Looking Back at 2023

In 2023, we were proud to partner with hundreds of organizations throughout Oregon and Washington, each having a remarkable impact in our local and regional communities.


$20,864,419

total contributions made in 2023


A Legacy in Action

Marie Lamfrom cared deeply for her community, just as we do today.

Funding by Focus

We continue to prioritize arts, creativity, education, mentorship, health, and well-being in our awarding. In 2023, mental health efforts and investments surged, as reflected in health and well-being designations.

By Grants Awarded

By Funds Awarded

Funding by State

We continue to prioritize partnerships in Oregon, while valuing opportunities to support select Washington State organizations, regions, and communities. In 2023, more than 75% of grants and dollars were committed right here in Oregon.

By Grants Awarded

By Funds Awarded

Funding by Classification

In 2023, approximately 70% of dollars awarded were for general operating purposes. This reflects our continued commitment to trusting our partners and maximizing the impact of every dollar moved into the community.

By Grants Awarded

By Funds Awarded

Our 2023 Partners:

The following organizations were awarded grant funding in 2023, with notations for those partners who received an installment or scheduled payment from a prior year commitment. We thank our partners for the critically important and valuable work they do in and for our communities each day.

The following organizations pursued and we awarded funding from our Rose Grant fund.

Rose Grants


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4D Recovery*

82 Roses Community Enrichment Coalition

86 Hunger Foundation

Advance Gender Equity in the Arts (AGE)

African Community Housing & Development

African Family Holistic Health Organization

After-School All-Stars Puget Sound

Alder Commons

All Classical Radio

All:Ready Network

Amara

American Red Cross - Cascades Division

Anima Mundi Productions

Arch Cape Falcon Cove Beach Community Club

Architecture Foundation of Oregon

Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School

ArtMax Academy

Arts Alliance of Yamhill County

Assistance League of Greater Portland*

Assistance League of the Columbia Pacific

Attain Housing

B-17 Alliance Foundation

Bach Cantata Choir

Bainbridge Performing Arts

Bainbridge Youth Services

Ballard Food Bank

Battle Ground HealthCare

Patricia Reser Center for the Arts (The Reser)

Beaverton Education Foundation

Beaverton Resource Center

Beaverton Symphony Orchestra

BendFilm, Inc*

Benton Furniture Share

Best Buddies

Beyond These Walls

Bienestar

Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Inland Northwest

Birch Community Services

Black Alliance & Social Empowerment (BASE)

Black Parent Initiative

Blanchet House of Hospitality

BodyVox

Book-It Repertory Theatre

Boost Oregon

Boxes of Love Project Inc

Boys & Girls Aid Society of Oregon*

Boys & Girls Club of Bend

Boys & Girls Clubs of Bellevue

Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area

Boys & Girls Clubs of Southwest Washington

Bradley Angle

BRAVO Youth Orchestras

Breast Friends

Brian Grant Foundation

Bridge Meadows

Bridging Voices

Broadway Rose Theatre Company

Bustin Barriers*

Byrd Barr Place

Calapooia Food Alliance

Caldera

Camp Fire Columbia (CFC)*

Candlelighters For Children With Cancer

Carpe Mundi

CASA for Children

CASA of Clackamas County

CASA of Linn County

CASA of Polk County*

Cascade AIDS Project

Cascades Raptor Center

Cascadia Health

Catholic Charities of Oregon

Center Against Rape and Domestic Violence

Central City Concern

Central Oregon Center for the Arts

Central Oregon Community College Foundation

Central Oregon Environmental Center

CHAS Health

Childhood Cancer Coalition

Children's Center

Children's Institute

CHOOSE 180

City Club of Portland

City of Grants Pass

Clackamas Repertory Theatre (CRT)

Clackamas County Arts Alliance

Clackamas County Historical Society

Clackamas Service Center

Clackamas Volunteers in Medicine

Classical Up Close

Co/Lab: Reimagine Jewish (F/S Beloved Builders)

College Housing Northwest (CHNW)

College Possible

Columbia Gorge Children's Advocacy Center (dba SafeSpace)

Columbia Insight

Community Based Activity Program

Community Development Corporation of Oregon

Community Doula Alliance

Community Energy Project (CEP)

Community for Positive Aging

Community for Youth (CfY)

Community Outreach Through Radical Empowerment (CORE)

Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH)*

Community Warehouse*

Companis

Compass House

Confluence

Connected Lane County

Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program

Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Southern Oregon

Corbin Senior Activity Center*

Council on Aging of Central Oregon

Cracked Pots Inc

Cultivate Initiatives

Curvy Chic Closet Foundation

CymaSpace*

Daisy C.H.A.I.N.*

Davenport Senior Center

Davids Chair Outdoor Mobility Systems

David's Harp

Desert Sky Montessori

Dispute Resolution Center of Kitsap County

Dolphin Players Inc.

DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital

Drama Dock

Dress for Success Oregon*

Dufur School District

Art Center East*

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon

Eileen & Callie's Place

El Programa Hispano Catolico

Elevate Oregon

Enlightened Theatrics

enTaiko

Equitable Giving Circle

Ethos Inc.

Eugene Ballet

Every Body Athletics

Exceed Enterprises

Facing Homelessness

FACT Oregon

Family Justice Center of Washington County*

Family Law CASA of King County

Family of Friends Mentoring*

Family Promise of Metro East

Family SkillBuilders Services

Family YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties

Farwell Parent/Teacher Organization

Feast Collective

Our Giving Table

Fences For Fido

FIDO Pet Food Bank

FinAbility

Financial Beginnings Oregon

First Story

Fishtrap

Focus on Youth

Folk-Time, Inc

Fora Health*

Fosterful

Four Way Community Foundation

Free Clinic of Southwest Washington

Free Geek

Free Rein Therapeutic Riding

Friendly House Inc.

Friendly Kitchen/Meals on Wheels Roseburg

Friends of Explorer Post 58

Friends of Josephine County Children's Advocacy

Friends of the Children Central Oregon*

Friends of the Children SW Washington

Friends of the Columbia Gorge*

Future Prairie

Garfield Super Block Coalition

Gather Repertory Theatre

Gather:Make:Shelter

Gilbert House Children's Museum

Girl Scouts of Western Washington

Gleaners of Clackamas County, Inc.

Wonderfolk

Growing Gardens

Habitat for Humanity Portland Region

Hacienda CDC*

Harney County Health District

Healing Reins

Health and Justice Recovery Alliance

Healthy U

Heart of Oregon Corps

Heidi Duckler Dance Northwest

High Desert Chamber Music

High Desert Food & Farm Alliance

High Desert Partnership

Hike it Baby

Hilltop Artists in Residence

Hispanic Business Professional Association

Historic Alberta House

Holt International Children's Services

Home Share Oregon

HomePlate Youth Services

Hood River New School

HowCanWeHelp

Hoyt Arboretum Friends

Hunger For Success*

Impact NW

INCIGHT Company

International School of Portland

Invest in Youth

Islamic Social Services of Oregon State (ISOS)

Jefferson County Youth Organization

Jewish Family & Child Service

Juliette's House

Junior Achievement of Washington

KairosPDX

Kids and Paper*

Kids FIRST

Kindering

Kindness Farm

Klamath Community College Foundation*

La Clinica del Valle Family Health Care Center

Lane Arts Council (LAC)

Lane County Diaper Bank

Latino Network

LatinoBuilt Foundation

Lavender Rights Project

Leach Botanical Garden

Leadership Launch

Leadership Spokane

LEAP: Life Expanding Adventure Program

Liberty Theatre Astoria

LiFEBoat Services

Lift Urban Portland (Lift UP)

Lincoln City Cultural Center

Lines for Life

Literary Arts

Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center

Live Wire Radio

Living Well Kent

Look, Listen & Learn TV

M.I.A. Mujeres in Action

MAC Recreation District

Made to Thrive*

Madras Community Food Pantry

Main Street Mosier

Marion & Polk Early Learning Hub, Inc.*

Mari's Place for the Arts

McMinnville Area Habitat for Humanity

Merry Heart Children's Camp

MetroEast Community Media

Metropolitan Youth Symphony

MIKE Program

Millwood Impact*

Minds Matter Portland

Miracle Theatre Group

Mullen Polk Foundation

Museum of Northwest Art

My Voice Music (MVM)

NAMI Oregon

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Spokane*

National Inventors Hall of Fame

Nautical Safety Foundation

Neighborhood Health Center

Neighborhood House*

Neighbors For Kids

Neurotherapeutic Pediatric Therapies, Inc

New Narrative

North by Northeast Community Health Center

North Pole Studio*

Northwest Association for Blind Athletes

Northwest Children's Theater & School*

Northwest Instituto Latino (dba El Jardin)

Northwest Outward Bound School

NW Children's Foundation

Oasis Advocacy and Shelter Inc

Old Mill Center for Children and Families

Olympic Angels

One Community Health

One2Another

Open Adoption & Family Services

Open School, Inc.

Open Signal

Ophelia's Place

Oregon Adaptive Sports

Oregon Association of Relief Nurseries

Oregon Center for Contemporary Art

Oregon Child Abuse Solutions

Oregon Coast Aquarium

Oregon Farmers Markets Association (OFMA)

Oregon Futures Lab Education Fund

Oregon Health Care Interpreters Association

Oregon Humane Society

Oregon Infant Mental Health Association

Oregon Recovers

Oregon Repertory Singers

Oregon School-Based Health Alliance

Oregon Society of Artists

Oregon Tech Foundation Inc.

Oregon Values and Beliefs Center

Oregon Zoo Foundation

Our Children Oregon

P:ear

Pacific Northwest Ballet Association

Para Los Niños de Highline

Parallax Art Center

Parenting Now

Parenting With Intent

Parkinson's Resources of Oregon

Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon*

Path Home

Paws Assisting Veterans

Peer Washington

Performance Works NorthWest, Inc.

PERIOD. Inc.*

Pizza Klatch

Planned Parenthood Columbia Willamette

Playworks Oregon*

PlayWrite, Inc.

Portland Art Museum

Portland Chamber Orchestra

Portland Child Art Studio

Portland Chinatown History Museum

Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Portland Community College Foundation

Portland Community Football Club

Portland Drama Club

Portland Gay Men's Chorus, Inc.

Portland Institute for Contemporary Art

Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble*

POIC+RAHS

Portland Piano International

Portland Playhouse

Portland Radio Project*

Portland Refugee Support Group

Portland Rescue Mission*

Opera in the Park Portland

Portland Symphonic Choir

Portland Taiko

Portland Workforce Alliance

Positive Charge! PDX

Powerful Voices

Profile Theatre

Project 48 Inc

Project Access NOW

Project id

Project Lemonade*

PUSH FOLD*

Qigong Sensory Training Institute

QLaw Foundation of Washington

Raíces de Bienestar

RASIKA Society for Arts of India

Raven Rock Ranch

Redemption House Ministries

Firebrand Resiliency Collective

Renton Innovation Zone Partnership

Responder Life*

Riding Beyond

Rock’n Rooms

Rogue Pack

Rogue Valley Farm to School

ROSE Community Development Corporation

Ross Ragland Theater

Salem Free Clinics*

Salish School of Spokane

Sam Day Foundation

Saturday Academy*

School Garden Project of Lane County

SE Works, Inc.

Seattle Art Museum

Seattle Children's Theatre

Seattle Parks Foundation

Seattle Rep

Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra

Self Enhancement, Inc.

Senior Citizens Council of Clackamas County

Share, Inc.

SheJumps

SIFF

Siletz Bay Music Festival (SBMF)

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology

SMART Reading*

Social Venture Partners Portland

Solid Ground Equine Assisted Activities & Therapy Center

Spokane Humane Society

Spokane Lilac Festival Association

Spokane Regional Domestic Violence Coalition (SRDVC)

Stand for Children Leadership Center*

Stand for Children Oregon*

Steps for Youth*

Store to Door*

Table14*

Takohachi*

Technology Access Foundation

The Arc of Benton County, Inc.

The Arc of Spokane*

The Arc Oregon

The Commons Law Center

The Family Room*

The Geezer Gallery*

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - PNW*

The Northwest Catholic Counseling Center

The Residency

The Rhapsody Project

The Skatepark Project

The UPRISE Collective

Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm

TischPDX (FS Jumpstart Labs)

Todos Juntos*

Totem Star*

Tualatin Hills Park Foundation

Tualatin Valley Creates*

United Way of the Columbia-Willamette*

Ventures*

Washington Family Engagement

Washington FIRST Robotics

Washington's National Park Fund

Washington State Opportunity Scholarship

West Seattle Food Bank

Wild Diversity

William Temple House*

World Arts Foundation Inc.

World Muse

Youth Experiential Training Institute

Youth Villages Oregon*

YWCA Clark County*

The following organizations pursued and were awarded funding from our Daffodil fund.

Daffodil Grants


B'nai B'rith Camp*

Capaces Leadership Institute*

Centro Cultural

Children's Cancer Association*

Clackamas Women's Services

Crisis Connections*

Farmers Market Fund

Friends of Hopewell House

Friends of Zenger Farm

Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington, Inc.*

Girls Inc. of the Pacific Northwest*

Gonzaga University*

Harper's Playground*

High Desert Museum*

Hillsboro Community Foundation c/o Hillsboro Plays Together Inclusive Park

HOLLA

HOLLA School*

In4All

Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Services (dba KIDS Center)

Legal Counsel for Youth and Children*

Lutheran Community Services Northwest

Native American Youth and Family Center*

Oregon Center for Creative Learning

Pacific Communities Health District Foundation*

Portland Youth Philharmonic Association*

Pride Foundation

Relief Nursery, Inc.

Safety Compass

SnowCap Community Charities

Social Justice Film Institute

Sound Theatre

South End Stories f/s Intiman Theatre

Southern Oregon Historical Society

SPARK Central

Special Olympics Oregon (SOOR)

Spokane Guilds' School DBA Joya Child & Family Development*

Spokane Valley Summer Theatre

St. Francis Shelter

STEM Like a Girl

STEM Paths Innovation Network

Stone Soup PDX

Sunshine Division

Tacoma Arts Live

Tacoma Refugee Choir

Tater Tots Pediatric Therapy

The Aloha Community Library Association

The Arc Lane County

The Artback

The Blosser Center For Dyslexia Resources

The Library Foundation

The PSU Foundation

The Red Door Project*

The Street Trust

The Vanport Mosaic

Tillicum Foundation dba KMUN

triangle productions

Triple Threat Mentoring

UKANDU

Umpqua Actors Community Theatre (UACT)

Urban ArtWorks

Urban Gleaners*

Vanessa Behan*

Vibe of Portland

Victory Academy*

Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center & Foundation*

Vivian Lee Foundation

Volunteers of America

Volunteers of America Oregon

Wallace Medical Concern (Wallace)

Washington Alliance for Better Schools

Washington CASA Association

Washington County Kids

Washington Healthcare Access Alliance

We Belong PDX

Whiteside Theatre Foundation

Wildlife Center of the North Coast

Window Seat Media

Wisdom of the Elders Inc

With Love Oregon

Women Helping Women Fund

XBOT Robotics

YMCA of Klamath County

Young Women Empowered

Youth Progress

Youth, Rights & Justice

YWCA Spokane

Zinnia Grants are those that typically exceed $200,000 in single installments or exceed $500,000 in total commitment.

Zinnia Grants


Adelante Mujeres

De La Salle North Catholic High School*

Dougy Center: The National Grief Center for Children and Families

Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon*

The Hutton Settlement*

Victory Academy

*Indicates a grant payment issued in 2023 as an installment or pledge from a prior year.

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Disclaimer: Some numbers or amounts may be rounded or approximated for convenience, and may exclude other charitable contributions. Participation in specialty programs, like Marie’s Birthday, may not be reflected or may be reflected by a Rose Grant classification. Gifts or other contributions made outside of the traditional grant awarding process may not be reflected in this list.