Portland, OR. Giving Tuesday is coming up on November 30th. It was launched in 2012 as a way to get people to donate on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving when people are already opening their wallets for the kickoff of the holiday shopping season. Charities and businesses use the hashtag #GivingTuesday on social media to spread awareness and seek donations. Besides contributions, GivingTuesday is also a time to engage volunteers, receive in-kind donations, and thank current supporters.
In 2020, nearly $2.5 billion was donated in the U.S. on Giving Tuesday, according to estimates by campaign organizers.
Oregon Humane Society is one of the many nonprofits taking hoping to benefit from Giving Tuesday.
Nonprofits like Boy & Girls Club are still serving kids in our area.
Below is a list of Portland Area nonprofits hoping for a boost on Giving Tuesday. Click on the name of the nonprofit for a direct link to its website.
Arts, Culture & Humanities
- Airlie Press
- Business for Culture and the Arts
- Friends of Noise
- Lakewood Center for the Arts
- Literary Arts
- Miracle Theatre Group
- Newspace Center for Photography
- Northwest Dance Project
- Old Library Studio
- PHAME Academy
- PlayWrite
- Portland Center Stage
- Portland Children’s Museum
- Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
- Portland Opera
- Portland Symphonic Choir
- Portland Taiko
- Vibe of Portland
- White Bird
- Willamette Writers
- Wordstock
- Work for Art
- Write Around Portland
- Yale Union Contemporary
- Young Audiences
Human Services
- Albertina Kerr Centers
- Assistance League of Portland
- Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia NW
- Black Parent Initiative
- Black United Fund of Oregon
- Boys & Girls Aid
- Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metro Area
- Bridge Meadows
- Camp Fire Columbia
- Candlelighters For Children With Cancer
- CASA For Children
- Chess for Success
- Christmas for Kids Foundation
- Community Partners for Affordable Housing
- Community Vision
- De Paul Treatment Centers
- Donate Life Northwest
- Dougy Center
- Dress for Success Oregon
- Exceed Enterprises
- Elders in Action
- The Children’s Course/The First Tee of Greater Portland
- Fish Emergency Service, Inc.
- Forward Stride
- Focus on Youth
- Friends of the Children – Portland
- Girls Inc. of Northwest Oregon
- Guide Dogs For the Blind
- Hands On Greater Portland
- Harper’s Playground
- Human Solutions
- Impact NW
- Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO)
- Incight
- KairosPDX
- Lines for Life
- Macdonald Center
- Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon
- Morrison Child and Family Services
- Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp
- Muscular Dystrophy Association, Inc.
- New Avenues for Youth
- Northwest Pilot Project
- Oregon Food Bank
- Our House
- Outside In
- Project Clean Slate
- Project Access Now
- Portland Habilitation Center
- Providence Child Center
- QUAD Inc.
- Raphael House of Portland
- REAP Inc.
- Ride Connection
- Rose City Rollers
- SE Works
- Special Olympics Oregon
- Store to Door
- Trillium Family Services
- Volunteers of America Oregon
- YMCA of Columbia Willamette
- YWCA of Greater Portland
Education
- ARCS Foundation
- Financial Beginnings
- Friends of Outdoor School
- I Have a Dream Foundation – Oregon
- Junior Achievement
- Northwest Earth Institute
- Open Meadow
- Oregon Historical Society
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
- The Portland Kitchen
- Portland YouthBuilders
- Schools & Arts Together
- Schoolhouse Supplies
- SCRAP
- Serendipity Center
- Self Enhancement, Inc.
- SMART (Start Making A Reader Today)
- Wind and Oar
Environment, Animals
- Columbia Land Trust
- Community Energy Project
- DoveLewis
- EarthShare Oregon
- Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon
- Friends of Trees
- Friends of Tryon Creek
- Hoyt Arboretum Friends
- Portland Japanese Garden
- Oregon Humane Society
- The Pongo Fund
- The Forest Park Conservancy
- Portland Parks Foundation
- The Oregon Zoo Foundation
- Wild Cat Haven
Health
- American Diabetes Association
- American Heart Association
- American Red Cross
- Artz Center for Developmental Health & Audiology
- BACKBONES
- Brian Grant Foundation
- Children’s Cancer Association
- Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation
- Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
- FolkTime, Inc.
- Hospice & Palliative Care of Washington County
- Molly’s Fund Fighting Lupus
- Medical Teams International
- NAMI Multnomah (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
- National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Oregon Chapter
- Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington
- Susan G. Komen for the Cure
- The ALS Association Oregon and SW Washington Chapter
- United Cerebral Palsy of Oregon & SW Washington (UCP)
- Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation & Health Centers
Public/Society Benefit
- Basic Rights Oregon
- Bicycle Transportation Alliance
- Clackamas County Volunteer Connection
- Equity Foundation
- Innovation Partnership
- Junior League of Portland
- Latino Network
- Multnomah Chapter of Master Gardeners
- Police Activities League
- Portland Parks & Recreation
- Q Center
- REACH Community Development
- The Grotto
- The Oregon Garden
- The ReBuilding Center
- United Way of Columbia-Willamette
Restorative Justice & Anti-Racist Initiatives
Statewide
Metro Portland
Willamette Valley
Columbia River Gorge
GivingTuesday Quick Facts:
GivingTuesday is a growing global generosity movement that drives giving and collective action in communities around the world.
- GivingTuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past nine years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity year-round.
- GivingTuesday inspires generosity worldwide through a distributed network of leaders. There are official GivingTuesday national movements in 80 countries, led by a global network of passionate, entrepreneurial leaders. At a grassroots level, people and organizations participate in GivingTuesday in every single country in the world.
- GivingTuesday creates global impact driven by local action. In the U.S. alone, 300 community campaigns rally thousands of nonprofits, foundations, grassroots organizations, small businesses, and generous individuals to give back. Through #GivingTuesdaySpark, youth are leading change and inspiring action around the world.
- GivingTuesday is driving a net increase in giving. The movement continues to grow in year-over-year donation volume, reach and impact – driving increased donations and behavior change. In 2020, at least $2.47 Billion were donated in twenty-four hours in the U.S. alone, with 13% of the adult population participating by offering gifts of time, voice, skills, goods, and money, as well as countless acts of kindness inspired by the movement.
- GivingTuesday is a global hub for data, learning, and ultimately, innovation around generosity. The GivingTuesday Data Commons works with partners across sectors and borders to understand the drivers and impacts of generosity, explore giving behaviors and patterns, and use data to inspire more giving around the world. With over 100 contributing partners and 50 global data labs, the initiative is the largest philanthropic data collaboration ever built.
- People are inspired to give on GivingTuesday. 84% of those aware report that GivingTuesday inspired them to be more giving. A 2019 Horizon Media study reported that 52% said that they want to donate on this day because it allows them to be a part of a bigger group of people doing good.
- GivingTuesday inspires collective action and generosity all year round–and in times of crisis. $503M in online donations were contributed in the U.S. alone on May 5, 2020 during #GivingTuesdayNow a global day of giving and unity created as an emergency response to COVID-19.
- People can show their generosity in a variety of ways during GivingTuesday. Whether it’s helping a neighbor, advocating for an issue, sharing a skill, or finding virtual volunteer opportunities with their favorite causes—everyone has something to give and every act of generosity counts.
