Oregon Food Bank
- purpose: to eliminate hunger and its root causes… because no one should be hungry
- more info: Wikipedia, Charity Navigator
ReBuilding Center
- purpose: builds community resilience and empowers DIYers by ensuring access to affordable used building materials and repair skills so people can be self-sufficient and reduce waste
- more info: Charity Navigator
Boys & Girls Aid
- purpose: to make sure that foster children and teenagers find secure, devoted, and long-term families
- more info: Charity Navigator
Hygiene4All
- purpose: a hygiene hub for unsheltered residents of Portland’s Central Eastside
- more info: Charity Navigator, The Columbian (2024)
Potluck in the Park
- purpose: to nourish and enrich the lives of individuals in need by providing nutritious food and a supportive community
- more info: Charity Navigator
Central Oregon LandWatch
- purpose: to guide development where it belongs and protect the land and water that sustains our communities and ecosystems
- more info: Charity Navigator
Oregon Latino Health Coalition
- purpose: advances the health of Latinos through policy, advocacy, and prevention
- more info: Charity Navigator
West Linn Food Pantry
- purpose: provides food boxes for families in the West Linn area
- more info: Charity Navigator
Come Thru Market
- purpose: an incubator market centering Black and Indigenous Farmers, Makers, and Friends
- more info: Charity Navigator
HomePlate Youth Services
- purpose: uplifts and empowers young people experiencing housing instability through community building, education, and access to services and resources
- more info: Charity Navigator
Call to Safety
- purpose: ending domestic and sexual violence by providing confidential support services and education to empower our community
- more info: Charity Navigator
Project POOCH
- purpose: providing life-changing opportunities for adjudicated youth and shelter dogs
- more info: Charity Navigator, GlobalGiving, Wikipedia
Stone Soup PDX
- purpose: building economic stability for people experiencing barriers to employment and nourishing Portland through culinary training and community meals
- more info: Charity Navigator
Marion Polk Food Share
- purpose: to bring people together to end hunger and its root causes
- more info: Charity Navigator
Autism Empowerment
- purpose: devoted to promoting a culture of acceptance, enrichment, and empowerment in the lives of children, teens, adults and families in Autism, Autistic and neurodivergent communities
- more info: Charity Navigator
Chelsea Hicks Foundation
- purpose: inspiring hope and healing to seriously-ill children through therapeutic dress up and play
- more info: Charity Navigator
Coalition of Community Health Clinics
- purpose: to improve healthcare for vulnerable populations residing in Tri-County area
- more info: Charity Navigator
South Benton Food Pantry
- purpose: dedicated to helping our community
- more info: Charity Navigator
Tualatin Food Pantry
- purpose: alleviate food insecurity in our community in a welcoming way that brings dignity and choice to our neighbors
- more info: Charity Navigator
Schoolhouse Supplies
- purpose: to promote educational equity in Portland area public schools by providing free school supplies to under-resourced students and classrooms
- more info: Charity Navigator
Potlatch Fund
- purpose: celebrating Native communities through the cultural tradition of giving
- more info: Charity Navigator
Community Loaves
- purpose: to nurture strong communities through the connection, training, and empowerment of home-based bakers to reduce hunger and promote wellness
- more info: Charity Navigator, KING 5 (2020)
Meals on Wheels People
- purpose: enrich the lives of seniors and assist them in maintaining independence by providing nutritious food, human connections, and social support
- more info: Charity Navigator
La Pine Community Kitchen
- purpose: help meet the needs of those experiencing hunger and lack of resources by providing free food, clothing, and hygiene items
- more info: Charity Navigator
Pride Foundation
- purpose: fuels transformational movements to advance equity and justice for LGBTQ+ people in all communities across the Northwest
- more info: Charity Navigator, Wikipedia
Pink Lemonade Project
- purpose: to educate, empower and support all communities affected by breast cancer in Oregon and SW Washington
- more info: Charity Navigator
Guide Dogs for the Blind
- purpose: harnesses the power of partnerships—connecting people, dogs, and communities—to transform the lives of individuals with visual impairments
- more info: Charity Navigator
Rose Haven
- purpose: to provide day shelter, resources, emotional support, and community connections to women, children, and marginalized genders experiencing homelessness and poverty
- more info: Charity Navigator
Na'ah Illahee Fund
- purpose: to support and promote the leadership of Indigenous women in the ongoing regeneration of Indigenous communities throughout the northwest region of Turtle Island, from the Arctic to the Rockies
- more info: Charity Navigator
Oregon Innocence Project
- purpose: to exonerate the wrongfully convicted, train law students, and promote legal reforms aimed at preventing wrongful convictions
- more info: Charity Navigator