We are delighted to announce that Jenn Luevano-Brummett has joined SVP Portland as our new Community Impact Project Manager!

Have you ever wondered how SVP Portland’s community impact could be magnified with optimal human, social, and financial resources? Have you wondered if the SVP business model is keeping up with the changing landscape within our community and the social service sector?

Frank Hiebel is an Encore Fellow with the Forest Park Conservancy (FPC), where he has been instrumental in creating streamlined procedures and simplifying organizational systems to enable the organization to run smoothly.

SVP Portland is excited to share that we have a new Community Partner! Escuela Viva is a Reggio-inspired preschool serving 143 students across three daycare centers in Multnomah County. Click to learn more about our new capacity building Partnership!

Meet Roxanne Seaton! Roxanne is one of our incredible Investor Partners. We got to connect with her and ask her some questions about her work with SVP, her day job, and her passions.

We are so excited to welcome Melinda Gross to our Board of Directors! Melinda works as the Director of Cultural Change for the State of Oregon. 

Over the past six years, the Center for African Immigrants & Refugees Organization (CAIRO) has expanded their preschool programs tremendously. SVP Portland has brought business acumen, experience, and entrepreneurship skills to provide key support as CAIRO has expanded.

SVP Portland teamed up with the Black United Fund of Oregon to leverage our investments in two Community Partners through the launch of an Equitable Early Education Grant initiative.