As we wrap up 2023, we hope you will take a moment to join us to celebrate the incredible work and accomplishments of our Impact Partners, who work in the ever-changing landscape of the nonprofit sector, where challenges seem ever-present. We invite you to review their impact reports now on our website. As you browse these reports, we hope you will join us in taking pride in our tangible impact. Our Impact Partners have submitted various testimonials that speak to the scope, depth, and overall impact of their work – and demonstrate the value of our collective support in bolstering their efforts.
We look forward to another year of standing together – not only in our contributions to grantmaking but also in our collective commitment to making a difference in our communities! Continue reading here.
To quote our various Impact Partners, our awards have helped organizations increase capacity, empower workers, foster intergenerational equity through art and activism, increase the depth of their services for youth, hone internal communications, return to in-person programming, build financial security, bring women hope, and so much more.
Here are just a few highlights:
Black Food Sovereignty Coalition’s regenerative urban farm put on its largest CSA, distributing over 4000 pounds of produce (and serving 50 families who are a part of WomenFirst Transition & Referral Center!).
WomenFirst Transition & Referral Center provided critical services to women who need access to vision care resources, storage fees for program participants, and furnishings for those transitioning into permanent housing.
Constructing Hope graduated 42 community members and placed them in new careers with an average starting wage of $23.51/hr.
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center + Rosemary Anderson High School (POIC+RAHS) have enrolled and graduated two cohorts of trainees from The Culinary + Hospitality Emergent Fellowship Academy. During the graduation ceremony, Chef Kiara Hardy, the Culinary Director of the POIC Kitchen, congratulated the graduates and emphasized that they can now work "as professionals in any kitchen you set foot in."
Trash for Peace’s Ground Score program launched a new website, providing the project with a vital fundraising and marketing tool.
Voz Workers Rights' Education Project offered 35 training opportunities in habitat restoration, forestry, arborism, invasive and noninvasive plants, and general green jobs skills in different languages.
Dr Martin Luther King Jr School Museum of Contemporary Art (KSMoCA) is starting to use the school's windows as a giant canvas to display some of the student artworks, making their work more accessible to the broader King neighborhood.
BRAVO Youth Orchestras provided three incredibly robust summer music camps supporting ~150 students who otherwise may not have had access to music and the arts. They also gave a shoutout to their liaison, Anne Castleton, who will be playing with the BRAVO Community Orchestra Winter Concert on Friday, Dec. 15 at Buckley Center Auditorium!
Wisdom of the Elders has been working to build capacity – from bringing in an Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) Admin/Outreach Coordinator, to supporting multiple cohorts of BIPOC interns and individuals in developing skills in ITEK-informed environmental restoration.