It has been a productive year for our Business Partnership with the Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI).

The Child Care Facilities Initiative (CCFI) has expanded and evolved since it began in 2022, and will soon become a part of Build Up Oregon.

SVP staff recently made a site visit to AEME to view the classrooms full of joyful and curious preschoolers.

SVP Portland is happy to announce that Margaret Barrett has joined our team as a new Encore Fellows Program Coordinator!

Learn about our 2023-2025 strategic plan!

We are happy to share that Scott Overson joined the SVP team as an Encore Fellow!

In “Four Insights and Five Key Steps for More Equitable Nonprofit Governance,” Dr. Renee Rubin Ross highlights SVP Portland as a positive example of an innovative governance model.

This collaboration between SVP Portland and BUF-OR aims to create equitable access to high-quality early learning in our communities.

At the Pitch & Picnic event, Community Action program leaders presented their business plans for community input.

At a recent Learning Train Academy site visit, SVP Portland Partners and staff got to learn more about Ashley and Erica’s shared passion for early childhood education.

What would the world look like if we all invested much more in nonprofits that create measurable positive change in the world?

We are excited to announce that Darcie de Freitas, an SVP Partner, is the 2023 Sarah Cohen-Doherty Community Impact Award recipient!

Learn about Tom Diamond’s Encore Fellowship with State Forest Trust of Oregon. “This was a deeply enriching project that took me in all different directions.”

Co-founder of our Business Partner, Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI), Hanif Fazal shares his perspective in his new book An Other World: The Fight for Freedom, Joy and Belonging.

SVP Partner Kelly Starkey explains why SVP Portland has proven time and time again that her philanthropic dollars are best invested here.

Learn about Martha Jones’s Encore Fellowship with Portland Community College, revising the curriculum for and teaching “Quick Start to Semiconductor Technician Training.”

SVP Portland is happy to announce that Ursula Garcia has joined our team as the new Encore Fellows Program Coordinator!

How does an organization become an SVP Community Partner? Learn about our exploratory pre-investment process.

Being an SVP Partner allows you to be actively anti-racist by meaningfully engaging in work that dismantles systemic inequities.

SVP Portland welcomes and accepts gifts for purposes that help us fulfill our mission. Our current gift acceptance policy was approved by our Board of Directors in June 2023.