Equity Foundation Directs Nearly $80,000 in Workplace Giving Grants to Organizations All Over Oregon

PORTLAND , OR— Every six months Equity Foundation directs tens of thousands of dollars into local Oregon communities through their efforts in Workplace Giving Campaigns around the state. Recently, Equity Foundation dispersed nearly $80,000 to deserving community organizations throughout Oregon. Each organization is required to sign a contract stating that they do not discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

The Workplace Giving Program offers employees in 20 different workplaces the option to give to Equity Foundation grantees. Equity Foundation secures and administers these pledges and pools the donations to create a larger impact for grantees.

Within the Workplace Giving Program, Equity Foundation is known for providing the largest and most diverse list of organizations throughout Oregon from which to choose in these campaigns.

Workplace Giving is just one of Equity Foundation’s five granting programs. The Foundation also offers Donor Advised Fund Grants, Scholarships, General Cycle Grants and Pride Festival Grants throughout the year.

February 2010 Workplace Giving grantees include:

A Community Dispute Resolution Center, Inc.

Abdil-Ellis Lambda Community Center

ACLU Foundation of Oregon

American Red Cross

Ashland Independent Film Festival

Basic Rights Education Fund

Better People

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metro Portland

Bradley-Angle House

Campfire USA

Cascade AIDS Project

Children’s Home Society of Washington

Community Alliance of Lane County

Community of Welcoming Congregations

Confluence: The Willamette Valley Mixed Gala Chorus

Daybreak Youth Services

Deaf and Hearing Outreach

Death with Dignity

Delta Society

Doctors without Borders

Dougy Center

Dove Lewis

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon

Elder Resource Alliance/Friendly House

Film Action Oregon

Friendly House

Gay and Lesbian Archives of the Pacific NW

Global Fund for Women

Habitat for Humanity

HIV Alliance

Human Dignity Coalition

Imago Theatre

JOIN

KBOO Foundation 90.7 FM

Lawyer’s Campaign for Equal Justice

LEAD

Loaves and Fishes

Love Makes a Family

Mercy Corps

Miracle Theatre Group

NARAL Foundation of Oregon

New Avenues for Youth

Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence

Oregon Community Warehouse

Oregon Food Bank

Oregon Humane Society

Oregon Public Broadcasting

Oregon Safe Schools & Community Coalition

Oregon Zoo Foundation

OSU Rainbow Continuum

Our House of Portland

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PFLAG – Oregon State Council

PFLAG Corvallis/Albany

PFLAG of Eugene/Springfield

PFLAG Portland

PFLAG Salem

Planned Parenthood of Columbia-Willamette

Planned Parenthood of SW Oregon – Lane County

Planned Parenthood of SW Oregon – Southern Oregon

Portland Center Stage

Portland Gay Men’s Chorus

Portland State University Foundation

PRIDE Day Equality Project

Pride Northwest, Inc.

Q Center-Portland

Q: A Queer Resource for Social Change, Lane County

Rainbow Youth

Rural Organizing Project

Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality

Self Enhancement, Inc.

Sexual Minority Youth Resource Center

SHARE (Senior Housing & Retirement Enterprises)

Sisters of the Road Café

Soromundi Chorus

The Gender Center c/o Rural Organizing Project

Umatilla Morrow Alternatives c/o The Rural Organizing Project

University of Oregon – EMU Cultural Forum

Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation

Whitebird

Women’s Community Education Project/In Other Words Bookstore

Write Around Portland

Yachats Community Health Clinic