Locations in Bend: Give Guide

MISSION STATEMENT

Helping Families in crisis who lack a safety net: Mobilizing and equipping mentoring families and area church communities to provide support while parents work to secure stability for their families. We provide mentoring relationships for parents and temporary housing for children to families in crisis. Our purpose is connecting families with needed support during a time of challenge, including possible job loss, serious illness, homelessness, or other issues that complicate parenting. Providing support in those times of need can help keep the family together.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

Help provide mentoring relationships for parents and temporary housing for children to families in crisis who lack a safety net. Formerly called Safe Families for Children Central Oregon, the program connects families with needed support during a time of challenge, including possible job loss, serious illness, homelessness, or other issues that complicate parenting.

$50 Will provide diapers and supplies to a host family

$100 Will fund an informational meeting

$250 Will provide resource support to a family in need

$500 Will reprint outreach materials

MISSION STATEMENT

Kôr provides environmentally sustainable and permanently affordable homeownership for those who contribute to the fabric of the Bend area economy and community. Kôr’s harmonious communities cultivate diversity and foster pride of ownership which is reflected in the way the homes and common spaces are maintained, and in the connection among residents. Kôr’s innovative approach brings together goal net – zero development with perpetual affordability. As a result, members of our community with limited assets have stable homeownership opportunities.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

$50Will collectively make a difference!

$600Allows for efficient heat pump water heater upgrades.

$1,100Provides an energy efficient lighting package

$2,500Will contribute to our downpayment assistance

MISSION STATEMENT

KPOV is radio by the people and for the people of Central Oregon. We strengthen arts, culture, community and democracy through independent, noncommercial radio. As a true grassroots station, KPOV amplifies the voices of our community and facilitates thoughtful dialogue on important local issues. Nearly every day we engage local nonprofits in thorough conversations about their work. 70 volunteer DJs produce 10 local affairs shows, an eclectic mix of music on 40 unique programs, and local music live from our studios. Our youth programs empower young voices and spark creativity.

WHAT YOUR DONATION CAN DO:

$50 Will support three hours of live local music
$100 Will provide six episodes of Youth Radio Hour
$150 Will empower 30 conversations with local nonprofits
$250 Will produce 16 local affairs shows

MISSION STATEMENT
The Latino Community Association empowers our Latino families to thrive at home and in our communities, creating opportunities for advancement and building bridges that unite and strengthen us all. We provide workforce and family empowerment services, as well as cultural enrichment opportunities. Our emerging Latino Family Empowerment Center service model will expand our impact transforming lives in Central Oregon. Thanks for your support!
WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?
$10/month can help 6 people access job support and training (English, computers)
$20/month can help 10 kids access free dental care
$250 can help up to 5 people achieve Citizenship
$500 will help sustain all of our services and future growth

MISSION STATEMENT

Mosaic Medical's mission is to improve the health and well-being of the individuals, families and communities we serve.

·WHAT CAN YOUR DONATION DO?

Since Mosaic Medical’s founding, no one has ever been denied care due to their level of income, insurance status, or heritage. Our first Executive Director, Lynn Martin believed that every person can benefit from quality healthcare services and this vision still holds true today.

A gift, big or small, to the Lynn Martin Memorial Fund provides the necessary resources to break down our patients' barriers to health and wellness.

$15 gifts will provide a new family with gas to get to their well-baby visit

$30 gifts will provide warm coats for the homeless

$40 gifts will purchase necessary medication like albuterol inhalers

MISSION STATEMENT

MountainStar Family Relief Nursery's mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect through community support and therapeutic services that help vulnerable children and families succeed.

We are the only program in Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook Counties providing therapeutic classrooms, parenting education services, and family support targeted at protecting babies and toddlers who are at significant risk for abuse and neglect.

We work directly with Central Oregon families in crisis. Parents struggling with poverty, homelessness, physical and mental illness, addiction, domestic violence, and more come to us voluntarily for help. We provide the space for children and parents to take a breath, regroup, and learn the skills needed to create a loving, supportive environment that nurtures the whole family. By partnering with parents, we help protect young children from abuse and neglect.

YOUR DONATIONS MAKE A DIFFERENCE

here are many ways you can get involved: Volunteer to play with children in our therapeutic classes. Sign up as a Fairy God-Parent to “adopt” a specific child and provide clothes, gifts, and other needs. Bring in diapers to any of our centers – we use A LOT of them serving 400+ babies and toddlers each year! Visit mtstar.org to learn about these opportunities and more.

Donate vital funds at mtstar.org

$5,000 Will support the cost of one child in our therapeutic program for a year

$1,000 $1,000 Will provide nutritious food for program children for one month

$300 Will sponsor one group parent training, including childcare and dinner

$150 Will fund one month of gas for a vehicle that transports children

$75 Will buy art supplies and materials for therapeutic classroom activities

In 2018, MountainStar successfully kept 98% of children in our program safe from confirmed cases of abuse and neglect. By partnering with parents, we keep kids safe.

MISSION STATEMENT
We provide empowerment and access for underserved individuals to cultivate new life skills, create new possibilities in their lives and align with their true selves through the transformational power of yoga and mindfulness. From this platform, individuals learn to contribute to themselves, to their family and their community. In our first 15 months we taught over 604 classes and reached more than 2,812 students in the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Jail, Bethlehem Inn, Serenity Lane, Bend & Redmond schools, nursing homes and other rehab centers.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

$25 Pays a teacher to teach one class at a local school, veterans, senior or rehab center or homeless shelter.

$100 Pays for a month of weekly classes.

$600 Covers a month of classes 3x/week.

$1,300 Sponsors one individual from one of our outreach classes to gain a new career as a 200 Hour Certified Yoga Teacher (tuition reduced by 50% by Namaspa LLC).

MISSION STATEMENT

NeighborImpact’s Mission is to support people and strengthen communities. Whether preparing children for kindergarten, distributing over 3 million pounds of food, or supporting a young couple purchasing their first home, NeighborImpact helps meet the needs of more than 55,000 households each year right here in Central Oregon.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

Your financial help, especially in a time of crisis, allows us to make things right again for people whose daily lives have gone very wrong, very quickly. A donation of any amount will help us keep essential, life-giving support flowing to the neighbor next door.

MISSION STATEMENT
For over 53 years, the Opportunity Foundation of Central Ore- gon has worked to empower people of diverse abilities. We believe everyone has the fundamental right to live and work in supportive and inclusive communities. We envision a world where all people live, learn, and work together in the spirit of our values: dignity, equality, integrity, inclusion, choice, excellence and empowerment. Our Opportunity Foundation Thrift Store in Bend provides job train- ing to those with disabilities as well as job services so everyone can work at their dream job in our community!
WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?
Your donations support our homes that provide 24/7 care to adults who experience a disability. They also support our community job development and coaching programs. Please donate to our Opportunity Thrift Stores in Bend, Redmond and Madras.

MISSION STATEMENT

Oregon Adaptive Sports provides life-changing outdoor recreation experiences to individuals with disabilities. Participants gain confidence, build self-esteem and strive for independence leading to an enhanced quality of life.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

$60 Two hour adaptive mountain bike experience for a child on the autism spectrum.

$120Half day private adaptive ski or snowboard lesson for a stroke survivor.

$500Pair of outriggers/adaptive ski poles for an individual with a mobility impairment.

$1000Scholarships for one Disabled Veteran and their family to attend OAS’ Heroes weekend.

MISSION STATEMENT
For ten years, the Oregon Cultural Trust has played a vital role in building Oregon communities; its support for cultural nonprofits statewide enriches lives every day by offering access to culture—book fairs, author tours, library programs, performances, visual arts, and historic preservation. The Trust has made over 1,000 grants to cultural organizations statewide, $14 million since 2003. Simultaneously, the Trust is building a permanent fund, now almost $20 million, so future generations can experience the Oregon culture we enjoy today. Anyone can be part of this vision by supporting any of 1,300 eligible cultural nonprofits, including 40+ in Deschutes County, matching those gifts with a gift to the Trust, and taking Oregon’s generous and unique state cultural tax credit.
WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?
Cultural Trust donations are split 42/58% between an annual grant program of over $1.5 million and deposits to Oregon’s permanent cultural fund, respectively. The Trust supports five statewide partners (Oregon Humanities, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Historical Society, Oregon Heritage Commission, and State Historic Preservation Office), and funds culture in every Oregon county and five of the nine federally recognized tribes.

MISSION STATEMENT

Oregon Natural Desert Association (ONDA) exists to protect, defend and restore Oregon’s high desert for current and future generations. We envision a high desert in Oregon where eight million acres of public lands are conserved to ensure that fish and wildlife thrive and wild places exist for all people to treasure and explore, now and always. In the three decades since ONDA was founded, this community has protected and restored millions of acres of Oregon’s high desert including Steens Mountain, the Oregon Badlands Wilderness and Spring Basin Wilderness. Thank you!

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

Your gift conserves land, waterways and wildlife in the high desert and connects you to a community of individuals who share your passion for conservation.

MISSION STATEMENT

Since 1974, Oregon Wild has worked to inform and involve the public in the important conservation issues facing our state. America's wildlands, wildlife, and waters belong to all of us, and we believe that the best way to ensure these precious resources are managed responsibly is to keep the public informed.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

Over the last four decades, Oregon Wild has done an immense amount of work on a variety of issues with the overriding goal of protecting Oregon's natural heritage.

MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to promote inclusivity and visibility of LGBTQ+ people by enabling and fostering community engagement. We develop and sponsor events that encourage community involvement, build partnerships with businesses, government, and other organizations, and support the LGBTQ+ community and allies. Our efforts bring wellness, culture, education, and social activities through film screenings, performance art, as well as free and available HIV testing, Winter PrideFest (multi-event ski weekend), Bend Pride 5K and much more.
WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?
Your donation is an investment in building individuals and allies.

MISSION STATEMENT
Partners In Care provides patient-centered care that honors the dignity and needs of those we serve. We sustain an organization that enriches the lives of our patients, families, team, and community.
WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?
Donations to Partners In Care help us to provide the highest quality of care to our patients and families in the Central Oregon community. For forty years, your contributions have enabled us to provide expert hospice or home health care to those with life-limiting illnesses. These gifts also support a variety of services such as Hospice House, Transitions, Palliative Care, no cost community bereavement and volunteer programs, Camp Courage (an art grief camp for children and teens), and community education. Gifts may be given in memory of a loved one, or in honor of an individual on the occasion of a birthday, anniversary, or other special day.

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to provide, promote, and protect access to sexual and reproductive health care. Since 1963, PPCW has provided a broad range of sexual and reproductive health care, family planning and other medical services; trained and educated community members on issues of sexuality; and advocated for the protection of reproductive rights and freedom in Oregon and Southwest Washington.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

We provide a wide range of education programs and health care including low-cost birth control, emergency contraception, wellness checks, free pregnancy testing, screening for HPV, breast and cervical cancer, STI testing and treatment prenatal care, gender affirming care and more. Mail your donation to the address on the right.

Mail your donation to 2330 NE Division St. Suite 7, Bend, OR, 97701

MISSION STATEMENT

At the Pregnancy Resource Center we equip individuals to choose life affirming values for themselves, their pregnancies and their relationships. We provide services to anyone facing a planned or unplanned pregnancy and offer FREE pregnancy testing, ultrasounds, prenatal vitamins, education and consulting. We approach unplanned pregnancy with compassion, while providing hope and honest answers. We have served Central Oregon for 25 years with offices in Bend, Redmond and Prineville.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

Your donation of any amount will allow us to continue offering our services for free.
$36 Provides pregnancy testing - Confirming a new life

$119 Provides an ultrasound - Allowing a glimpse at life

$249 Provides parenting education - Equipping men and women to be parents

$499 Provides education, diapers and supplies for a family in need – Transforming a Life

MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to help our Ethiopian partners build the medical self-sufficiency and prevention awareness that the country needs to save the lives of children affected by spina bifida and hydrocephalus.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

Although the world has come to a screeching halt in many ways, babies are still being born with neural tube defects in Ethiopia. We are not only keeping up with our ever-expanding prevention and aftercare efforts, but we are also continuing with the surgical support that ReachAnother was founded upon and providing extra support to our Centers of Excellence to keep Ethiopia’s 40 neurosurgeons healthy and working. $50 – Shunt for one baby $150 – Surgery for one baby $250 – Training for a nurse for a month $500 – One year of folic acid for 10 moms

MISSION STATEMENT

To enhance the quality of life for patients and families by providing the highest level of compassionate hospice care and bereavement services for our Central Oregon community.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

The reasons for giving to Hospice of Redmond are as varied as those who give. You give because you believe in Hospice’s mission, you may have been personally touched by Hospice or know someone who was, or you simply want to help make a difference in your community. Your donation, no matter how large or small, ensures our ability to help continue providing compassionate, quality end-of-life care and services to the terminally ill people and their families of Central Oregon.

MISSION STATEMENT

For over 20 years, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Oregon and Southwest Washington has provided a “home away from home” for families with children under the age of 22 who need medical attention. At our Bend Ronald McDonald House we serve many families with a baby in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit who isn’t just quite ready to come home from the hospital right away. We also serve many families from our rural communities throughout Central, Eastern and Southern Oregon who are traveling to the Bend area for medical consultations, treatment and attention. Our Bend House has six family suites along with a beautiful outdoor area and playground, entertainment room, play room, a fully stocked kitchen and pantry, home cooked meals in the evening, all residing in a beautiful timber framed home truly representing the love of our community who built this house.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

$1,000 Provides a “home away from home” for a family for a week

$500 Provides meals for the entire House for a week

$150 Covers a one-night stay filled with compassionate hospitality

$75 Supports arts & crafts activities

3 volunteer hours can provide a warm meal for a house full of families!

In-kind gifts can keep our cleaning supplies, kitchen pantry, and refrigerators and freezers fully stocked.

MISSION STATEMENT

Saving Grace is the only organization in Central Oregon serving survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking. Our services include: crises intervention, safety planning, access to emergency shelter, youth violence prevention, support groups and counseling, legal and court advocacy, supervised parenting visits and safe child exchanges at our Mary’s Place center, and more. If you or someone you know needs help, please call our 24-Hour Helpline: (541) 389-7021.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

• $50 Will provide comfort items and necessities for victims of sexual assault.

• $100Will provide one night of shelter, food and personal care items for a parent and child

• $250 Provides one youth violence prevention presentation in a local school.

• $500 provides one month of therapeutic, respite care for one child in our shelter.

MISSION STATEMENT

Scalehouse is a multidisciplinary contemporary arts center convening diverse thinkers for in-depth discussions, artistic collaborations, exhibitions and events, including Bend Design Week and Scalehouse Gallery (formerly At Liberty Arts Collaborative). Scalehouse believes our shared future presents complex challenges and opportunities, not just benefiting from creativity but requiring it. We are committed to programming that’s accessible, provocative, extraordinary and inclusive — always with an eye toward a better future for all of us.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

At Scalehouse, your donation has real impact – it directly supports year-round events and keeps programming accessible with free admission to most of our programming and provides scholarship opportunities for Bend Design Week. Our 501c3 nonprofit organization welcomes donations at all levels. Thank you.

MISSION STATEMENT

At Shepherd’s House Ministries, we strive to feed the hungry and to shelter the homeless, but our deeper aim is to walk alongside the hurting and the needy to effectively address the life-controlling issues that perpetuate the long-term cycles of pain and homelessness. In an environment of grace, our goal is not to modify behavior. Our goal is to see hearts healed and lives changed from the inside out.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

$25 - Provides a warm bed, food, and services for a man, woman, or child in our long-term residential recovery program for one day

$40 - Will provide a homeless person with meals for one week

$120 - Will provide a homeless person with meals, a bed, and care for one week

MISSION STATEMENT

Sisters Folk Festival, Inc. enriches lives through innovative music and arts education programming and events that serve an inclusive, multigenerational community. The Connected by Creativity Capital Campaign will take the region to new levels of excellence through strategic investment in a permanent facility and a programming vision for Sisters Folk Festival Inc.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

• Promote Lifelong Learning with annual music education events that draw artists and participants to Sisters for multi-generational workshops, lectures and classes. Provide and promote gathering space for multi-disciplinary music/art gatherings, such as drumming circles, ukulele club, quilting and other crafts. • Build a Vibrant Community by adding community music and arts events to the annual calendar, both in Sisters and in diverse Central Oregon communities. • Stimulate the Regional Economy by drawing local, national and even international visitors to exceptional music events and creating opportunities for greater community collaboration with other arts organizations, non-profits, and businesses.

MISSION STATEMENT

The Supporters of Literacy in Deschutes County (SOLID) fund and advocate for a wide range of literacy programs and initiatives that improve the lives and futures of those who live among us.

WHAT CAN YOUR DONATIONS DO?

Join our cause and help change Deschutes County for the better! Your dollars directly fund programs that help literacy-challenged children and adults achieve the ability to read and write - a huge step in giving them an equal chance to succeed in life.