If you want to join this incredible group of professionals who are working to address our greatest community challenges, contact us! But don’t just take our word for it – consider these reasons why some of our Partners joined SVP.

We are so excited to welcome Eva Maribona to our Board of Directors! Eva works as the Deputy Director of Workplace Culture & Operations at Latino Network.

Read about SVP’s work to dismantle racist systems.

Read Lauren Johnson’s reflections on 2023.

SVP Portland staff is delighted to share our fourth annual Superstar Awards!

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.