Investor & Business Partners
Bring your skills, experience, and resources to our community!
You hold the key to unlocking a more equitable Oregon. Join a group of professionals and organizations who are working to address our greatest community challenges.
If you believe that every child should have equal access to education and opportunity, we want to partner with you. Bring your talent, resources, or influence to bear with an organization achieving transformative change. Together, we can battle inequality—and ensure the possibility of a positive start for all of our kids.
“SVP presents me with opportunities to learn, to grow, and to get to know other similarly-motivated professionals. In that sense, SVP serves my interests in philanthropy, provides me with a sense of community, and gives me opportunities to do meaningful work.”
— Steve Maser, SVP Partner
Investor Partners
Investor Partners contribute their skills, money, and influence to build the operational capacity, scale of impact, and overall resilience of local nonprofits and initiatives. Partners make a personally significant financial gift and are invited to contribute their skills and connections. Collectively, these resources – money, time, and influence – advance our mission.
Partner Benefits:
Volunteer to work with select nonprofits and community initiatives
Attend SVP learning workshops to grow skill sets as well as strengthen your philanthropic strategies
Network with other professionals and philanthropists in the Portland-metro area
Learn about root issues and effective solutions for change by working side-by-side with community leaders
Help our kids, make a difference, and have fun doing important work!
Find out more about joining SVP Portland by contacting Ursula Garcia.
Business Partners
Business Partners invest dollars for high impact and can also offer their employees skills-based and leadership development volunteer opportunities. Our Business Partners are socially-responsible corporations and seek the greatest leverage through their unique resources. By connecting to the nonprofits, collaborations, and initiatives that we serve, our Business Partners multiply their impact.
Current Business Partners
Find out more about joining SVP Portland by contacting Ursula Garcia.
“To this day, I still feel strongly that CEI’s ongoing success is due in part to the support and partnership we received from SVP. We can’t say enough about how instrumental SVP has been to our business.”
— Hanif Fazal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI)