Community Partner Links

Big Brothers Big Sisters

The Big Brothers Big Sisters mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youth.

Child Centered Solutions

Child Centered Solutions' mission is to protect the rights of children involved in high-conflict domestic relations cases. Child Centered Solutions provides pro bono legal representation directly to children and helps parents and professionals identify and appropriately address the needs of children during family conflicts.

Children's Institute

The Children's Institute is a research and action organization dedicated to improving the odds for Oregon's at-risk children. They are moving research to action by promoting cost-effective public and private investments in early childhood programs.

Children's Relief Nursery

Children's Relief Nursery's mission is to prevent abuse and neglect in children birth through four by partnering with caregivers committed to strengthening their families.

Children's Trust Fund of Oregon

Children's Trust Fund of Oregon's mission is to foster healthy child development and functioning by ending the harm of child abuse and neglect to Oregon's children. The Foundation fulfills this mission by the funding of effective, primary prevention programs in local communities throughout the state of Oregon.

ChristieCare

ChristieCare creates and delivers mental health solutions that promote enriched, full lives for children and families.

Classic Wines Auction

The Classic Wines Auction supports the good work of Oregon non-profit organizations by providing funds to pre-selected entities benefiting children and families. The 2010 beneficiaries are Metropolitan Family Service, New Avenues for Youth, Friends of the Children – Portland, Trillium Family Services, and YWCA Clark County.

De La Salle North Catholic High School

De La Salle North Catholic High School provides a rigorous, faith-based high school education and a professional internship program for all students to help them defray the cost of their education. The Corporate Internship Program promotes self-sufficiency by providing career and life-skills training, personal mentoring, and paid employment.

Employers for Education Excellence

E3 was founded in 1996 by the Oregon Business Council to bring together employers and schools to improve student achievement.

Friends of the Children

Friends of the Children creates opportunities for children to realize their unique potential and inherent worth by employing paid, professional mentors to work with vulnerable children from kindergarten through high school graduation.

International Child Resource Institute

ICRI's mission is to improve the lives of children and families throughout the world, enabling them to survive and succeed.

Junior Achievement

JA is the world's largest organization dedicated to educating students about workforce readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy through experiential, hands-on programs.

Juvenile Rights Project

Juvenile Rights Project's mission is to provide high quality legal services to children and families, without the means to retain counsel, through individual representation in juvenile proceedings, and through class-wide advocacy in the courts and legislature.

Metropolitan Family Service

Metropolitan Family Service seeks to strengthen families and individuals while enhancing their participation in community life.

Multnomah County Commission on Children, Families and Community

CCFC impacts policy, leverages resources and invests strategically to build a thriving community.

NW Business for Culture & the Arts

NW Business for Culture & the Arts connects business and the arts to strengthen Oregon's culture and economy. They accomplish their mission through advocacy, recognition, strategic alliances, membership programs, research, networking and communications.

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

OMSI is a scientific, educational, and cultural resource center dedicated to improving the public's understanding of science and technology. OMSI makes science exciting and relevant through exhibits, programs, and experiences that are presented in an entertaining and participatory fashion.

Portland State University Foundation

PSU Foundation's mission is to cultivate and manage both monetary and volunteer support for the University.

Saturday Academy

Saturday Academy engages motivated young people in hands-on, in-depth learning and problem solving by connecting them with community experts as instructors and mentors.

Schoolhouse Supplies

Schoolhouse Supplies serves classrooms in need by operating a volunteer-run Free Store for Teachers, which is stocked with supplies donated by the community.

Stand for Children

Stand for Children's mission is to teach everyday people how to join together in an effective grassroots voice in order to win concrete, long-lasting improvements for children, at both state and local levels.

University of Oregon Foundation

KLC underwrites scholarships and fellowships in the College of Education and School of Law, benefiting students who are studying to become professional researchers, advocates and policymakers in the area of early childhood education and development.

Volunteers of America Oregon

VOA Oregon's mission is to change lives by promoting self-determination, building strong communities and standing for social justice.

YWCA of Greater Portland

YWCA is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all.