voices of crime survivors and people convicted of crime. They are leading the way for policies that promote healing, community safety and equitable justice for all Oregonians.” —Gary Cobb, community outreach coordinator at Central City Concern BUSINESS PARTNERS

Fifty Licks Ice Cream will provide a $20 gift card to the first 25 donors of $100 or more. Bishops Barbershop will provide a free haircut to the first 50 donors of $35 or more.

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“PDXWIT cultivates ‘brave spaces,’ where women feel truly comfortable to share their successes, goals and failures within. These rare and special places are invaluable to tech newbies, like myself, who are navigating their way forward.” —Chloe Elliott, business support engineer intern, Jama Software BUSINESS PARTNERS

Donors who give $25 or more will receive a laser-cut 3-D-printed PDXWIT pin designed and handmade by volunteers. Donors who give $50 or more will receive a pin and a limitededition "Invested in Inclusion" shirt.

“No other organization in Portland does what Pueblo Unido does: provide daily resources people need by actually doing the work — not just endlessly referring folks like larger organizations do. Wondering how to support undocumented communities? Pueblo Unido is the way.” —Vianca Díaz Cea, paralegal at Portland Immigration Law, and cofounder of We the Dreamers BUSINESS PARTNERS

The first 50 donors of $50 or more receive Volume 1 of the Esto Es Para Ti zine series. Donors of $150 or more get a chance to win a $75 gift certificate for vintage furniture or Mexican art from San Johnny.

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RAPHAEL HOUSE OF PORTLAND

RESOLUTIONS NORTHWEST

◊ Founded: 1977

◊ 503-595-4890

◊ Founded: 1978

◊ 503-222-6507

◊ resolutionsnorthwest.org

◊ 206-624-4081

◊ Founded: 1985

◊ raphaelhouse.com

SOCIAL JUSTICE FUND NW ◊ socialjusticefund.org

MISSION MISSION

Raphael House provides lifesaving services to adults and children escaping domestic violence while engaging the community in nonviolent living through advocacy, education and community outreach. It offers resources and personalized support to help survivors obtain housing, employment, stability and safety. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Raphael House helps families end the cycle of violence and rebuild their lives after abuse. Annually, it reaches 3,800 domestic violence survivors and community members through emergency shelter, housing assistance, ongoing support, and violence and sex-trafficking prevention. Eighty-one percent of survivors who once stayed in Raphael House's shelter now live in safe housing.

“Coming to Raphael House was the best thing I’ve ever done for my family. I felt empowered and safe for the first time in my life. I know the cycle of violence ends with me.” —Jayla, survivor and past shelter resident

Resolutions Northwest facilitates honest dialogue to resolve conflict and advance racial and social justice. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Resolutions Northwest centers the most impacted: engaging relationships, policies, and practices to shift systems and improve outcomes. In 2017, RNW served 11,064 people (9,432 youth) resolving conflict and repairing harm. It trained 3,192 people and subsidized $105,000 in scholarships to build skills and capacity toward more equitable communities and organizations.

“The in-house mediation we’ve been able to offer workers because of your training has done real work to shift our culture toward compassionate, generative dialogue. And our increasingly healthy workplace culture is largely the product of training with you. To more skills and growth!” —Piera Greathouse, Alberta Cooperative Grocery BUSINESS PARTNER

MISSION

Social Justice Fund NW is a foundation working at the front lines of social change. SJF leverages the resources of members to foster significant, longterm social justice solutions through a unique participatory model of funding called Giving Projects. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Portland Giving Projects granted $250,000 last year. Giving Projects are cross-class, multiracial groups who develop shared understandings of race, class and power. Members donate, fundraise from their communities and make collective decisions to grant the money raised to some of the most inspiring, effective social change work in the Northwest.

“What I love about SJF is it’s not afraid to challenge the existing systems. They dare to do better by giving a real, authentic voice to the most impacted and by building community along the way.” —rabia (ruby) shirazi, Giving Project alum

Donate $20 or more to be entered to win a $200 gift card to Broadway Books.

BUSINESS PARTNER

Korena Loves will match the first $1,000 in gifts from donors 35 and under. CIVIL & HUMAN RIGHTS

VOZ WORKERS’ RIGHTS EDUCATION PROJECT

YOUTH, RIGHTS & JUSTICE

YWCA OF GREATER PORTLAND

◊ Founded: 2000

◊ Founded: 1975

◊ Founded: 1901

◊ 503-233-6787

◊ 503-232.2540

◊ 503-294-7400

◊ portlandvoz.org

◊ youthrightsjustice.org

◊ ywcapdx.org

MISSION

Voz is a worker-led organization that empowers diverse day laborers and immigrants to improve their working conditions and protect civil rights through leadership development, organizing, education and economic opportunity.

To defend the rights of vulnerable children and families from diverse backgrounds, including those in foster care, recovering from trauma, who are poor and low income, experiencing abuse and neglect, or living with disabilities. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, Voz generated more than $500,000 in wages for Portland day laborers. In addition to direct economic empowerment, Voz engaged 500 day laborers in workforce and leadership development workshops to build long-term power in the day laborer community.

Last year, Youth, Rights & Justice directly protected more than 1,400 children or parents in the courts and schools. It has directly helped over 25,000 vulnerable children or parents since 1975. Additionally, through championing laws and systems reforms, YR&J has impacted the lives of more than 500,000 vulnerable children and parents throughout Oregon.

“The center is an excellent resource; it’s awesome because it gets people off the street and working, and they pay a fair wage! It’s all about rights. You don’t get taken advantage of. It’s a community.” —Kim, Voz day laborer

“Every child in Oregon deserves to have hope and justice. Youth, Rights & Justice provides both.” —Tina Kotek, Oregon House speaker

BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

BUSINESS PARTNER BUSINESS PARTNER

Portland Nursery provides 10 percent off for donations of $25 or more and 20 percent off for donations of $50 or more. A $30 or more donation gets you one hour with People Places Things to make a customized Spanish language learning plan!

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Tonkon Torp LLP will match the first $1,500 in Give!Guide donations to Youth, Rights & Justice.

To eliminate racism, empower women and promote peace, justice, dignity and freedom for all. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In 2017, the YWCA of Greater Portland reached more than 8,500 people, and provided support to incarcerated women and their children, domestic violence survivors and seniors. It also hosts weekly events and workshops through its social justice program.

“Without the YWCA, I would not have a relationship with my children. I am a better mother because of the tools given to me to stay involved in my children’s lives while incarcerated. I am grateful the YWCA was there to help me change my parenting while I was changing my life.” —YWCA client BUSINESS PARTNER

Fully matches $10,000 and offers donors: $10 — Raffle entry: LED lamp $50 — Add raffle: TicToc stool $100 — Add raffle: Adjustable desk $250 — Add $50 Fully credit $500 — Add $100 credit $1,000 — Add $250 credit

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COMMUNITY

“At Comcast, we believe that success starts with opportunity. That’s why we are investing our resources in ways that support and help our local nonprofits realize the transformative potential of media and technology to solve problems, improve lives and to create opportunity. Our 2,000 employees live, work and play here, too, and are committed to helping our neighborhoods thrive. Join us in digging deep to support those who work tirelessly to impact our community.”

Rebecca Brown Director of Community Impact Comcast

COMMUNITY

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ASCENT FUNDING

BLACK UNITED FUND OF OREGON

BRIDGE MEADOWS ◊ Founded: 2005

◊ Founded: 2008 ◊ 503-227-3950

◊ Founded: 1983

◊ 503-953-1100

◊ ascent-funding.org

◊ 503-282-7973

◊ bridgemeadows.org

◊ bufor.org MISSION

MISSION

To create financial equity and jobs in the Portland area through lending and business guidance to minority-owned, women-owned, disadvantaged and low-income business communities.

To assist in the social and economic development of Oregon’s low-income communities and to contribute to a broader understanding of ethnic and culturally diverse groups.

Bridge Meadows develops and sustains intentional, intergenerational neighborhoods for foster youth, parents and elders — building place, permanence and shared social purpose, one community at a time.

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MISSION

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Last year, Ascent Funding advised 300-plus minority and women entrepreneurs about financing and facilitated access to fair and affordable capital to those who did not qualify for bank loans. As a result, these entrepreneurs were able to continue the pursuit of their dreams thereby creating wealth, jobs and pride in our community.

“I was denied by the banks, but Ascent Funding believed in me. Th ree years later, my business has transformed, my workforce has grown four-fold and my fi nances and credit have improved so much that I am buying my fi rst house!” —Lora Ladd, Ergo Errands BUSINESS PARTNERS

Donations of $50 or more will receive 1 pound of coffee from Ava Roasteria; $25-$49 will receive a free drip coffee from Miss Zumstein's Bakery. DAM Salsa will hold weekly raffles for jars of salsa.

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BUF works to create equitable opportunities for marginalized Oregonians. It achieves this by awarding grants to small, education-focused nonprofi ts. Through its grant-making program, BUF has an indirect impact on over 2,000 people across the state of Oregon, in addition to directly impacting over 600 students through its education programs.

“BUF’s grantmaking application required us to take note of certain standards that prepared us to solicit funding from larger funders that we might not normally think of.” —Antonio Jackson, executive director, Building Blocks 2 Success

Working at the intersection of child welfare, affordable housing, health, and aging, its model of intergenerational community improves quality of life for three generations. Children, families and elders alike flourish, nurtured by shared purpose and meaning.

“When I was looking for housing, it was very distressing. The only thing I could afford was a basement apartment in someone else’s house with no kitchen and a lot of stairs, and I have a mobility impairment. Then I found Bridge Meadows, a beautiful place I can afford. It’s given me such a sense of relief and security I wouldn’t have otherwise.” —Elder resident

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CENTRO CULTURAL DE WASHINGTON COUNTY

COMMUNITY CYCLING CENTER

COMMUNITY WAREHOUSE

◊ Founded: 1994

◊ Founded: 2001

◊ Founded: 1972

◊ 503-288-8864

◊ 971-865-5284

◊ 503-359-0446

◊ communitycyclingcenter.org

◊ communitywarehouse.org

MISSION

A home for Latino cultures, Centro serves the needs of its diverse community by promoting personal growth and empowerment.

To broaden access to bicycling and its benefits by helping build a vibrant community in which people of all backgrounds use bicycles to stay healthy and connected.

Community Warehouse connects essential furnishings to neighbors in need through unique community partnerships, creating stronger home foundations and brighter futures.

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The Community Cycling Center serves more than 1,000 kids each year through bike camps and giveaways. It keeps hundreds of adults moving with low-income commuter discounts in the CCC bike shop, and with free repairs and mechanic skills training in two neighborhoods.

Last year, Community Warehouse redistributed more than 90,000 furnishings into the homes of 7,799 neighbors in need. Eighty percent of those are families with children, 67 percent are people of color, and 70 percent are female-headed households. Each week, Community Warehouse helps 60 families turn their empty houses into homes.

◊ centrocultural.org MISSION

Last year, ite served more than 123 seniors with weekly wrap-around services, helped 64 adults find stable jobs and served over 141 youth in STEM programs to help activate a more integrated and empowered Latino community.

“Centro has served Latino families and immigrant communities in Washington County for 46 years. Centro’s legacy is our community’s legacy, and has empowered thousands of families of color just like mine to reach our full potential and make Oregon our home.” —Erika Lopez, Hillsboro School Board member BUSINESS PARTNERS

Tamale Boy will give a $5 certificate to every Centro Cultural donor of $25 or more. Every donor will be entered into a drawing for Diamond Suite tickets to a 2019 Hillsboro Hops game. The Reser family will match up to $5,000.

“Hacienda has proudly partnered with the Community Cycling Center for 10 years in the fight for transportation justice. Transportation is a major barrier for our families. The Cycling Center addresses our barriers by supporting active transportation for recreation and commuting.” —Jaclyn Sarna, director of youth and family services, Hacienda CDC BUSINESS PARTNERS

All 21-and-over donors receive halfprice flights at Reverend Nat's Hard Cider. North St. Bags will raffle a bag each week. The first 150 donors receive free biscuit and jam from Pine State Biscuits.

“It has been a while since I’ve had the combination of feeling safe in my home and actually having furniture that expresses me and feels sacred. Just thank you so much.” —Sarah, Warehouse client BUSINESS PARTNER

The Estate Store offers 20 percent off to donors of $50 or more, and $25 gift certificates to donors of $250 or more.

COMMUNITY

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY PORTLAND/METRO EAST

HACIENDA CDC’S PORTLAND MERCADO

MOMENTUM ALLIANCE ◊ Founded: 2012

◊ Founded: 2015

◊ 503-231-5793

◊ Founded: 1981

◊ 503-595-2111

◊ momentumalliance.org

◊ 503-287-9529

◊ portlandmercado.org

◊ habitatportlandmetro.org

MISSION MISSION

MISSION

Habitat for Humanity believes that everyone deserves a decent, affordable place to live. People in the Portland metro region partner with Habitat to build or improve a place they can call home and pay an affordable mortgage. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, Habitat partnered with 129 people who purchased affordable Habitat homes or received critical home repairs. This builds strength, stability and financial independence. Ninetytwo percent of Oregon kids who grow up in a Habitat home graduate from high school. Seventy-nine percent who previously had housing-related illnesses no longer experience symptoms.

“Having my own house makes me feel like I have something that I can leave to my daughters in the future. It makes me feel great, because they won’t have to move and they’re going to have stability in the future.” —Lizet, Habitat homeowner BUSINESS PARTNER

Acme Construction Supply Co. will match $10,000.

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Portland Mercado supports micro-entrepreneurs and small-business owners to launch, grow and sustain their businesses by providing technical assistance, accessible commercial kitchen spaces, and access to new markets. It prioritizes working with Oregon’s Latinx, low-income communities. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

This year, Mercado supported 150 small businesses from across the region. Fifty entrepreneurs received long-term technical assistance to launch their businesses, more than 60 accessed its affordable commercial kitchen, and dozens more availed themselves of new sales opportunities through Mercado events and cultural programs.

“Portland Mercado empowered me to realize my dream of owning my own business. Not only did I have the opportunity to develop my abilities as an entrepreneur, but I got access to financial advising and education. Thanks to their program, I can continue to expand my vision!” —Amalia Sierra, owner of Tierra del Sol Cuisine at the Portland Mercado

Our mission is to inspire young people to realize their power individually and collectively, and to mentor future justice leaders. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In 2017, Momentum Alliance organized more than 60 youth to help pass HB 2845, which will bring ethnic studies to all Oregon K-12 schools. It sent 50-plus youth to attend the Oregon Students of Color Conference and hosted three free, social justice camps, where 100 youth of color built relationships, learned about different issues, developed leadership skills, and healed from trauma. MA also organized an undocumented youth rally in front of Portland’s ICE building while raising $20,000 to pay for 35 DACA renewals.

“MA was a solace place where I was able to find a community, where I could truly be myself, be honest, challenged and celebrated. Without MA, I wouldn’t be where I am today. And without MA, I wouldn’t know how important youth work and community are.” —Program participant

NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND FAMILY CENTER

OPERATION NIGHTWATCH PORTLAND

◊ Founded: 1974

◊ Founded: 1981

◊ 503-288-8177

◊ 503-220-0438

◊ nayapdx.org

◊ operationnightwatch.org

MISSION

P:EAR ◊ Founded: 2002 ◊ 503-228-6677

To enhance the diverse strengths of youth and families in partnership with the community through cultural identity and education. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

This past year, NAYA impacted 10,000 people in the Portland region, including 944 youth participating in culturally specific programs, college and career services and homeless youth supports. Thirteen students graduated with diplomas from NAYA’s alternative high school, its Early College Academy; 802 families received housing and energy assistance; and more than 40 families received critical home repair so they could remain in their homes.

Operation Nightwatch provides evening hospitality for Portland’s unhoused population to promote community, dignity and social connection. We operate at night, when most agencies are closed and hope can be especially hard to find. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Each weekend, approximately 450 guests are welcomed at downtown Portland and Clackamas County locations. Volunteers visit with guests to unwind from a stressful day and feel like a part of our community. We are proud to provide this hospitality to support our guests’ sense of honor and respect.

“Being a part of this greater community has been so helpful. NAYA is my second family and my second home. I can’t even imagine where I would be if I wasn’t at NAYA. NAYA is my rainbow after the rain.” —NAYA youth Paulina Gutierrez, Iñupiaq

“Th anks for your time, smiles, compassion, empathy for humanity, for being YOU! Do you ever think, wonder what it’s like being us for a minute? You make us FEEL good about ourselves. Th ank you!” —Tiffany, Operation Nighwatch guest

BUSINESS PARTNER

BUSINESS PARTNERS

The first 250 donors of $50 or more will receive a vinyl copy of Woodstock, featuring the multi-platinum single “Feel It Still,” by Portland’s own Portugal. The Man.

◊ pearmentor.org MISSION

P:ear builds positive relationships with homeless and transitional youth through education, art and recreation to affirm personal worth and create more meaningful and healthier lives. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Each year, p:ear serves 800 homeless youth, and about 65 youth per day. Whether providing home-cooked meals and dry socks or custom mentoring or on-the-job training, p:ear knows that when we support and believe in our kids, we create a healthier community—for everyone.

“Simply accepting that I have a future has changed my future.” —C., p:ear youth BUSINESS PARTNERS

¿Por Que No? will match $5,000 from new donors. The first 35 donors of $300 or more get a pair of tickets to a special Valentine’s Day show at Darcelle XV.

Elephants Delicatessen, Sizzle Pie, Kuni Lexus of Portland

COMMUNITY

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PROUD GROUND

THE REBUILDING CENTER

ROSE HAVEN ◊ Founded: 2007

◊ Founded: 1999 ◊ 503-493-0293, ext. 19

◊ Founded: 1997

◊ 503-248-6364

◊ proudground.org

◊ 503-331-9291

◊ rosehaven.org

◊ rebuildingcenter.org MISSION

MISSION

Proud Ground creates permanently affordable homeownership opportunities for first-time homebuyers using the Community Land Trust model. Its investment ensures working families can afford to live in their community and keep their neighborhood affordable. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Proud Ground has helped more than 350 working families achieve the dream of homeownership. Each year, Proud Ground educates over 200 first-time homebuyers and grows its 280-home portfolio — homes that stay affordable forever.

“As I reflect on my journey toward homeownership, I am amazed at how far I’ve come. Before, I was stuck in the cycle of renting, but after working with Proud Ground, I am now the first homeowner in my family in four generations. I broke the cycle of poverty!” —Proud Ground homeowner BUSINESS PARTNERS

Fidelity National Title will match $1,000 in donations; Hopworks Urban Brewery will donate a six-pack of HUB beer to the first four donors and a free HUB pretzel to the next 100 donors.

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MISSION

The ReBuilding Center makes a material difference by building equitable, vibrant and sustainable communities through reuse. It works to ensure that people and building materials — specifically those perceived as liabilities and cast off by society — are respected as community assets. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In 2017, the ReBuilding Center diverted 3.5 million pounds of building materials from landfills and sold 420,000 salvaged items to the community. The center donated essential building materials to 235 local grassroots projects, including tiny homes for the houseless at Kenton Women’s Village, Dignity Village and Right 2 Dream Too.

“The ReBuilding Center doesn’t just inspire people to invest in each other and our community. It provides concrete tools to radically rethink the way we view what is conventionally considered trash and utilize it to make the world a better place.” —Klara, volunteer BUSINESS PARTNERS

¿Por Que No? will match all donations over $100 up to $3,000, and Mississippi Pizza will match all donations up to $2,000.

Rose Haven, a day shelter and community center, serves women, children and gender nonconforming folks experiencing trauma, poverty, and physical and mental health challenges. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Rose Haven provides community, safety, supplies, showers and advocacy support to 3,500 women, children and gender nonconforming folks annually who are experiencing trauma and poverty. In 2017, Rose Haven served 20 percent more children, which reflects the increase in child poverty in the community.

“I was living outside when I came to Rose Haven, pregnant, with nowhere to turn. They have provided me and my daughter with the love, advice and supplies when we needed it most. Rose Haven saved our lives." —Rose Haven guest BUSINESS PARTNERS

Mary and Ron Beamer will match dollar for dollar up to $5,000 in donations to Rose Haven.

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SISTERS OF THE ROAD

STREET SOCCER USA-PORTLAND

THE ROSEWOOD INITIATIVE

◊ Founded: 1979

◊ Founded: 2017

◊ Founded: 2010

◊ 503-222-5694

◊ 541-207-8802

◊ 503-208-2562

◊ sistersoftheroad.org

◊ streetsoccerusa.org/playforpdx

◊ rosewoodinitiative.org

MISSION

Sisters of the Road’s Cafe provides fresh meals to Portlanders surviving homelessness. We recognize and affirm the dignity of each guest. Sisters is profoundly about love and nourishes a diverse community, invites participation and works to end homelessness forever.

To bring life-changing community soccer programs to homeless, refugee and underserved populations. By creating safe places to play, supplying caring coaches and coordinating social services, it build its participants’ personal capacity to achieve improved education and employment outcomes.

The initiative connects and empowers Rosewood neighbors to build a safe, prosperous, vibrant and inclusive community. It empowers community members to drive meaningful and positive change.

BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Sisters provides meals to 50,000 Portlanders in need, welcoming 2,600 new guests annually. Customers exchange 16,000 volunteer hours every year to run the cafe and create the unique community that makes Sisters special.

In its first year, Street Soccer USAPortland established fi ve free soccer programs that served 236 people from marginalized communities. It also provided 95 individual social service referrals and improved the confidence, self-esteem and resiliency of 92 percent of participants.

“I ‘grew up’ coming to Sisters of the Road. They’ve seen me in addiction. They’ve seen me clean. I’ve been a barter worker and volunteer, and now I work a full-time position. The community feeds me and makes me grow.” —Isaac BUSINESS PARTNER

Triumph Coffee is giving a $5 gift card to the first 40 people who donate between $20 and $49. Reiki Says Relax (Willamette Week 's 2018 best natural/ alternative medicine clinic) is offering the first 50 individuals who donate $50 or more $10 off any treatment.

BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

The Rosewood Initiative's community center offers culturally responsive activities for thousands of neighbors a year in partnership with 120 different local nonprofit agencies. Together, theye advocate for the resources needed for a healthy, thriving community.

“Street Soccer Portland has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I’ve had the opportunity to see teammates come from homelessness to being housed, independent, enrolled in college, employed and find hope and joy.” —Collin, Homeless World Cup program participant

“At Rosewood, you can get the tools to make your dreams a reality. When I first found Rosewood, I was struggling and homeless. Now I am our director of operations and use my position to empower other community members to reach their potential, become leaders and make positive change.” —Yoana Molina Marcial

BUSINESS PARTNER

For every $25, donors receive one entry to win a Timbers Army-inspired studio sofa from PDX Originals and the 107IST (unlimited entries). The first 100 donors of $75 or more receive a $25 gift card to Pok Pok restaurants.

The first 100 donors will receive a special gift from Von Ebert Glendoveer.

COMMUNITY

NEW

WELCOME HOME COALITION

WILLAMETTE WEEK FUND FOR INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

◊ 971-291-3750

◊ Founded: 2015

◊ welcomehomecoalition.org

◊ 503-243-2122

“My affordable home is important to me because I can live safely inside, pay my rent, and my grandkids can visit. We need more homes like mine so people like me can avoid homelessness and separation from their families. I’m working with Welcome Home to tell my testimony to legislators, so they can support more affordable housing in my community.” —Connie Johnson, Northeast Portland resident

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MISSION

To support in-depth, independent reporting at Oregon’s most respected source for investigative and enterprise news coverage. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

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MISSION

Welcome Home Coalition has increased affordable housing funding by $270 million in three years in the city of Portland, creating affordable homes for almost 2,000 people who are the least well-served. WHC will build back 3,900 homes serving 12,000 people in the next fi ve years by advocating for a regional housing bond.

◊ 503-306-5252

To broaden public awareness and understanding of international affairs, engaging Oregonians with the world — and with each other. Cultivating global citizens and creating bridge-building experiences for youth and adults, turning strangers into friends, youth into leaders, and opinions into questions.

◊ bit.ly/2zSgmUA

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◊ Founded: 1950 ◊ worldoregon.org

◊ Founded: 2014

Secure adequate and dedicated funding for affordable housing for all communities in the Portland metro region; connect people to a regional housing movement to advocate for systemic change to end houselessness; and engage, train and empower community members to advocate for inclusive housing policies.

WORLDOREGON

MISSION

There’s no better way to keep a city alive — and forward-looking — than to pay careful attention to the workings of its core institutions. And there’s no better way to lose a sense of community and purpose than to be without serious local journalism. With your help, Willamette Week ’s fund supports ongoing projects each year.

“Few things are more critical to a sound public life than solid investigative reporting. That's a big part of why Willamette Week now reaches more readers in the city of Portland than the daily newspaper. This fund allows us to expand our efforts as Portland's leading watchdog.” —Mark L. Zusman, editor and publisher

WorldOregon provides deep, international cultural experiences, education and leadership opportunities for more than 10,000 K-12 students each year. It connects thousands of Oregonians annually to more than 500 youth and adult international visitors from over 100 countries, and facilitates over 60 public programs and discussions with global experts.

“[Young Leaders in Action] meant the world to me. I was surrounded by likeminded people who were passionate about global issues. I felt empowered and confident in my abilities and feel motivated to interact with others to instigate change.” —Kamala, 16, YLA participant BUSINESS PARTNERS

Columbia Sportswear will provide fi ve $100 gift cards for WorldOregon’s highest G!G donors. The first $2,000 in gifts will be matched by WorldOregon members.

Moving Portland Forward Like the organizations celebrated in the 2018 Give Guide, Uber is committed to helping communities thrive in Portland and beyond. That’s why we’re working with cities, drivers, riders, restaurants and delivery partners to offer more accessible and affordable options through our technology than ever before. We’ve also donated thousands of rides and more than $100,000 through the Uber NW Community Impact Initiative to local nonprofits to give those in need access to opportunity.

2018 Uber Community Impact Partners: Basic Rights Oregon Community Warehouse Dress for Success Latino Network Oregon Impact Oregon League of Conservation Voters Street Roots Youth Progress Zenger Farm

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CREATIVE EXPRESSION â&#x20AC;&#x153;How do we empower the creative expression that brings meaning to our lives? We do it together. We are the Oregon Cultural Trust and we invest in the artists, the poets, the preservationists and the dreamers who make Oregon, Oregon. Please join us. Support our creative champions with a direct gift, then match it with a donation to the Cultural Trust. Your donation to the Cultural Trust comes back to you at tax time, and you help us Double the Love for culture!â&#x20AC;? Brian Rogers Executive Director Oregon Cultural Trust

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BRIDGING VOICES

CYMASPACE ◊ Founded: 2013

◊ Founded: 2013

◊ 971-319-4954

◊ 503-445–4888

◊ cymaspace.org MISSION

To create a safe and accessible place for queer, straight and questioning youth to experience empowerment and unity through music. Bridging Voices aims to break down the foundations of homophobia and transphobia through diversity and visibility. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Bridging Voices has seen more than 75 youth learn the joyful impact of a safe space filled with people who look like them and love like them while learning valuable insights into themselves and their community through the choral arts.

“I was treated like family. Never in my life have I felt more comfortable with myself. For the first time, the words I sang weren’t just words but my fuel to fight for equality and the human right to love whomever I choose.” —BV singer

◊ Founded: 2005 ◊ 503-358-9085

◊ bridgingvoices.org MISSION

DISABILITY ART AND CULTURE PROJECT

CymaSpace produces art and cultural events that are more accessible and inclusive to the Deaf and hard of hearing through technology, education and outreach. It believes that when artists involve all the senses, their work is accessible, engaging and exciting. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

CymaSpace productions empower and promote Deaf people. The 2018 Northwest Deaf Arts Festival showcased a diverse selection of local and national Deaf performers. The event was the first in the Northwest to be fully accessible to Deaf and hearing people, engaging six coordinators, 16 volunteers, nine technicians and 300 attendees.

"The CymaSpace volunteer program has many benefits for me as a hardof-hearing person. Involvement has helped me get back into my Deaf community. I am learning marketable skills in stagehand work and fundraising as I interact with other Deaf and hearing volunteers." —Erik Matson

◊ dacphome.org MISSION

To advance artistic and cultural opportunities for people with disabilities, support a social/ embodiment disability model and an intersectional approach to social justice, and educate the broader community. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

This year, DACP educated 350 people by exposing them to crossdisability and integrated dance, films by and starring people with disabilities, discussions about art equity, immigrants and refugees with disabilities, and tools to understand disability and economic justice.

“DACP’s dance company continues to be instrumental in building my daughter’s independence, confidence in herself and appreciation of the arts. Family and friends who attend the performances are awed and appreciative of the beauty of diversity.” —Launa Peloquin, parent of an Inclusive Arts Vibe Dance Company dancer BUSINESS PARTNER

The first four donors of $50 or more will receive a $25 gift certificate to Nel Centro. give guide.org

FRIENDS OF NOISE

INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING RESOURCE CENTER

KBOO COMMUNITY RADIO

◊ 971-808-2343

◊ Founded: 1998

◊ Founded: 1968

◊ friendsofnoise.org

◊ 503-827-0249

◊ 503-231-8032

◊ iprc.org

◊ kboo.fm

MISSION

The mission of the Independent Publishing Resource Center is to provide affordable access to space, tools and resources for creating independently published media and artwork, and to build community and identity through the creation of written and visual art.

KBOO Community Radio is an independent, member-supported, noncommercial, volunteer-powered community radio station. KBOO is a platform for communities that have been shut out. It gives people a chance to learn how to create the media that matter to them.

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Each year, the IPRC serves 2,000 people in Portland, providing studio space and creative writing, printmaking, and publishing workshops and resources to communities that couldn’t otherwise access them. It's served 30,000 individuals over the past 20 years.

KBOO promoted 188 community partner events in 2017. It’s also turning 7,500 hours of Portland’s activist, countercultural history into a free, public online archive. History is known by the records you keep.

◊ Founded: 2015

MISSION

Friends of Noise fosters healing and growth for the creative youth of our community. Our all-ages concerts and workshops provide live performance opportunities for youth artists and hands-on experience for youth sound engineers. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In 2018, Friends of Noise paid 50 youth artists to perform in 25 all-ages concerts to an audience of more than 1,000. It has held eight free Teen Music Biz workshops for 50 participants, and 50 biweekly youth committee meetings where participants plan and produce concerts.

"The Portland Farmers Market music program has greatly benefited from the work of Friends of Noise. We rely on music to keep up the energy; with Friends of Noise we are having more fun! We couldn’t be more proud of our partnership and their youth participants!" —Heather Morrill, Portland Farmers Market

“The IPRC is one of the most amazing concepts and places I have been in. They offer workshops, access to equipment and general guidance in a friendly and very generous atmosphere.” —Jennifer Randall, artist and IPRC member

“Independent media is more important than ever. As an elected representative, I’m really depending on outlets like KBOO to educate and engage the public, and to hold our government, including myself, accountable. So please, please, please keep doing that.” —Chloe Eudaly, Portland city commissioner

BUSINESS PARTNER BUSINESS PARTNERS

Level up your donations with matching funds from Friends of Noise’s business partners: Kill Rock Stars, $2,000; Monqui Presents, $2,000; Holocene Portland, $500; and Mississippi Studios, $500. Please give early and often to double your donation’s impact.

Tender Loving Empire will offer special incentives to IPRC donors through the G!G.

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LITERARY ARTS

MILAGRO / MIRACLE THEATRE GROUP

MY VOICE MUSIC

◊ 503-227-2583

◊ Founded: 1985

◊ Founded: 2008

◊ literary-arts.org

◊ 503-236-7253

◊ 971-533-8953

◊ milagro.org

◊ myvoicemusic.org

MISSION

Milagro provides extraordinary Latino theater, culture and arts education experiences for the enrichment of all communities.

My Voice Music is a nonprofit organization building relationships, fostering connection and revealing our common humanity through songwriting, recording, performance and long-term artistic mentorships that help youth to find and share their voice.

◊ Founded: 1984

MISSION

Literary Arts’ mission is to engage readers, support writers and inspire the next generation with great literature. By offering a wide variety of programming, it helps foster a lifelong love of literature for an intergenerational and diverse audience, as well strengthen the communities of artists who make it. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, Literary Arts engaged 20,000 readers through events, supported 1,500 local writers and inspired 4,000 students in the classroom and the concert hall. It hosted 80 or more free events, offering a platform for culturally specific programming. Eighteen percent of writing students received discounted tuition, and 3,000 youth received free admission to events.

“During my time in Portland, I was so inspired by Literary Arts’ commitment to community, engagement and public dialogue. Not only do they create space for writers and their work, they also nurture America’s future voices.” —Claudia Rankine, 2017-2018 Portland Arts & Lectures author BUSINESS PARTNER

The Duniway Portland, a Hilton Hotel

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Milagro promotes diversity, supporting Latino artists and fellow artists of color, and bringing theater and the arts to diverse and underserved communities in Portland for the past 35 years. Fifty-fi ve percent of artists hired by Milagro identify as Latino, and 60 percent of those artists are women, 46 percent women of color. In the coming year, Milagro is producing fi ve historically significant new works, all of which are directed by women of color.

"Milagro is a model of the best Latino theater: It is sustainable, well-supported by the business community, an inspiration for Latino artists everywhere and beloved by its audiences while maintaining the highest artistic standards. I salute Milagro!” —José Carrillo, artist and patron

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In 2017, MVM served 1,600 youth: 700 living in mental health treatment and detention centers; 215 unaccompanied migrant youth seeking refugee status; 85 living in foster care; and 600 from the public who attended its recording studio and year-round classes. Eighty-five percent participated for free and 14 students were hired as teachers.

“My Voice Music gave me something to look forward when I was struggling greatly. It made me happy when I felt like I would never be happy again. My Voice Music saved my life and continues to do so.” —Amber, MVM graduate BUSINESS PARTNERS

BUSINESS PARTNER

Partnering with Coopers Hall, the first two G!G donations over $500 get a $50 gift card, the first fi ve over $100 get a bottle of wine, and the first 20 over $40 get a wine flight.

All donors who give $25 or more to My Voice Music receive a free pint of draft beer from Radio Room or Keys Lounge.

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PORTLAND CENTER STAGE AT THE ARMORY

PORTLAND INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART

◊ 503-662-8344

◊ Founded: 1988

◊ Founded: 1995

◊ outsidetheframe.org

◊ 503-445-3700

◊ 503-242-1419

◊ pcs.org

◊ pica.org

MISSION

OUTSIDE THE FRAME ◊ Founded: 2015

MISSION

Outside the Frame trains homeless and marginalized youth to be the directors of their own films and lives. Its film program provides job training, a creative outlet, an audience, and a sense of dignity and possibility. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Outside the Frame shows that homeless youth are not a liability to society but a critical asset to the community. In the past year, it trained 75 youth who, in turn, produced 20 films, led 40 community screenings, taught at Portland Public Schools and made work for the Portland Art Museum, while moving out of homelessness.

“Opportunities can come our way precisely when we need them. For me, this was Outside the Frame. They gave me a voice I didn’t know I had, which has been my life’s greatest blessing. It’s not just about making movies, it’s about breaking silence.” —Joey, alum and peer mentor BUSINESS PARTNER

The highest donor gets a multicourse dinner for two from Aviv, blending flavors from the Middle East with the Northwest’s harvest. The first 50 donors over $75 get Empower BodyCare lotion.

To inspire the community by bringing stories to life in unexpected ways. Portland Center Stage at the Armory strives to present diverse stories, invest in new works, engage young people, and give each person who enters the theater a sense of welcome and belonging. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

The Armory presents more than 400 performances of 11 plays each season, plus the free JAW: A Playwrights Festival and more than 200 community programs. It serves more than 160,000 annually, including 8,000 youth from more than 70 schools.

“[The Armory] has a way of simultaneously exciting the cerebral, aesthetic and emotional. Now that I am a school administrator, I cannot let go of you; I still help student groups attend. I want to thank you for 25 years of innovation, inspiration and engagement.” —Laurie Kash, Rainier School District BUSINESS PARTNER

To improve the community by creating thriving outlets for creative expression and increasing access to affordable, accessible, inclusive spaces for people to come together in Portland, where such space is increasingly scarce. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

PICA works to create accessible, inclusive and thriving outlets for creative expression. It serves more than 25,000 community members annually, including long-term, in-depth mentorship for youth of color, hundreds of regional and international artists through presentations, residencies and grants, and dozens of local organizations to provide affordable, accessible programming space.

“PICA has embodied an essential community and home for myself and my fellow artists and activists. The community they have fostered and the space they provide continues to allow local artists such as myself to grow and thrive.” —Zandi Saleem, artist and community organizer

Donors 35 and under are entered to win an Armory card. The first 200 donors receive a Columbia Sportswear Employee Store pass. All donors are invited to a backstage tour and entered to win two vouchers. CREATIVE EXPRESSION

NEW

PORTLAND PLAYHOUSE

ROCK ’N’ ROLL CAMP FOR GIRLS

THE AUGUST WILSON RED DOOR PROJECT

◊ Founded: 2008

◊ Founded: 2001

◊ 503-488-5822

◊ 503-936-6869

◊ Founded: 2011

◊ portlandplayhouse.org

◊ girlsrockcamp.org

◊ 503-451-0739

MISSION

◊ reddoorproject.org To create space for people of all backgrounds to come together and celebrate the complexity of our shared human experience. Portland Playhouse’s vision is a world awakened by the wonder of theater. Its education programs further its mission. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Portland Playhouse engages 12,000 audience members via four productions with the help of 75 theater professionals and 175 volunteers. In 20172018, 24 artists worked in 12 schools to reach more than 2,400 students. Portland Playhouse offers its space to numerous community partners for events in the King neighborhood.

To empower and amplify the voices of girls and gender-expansive youth through music creation and performance. Cultivating leadership skills, Rock ’n’ Roll Camp for Girls creates a community where girls raise each other up and that empowers campers to recognize and respond to social injustice. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Launched in Portland in 2001, there are now more than 100 camps spanning the globe. Over 17 years, Rock Camp has served a generation of girls and gendermarginalized youth, empowering them to create positive social change.

“Portland Playhouse’s mission resonates deeply with me. You come as you are and perhaps your experience in here will change you in some kind of way. There’s this outreach that I love. I see it in their work, in the audiences they bring in, and in their staff. It’s amazing." —Lester Purry, actor, played Troy in the recent production of Fences

“Rock ’n’ Roll Camp for Girls may seem like most other summer camps, but this one’s special. No other camp has given me the confidence and selfassurance that Rock Camp has. This camp changes lives, because it gives people a gift that they already possess, their voice! Rock Camp just brings it out. Every girl has confidence, Rock Camp shows them how to use it." —Sophie Arnold, former camper and intern, current volunteer

BUSINESS PARTNER

BUSINESS PARTNERS

The Raymond Family Foundation is offering a $10,000 match.

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Freeland Spirits Distillery will donate a free tasting for donations of $30 or more. Linnea’s Portrait Studio will donate a child or family sitting and $200 in studio credit to donors of $100 or more.

MISSION

To change the racial ecology of Portland through the arts. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

The Red Door Project’s goal is to diversify representation in and access to culturally relevant performance. More than 7,500 people have experienced programming in 2017 alone, including many students and other nontraditional theatergoers. The project gives actors of color an artistic home, providing opportunities for expression, development and employment.

“Hands Up lit a spark in me — it fed a growing need for me to confront my white privilege and the cultural racism I’m beginning to see everywhere. It led to deep examination and investment to make major changes in my life.” —Marc Smiley, audience member BUSINESS PARTNER

Donations of $20 or more get a free taco from ¿Por Que No?, $50 or more are entered into a drawing for a gift basket from the Hollywood Theatre ($75 value), $100 or more are matched by ¿Por Que No?.

WRITE AROUND PORTLAND

XRAY.FM ◊ Founded: 2013 ◊ 503-233-2700

◊ Founded: 1999

◊ xray.fm

◊ 503-796-9224 ◊ writearound.org MISSION

Write Around Portland changes lives through the power of writing by bringing free creative writing workshops to prisons, shelters, senior centers, lowincome housing buildings, schools, hospitals and other social service agencies. Following each workshop season, it publishes each participant’s writing in a professionally designed anthology and hosts community readings to celebrate these voices that all too often go unheard. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

This past year, Write Around Portland provided 40 free 10-week creative writing workshops for 446 adults and young people who have the least access to arts. Ninety-four percent of participants reported improved confidence and a stronger sense of community due to their participation.

“It's opened a lot of doors for me and I'm happier. It's like the light that was lit in me had been blown out and now it's been lit again.” —Ricky Bealer-Casias, Write Around Portland featured writer

MISSION

To put a microphone to the best and most distinctive of Portland. XRAY strives to create a culturally relevant center for ideas, music and creativity in service of more open media and a more just community.

“If any group you're in has people who only look like you, change that group.” - Natalie Portman

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XRAY provides a purpose-driven alternative to mainstream media. Last year, it amplified the voices of 150 Portlanders each week, played music from thousands of artists not included on Top 40 radio, promoted the work of more than 100 local nonprofits, and aired live audio from dozens of community events.

“American democracy is in crisis. As corporate conglomerates take advertising dollars to sell stuff, it’s hard to get the real scoop. XRAY offers opportunities to learn, engage, and make connections to what’s happening locally and around the world.” —Thom Hartmann, host of The Thom Hartmann Program

CREATIVE EXPRESSION

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EDUCATION “Bank of America is pleased to sponsor Give!Guide’s Education category, since we know these nonproﬁts are working hard to serve local families in need and make Oregon better. We’re committed to doing our part to strengthening local communities by supporting and collaborating with nonproﬁts like these. The investments we make in them are about building healthier neighborhoods and keeping Oregon moving forward.” Roger Hinshaw Market President, Oregon & Southwest Washington Bank of America

EDUCATION

ADELANTE MUJERES

APP CAMP FOR GIRLS

BETTIES360

◊ Founded: 2002

◊ Founded: 2013

◊ 503-706-0724

◊ 503-992-0078

◊ 503-477-5770

◊ betties360.org

◊ adelantemujeres.org

◊ appcamp4girls.com

MISSION

◊ Founded: 2005

MISSION

Adelante Mujeres means “women rise up.” It is working to build a more just society by empowering Latinas to lead. Its programs provide holistic education and empowerment opportunities to marginalized Latina women and their families to ensure full participation and active leadership in the community. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, more than 8,000 Latina women and their families engaged with Adelante Mujeres. Its Chicas Youth Development program provides culturally responsive after-school programming to more than 500 girls ages 8 to 18 in 19 schools with 20 sessions per week. One hundred percent of high school seniors in the program graduate and go to college.

“A lot of people expect so little [of Latina women]. I want women to keep studying to prove them wrong.” —Isbeidy, Chicas participant BUSINESS PARTNER

¿Por Qué No? will match every gift of $150 or more up to $5,000.

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Inspiring and empowering girls, transgender, and gender nonconforming youth to pursue careers in technology. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Betties360 inspires confidence, wellbeing and community in girls of all races, gender identities, shapes and sizes through outdoor activities, action sports and life-skills education.

App Camp for Girls introduces girls, transgender and gender nonconforming youth to designing and building apps using professional tools. They also learn about the business of software while being inspired by role models in the industry. App Camp also provides support and community for gender minorities in the tech industry.

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“App Camp for Girls has changed my life. I’ve received mentorship and countless opportunities in the tech world that I wouldn’t have without it. I gained coding knowledge and learned how to collaborate with people of all different backgrounds. AC4G is a major component of shaping who I am today!” —Gabi

“What I really took away from Betties360 is that I can do pretty much anything I can set my mind to. We did so many things that I thought I would never do, like BMX biking, rock climbing and roller skating. It was just crazy, and I wouldn’t normally gravitate towards those things. But it just taught me more about myself, that I can do more than I think I can." —Program participant

Students enrolled in Betties360’s free after-school program had higher school attendance rates — 90 percent versus 79 percent for their peers. Participants report an increase in selfconfidence, ability to work with others, and improved resiliency after completing Betties360’s program.

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BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF PORTLAND METRO

CAMPUS COMPACT OF OREGON

CHICKTECH ◊ Founded: 2012

◊ Founded: 1996

◊ 971-270-0519

◊ Founded: 1946

◊ 503-406-3575

◊ chicktech.org

◊ 503-232-0077

◊ oregoncampuscompact.org

◊ bgcportland.org

MISSION MISSION

Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro strives to empower all young people, especially those who need it most, to discover their full potential as caring, engaged, responsible community members.

Campus Compact of Oregon convenes and supports the work of educational institutions to improve their practice around institutional equity, collaborative learning and community engagement to respond effectively to a racially diverse and changing Oregon.

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MISSION

Last year, Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro provided over 4,000 youth across three counties with 148,000 healthy meals, 20,000 hours of fun, structured play, and 38,000 hours of homework help.

“My story is similar to so many professional athletes I have met along the way. The Clubs were my home away from home. I owe so much to the Clubs and hold tremendous pride in now being able to give back to the program that has given me so much.” —Terry Porter, former NBA All-Star and coach BUSINESS PARTNERS

G!G donors of $10 receive a free smoothie from Jamba Juice; give $25 or more to also get a certificate from Dutch Bros. Pavelcomm is matching $2,500 in donations.

Students don’t need to be schoolready; schools need to be studentready. Schools should be spaces of belonging for students of color. Each year, Campus Compact provides more than 2,000 students academic support, college-access coaching, and community-engaged learning experiences, and offers racial equity training for more than 250 education professionals.

“Campus Compact gave me many opportunities for stretching and growth. Their trainings nudged me to think critically about processes and systems in place, reflect on my implicit biases, and moved me to be brave in spaces I wasn’t before.” —Alishia Coye, AmeriCorps VISTA member with Campus Compact, 2016-2018

ChickTech is a multigenerational nonprofit dedicated to retaining women in the technology workforce and increasing the number of women and girls pursuing technology-based careers. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

ChickTech facilitates hands-on technology-centric events and programs to empower, support and increase the confidence of women and girls. In 2017, it provided hands-on technical workshops and career development for 288 underserved girls. It also served 1,255 women and allied attendees through our career conference and workshops.

“Before ChickTech, I thought being an engineer was something I wasn’t capable of, but my experiences taught me that I am capable, and that your background, race, gender, none of that matters.” —ChickTech participant, Jefferson High School BUSINESS PARTNER

New Relic has committed to match the first $15,000 in donations to ChickTech to positively impact our community by increasing STEM education opportunities for underrepresented youth.

BUSINESS PARTNER

The first 100 donors will receive a Campus Compact T-shirt or water bottle. EDUCATION

CLASSROOM LAW PROJECT

COLLEGE POSSIBLE ◊ Founded: 2012

COMMUNITY TRANSITIONAL SCHOOL

◊ 971-407-2975 ◊ Founded: 1983

◊ collegepossible.org

◊ 503-224-4424 ◊ classroomlaw.org MISSION

Classroom Law Project prepares youth across Oregon to become engaged and informed participants in a democratic society. Bringing together educators, students, the legal community and concerned citizens, CLP provides quality, timely, fun civic education programs for teachers and students. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last school year, the project reached more than 1,200 teachers and 97,000 students across Oregon, a 19 percent increase over the previous year. Providing quality professional development for teachers expands its programs’ reach. Its student-centered programs lead to the development of lifelong skills.

"Watching my eighth-grade students testify on the Constitution at the state Capitol on We the People Day was thrilling and nerve-wracking for them and for me, but was an overall emotionally rewarding experience for all of us. I cannot wait to introduce the Constitution to another group of students!" —Jeff Geissler, teacher

◊ 503-249-8582 MISSION

To make college admission and success possible for low-income students through an intensive curriculum of coaching and support. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In the 2017-18 school year, 256 seniors assisted by College Possible submitted 1,466 college applications. Ninetyseven percent were admitted to college, earning more than $1 million in scholarships. In addition, 263 juniors increased their ACT test scores by an average of 18 percent. College Possible is a proven, researchbased program founded in 2000 and launched in Portland in 2012 designed to ensure high school completion and post-secondary success.

“My experience in College Possible has been a gift. My coach was compassionate toward my struggles as a low-income student of color—the amount of patience and empathy she personally provided me is both a privilege and a lifelong lesson.” —Gia, current Willamette University student, Gates Millennium Scholar and Gresham High School graduate of 2016 BUSINESS PARTNERS

The Standard will match the first $5,000 in G!G donations to College Possible. The Detwiler Family Foundation will match another $5,000. give guide.org

◊ Founded: 1990 ◊ transitionalschool.org MISSION

Community Transitional School is a nonprofit, private pre-K-8th grade school dedicated to educating children whose families are homeless or in transition throughout Portland. CTS provides at-risk children with a stable educational environment that promotes their personal and academic growth. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

During the 2017-2018 school year, CTS taught 232 children at extreme risk for school failure. Despite the high mobility rate of their families throughout the Portland metro area as well as greater Multnomah County, CTS students had a 92 percent daily attendance average last school year.

“Community Transitional School is not only a school for learning. It is a school where you can have fun, meet friendly people and can catch up on things you have not learned. CTS may be a small school, but it is a big community where everyone fits in.” —Sara, 2018 eighth-grade graduate of CTS, now a freshman at De La Salle North Catholic High School

FREE GEEK

GIRLS BUILD

KAIROSPDX

◊ Founded: 2000

◊ Founded: 2016

◊ Founded: 2012

◊ 503-232-9350

◊ 503-539-5261

◊ 503-567-9820

◊ freegeek.org

◊ girlsbuild.org

◊ kairospdx.org

MISSION

To sustainably reuse technology, enable digital access and provide education to create a community that empowers people to realize their potential. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, Free Geek ensured that more than 1 million pounds of e-waste were responsibly recycled or reused. It returned more than 42,000 devices to the community, granted technology to 200 other nonprofits and facilitated 4,000 hours of education that demystifies technology.

“I am so grateful for the opportunity to earn a computer through volunteering. I didn’t have a desktop and needed one to finish my bachelor’s degree and definitely couldn’t afford one at the time. Thanks to Free Geek, I was able to graduate. What a wonderful organization!” —Amy L.G.

Girls Build inspires curiosity and confidence in girls through the world of building. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Over the past year, Girls Build has taught 1,000 girls the basics of building through summer camps and afterschool programs. Almost 50 percent of participants attended on scholarships, with 10 percent of summer camp participants using the full scholarships offered to children in foster care.

Lucy: “Mom, I like using the saw.” Mom: “Why is that, Lucy?” Lucy: “Because when I use it, I feel strong and powerful.” —Lucy, age 8 BUSINESS PARTNERS

Parr Lumber MLK will offer one free tape measure to every Girls Build donor. Fortis Construction will match every $500 gift up to $7,500.

To eliminate the prolific racial achievement gap by cultivating confident, creative and compassionate leaders. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Oregon’s education system is failing students of color. Kairos has reimagined what students need to excel, and it’s working. Eighty-eight percent of its kindergartners graduating in 2017 met or exceeded the reading benchmark, and 95 percent of its students show growth on social-emotional tests.

“It feels like they know my child here at Kairos. There is a partnership between families and Kairos to help with racial identity, but also identity as a whole, for her to be confident in who she is and find her voice to speak her truth." —L.F., parent at KairosPDX

EDUCATION

NEW

METROPOLITAN FAMILY SERVICE

OPEN SCHOOL

OPEN SIGNAL: PORTLAND COMMUNITY MEDIA

◊ Founded: 1971 ◊ Founded: 1950

◊ 503-978-1935

◊ Founded: 1981

◊ 503-232-0007

◊ openschoolnw.org

◊ 503-288–1515 ◊ opensignalpdx.org

◊ metfamily.org MISSION MISSION

For almost 70 years, MFS has helped people in the community move beyond the limitations of poverty, inequity and social isolation through 24 culturally responsive programs in youth success, economic empowerment, and health and wellness. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, MFS helped 18,500 people from the most vulnerable populations by distributing 1 million pounds of food to hungry families, providing afterschool programs to 8,500 kids at 20 schools, and giving more than 35,000 rides to older adults and people with disabilities in need of transportation.

“For people like us who may not be able to rely on their family, when you break it down, who is really there in a person’s life? And it’s always you, MFS. When things in life get crunchy, MFS always steps in and puts themselves around you, and helps you out. You are always there, and we are just so grateful.” —Bridget, MFS Project Linkage client BUSINESS PARTNER

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Open School’s mission is to develop connection, capability and confidence in disconnected youth through relationship-based, quality learning experiences that result in academic, personal and community success. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

This past school year, Open School served 430 students in sixth through 12th grade. One hundred percent of students entered the program at high risk for dropping out, but at the end of the year, 95 percent of all students were retained in school and 100 percent of seniors graduated on time. Open School provides students at risk of dropping out with what they need to graduate and get ahead: academics, equity and advocacy.

“If I wasn’t at Open, I wouldn’t be the person I am today. They don’t treat you like just a student, they treat you like family. You set goals and they help you achieve them. I feel strong being an Open School student.” —Jennifer, 10th grader, Open School East

MISSION

Open Signal empowers the people of Portland to make effective use of media for creative expression, cultural exchange and civic participation. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, Open Signal provided media training, TV production and community engagement to more than 5,000 youth and adults at its center, at schools and in partnership with other nonprofi ts. It broadcast 943 new and locally produced programs in six languages to over 400,000 homes via fi ve cable channels.

“I am an enrolled member of the Klamath Tribe. We have a lot of stories, legends and history to tell. The people here make me feel comfortable to ask questions as I learn more about media. Open Signal has definitely changed my life!” —Marcos Alatorre, Open Signal student and producer

OREGON JEWISH MUSEUM AND CENTER FOR HOLOCAUST EDUCATION ◊ Founded: 1989

OREGON TRADESWOMEN

PORTLAND YOUTHBUILDERS

◊ Founded: 1989

◊ Founded: 1995

◊ 503-335-8200

◊ 503-286-9350

◊ tradeswomen.net

◊ pybpdx.org

MISSION

Oregon Tradeswomen transforms women’s lives by building economic independence and community through education, training, advocacy, and leadership development in the skilled trades.

To support young people committed to changing their lives to become selfsufficient, contributing members of the workforce and their community. Portland YouthBuilders serves low-income high school dropouts ages 17 to 24 who are looking for a second chance in life.

◊ 503-226-3600 ◊ ojmche.org MISSION

The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education explores the Jewish experience in Oregon and teaches the universal lessons of the Holocaust through exhibitions, educational resources and opportunities for intercultural conversation, asking visitors to resist indifference and to envision a just and inclusive world. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

OJMCHE provides 30,000 visitors of all cultural backgrounds a historical context to understand bigotry and discrimination through museum visits, Oregon Holocaust Memorial tours, and programs.

BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Oregon Tradeswomen provides free career education, training, job placement and support services to 3,000 women and girls yearly. It helps move women, with an average incoming wage of $12,600, and their families out of poverty. After completing itsr program, women can earn $37,500 or more a year.

“Thank you to OJMCHE. Your exhibits provided a great opportunity for us to learn about the history of human rights abuses, at home and abroad, as well as what we can do when faced with prejudice and bias.” —Faculty member, Portland State University

“There are no words to describe the empowerment and confidence of finding a path to success and selfsufficiency, or the pride that wells up inside knowing I’m making a difference in my community and my children’s lives by giving them financial stability and greater opportunities.” —Courtnee Holm, Pathways to Success graduate, electrical apprentice

BUSINESS PARTNERS

Ruth Roth will match donations up to $5,000. Donations $10 up receive a slice of Hot Lips Pizza. Northwest Broadway’s Garden Bar will donate $1 to OJMCHE for every salad ordered on Nov. 16.

BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Every year, Portland YouthBuilders helps 200 youth with education, vocational training, leadership development and long-term support. On average, 85 percent of PYB students finish school and are placed in college, an apprenticeship or work. In 2017, students gave 17,164 hours back to their community while learning the importance of service.

“At meetings, the staff always ask, ‘How are you? Is this school really working for you? What can we do to help?’ and I love that. PYB holds us accountable, but they also hold themselves accountable to their students.” —Jonathan, PYB student

Dovetail Workwear will match all donations of $20 or more up to $1,000. Madden Industrial will match all donations of $50 or more up to $2,500. Donate on Dec. 17 to be entered to win a pair of Dovetail work pants. EDUCATION

101

NEW

SCHOOLHOUSE SUPPLIES

SMART (START MAKING A READER TODAY)

THE CHILDREN’S BOOK BANK ◊ Founded: 2008

◊ Founded: 1999 ◊ 503-249.9933

◊ Founded: 1992

◊ 503-616-3981

◊ schoolhousesupplies.org

◊ 971-634-1634

◊ childrensbookbank.org

◊ getSMARToregon.org MISSION

MISSION

Schoolhouse Supplies supports public education in the Portland area by providing free school supplies to students in need. It believes every child deserves school supplies and has the right to a quality education, regardless of economic circumstance. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Schoolhouse Supplies reduces learning disparities and increases school readiness by providing access to essential learning tools. Last year, more than 80,000 local students received $2.8 million in free school supplies, including 589,543 pencils and 45,391 books. All thanks to 5,000-plus donors and nearly 1,000 volunteers.

“In a time when my students are making the choice between affording a meal or affording school supplies, I am grateful the supplies I got from the Free Store help my kids still feel school-ready and full.” —Misty V’Marie: English teacher at David Douglas High School

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SMART pairs community volunteers with children to provide reading support and books to keep. Through one-on-one reading sessions, SMART volunteers model a love of reading and build children’s reading skills and self-confidence in a positive, child-guided environment. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

With the help of 5,000 community volunteers, SMART will reach 11,300 children this school year with weekly one-on-one reading sessions, giving them more than 150,000 new books to keep. More than 95 percent of participating students show improvement in literacy development measures.

“[My daughter] started this year below grade level and has soared beyond. More importantly, her passion for reading has been ignited, she believes in herself, in her skills and loves to discover where stories will take her.” —SMART parent BUSINESS PARTNERS

Jam on Hawthorne will give $20 to the first 100 donors of $100 or more. For each gift, a donor will provide a book pack — containing 14 new books — for a SMART reader to keep (up to 3,500 books). give guide.org

To give every Portland child the opportunity to grow up surrounded by books that spark the imagination, build curiosity and open minds to limitless possibilities, because two-thirds of children living in poverty have no books of their own at home. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, CBB filled 8,554 children’s homes and lives with communitydonated books to keep and enjoy over and over again. CBB eliminates “booklessness” by giving underserved children engaging books that increase vocabulary and early reading skills, foster critical brain development and a love of reading, and support parent-child bonding.

“We didn’t have many books before getting our green bag. Having books available makes it easier for me to read with my children at bedtime. My favorite part is when they ask questions about what’s going on in the book.” —Head Start parent whose child received a CBB book collection BUSINESS PARTNERS

Daimler Trucks North America will match donations of $25 or more, up to $5,000. Donors to CBB will be entered to win a pizza a month for one year from Straight From New York Pizza.

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THE REFUGEE CENTER ONLINE ◊ Founded: 2013 ◊ 503-468-5474 ◊ therefugeecenter.org MISSION

The Refugee Center Online uses technology to help refugees and immigrants build new lives in the United States with free online classes, resources and community support. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

When refugees and immigrants arrive in our city, they need one place to find information they can trust and understand. Last year, more than 5,000 newcomers in the Portland metro area used the Refugee Center Online’s platform to find resources in our city, study for their GEDs, and become citizens.

“Don't wait for direction, approval, or permission. Don't wait. Tear this shit down. Just do something. If I could tell you to do anything, it would be vote. But don't have the sense that you have to be given a seat at the table or you have to be invited to the power lunch or whatever. Just show up.” - Rukaiyah Adams

“This is exactly what I needed when I arrived in the U.S. One place to find answers to all the things I didn’t know about. Now, I am here, contributing to our community and working to give my children opportunities.” —Mohamed Ali, Somali refugee and new Portlander BUSINESS PARTNERS

Donors of $25 or more receive a free soda and fries with the purchase of a gyro from Shawarma Express. Donors of $100 or more receive a free belay lesson from Planet Granite.

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ENVIRONMENT “As a small restaurant chain we believe protecting the environment will advance economic growth and improve everyone’s quality of life. In every decision we make, food-related or not, we weigh the impact it will have on people and the planet. A healthy environment is a healthy society.” Franz Spielvogel CEO Laughing Planet

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1000 FRIENDS OF OREGON ◊ Founded: 1974

350PDX ◊ Founded: 2013 ◊ 503-281-1485

◊ Founded: 2000

◊ 350pdx.org

◊ 541-387-3030 ◊ columbiariverkeeper.org

◊ 503-497-1000 ◊ friends.org MISSION

1000 Friends of Oregon works to build livable urban and rural communities, protect family farms and forests, and conserve natural areas. Its Portland for Everyone program advocates for public policies that provide diverse and affordable housing for all Portlanders. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Portland’s land-use and housing policies affect every resident and must include those whose housing needs are unmet. In 2017, 1000 Friends presented to 42 neighborhood and community organizations, met with 1,300 Portlanders and prepared 65 people to share feedback with decision-makers.

“1000 Friends is an extraordinary leader for critical policy work in Portland and across Oregon to promote both environmentally sound land use and real, affordable housing options. We are proud to partner with them!” —Diane Linn, executive director, Proud Ground BUSINESS PARTNERS

Two annual Biketown memberships and two free tune-ups at Cycle Portland will be raffl ed to donors 35 and under. Every donor receives a cup of coffee or pint of beer from Simple. Local. Coffee. give guide.org

COLUMBIA RIVERKEEPER

MISSION

Building a diverse, grassroots movement to address the causes of climate disruption through justice-based solutions by inspiring, training and mobilizing people to act.

MISSION

Columbia Riverkeeper protects and restores the water quality of the Columbia River and all life connected to it, from its headwaters to the Pacific Ocean.

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In 2017, 350PDX organized 20 volunteer teams for climate-change resistance, energizing over 220 community events and actions. 350PDX led a coalition that helped pass progressive “100% Renewables” resolutions in Portland and Multnomah County, supported the largest frontline-community-led Climate March in Portland history, and stopped construction of two fracked gas power plants.

“Really path breaking. People all over the world have been paying attention…it’s a big deal. They do amazing work in leveraging all that volunteer energy and turning it into very real outcomes.” —Bill McKibben, best-selling author, international climate leader, and co-founder of 350.org BUSINESS PARTNER

Trillium Investments will match the first $1,000 donated. All donors get a bag of Spielman bagel chips, and donors of $50 or more are entered to win an assortment of wine prizes from Winderlea Vineyards.

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Columbia Riverkeeper and allies use community organizing and legal actions to stop new coal, oil and fracked gas proposals on the Columbia to protect clean water and our climate.

“From my perspective, they’re easily one of the most effective groups in the country. It’s hard to overstate their importance.” —Eric de Place, program director, Sightline Institute BUSINESS PARTNER

eNRG Kayak will provide donors of $150 or more with one Willamette Falls kayak tour (value $60); donors of $250 or more will receive two kayak tours (value $120).

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CRAG LAW CENTER

◊ Founded: 1996

◊ Founded: 2001

◊ 503-281-1132

◊ 503-525-2724

◊ columbiaslough.org

◊ crag.org

MISSION

Its mission is to protect and enhance the Columbia Slough and its watershed through community engagement, education and restoration.

Crag Law Center provides free and low-cost legal services to Native American tribes and environmental and community groups fighting to protect wild places, clean water, communities and climate.

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Last year, the council led more than 300 free outdoor education school programs, and put 10,000 plants in the ground at 51 restoration events. It held three nature events serving more than 1,800 families, including an annual Canoe Regatta and Explorando bilingual family festival.

“At Fairview, all the children look forward to fifth grade because of the learning opportunities that you provide through CSWC. Our learning is so much richer and more complete with the connection our students now have with their watershed.” —Gloria Otto, fifth-grade teacher, Fairview Elementary BUSINESS PARTNERS

Next Adventure will provide a “Private Ross Island Kayak Tour for Four” to one donor. Willamette Valley Vineyards will provide a “Tasting Tour for Eight” to one donor.

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In 2017, Crag represented 52 conservation and community groups, providing more than 12,000 hours of free and low-cost legal services. It blocked Nestlé’s proposed water bottling operation in Cascade Locks, successfully defended Portland’s fossil fuel restrictions, and more.

“Crag is one of the most important and effective local nonprofits for environmental justice. With a very small staff and very small budget, they punch way over their weight and have been integral in critical legal decisions regarding the environment.” —Mark Gamba, mayor of Milwaukie BUSINESS PARTNER

Donations of $25 or more receive $10 off at ThunderpantsUSA; $30 or more receive a ticket to a Dec. 18 private concert with Blind Pilot’s Israel Nebeker; $50 or more receive 25 percent off at Patagonia PDX. More prizes and details: crag.org/give!guide.

ECOLOGY IN CLASSROOMS AND OUTDOORS ◊ Founded: 2005 ◊ 503-272-1774 ◊ ecologyoutdoors.org MISSION

ECO inspires K-12 students to connect to the natural world by providing hands-on ecology enrichment programs. Through community service learning projects, outdoor exploration and experiential study, ECO empowers kids to become environmental stewards, advocates and leaders. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Since 2005, ECO has reached 21,060 elementary school students, many from diverse and low-income households, and more than 700 teachers. Last year, ECO brought 396 lessons to 2,880 students in 96 classrooms.

“ECO is highly valuable. Students take ownership of their environment after ECO and think of our community and planet differently. They ask deeper questions, express a deeper understanding of our responsibility to care for our environment, and they’re having so much fun, they don’t realize just how much they’re learning!” —Kelly Elementary School teacher BUSINESS PARTNERS

Brew Dr. Kombucha will match $7,500 in donations. Moberi will match $3,000. OnPoint Community Credit Union will match $2,000. Donors of $100 or more receive a four-pack of Brew Dr. Donors under 35 receive free kombucha. ENVIRONMENT

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ECOTRUST ◊ Founded: 1991

FRIENDS OF THE COLUMBIA GORGE

FRIENDS OF TREES

◊ Founded: 1980

◊ Founded: 1989

◊ 503-241-3762

◊ 503-282-8846

◊ gorgefriends.org

◊ friendsoftrees.org

MISSION

To protect the scenic, natural, cultural and recreational resources of the Gorge by ensuring implementation of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act and other protective laws .

Friends of Trees inspires people to improve the natural world around them through a simple solution: Planting trees. Together.

◊ 503-227-6225 ◊ ecotrust.org MISSION

Ecotrust is a catalyst for radical, practical change. It’s hard at work in Northwest forests, farms, rivers, oceans and cities, building new ways of doing business that create good jobs — while restoring the lands and waters we all depend on. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Ecotrust tackles big projects for maximum impact. It helps feed 230,000plus Oregon schoolkids healthy, locally grown lunches. It provides nuts-andbolts services for 85 local farmers and ranchers to access Portland’s market. And we build tech used by 700 forest land owners to plan for healthy habitat and a healthy bottom line.

“It’s hard to build a business that holds up in the marketplace while staying true to the values of a healthy planet and healthy communities. With Ecotrust, I’m part of an incredible community doing exactly that — and that’s a beautiful thing.” —Betsy Langton, owner, Betsy’s Bar None BUSINESS PARTNER

G!G donors of $75 or more receive an Ecotrust bandanna. Donors of $150 or more receive a bandanna plus a YETI Lowball tumbler. All G!G donors will be entered to win a YETI Tundra 65 cooler.

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Friends advocates for the protection of the 293,000 acres in the National Scenic Area that millions of Portlanders enjoy annually. Since the Eagle Creek Fire, we’ve launched a land stewardship program, and hosted more than 50 outings and 300 volunteers. Our outdoor youth education program reaches 400 middle school students.

“Now, more than ever, the Gorge needs us all. Because of the Eagle Creek Fire, I’m redoubling my gift to Friends. The fire scarred so many special places, and it’s incredibly important to me that the Gorge recovers from it naturally.” —Erin Carver, Friends member BUSINESS PARTNERS

Two anonymous donors will match the first $50,000 in G!G donations to Friends of the Columbia Gorge. Make your gift go twice as far!

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Last season 7,773 Friends of Trees volunteers donated over 46,000 hours at 130 different events in 19 cities across six counties. Together we planted 56,249 trees and native shrubs in neighborhoods and natural areas. 750,000+ trees planted since 1989!

“Today I volunteered with an organization that plants trees to slow climate change, to improve air and water quality, and to enhance horticultural diversity and watershed health. I can’t stop global warming, but I can plant a tree." —Neva, Friends of Trees volunteer BUSINESS PARTNERS

Donors of $10 or more get a free slice from Hot Lips Pizza, and the first 300 donors of $25 or more get a pint of beer at Hopworks Urban Brewery.

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OPAL CREEK ANCIENT FOREST CENTER

OPAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE OREGON

◊ 541-286-7015

◊ Founded: 1989

◊ Founded: 2006

◊ oceanblueproject.org

◊ 503-892-2782

◊ 503-774-4503

◊ opalcreek.org

◊ opalpdx.org

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OCEAN BLUE PROJECT ◊ Founded: 2012

MISSION

To protect and conserve our one world ocean, beaches, and rivers, through education and awareness, by providing service learning projects, enhancing wildlife habitat, cleaning beaches and rivers, and by reducing pollution. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In the past year, 2,000 local community volunteers and college students removed over 2,000 pounds of marine debris from Oregon beaches and planted 1,100 native trees and shrubs along the Willamette River and its tributaries.

“Ocean Blue Project is a valuable Patagonia grantee, working to restore riparian areas, enhance water quality and wildlife habitat that has been heavily impacted by invasive species.” —Meghan Wolf, environment manager, Patagonia

Its mission is to promote conservation through educational experiences in wilderness. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In 2017, 1,000 Portland-area students attended overnight Outdoor School in the Opal Creek Wilderness, learning about the old-growth ecology of the west Cascades. Half of these students received tuition subsidies, ensuring that experiential outdoor education is available to kids in all of our communities.

“Opal Creek is such a special place. I think that with these experiences, one day Annie will give something special back to it. Th ank you for giving her the opportunity to grow into that person.” —Jennifer, summer camp parent

BUSINESS PARTNERS

The first 50 donors will receive a 4-ounce bag of tea from Mountain Rose Herbs, and the first 100 donors will receive a $10 gift certificate to organic clothing store Faeries Dance.

BUSINESS PARTNER

Green Hammer will match $3,500.

Building power for environmental justice and civil rights in our communities. OPAL organizes low-income people and people of color to achieve a safe and healthy environment in the places we live, work, learn, pray and play. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

OPAL engages thousands of Oregonians in direct action and advocacy to win victories on housing, transportation, air quality and climate policy. In the past year, it has secured hundreds of millions of state dollars as direct investments in low-income communities of color.

“So many youth are a part of this organization and are getting an opportunity to learn and get involved with their communities. We’re the future, but we’re born leaders. And we’re part of something that feels like home, that’s helping us fight for what’s right.” —Say Wah Paw, youth intern

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OREGON ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL

TRAILKEEPERS OF OREGON

VERDE ◊ Founded: 2005

◊ Founded: 2007

◊ 503-290-8570

◊ Founded: 1968

◊ 971-206-4351

◊ verdenw.org

◊ 503-222-1963

◊ trailkeepersoforegon.org MISSION

◊ oeconline.org Trailkeepers of Oregon is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to protect and enhance the Oregon hiking experience through advocacy, stewardship, outreach and education.

Verde serves communities by building environmental wealth through social enterprise, outreach and advocacy. Its theory of change is that sustainability can be reinterpreted as an anti-poverty strategy.

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To advance innovative, collaborative and equitable solutions to Oregon’s environmental challenges for today — and for future generations. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, OEC advocated for air quality, water resource protection, and a statewide carbon cap-and-invest policy on track to be implemented in 2021. This year, OEC successfully defended Oregon’s Clean Fuels Program, which, in just the first two years, slashed 1.7 million tons of climate pollution, the equivalent of taking 350,000 gas-powered cars off the road for a year.

People love Portland for its access to the outdoors, and the scenic wonders of Oregon are a part of life here. TKO turns trail users into trail stewards, helping make these connections to nature last and bringing trails back better than ever before. This year, TKO inspired nearly 2,000 volunteers to steward hiking trails at over 200 events across the state.

“Oregon Environmental Council is unmatched in Oregon for public advocacy that is strategic, connected and passionate.” —Joel Dippold, Oregon Environmental Council donor and volunteer

“I signed up for my fi rst trail party last fall, motivated by the Eagle Creek Fire and a desire to help build back Gorge trails when the time was right. By the end of my fi rst trail party, I was hooked! I knew I wanted to commit to being a part of Trailkeepers and its future.” —Natalie Ferraro, TKO engagement coordinator

BUSINESS PARTNER

Baerlic Brewing is crafting a limitededition low-carbon beer for OEC. The first 96 donors of $50 or more get a 21-ounce Hydro Flask. The first 15 donors of $150 or more get a Hydro Flask and dinner for two at QuickFish.

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BUSINESS PARTNER

The first 25 donors who donate $50 to Trailkeepers gets a free P Cap from Portland Gear.

This year, Verde has helped more than 300 low-income mobile home residents in the Cully neighborhood make much-needed improvements on their homes to ensure safety and comfort, and has also provided advocacy and organizing for Cully’s 1,000-plus mobile home residents on efforts like the recent mobile home zoning policy.

“I have four children, and our mobile home had mold for years. My children were not able to sleep in their rooms safely because of the mold. The mobile home program was a big blessing. I ended up helping myself, as well as helping other people.” —Gloria Contreras, client BUSINESS PARTNERS

Donors 35 and under will receive $5 off an 18-inch pizza at Hot Lips Pizza; Beneficial State Bank.

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WALLOWA RESOURCES

WILD SALMON CENTER

◊ Founded: 1996

WILLAMETTE RIVERKEEPER ◊ Founded: 1996

◊ 541-426-8053

◊ Founded: 1992

◊ 503-223-6418

◊ wallowaresources.org

◊ 503-222-1804

◊ willametteriverkeeper.org

◊ wildsalmoncenter.org MISSION

Empower rural communities to create strong economies and healthy landscapes through land stewardship, education and job creation. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

The Eagle Creek Fire reminded Portlanders just how connected they are to the forests that surround them. Last year, Wallowa Resources helped eight rural communities that depend on seven national forests to invest in collaborative, science-driven conservation to keep these lands healthy for all.

“My field experience with WR completely changed my worldview. To see the people involved, hear their stories, see how their work impacts the community and local forest, and to be immersed in the landscape was invaluable.” —Max Nielsen-Pincus, Portland State University wildfire ecology and management faculty BUSINESS PARTNER

Donors of $35 to $199 will receive 10 percent off any item up to $200 at US Outdoor Store. The first 25 donors who give $200 or more will receive 20 percent off any item up to $400.

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To conserve healthy wild salmon rivers for the benefit of wildlife, communities, and economies. WSC is working to protect key parts of the Tillamook, Clatsop, and Elliott state forests, ensuring they continue to provide clean water, wildlife habitat and recreation.

To make the Willamette River watershed healthy for fish and wildlife and safe for fishing and swimming — and to inform, involve and connect Oregonians with their river. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In the past year, WSC helped stop the privatization of the Elliott State Forest, secured a statewide ban on harmful suction-dredge mining practices, and campaigned to designate a 17-mile stretch of the Nehalem River as a State Scenic Waterway.

Willamette Riverkeeper connects thousands of people to the Willamette River through hands-on restoration and educational and exploration paddles. In 2018, it collected thousands of bags of litter during Portland Trashy Tuesdays, launched the second phase of a study on freshwater mussels, and continually worked to uphold the Clean Water Act, curbing toxins in the river.

“We support WSC because they not only defend Oregon’s wild salmon from emerging threats, they’re invested in improving management practices and increasing long-term protections for public forests and rivers. And they have a track record to prove their strategy works.” —Shawn Donnille, co-owner, Mountain Rose Herbs

“Willamette Riverkeeper is making one of the strongest impacts in clean water efforts for the Willamette Valley by raising awareness and encouraging proactive participation, with the goal of making our urban waterfront one of the cleanest in America.” —Curtis Phillips, river guardian volunteer and donor

BUSINESS PARTNERS

BUSINESS PARTNER

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All donors receive a 25 percent off Patagonia Portland coupon and will be entered to win a Patagonia sleeping bag. Donors of $250 or more receive a Patagonia bag ($130 value). Mountain Rose Herbs & Outdoor Project.

eNRG Kayak will provide donors of $150 or more with one Willamette Falls kayak tour (value $60); donors of $250 or more will receive two kayak tours (value $120). ENVIRONMENT

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HEALTH A healthful community is fostered from the collaboration of ideas, services and people — from the food we grow to the quality of our health care. At Tillamook, we believe community resilience is supported by focusing on healthful kids, access to wholesome food and agricultural advocacy. We never sacrifice the long-term well-being of our business or our community for short-term profits, and we take care of our communities the same way. Tillamook is proud to sponsor the Health category and support nonprofits solving complex social issues so that our neighborhoods and neighbors in need can thrive. Join us as we work together to be part of the solution.”

—Tillamook County Creamery Association

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BABY BLUES CONNECTION

CASCADE AIDS PROJECT/ PRISM HEALTH

CASCADIA BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE

◊ Founded: 1994

◊ Founded: 1983

◊ Founded: 1981

◊ 800-557-8375

◊ 503-223-5907

◊ 503-238-0769

◊ babybluesconnection.org

◊ cascadeaids.org

◊ cascadiabhc.org

MISSION

CAP/Prism Health supports and empowers all people with or affected by HIV, reduces stigma and provides the LGBTQ+ community with compassionate health care.

Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare delivers whole health care — integrated mental health and addiction services, primary care, and housing — to support its communities and provide hope and well-being for those it serves.

To provide free support, information and resources to women and families coping with pregnancy and postpartum depression, and to further support and educate the professionals who serve them.

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In 2017 alone, 27,013 parents connected with perinatal care and resources through Blues' web page. While not all required direct support, trained volunteers offered more than 300 hours of personalized help.

“I felt like no one understood my anxieties as a new mother until finding a BBC meeting. I made it through those first months of motherhood thanks to my BBC group. Three years later, I still will sometimes drop in!” —Sarah Giles BUSINESS PARTNERS

The Children’s Clinic offers a $2,500 match. Nectar Cafe offers a $5 coupon to the first 100 donors. Give! in December to win a weekend at a beach home donated by Austin Sabin of John L. Scott.

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Annually, it provides direct HIV services to over 1,000 clients, tests 3,500 in the community for HIV/STIs, and reaches thousands more with prevention education. Prism Health engages an additional 550 LGBTQ+ patients in primary care services.

“I left [the health center] feeling hopeful, strong, optimistic and ready to take on the world. Th roughout the process, I was treated with dignity, competence and kindness, and left with a sense of belonging. I left knowing there are wonderful people there who care deeply about my wellbeing.” —Jim C., Prism Health patient

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Last year, Cascadia served 18,000 people of all ages experiencing mental health and addiction challenges at four health centers; provided 737 housing units to individuals and families; and opened 52 units of affordable housing in Northeast Portland to those experiencing mental health challenges, veterans and displaced residents.

“I’ve never had support like I have with Cascadia. Cascadia became like a family that I’ve never had. I want to become a peer counselor. With the support of Cascadia, I can do it.” —Cascadia client BUSINESS PARTNERS

BUSINESS PARTNER

Great Clips has generously offered a free haircut to everyone that donates to CAP/Prism Health through Give!Guide this year.

Pacific Office Automation will match the first $2,500 in donations. Donors of $250 will receive a $25 gift card to Next Adventure. Henry Higgins will provide the first 100 donors with a bagel sandwich coupon.

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GROWING GARDENS

LIVING YOGA

◊ Founded: 1996

◊ Founded: 1998

◊ Founded: 2012

◊ 503-284-8420

◊ 503-546-1269

◊ 503-241-0032

◊ growing-gardens.org

◊ living-yoga.org

MISSION

Growing Gardens uses the experience of growing food in schools, backyards and correctional facilities to cultivate healthy, equitable communities.

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◊ farmersmarketfund.org MISSION

Farmers Market Fund helps lowincome families bring home healthy food, supports small farmers, and keeps more food dollars in the local economy. It makes nutritious, local produce more affordable by doubling SNAP benefits at more than 20 metro-area farmers markets. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In 2017, 90 percent of SNAP shoppers purchased more fresh produce as a result of the match, and 89 percent felt improvement in their overall health. This program encouraged 2,111 households to use SNAP at a farmers market for the first time. Farmers markets reported a 39 percent increase in SNAP sales.

“I think this program is incredible! I can hardly afford to feed my growing kids, and junk food is more affordable than healthy foods. Thanks to this SNAP match, I have the opportunity to expose my kids to fresh, local healthy food!” —Portland Farmers Market shopper BUSINESS PARTNERS

All donors will receive a free pie slice from Lauretta Jean’s and a free loaf from Dave’s Killer Bread. Donors of $50 or more will be entered to win a year of bread from Dave’s Killer Bread.

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In 2017. it partnered with 1,126 adults and children to build home gardens and educational opportunities; 4,000 children learned in the Youth Grow school garden program; 200 inmates completed horticulture certification and grew 300,000 pounds of fresh produce.

“After being diagnosed with diabetes, I had to change the way I was eating. I decided to start growing my own fresh, nutritious food to improve my health. After only one year, I was entirely off my medication and lost 30 pounds. I share vegetables with 35 other families in my community." —Hilda, Home Gardens program participant

Fostering healing and resilience through trauma-informed yoga.

Living Yoga provides trauma-informed yoga to an average of 660 youth and adults each month in prisons, drug and alcohol treatment centers, and community health programs. Yoga and mindfulness help students heal from the negative impacts of incarceration, addiction, poverty, homelessness, abuse and other trauma.

“The magic happens when breath takes over and we become movement instead of thought — just a woman in half-moon pose instead of an inmate. For one hour on Tuesday evening, I have a little dignity. For that I am grateful." —Inmate, Coffee Creek Correctional Facility

BUSINESS PARTNERS

Harbourton Foundation will generously match the first $2,500 in G!G donations. Donors of $10 or more receive a free tea from the Jasmine Pearl Tea Company. Donors of $50 or more to both Growing Gardens and Portland Mercado will receive a ticket to the Celebrating Sazón event to be held in February. This special, community meal will highlight local chefs, amazing food and celebrate Portland's diverse culinary cultures. HEALTH

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MEALS ON WHEELS PEOPLE ◊ Founded: 1969

NORTH BY NORTHEAST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER

◊ 503-736-6325 ◊ mowp.org MISSION

Meals on Wheels People enriches the lives of seniors and assists them in maintaining independence by providing nutritious food, human connections and social support. It also uses its expertise and capacity to serve other nutritionally at-risk populations. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Meals on Wheels People serves and delivers 5,000 nutritious meals every weekday to older adults throughout the greater metropolitan area at neighborhood dining centers and to homebound elderly.

“At the Standard, our culture of caring extends beyond our walls and into the community. I serve on the board of Meals on Wheels People, and I’m beginning a meal delivery route with one of my co-workers. Something as simple as a smile and a warm meal can make all the difference to a senior in isolation. This is important work, and I’m grateful to be a part of it.” —Amy Malagamba, second VP of corporate communications, the Standard; Meals on Wheels People board member BUSINESS PARTNERS

Gifts of $100 or more are eligible to win four tickets to the Oregon International Auto Show Sneak Peek Charity Preview Party on Jan. 23, 2019. give guide.org

NORTHWEST MOTHERS MILK BANK ◊ Founded: 2008

◊ Founded: 2006

◊ 503-469-0955

◊ 503 287-4932

◊ donatemilk.org

◊ nxneclinic.org MISSION MISSION

North by Northeast exists to improve health outcomes and advance health equity by offering culturally specific primary care services focused on the African-American community in Portland, because it believes black health matters. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Of every 10 North by Northeast patients with high blood pressure, 8 have brought it under control, helping prevent a heart attack or stroke. This beats the national average of only 5 out of 10 adults with hypertension who have it under control.

“When I came here, my blood pressure was 220/140. They took care of me and had me coming back to check my blood pressure weekly. They told me I could stop in whenever I wanted to. This is the best care I’ve ever had.” —North by Northeast patient BUSINESS PARTNERS

Providence Health Plan will match the first $5,000 donated to North by Northeast through Give!Guide.

To provide safe, pasteurized human milk to premature and fragile babies when they need it the most, improving their health and survival. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Northwest Mothers Milk Bank has dispensed over 1 million ounces of donated breast milk to hospitalized and outpatient infants across the Pacific Northwest. Kindhearted mothers have given thousands of ounces of human milk to help fragile babies in the community.

“Our baby was born too early; he fit in the palm of my hand. Donor milk was the best food until my own came in. The kindness of being helped by other mothers, gave me strength and calmed my fears.” —S. Gibson, mother of Abel

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OREGON COLLEGE OF ORIENTAL MEDICINE

PLANNED PARENTHOOD COLUMBIA WILLAMETTE

◊ Founded: 1983

RETURNING VETERANS PROJECT ◊ Founded: 2005

◊ 503-253-3443

◊ Founded: 1963

◊ 503-954-2259

◊ ocom.edu

◊ 503-775-4931

◊ returningveterans.org

◊ ppcw.org MISSION

To transform health care by educating highly skilled and compassionate practitioners, providing exemplary patient care and engaging in innovative research within a community of service and healing.

MISSION MISSION

As Oregon and Southwest Washington’s largest nonprofit family planning and reproductive rights organization, its mission is to provide, promote and protect access to sexual and reproductive health care.

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During the past year, OCOM provided acupuncture, massage and herbal consultation to 1,461 low-income patients in 11,907 clinic visits to address chronic pain (without opioids), anxiety, women’s health, PTSD, cancer and other health conditions at low-cost Hollywood and Old Town teaching clinics.

“I come to OCOM consistently, which I truly need, in order to avoid using opiate medications for pain.” —Kat Alexander, clinic patient

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In the past year, PPCW provided contraceptives to 40,854 patients with uteruses and also provided 68,708 STI tests, 5,401 Pap tests, 5,441 breast exams, 548 cervical cancer screenings, and 4,863 patients with safe abortion care. We also reached 100 or more schools and communitybased organizations with comprehensive sex education trainings.

“My best health care experiences have been with the professionals at Planned Parenthood. It’s an inclusive environment that has always made me feel genuinely cared for and respected. Thank you, PPCW, for being here for everyone!” —PPCW patient

To connect post-9/11 war zone veterans, service members and their families with free mental and physical health care services in Oregon and Southwest Washington. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

RVP removes barriers to mental and physical health services so that those it serves can have free, confidential access to the care they need. Over half of post-9/11 veterans aren’t enrolled in VA health care. RVP bridges the gap to the quality, timely care they deserve. Last year, it delivered 3,948 hours of health care to 458 veterans, service members and their families — without any fees or strings attached.

“I am not a veteran, but as the family of a veteran who committed suicide three years ago, I was able to utilize the services through RVP. That access to care, quite honestly, was lifesaving.” —Veteran family member BUSINESS PARTNERS

G!G donations of $50 or more will receive free wine from Dauntless Wine Co. Donations of $100 or more also receive two tickets to a Portland Trail Blazers game. Larger donations receive free wine, tickets and more. HEALTH

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HEALTH THE DENTAL FOUNDATION OF OREGON

TRILLIUM FAMILY SERVICES

VIRGINIA GARCIA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER & FOUNDATION

◊ Founded: 1982

◊ Founded: 1998

◊ 503-594-0880

◊ 503-205-4347

◊ Founded: 1975

◊ smileonoregon.org

◊ trilliumfamily.org

◊ 503-352-8681

MISSION

◊ virginiagarcia.org The Dental Foundation of Oregon is dedicated to advancing oral health education, providing charitable care and coordinating resources for Oregon’s children and vulnerable communities. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

The Tooth Taxi is a pediatric, mobile clinic that provides comprehensive dental services to more than 2,000 low-income and uninsured children each year (more than one-quarter of whom live in the Portland metro area). Oral hygiene education is provided to more than 1,800 children.

“It’s a known fact that healthy kids learn better. Oral health is a key to overall health. By providing direct dental services to students, the Tooth Taxi promotes the connection between health and education.” —Holly Spruance, executive director, OEA Choice Trust

We strive to help create safe communities where children are healthy and every family has the opportunity for success. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Trillium’s programs impact the lives of 4,000 families experiencing a mental health crisis each year. Through its Keep Oregon Well! advocacy campaign, it fights the stigma associated with mental illness that often prevents families from accessing care.

“One of the most challenging things about my mental health journey was how it affected my friends, family and community. My initial transition to treatment was hard on everyone, but it ultimately ended up saving my life. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized how profound the support I received through Trillium was.” —Anna Mallery BUSINESS PARTNER

Hopworks Urban Brewery will provide the first 150 donors with a coupon for one order of its World Famous Pretzels with Beer Cheese Sauce.

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MISSION

Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center provides high-quality, comprehensive, and culturally appropriate primary health care to the communities of Washington and Yamhill counties with a special emphasis on migrant and seasonal farmworkers and others with barriers to receiving health care. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

One in every 15 people (45,000 patients) in Washington and Yamhill Counties rely on Virginia Garcia for their health care. One in four are uninsured; 98% are from low-income households, and more than 50% are best served in a language other than English.

“I know that if my family needed anything, we can always count on Virginia Garcia. Their doors are always open to the community.” —Husband whose wife and son are patients of Virginia Garcia BUSINESS PARTNERS

Bob’s Red Mill will match the first $5,000 in donations. Give $100 or more for a BRM coupon. ¿Por Qué No? will match donations after the first $35,000, up to $5,000. Give $25 or more for a free taco.

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Bob Speltz Senior Director, Public Affairs The Standard

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4TH DIMENSION RECOVERY CENTER ◊ Founded: 2012

BIENESTAR ◊ Founded: 1981 ◊ 503-693-2937

◊ Founded: 1952

◊ bienestar-or.org

◊ 503-241-4340 ◊ blanchethouse.org

◊ 971-703-4623 ◊ 4drecovery.org

MISSION

Provide and cultivate an atmosphere of recovery where all young people can overcome drug addiction and alcoholism through recovery communities and mentor services.

Bienestar builds housing that becomes a home, in multifamily properties that become communities, for the wellbeing of farmworker and other lowincome families. Within its properties, it provides resident services and supports Latino leaders as they become advocates for their community.

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MISSION

4D provides addiction recovery to 600 youth every month. Of them, most improve their housing and employment, 20 percent go to college, and fewer than 10 percent commit new crimes.

“I started working with a 4D mentor while I was pregnant in drug treatment. They stuck with me through the pregnancy and supported me after I left treatment, which really made the difference in my recovery. Now, I am a recovery mentor at 4D, and I have the privilege of helping other young women find the gift of recovery.” —Mykia Page BUSINESS PARTNERS

PDX WORKS Real Estate Team will match the first $1,000 raised. Ryan Austin Designs will match $500 and donate a free website development package after 35 donations.

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BLANCHET HOUSE

This year, we provided affordable housing to more than 2,100 low-income people. Five hundred families were visited in their homes to ensure that the needs of low-income residents are met with services and referrals.

“When I struggled to find housing, Bienestar gave my family an affordable home. I saved enough money that I was eventually able to buy a house.” —Jenny Soriano, former Bienestar resident BUSINESS PARTNERS

LMC Construction, Scott | Edwards Architecture, Ball Janik, Esperanza Spalding

MISSION

To offer food, shelter and aid to all those in need of a safe place to be nourished and restored. To assist the transformation of each life it touches with compassion and dignity. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In 2017, Blanchet House served more than 315,000 meals to the homeless and low-income populations of Portland. It provided transitional housing programs to more than 200 men struggling to overcome addictions, homelessness and other issues.

“Blanchet House’s farm is the only thing that helped my son to become the amazing person he is today. He was living homeless and doing drugs. The work program taught him self-worth, and the counseling program was a huge help. I can’t thank you enough.” —Kelly Pranitis BUSINESS PARTNER

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BRIDGES TO CHANGE

CASA FOR CHILDREN OF MULTNOMAH, WASHINGTON AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES

CENTRAL CITY CONCERN ◊ Founded: 1979

◊ Founded: 2004 ◊ 503-465-2749

◊ Founded: 1986

◊ 503-294-1681

◊ bridgestochange.com

◊ 503-988-5115

◊ centralcityconcern.org

◊ casahelpskids.org MISSION

MISSION

To strengthen individuals and families affected by addictions, mental health, poverty and homelessness. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In the past year, Bridges to Change housed approximately 1,350 individuals and served a total of 2,500 people through housing, mentor services or behavioral health treatment. More than half of those individuals leave its programs with permanent housing, a stable source of income, and community support.

“I believe one of the most important things this program gave me was a supportive environment to practice the skills I was learning…and I gained the most important thing of all: hope that I really could change my life, and the self-confidence gained from actually changing my life." —Steven, client BUSINESS PARTNERS

Kickoff party at YoYoYogi with yoga incentives for every donor. Free Greenleaf juice for the first 50 donors. Guild Investments will match the first $5,000.

MISSION

CASA advocates for abused and neglected children who are under the protection of the court and recruiting, training and supporting volunteers to provide quality advocacy to as many children as it can. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

CASA for Children served 1,070 children this year. That’s one third of the over 3,000 children in foster care in Multnomah, Washington and Columbia counties. These 1,070 children and young adults received the benefit of a trained CASA who helped protect them from the dangers of the situation, fought to get them the services they needed, and helped to find them a safe, permanent home as quickly as possible.

“You’re there, you’re a constant. You communicate with the case workers, with the foster parent, with the therapist and the teachers. You live and breathe it, being a part of these kids’ lives and wanting the best for them.” —CASA volunteer Susan Logan BUSINESS PARTNER

Boly:Welch is sponsoring CASA’s participation in Give!Guide again this year.

To end homelessness by providing housing, health care and supported employment services to people impacted by trauma, addiction, serious mental illness, chronic disease and multigenerational poverty. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

CCC’s housing and health care choice models help more than 14,000 people a year. In 2017, CCC provided a safe home for 3,504 people, including 403 children; connected 8,937 patients with compassionate, integrated health care services; and helped 1,273 people reenter the workforce.

“Housing was the pivotal piece to me staying clean and sober. Knowing that I would be able to go into my own apartment and lock the door behind me made all the difference. Central City Concern gave me that stability.” —Robert, currently pursuing a master’s in education at Portland State University BUSINESS PARTNER

Vacasa will provide a $500 travel coupon to one generous Central City Concern donor. The first 25 donors of $100 or more will receive a free bag of sustainably harvested coffee from Central City Coffee. HUMAN SERVICES

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COMMUNITY VISION ◊ Founded: 1989

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE CENTER

◊ 503-292-4964 ◊ cvision.org MISSION

Striving to make Oregon a place where people with disabilities can live, work and thrive in the communities of their choice. Community Vision provides person-centered support, empowering each individual to achieve his or her unique goals. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Community Vision supported 53 people living independently, found jobs for 11, coordinated mentorship for 13 young adults, and trained 32 families. It gave 33 the tools and matching funds to establish savings accounts. Twenty-one people engaged in community activities, and 500 or more learned about assistive technology through trainings and consultations.

“Having CV allows me to talk to people, get out of bed, and go out into the community. Community Vision advocates for me and gives me opportunities to advocate, like writing ‘Laddie’s Corner’ for the newsletter.” —Laddie Read, CV beneficiary BUSINESS PARTNERS

Nossa Familia Coffee will provide a free coffee for all $10 donors and a free bag of coffee for donors of $50 or more. Montinore Estate will provide a bottle of wine for donors of $100 or more. give guide.org

DRESS FOR SUCCESS OREGON ◊ Founded: 1998

◊ Founded: 1977

◊ 503-249-7300

◊ 503-640-5352

◊ oregon.dressforsuccess.org

◊ dvrc-or.org MISSION

To educate, support and empower survivors and their children affected by intimate partner violence by offering counseling, advocacy, shelter services and community outreach.

Dress for Success empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and the development tools to help women thrive in work and in life.

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MISSION

DVRC provides support and empowerment to survivors of domestic violence free of charge. In 2017 alone, DVRC provided more than 2,500 survivors with protective order advocacy, responded to 3,400 crisis calls, and held 1,300 support sessions for women and men.

“DVRC saved my life. I use the things I learned in group and individual counseling daily. I didn’t always feel like a survivor, but now I do. I am stronger than I know and feel like I can finally break the cycle. It stops here with me.” —Survivor

In the past year, Dress for Success served more than 1,100 clients. Of them, 415 got jobs and are now contributing more than $11 million to the local economy. Ninety-eight percent of women in our job retention programs retained their jobs.

“When I received clothes from DFSO, my confidence and appearance changed and my first interview went beyond well. I got the job! I am enthusiastic about the HOPE meetings and volunteering with DFSO. I want to give back to someone like me who just needs a little help in finding the opportunity meant just for them.” —Sharmaine BUSINESS PARTNER

SOREL will match the first $5,000 in Give!Guide donations to Dress for Success Oregon.

EL PROGRAMA HISPANO CATÓLICO

FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN PORTLAND

◊ Founded: 1983

◊ Founded: 1993

◊ 503-669.8350

◊ 503-281-6633

◊ Founded: 1976

◊ elprograma.org

◊ friendspdx.org

◊ 503-234-1541

MISSION

IMMIGRANT AND REFUGEE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

◊ irco.org To advance racial equity and social justice through the power of Latinx culture, community and self-determination. Es avanzar la equidad racial y justicia social a través del poder de nuestra cultura y comunidad latinx y la autodeterminación. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, El Programa Hispano Católico provided serves to 13,351 individuals through its diverse, multiservice platform of housing, economic opportunity, tax support, school-based programs and Proyecto UNICA’s domestic and sexual violence programming.

“When I left my domestic violence situation, I lost it all. I lost all trust in myself. If it wasn’t for EPHC Proyecto UNICA, I don’t know what I would have done with my life. Now I feel as if I’ve re-found myself. The strong independent woman I have always been.” —Anonymous domestic and sexual violence survivor

We took mentoring out of the volunteer realm and it is changing lives. Our mentors are full-time, salaried professionals who work 1:1 with our community’s highest-priority youth from kindergarten through high school graduation. 12 ½ years—no matter what. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Over 500 youth across 120 schools receive intensive, long-term mentorship. That translates to 7,500 hours a month of enriching interactions and goal-oriented skill building guaranteed to establish a foundation for lifelong success. Eighty-three percent of our youth graduate high school, 93 percent avoid the juvenile justice system, and 98 percent avoid early parenting.

“When kids are selected in kindergarten, I feel like it gives them a new shot at success. When I talk to the parents, I always tell them their child won the golden ticket. I tell them that, based on the experiences I’ve seen, it turns kids’ lives around.” —Rebecca Chase, former principal of Lincoln Park Elementary School

MISSION

To promote the integration of refugees, immigrants and the community at large into a self-sufficient, healthy and inclusive multiethnic society. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

IRCO invests in immigrants and refugees so they can become selfsufficient. In 2017, 5,478 job seekers received employment coaching, vocational training, job placement, and retention services. Six hundred and two families received home visits and parental education. And 5,095 students engaged in extended day programming at our Schools Uniting Neighborhoods Community Schools.

“IRCO helps me feel comfortable in the school, and I know there are people who care about me and my family. It’s more than a school, it’s like a home. We are a community.” —Family at IRCO’s Earl Boyles Elementary SUN Community School BUSINESS PARTNERS

Fifty Licks Ice Cream will give the first 50 donors of $30 or more a $10 gift card. Diaspora Coffee will give a coupon for bagged coffee.

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IMPACT NW

JOIN ◊ Founded: 1992

◊ Founded: 1966

◊ 503-232-7052

◊ 503-294-7418

◊ joinpdx.org MISSION

Impact NW’s mission is to help people prosper through a community of support. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Across all programs this past year, 100 percent of participants who received case management developed an action plan identifying their goals and methods to achieve them. More than 90 percent expressed satisfaction with our services, and 80 percent of housing participants maintained stable housing six months from exit.

“Impact NW was the first place that opened its doors to me as a single parent. They helped me figure out what I wanted to do, and how to do it. Now my kids are thriving more every day.” —Anthony, a Housing and Safety Net program participant

◊ Founded: 1997 ◊ 503-224-4339

◊ impactnw.org MISSION

NEW AVENUES FOR YOUTH

JOIN supports people experiencing homelessness in their efforts to move off the street and into permanent housing, providing each household with the services they need to ensure their long-term stability. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

JOIN helps 15 to 20 people each week (900 to 1,000 each year) leave the streets for a home, while working upstream on long-term solutions to the issues of homelessness and housing affordability.

“When we got our apartment, I could tell the kids felt free — like kids again — as soon as we walked in the door.” —JOIN friend BUSINESS PARTNER

Hasson Company, which will provide up to $5,000 in 2-to-1 matches for gifts from donors under the age of 36.

◊ newavenues.org MISSION

To work in partnership with our community to prevent youth homelessness and provide young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness the resources and skills needed to lead healthy, productive lives. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, more than 1,500 youth empowered themselves through New Avenues programs, including 300-plus who participated in its job training program, 80 in its social purpose enterprises, and 460 in its education program.

"It was hard to imagine how I would be able to create the life I wanted on my own. But with the help of New Avenues, I now have my own place, and I’m in college studying social work so I can impact lives the way New Avenues has impacted mine." —A New Avenues youth

BUSINESS PARTNERS

The first 50 donors of $25 or more will receive a free pint at Ex Novo Brewing or a free haircut at Bishops. Providence Health will match $2,500.

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BUSINESS PARTNERS

The first 50 donors who give $25 or more will receive a ticket to the 2019 Brews for New Avenues.

NORTHEAST EMERGENCY FOOD PROGRAM

OREGON ENERGY FUND

OREGON FOOD BANK

◊ Founded: 1983

◊ Founded: 1989

◊ Founded: 1982

◊ 503-284-5470

◊ 971-386-2124

◊ 503-282-0555

◊ emoregon.org/nefp

◊ oregonenergyfund.org

◊ oregonfoodbank.org

MISSION

To provide food and clothing assistance to its culturally and racially diverse Portland metro neighbors while working to develop community solutions to food insecurity. This mission is achieved through direct assistance, state and local advocacy, job training and a mobile food pantry. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

With the support of 125 volunteers donating 1,200 hours a month, NEFP distributed 900,000 pounds of food and 50,000 clothing articles to more than 9,000 households last year. Its jobtraining program empowers individuals to seek success, and its clients’ stories inspire advocacy.

“When I come here, I feel like I am at home with my family. Many of us who come here do not have regular access to fresh fruit or vegetables; this place changes that. My family never leaves hungry.” —Terry Scott, client

Oregon Energy Fund provides energy bill assistance to its neighbors in financial crisis in support of household stability. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Since 1989, OEF has helped almost 300,000 Oregonians pay their utility bills in the face of financial crises like medical emergencies or layoffs. In 2017, it kept the lights on for 3,094 people, including 442 seniors, 405 differently abled individuals, and 1,099 children.

“I am on a veteran’s pension and Social Security benefits, and it doesn’t quite cover my utility bills. I wasn’t going to have electricity anymore if they wouldn’t have helped me. I am very grateful.” —Rickie, recipient

Oregon Food Bank works to eliminate hunger and its root causes — because no one should be hungry. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Oregon Food Bank distributed more than 48 million pounds of food to its network of regional food banks and partner agencies, serving 740,000 people last year. Focusing on nutritious and fresh, 38 percent of the food distributed was fruits and vegetables, 16 percent meat and non-meat proteins, 4 percent dairy and 11 percent grains.

“My partner and I have to watch our food budget really closely. It’s hard during the last week of the month, when our food stamps are gone. We do our best, but we still need the food bank.” —Khris

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OUTSIDE IN

PDX DIAPER BANK

◊ Founded: 1968

PORTLAND HOMELESS FAMILY SOLUTIONS

◊ 503-535-3866

◊ Founded: 2012

◊ outsideIn.org

◊ 503-974-4703

◊ Founded: 2008

◊ pdxdiaperbank.org

◊ 503-915-8306 ◊ pdxhfs.org

MISSION

To help homeless youth and other marginalized people become healthy and self-sufficient. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, Outside In helped 982 homeless youth find stability, safety, education and jobs. Graduates of its transitional housing program remained in stable homes with an 80 percent success rate, and its clinics provided 23,142 medical visits. Since 1968, it has continually responded to changing needs and has grown to serve more than 11,000 people every year.

“My life has changed in so many ways. I have a safe place to live. I have medical insurance. I have a career I am passionate about. Most important, I feel connected and optimistic about my future.” —Samuel, former client BUSINESS PARTNERS

The Benito and Frances C. Gaguine Foundation will match the first $25,000 in Give!Guide donations to Outside In.

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MISSION

PDX Diaper Bank provides free diapers and diapering supplies to lowincome and homeless families with children, older adults and individuals with disabilities residing in the Portland metro area. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

PDX Diaper Bank partners with a diverse network of local nonprofits to supply necessary diapering supplies to families that truly need them. Since 2013,it has provided nearly 500,000 diapers (cloth and disposable) to the community.

“I have been able to get diapers from my counselor a few times when I’ve run out. I don’t know what I would have done without them. We run out of money sometimes and need to buy food instead of diapers.” —Teen parent student, Portland Public Schools BUSINESS PARTNERS

Fairweather Tree Experts will provide tree service ($800 value) to PDX Diaper Bank’s highest G!G donor. All donors of $100 or more are entered to win a $250 REI gift card.

MISSION

Its mission is to empower homeless families with children to get back into housing and to stay there long term. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, PHFS helped more than 288 homeless families (976 moms, dads and kids) find temporary shelter, learn new life skills and move back into permanent housing. It takes an average of 54 days to find housing, and 94 percent of the families keep their housing long term.

“I think I cried for the first two days at Goose Hollow Family Shelter. I was so relieved that we found a safe place to sleep. It was like the world was lifted off of my shoulders.” —PHFS client BUSINESS PARTNER

Eb & Bean will give a free scoop with two toppings to the first 50 donors.

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PROJECT LEMONADE

RAHAB’S SISTERS

◊ Founded: 2013

◊ Founded: 2003

◊ 503-915-6348

◊ 971-801-2651

◊ Founded: 1992

◊ projectlemonadepdx.org

◊ rahabs-sisters.org

◊ 503-788-8052

MISSION

ROSE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

◊ rosecdc.org Project Lemonade supports confidence and self-esteem in Oregon’s foster youth by removing barriers to resources and opportunities so they reach their full potential. It provides clothing and shoes, coordinates paid internships for job skills growth, and grant wishes to help youth reach their dreams. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

In 2018, Project Lemonade provided new and on-trend clothing and shoes to more than 2,000 school-aged foster youth. It provided 11 paid summer internships and granted 30 wishes, supported by 750 volunteers and nearly 100 local businesses.

“I am a 19-year-old foster youth and go to a private school on scholarship. My classmates go shopping and buy stuff I could never afford, even when I really need it. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to fit in with my peers." —Sarah, foster youth BUSINESS PARTNER

Darcelle XV will provide a free pair of tickets to a very special Valentine’s Day show for the first 35 donors of $300 or more.

Rahab’s Sisters creates community through radical hospitality with those marginalized by poverty, houselessness, sex work, violence or substance use. Our doors are open to anyone who identifies as a woman. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

MISSION

ROSE connects its community to build good homes, healthy families and neighborhood opportunities in outer Southeast Portland. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Rahab’s Sisters welcomes up to 85 guests every Friday. Last year, it served more than 3,900 meals in a restaurant-style setting and distributed almost 2,900 bags of hygiene supplies, socks and underwear, while creating community through shared activities like art projects, yoga and jewelry-making.

ROSE builds and operates safe, affordable housing for low-income families and provides comprehensive community development programming for more than 350 households in outer Southeast Portland. Residents have access to free youth and teen programs and camps, community gardening, family and job support, and maternal and infant resources.

“I never realized how dead I used to feel. It’s like you have put life back into me. You made me feel like a human being. Like I belonged somewhere. Like I matter. I’m so grateful. Love you and everyone at Rahab’s.” —Rahab’s Sisters guest

“ROSE has given me and my family the ability to have a home. They have provided these places that exist that bring food, kid’s programs, education, and I feel blessed and thankful for all these things that I never thought I could have. Finally!” —Elsa San Juan, ROSE resident

BUSINESS PARTNER

New Seasons Market will match the first $500 in G!G donations to Rahab’s Sisters.

BUSINESS PARTNERS

The first 150 donors will receive a voucher for a free entree at Laughing Planet; Beneficial State Foundation.

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STREET ROOTS

THE DOUGY CENTER

TRANSITION PROJECTS

◊ Founded: 1999

◊ Founded: 1982

◊ Founded: 1969

◊ 503-228-5657

◊ 503-775-5683

◊ 503-280-4700

◊ streetroots.org

◊ dougy.org

◊ tprojects.org

MISSION

The Dougy Center provides support in a safe place where children, teens, young adults and their families grieving a death can share their experiences. Our peer support model is free of charge. We offer training to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.

Transition Projects provides individuals with the services, resources and tools they need to end their homelessness and secure housing. Transition Projects assists more than 10,000 people annually, with a special focus on veterans, women, couples, and people with disabilities.

Street Roots creates income opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Over the past year, 700 people in the metro area experiencing houselessness and/or poverty earned an income selling Street Roots . Those vendors earned more than $500,000 in 2017, and nearly 10,000 copies of our award-winning paper were circulated every week.

“Street Roots has kept me sane. How do you get back into it when you feel lost? Engaging with customers builds esteem because it’s their choice to buy from you. They ask how I’m doing and are excited for me. My customers are the best people on earth.” —Kris, vendor BUSINESS PARTNER

Marigold Coffee

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More than 2,000 people received services at the Dougy Center this year, and the center responded to 20,275 phone calls requesting information, support for crises, referrals and intake requests. The Dougy Center’s Grief Out Loud podcasts have been downloaded over 100,000 times, and this past year, 1,265 peer support groups were held serving children, teens, families and young adults.

“Because of the Dougy Center, my daughters can talk about their mother. They are able to feel normal with peers who have had similar experiences. We have gained tools that have helped us to start to heal from their mother’s suicide.” —Peter, father and Dougy Center participant BUSINESS PARTNER

ImageWear Solutions will match the first 10 donations of $50; all donors of $50 or more will receive a 10 percent discount on an ImageWear order. give guide.org

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More than 500 people visit the Transition Projects Resource Center daily. On any given night, 750 women, men and couples experiencing homelessness sleep in one of its shelters. Each year, over 1,000 people secure affordable housing with its support.

“Transition Projects helped me finally get off the streets and into permanent housing after I lost my job. Little things like a place to do laundry and keeping up my personal hygiene helped me establish employment again and get back on my feet.” —Transition Projects client BUSINESS PARTNERS

Tandem Property Management Inc. will match the first $10,000 in donations. Donations of $250 to $499 will receive a 1-lb bag of coffee from Clutch Coffee. Garden Bar will provide a gift certificate for a meal ($25 value) and a T-shirt for donations of $500 to $1,000.

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TRAUMA INTERVENTION PROGRAM OF PORTLAND/ VANCOUVER INC.

VILLAGE GARDENS ◊ Founded: 2001 ◊ 503-943-5630 ◊ villagegardens.org

◊ Founded: 1992 ◊ 503-823-3937 ◊ tipnw.org MISSION

Its citizen volunteers provide emotional first aid to survivors of tragedy in order to ease their immediate suffering and facilitate their healing and long-term recovery. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

During the past year, TIP Volunteers supported 15,963 citizens and responded to 2,913 scenes of tragedy. TIP Volunteers provide assistance to citizens on the worst days of their lives, ensuring they are not left alone and receive the resources and support they need.

“I have now heard from several folks about how wonderful the TIP volunteers were who staffed our shelter on Monday. Their presence helped us accomplish a level of care for our community that we could not have provided without them.” —Alice Busch, Multnomah County emergency management BUSINESS PARTNERS

Lovett Services will gift a “Lovett” or “Practice Kindness” sticker to the first 100 donors.

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Village Gardens brings a spirit of hope by growing and sharing food, learning and teaching skills, and empowering community leadership. BOTTOM LINE FOR PORTLAND

Last year, Village Market grocery store welcomed 122,000 low-income customers, gave $22,000 in free produce and Good Food discounts, distributed $26,000 in Veggie Vouchers to 310 neighbors, and provided 16,422 apples, bananas and oranges to neighborhood youth through the Free Fruit for Kids program.

“Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.” - Rosa Parks

“This store is the heart of this community, as it is teaching people how to be healthy. It employs neighborhood youth and adults and makes this community more dynamic, more connected and more alive.” —Eca-Etabo Wasongolo, community organizer BUSINESS PARTNERS

An anonymous donor will match the first $5,000 from donors aged 35 and under. The first 10 donors who give $200 or more will receive a handmade hardwood cutting board from Earthbound Industries.

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Bus Project Call to Safety Campus Compact of Oregon CASA for Children of Multnomah, Washington, and Columbia Counties Cascade AIDS Project / Prism Health Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare Cat Adoption Team Central City Concern Centro Cultural de Washington County ChickTech Children's Book Bank Classroom Law Project College Possible Columbia Riverkeeper Columbia Slough Watershed Council Community Alliance of Tenants Community Cycling Center

Community Transitional School Community Vision Community Warehouse Crag Law Center CymaSpace Dental Foundation of Oregon Disability Art and Culture Project Domestic Violence Resource Center Dougy Center Dress for Success Oregon Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors (ECO) Ecotrust El Programa Hispano Catolico Farmers Market Fund Fences For Fido Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon Free Geek Friends of Noise Friends of the Children - Portland Friends of the Columbia Gorge Friends of Trees Girls Build Growing Gardens Habitat for Humanity Portland/Metro East Hacienda CDC's Portland Mercado Harper's Playground Immigrant and Refugee and Community Organization Impact NW Independent Publishing Resource Center JOIN KairosPDX KBOO Community Radio Literary Arts Living Yoga Meals on Wheels People Metropolitan Family Service Milagro/Miracle Theatre Group Momentum Alliance My Voice Music NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation

National Indian Child Welfare Association Native American Youth and Family Center New Avenues for Youth North by Northeast Community Health Center Northeast Emergency Food Program Northwest Mothers Milk Bank Ocean Blue Project, Inc. Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon Open School Open Signal Operation Nightwatch of Portland Oregon Center for Public Policy Oregon College of Oriental Medicine Oregon Crime Victims Law Center Oregon Cultural Trust Oregon Energy Fund Oregon Environmental Council Oregon Food Bank Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education Oregon Justice Resource Center Oregon Tradeswomen Outside In Outside the Frame p:ear Partnership for Safety and Justice PDX Diaper Bank Pixie Project Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette Pongo Fund Portland Animal Welfare Team Portland Center Stage at The Armory Portland Homeless Family Solutions Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Portland Playhouse Portland Women in Technology (PDXWIT) Portland Youth Builders

Project Lemonade Proud Ground Pueblo Unido PDX Rahab's Sisters Raphael House of Portland ReBuilding Center Refugee Center Online Resolutions Northwest Returning Veterans Project Rock 'n' Roll Camp For Girls ROSE Community Development Rose Haven Rosewood Initiative Schoolhouse Supplies Sisters of the Road SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) Social Justice Fund NW Street Roots Street Soccer USA-Portland Trailkeepers of Oregon Transition Projects Trauma Intervention Program of Portland/ Vancouver Trillium Family Services Verde Village Gardens Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation and Health Center Voz Workers' Rights Education Project Wallowa Resources Welcome Home Coalition Wild Salmon Center Willamette Riverkeeper Willamette Week Fund for Investigative Journalism WorldOregon Write Around Portland XRAY.FM Youth, Rights & Justice YWCA of Greater Portland

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NONPROFIT INDEX # 1000 Friends of Oregon - 106 350PDX - 106 4th Dimension Recovery Center - 122

A Adelante Mujeres - 96 American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Oregon - 68 App Camp For Girls - 96 Ascent Funding - 78 August Wilson Red Door Project - 92

B Baby Blues Connection - 114 Basic Rights Education Fund - 68 Betties360 - 96 Bienestar - 122 Black United Fund of Oregon - 78 Blanchet House - 122 Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro - 97 Bradley Angle - 68 Bridge Meadows - 78 Bridges to Change - 123 Bridging Voices - 88 Bus Project - 69

C Call to Safety - 69 Campus Compact of Oregon - 97 CASA for Children of Multnomah, Washington, and Columbia Counties - 123 Cascade AIDS Project / Prism Health - 114 Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare - 114 Cat Adoption Team - 64

Central City Concern - 123 Centro Cultural de Washington County - 79 ChickTech - 97 Children's Book Bank - 102 Classroom Law Project - 98 College Possible - 98 Columbia Riverkeeper - 106 Columbia Slough Watershed Council - 107 Community Alliance of Tenants - 69 Community Cycling Center - 79 Community Transitional School - 98 Community Vision - 124 Community Warehouse - 79 Crag Law Center - 107 CymaSpace - 88

D Dental Foundation of Oregon - 118 Disability Art and Culture Project - 88 Domestic Violence Resource Center - 124 Dougy Center - 130 Dress for Success Oregon - 124

E Ecology in Classrooms and Outdoors - 107 Ecotrust - 108 ' El Programa Hispano Catolico - 125

F Farmers Market Fund - 115 Fences For Fido - 64 Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon - 64 Free Geek - 99 Friends of Noise - 89 Friends of the Children - Portland - 125 Friends of the Columbia Gorge - 108 Friends of Trees - 108

G Girls Build - 99 Growing Gardens - 115

H Habitat for Humanity Portland/ Metro East - 80 Hacienda CDC's Portland Mercado - 80 Harper's Playground - 70

I Immigrant and Refugee and Community Organization - 125 Impact NW - 126 Independent Publishing Resource Center - 89

J JOIN - 126

K KairosPDX - 99 KBOO Community Radio - 89

L Literary Arts - 90 Living Yoga - 115

M Meals on Wheels People - 116 Metropolitan Family Service - 100 Milagro/Miracle Theatre Group - 90 Momentum Alliance - 80 My Voice Music - 90

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N NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation - 70 National Indian Child Welfare Association - 70 Native American Youth and Family Center - 81 New Avenues for Youth - 126 North by Northeast Community Health Center - 116 Northeast Emergency Food Program 127 Northwest Mothers Milk Bank - 116

O Ocean Blue Project, Inc. - 109 Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center - 109 OPAL Environmental Justice Oregon - 109 Open School - 100 Open Signal - 100 Operation Nightwatch of Portland - 81 Oregon Center for Public Policy - 71 Oregon College of Oriental Medicine - 117 Oregon Crime Victims Law Center - 71 Oregon Cultural Trust - 43 Oregon Energy Fund - 127 Oregon Environmental Council - 110 Oregon Food Bank - 127 Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education - 101 Oregon Justice Resource Center - 71 Oregon Tradeswomen - 101 Outside In - 128 Outside the Frame - 91

P p:ear - 81 Partnership for Safety and Justice - 72

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PDX Diaper Bank - 128 Pixie Project - 65 Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette - 117 Pongo Fund - 65 Portland Animal Welfare Team - 65 Portland Center Stage at the Armory - 91 Portland Homeless Family Solutions 128 Portland Institute for Contemporary Art - 91 Portland Playhouse - 92 Portland Women in Technology - 72 Portland Youth Builders- 101 Project Lemonade - 129 Proud Ground - 82 Pueblo Unido PDX - 72

R Rahab's Sisters - 129 Raphael House of Portland - 73 ReBuilding Center - 82 Refugee Center Online - 102 Resolutions Northwest - 73 Returning Veterans Project - 117 Rock â&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Roll Camp For Girls - 92 ROSE Community Development - 129 Rose Haven - 82 Rosewood Initiative - 83

S Schoolhouse Supplies - 102 Sisters of the Road - 83 SMART (Start Making A Reader Today) - 103 Social Justice Fund NW - 73 Street Roots - 130 Street Soccer USA-Portland - 83

T Trailkeepers of Oregon - 110 Transition Projects - 130 Trauma Intervention Program of Portland/Vancouver - 131 Trillium Family Services - 118

V Verde - 110 Village Gardens - 131 Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation and Health Center - 118 Voz Workers' Rights Education Project - 74

W Wallowa Resources - 111 Welcome Home Coalition - 84 Wild Salmon Center - 111 Willamette Riverkeeper - 111 Willamette Week Fund for Investigative Journalism - 84 WorldOregon - 84 Write Around Portland - 93

X XRAY.FM - 93

Y Youth, Rights & Justice - 74 YWCA of Greater Portland - 74

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