One of my favorite moments of the year takes place late in the summer. Love Portland is an event led by the Luis Palau Association and the Imago Dei Community that brings hundreds of volunteers together to help clean up underfunded schools across the city so that classrooms and campuses look and feel their best as students and teachers begin a new year. For more than a decade, this community activation has leveraged tens of thousands of community service hours in the faith community to serve and support local neighborhoods and families.

Love Portland is a perfect example of the power of collaboration and how we can create an outsized impact when we work together. If one of us showed up at the door of a local school one summer afternoon, we might be able to clean up some landscaping or paint one classroom. If five of us showed up, we might be able to paint an entire hallway. But if dozens of us pitch in, an entire school building can be refreshed. Volunteerism is a critical factor in helping build healthy neighborhoods and communities.

We are fortunate to live in a region where so many individuals, families, businesses, nonprofits and government agencies volunteer to serve the common good through collaboration and partnership. The impact of this mindset is on display across a wide variety of projects and programs that serve the diverse needs of our region.

The Northwest Health Foundation recently achieved a significant milestone, awarding its largest grant ever through its Health and Education Fund in partnership with CareOregon, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, Meyer Memorial Trust and Oregon Community Foundation. The $1 million investment will support a campaign to build an affordable childcare system in Oregon.

Our friends at the Rasmuson Foundation shared the inspiring story of how a team of 11 funders invested nearly $700,000 into Alaska nonprofits to help rebuild and restore communities after the region was rocked by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake at the end of 2018. 

The Bullitt Foundation has rallied partners around individuals and nonprofits that are redefining the way we think about conservation and leveraging these collaborations to help generate 10x returns on targeted initial investments.

It’s also been a busy time at the Murdock Trust as our Trustees recently met and approved 60 new grants totaling nearly $16 million to nonprofits serving the Pacific Northwest. These organizations all possess a collaborative spirit and are partnering with like-minded leaders and organizations to serve the diverse needs of AlaskaIdahoMontanaOregon and Washington

We’ve highlighted a few examples of their work and you can find a complete overview of our most recent grants in the linked list below. We are grateful to play a small role in supporting their work and mission, and we are grateful to all of you who are working to build partnerships, foster collaboration and serve the common good of the Pacific Northwest.

Steven G.W. Moore
Executive Director


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