Evergreen Community Foundation Portland, Oregon
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Community Foundation · Portland

Neighbors show up for neighbors. We make it possible.

Evergreen Community Foundation funds disaster relief, runs volunteer programs, and keeps grants and scholarships moving through Portland, Oregon.

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Relief desk · Portland 24/7
Disaster reliefActive program
Volunteer programsOpen for sign-up
Community partnershipsOpen
Grants & scholarshipsAccepting inquiries
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Disaster relief · Portland

When the call goes out, the answer is neighbors.

Disaster relief is the most visible part of the work. It runs on local knowledge, supplies, and people who can show up.

  1. 01

    Notice

    Relief needs reach the foundation through the community partners we work with across Portland.

  2. 02

    Mobilize

    Volunteers and partner organizations are called in to move supplies, staff sites, and reach households.

  3. 03

    Stay

    Support continues after the immediate response, alongside the partners who remain on the ground.

Volunteers unloading relief supplies from a truck outside a Portland community hall
Relief supplies moving through a neighborhood partner site
Volunteers needed

Give an afternoon. Get a neighborhood.

Volunteers are how the foundation gets out of the office and onto the block. There is a place for an hour, an evening, or a season — no experience required, just turnout.

  • Community programs

    Neighborhood events, food drives, and the steady work that keeps local partners going.

    Ongoing

  • Relief support

    Sorting and moving supplies, staffing partner sites, and helping when the weather turns.

    On call

  • Partnership events

    Hands-on help for the organizations and businesses we work alongside across Portland.

    Seasonal
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Volunteers sorting donated goods into boxes inside a warehouse
Sorting donations before a relief run
Volunteer desk

An hour, an evening, or a season — tell us what you can give and we'll point you to the next shift.

Community partners

Partnerships are a two-way street.

The foundation does not work alone in Portland. Grants, relief, and volunteer programs run through local organizations who already know their own neighborhoods best — and who tell us what is actually needed.

Start a partnership

  • Nonprofits

    Grantmaking and shared relief work with organizations on the ground.

  • Schools

    Scholarship outreach and support for students across the metro.

  • Neighborhood groups

    Local organizing and the first response when a block needs help.

  • Local businesses

    Employee volunteering and community support throughout the year.

A community meeting of partner organizations around a table with notes and maps
Partner organizations mapping relief coverage
Grants & scholarships

The steady support behind the emergency.

Relief is what people see. Grantmaking and scholarships are what keeps a community standing between the storms — quiet, consistent work running in the background.

  • Grantmaking

    Grants in action

    Grants support local nonprofits doing the long work — the organizations Portland neighborhoods already turn to, and the projects that take more than one season to finish.

  • Scholarships

    For Portland students

    Scholarships help Portland-area students keep moving — into training, into college, and into the work they want to do here at home.

  • How to apply

    Inquiry first

    Nonprofits and students can reach out to the foundation to start a conversation about grants or scholarships.

Students working together at a table in a community college study room
Students supported through the scholarship program
Get involved

Keep neighbors close. Keep Portland moving.

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Two ways to help

A donation funds relief, grants, and scholarships. A volunteer hour puts hands on the work. Both keep the relief desk answering when Portland calls.

  • Disaster relief · On call
  • Volunteer programs · Open
  • Partnerships · Open
  • Grants & scholarships · Inquiries welcome