Urban League of Portland is one of Oregon’s oldest civil rights and social service organizations, empowering African-Americans and others to achieve equality in education, employment, health, economic security and quality of life.

Urban League of Portland Community Impact

In the past year, Urban League of Portland has empowered families and changed lives in the following ways:

• 2 tons of food delivered to youth and families experiencing food insecurity
• +1300 laptops, iPads, and internet vouchers donated to families
• 1200 hours if technical business assistance dedicated to Black-owned businesses
• 400 participants have been placed into permanent housing or rehoused

The mission of Raphael House is to engage our entire community in non-violent living through advocacy, education, and community outreach, and by providing a safe haven from domestic violence.

Raphael House Community Impact

Raphael House does everything possible to help survivors transition from their shelter into safe housing. They’re giving survivors tools they need to shape their own futures and end the cycle of violence.

• 81% of families served in Raphael House are now in safe housing
• Raphael House reaches 5,250+ community members and survivors each year
• 24% of the emergency domestic violence shelter space in Multnomah County is provided by Raphael house.
• 300+ youth were supported by Raphael House last year

OEC’s mission is to advance innovative, collaborative and equitable solutions to Oregon’s environmental challenges for today and future generations.

OEC Community Impact

OEC and their allies worked with Governor Brown to shape a bold, new executive order, the Oregon Climate Action Plan, which establishes scientifically based goals for greenhouse gas reductions and requires state agencies to limit and reduce climate pollution using every tool at their disposal:

• Transportation fuels will emit at least 20% less carbon by 2030 and 25% less by 2035.
• New buildings will be 60% more energy efficient by 2030.
• A cap on major sources of climate pollution which will lead to more innovation.
• Food waste cut in half by 2030.
• New strategies to sequester carbon in forests, wetlands, and agricultural lands.
• Worker protections from wildfire smoke and extreme heat.
• Measures to reduce climate impacts and create benefits for Oregonians most vulnerable to the dangers of climate change.

Impact Statistics

• Foundation donated $5,000 to OEC
• Funds were used towards Oregon Environmental Council’s (OEC’s) general operating budget which are the hardest grant funds to secure. A majority of grants are directed toward specific programs and do not necessarily cover the other costs that our organization incurs in doing the specific environmental policy work, such as communications, HR, DEI trainings, rent, etc.

Living Yoga provides trauma-informed services and resiliency training in order to ensure all individuals have the tools to heal from the impacts of trauma, prevent re-traumatization, and realize their full potential.

Living Yoga Community Impact

• 92% improvement in Corrections and Reentry programs students’ ability to notice their feelings and choose how to act in a healthy way
• 84% improvement in Corrections and Reentry programs students’ ability to deal with negative feelings
• 79% of students in Addiction and Recovery programs agree that they learn skills in yoga that help them maintain sobriety

Impact Statistics

• Foundation donated $5,000 to Living Yoga
• Funds were used for radical listening sessions with BIPOC leaders, sector experts and others in order to make their programs more impactful and equitable and to grow their social justice initiative.

Since its inception, HereTogether’s mission has been to build the coalition, community support, and political will necessary to secure a dedicated source of funding at the scale needed to create real, permanent solutions to our chronic homeless crisis.

Impact Statistics

• Foundation provided a platform to highlight this important campaign which resulted in the ballot measure passing and much needed funds raised for services to support our houseless community.

Project Lemonade provides foster youth with a back-to-school shopping experience and
offers support that inspires self-esteem and promotes success.

• Project Lemonade served 2,000 foster youth in 2018
• From over 24 counties in Oregon and Washington
• 750 volunteers put in more than 3,000 hours
• 12,000 foster youth have been served since 2012

Impact Statistics

• Foundation donated $5,000 to Project Lemonade
• Funds were used to sponsor Project Lemonade’s annual gala to raise funds to continue providing their much needed services to our vulnerable foster youth.

Adelante Mujeres provides holistic education and empowerment opportunities to marginalized Latina women and families to ensure full participation and active leadership in the community.

• Adelante Mujeres serves more than 8,000 people each year
• Their Chicas Youth Development Program serves over 600 girls every year
• 100% of high school seniors in the program graduate high school and 95% enroll in college
• In 2016 they provided 400+ hours of technical assistance and one-on-one farm coaching for farm business owners

Impact Statistics

• Foundation donated $7,000 to Adelante Mujeres
• Funds were used to support their Chicas Afterschool Facilitators and equip their students with wifi and tablets when remote learning began due to COVID.

KairosPDX is a non-profit organization focused on delivering excellent, equitable education to underserved children, their families and their communities.

Impact Statistics

• Foundation donated $7,500 to KairosPDX
• The funds allowed KairosPDX to continue to provide excellent equitable education to our learning community and could not have come at a better time as the African American community has disproportionately felt the impact of COVID-19.
• These funds have also allowed them to continue to build resilience in our children, families, and community members.

XXcelerate supports women entrepreneurs by providing financial education, mentorship, peer support and access to debt financing.

XXcelerate Social Impact & Research:

• Create local jobs and employment and training opportunities
• Diversify the local entrepreneurial ecosystem
• Understand the needs of underrepresented founders
• Design a system that can be replicated in other communities in Oregon and across the country
• Observe and measure the power of peer networks in entrepreneurship
• Assess the growth trajectory and priorities of women founders
• Measure the power of entrepreneurial peer networks, collective power, and social capital
• Foster a pipeline of women entrepreneurs

Impact Statistics

• Foundation donated $7,000 to XXcelerate
• Funds were used to serve women entrepreneurs in their Cohort 3, deploy the pilot of their loan fund and make their first loan, as well as expand services to serve what they believe will be 5x the number of entrepreneurs they were able to serve last year.
• The funding also allowed XXcelerate to bring on a full time staff member and merge with Women Led to expand programming.

PERIOD. is a youth-fueled nonprofit that strives to eradicate period poverty and stigma through service, education, and advocacy. Through the distribution of menstrual products, promotion of youth leadership, and championing of menstrual equity in policy, PERIOD. aims to center those disproportionately affected by period poverty and support local efforts for menstrual equity.

Impact Statistics

• Foundation donated $10,000 to Period
• Funding was used to support general programming as well as to support ongoing efforts for menstrual equity.

Store to Door supports independent living for Portland area seniors and people with disabilities by providing an affordable, personal, volunteer-based grocery shopping and delivery service.

Impact Statistics

• Foundation donated $10,000 to Store to Door
• Funds from Foundation were used to support Store to Door’s Equitable Outreach Project to ensure they can meet their goal to make at least 11,930 deliveries to 700+ diverse clients in 2019 in support of the health and wellness of low-income homebound seniors. To date they have served 686 clients and provided 9,459 deliveries through 10/31/2019.
•  Specifically, funds were used towards community outreach and partnership development with new organizations serving culturally-specific clients.  Client Outreach Coordinator is responsible for managing community and client outreach and accomplished the following outcomes thanks in part to the Foundation Impact Partnership.

P:ear mentors Portland’s homeless youth to affirm personal worth and create healthier lives and communities.

Impact Statistics

• $10,000 donated
• The Foundation funds will be used to supplement the basic needs of our youth as they navigate P:ear programs. The donation means that P:ear will be able to provide the nourishment and support they need more easily.

SVP Portland makes a lasting impact through the practice of venture philanthropy, investing in non-profit programs that make transformational change in our community.

Funds from Foundation will be used for SVP’s “Preschool for All” initiative.

Impact Statistics

• $8,000 donated
• Foundation’s $8000 donation had an impact return of $122,640 in financial and human capital to our investment portfolio of Community Partners.
• This impact partnership created a case study for SVP as they are making a big push into the corporate space for partnerships and Foundation is a prime example of the kind of model that they will be pursuing.

Children’s Healing Art Project brings the healing power of art to children and families facing medical challenges.

Impact Statistics

• $10,000 donated
• The Foundation funds covered the cost of art supplies for a year for Chap’s 6715 in-hospital experiences.
• With the funding from Foundation CHAP is able to provide all the necessary elements for children and families to heal through art. Having the funds to buy individually-wrapped Model Magic (colorful clay), colorful paints, beading for jewelry-making, and so much more gives CHAP the ability to provide artistic options for children that fuels their creativity.

Resources for Families and Allies

Impact Statistics

• $8,000 donated
• The Foundation funds went directly to support Latino Network staff of more than 120 people to ensure they have the training and resources to deliver the best quality programming which currently serves 7250 individuals per year across all their programming
• The unrestricted funding from Foundation allowed Latino Network to flexibly cover areas that other organizations don’t typically invest in, such as fundraising, HR, operations, finance, and other essential backbone services that allow LN to deliver quality services.

Crowdfunding medical research that matters to you.

Impact Statistics

• $8,000 donated
• Increased exposure for Consano through KGW news coverage
• The Foundation funds were able to pilot a study to support research that will impact families of the 15,000 kids diagnosed with cancer each year.