Impact NW

Proud to stand with my colleagues from Impact NW today as the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners discussed pay equity for front-line nonprofit social service workers. These are the people - largely women and people of color - who deliver our social safety net but who earn less than is required to afford housing in the County. Thanks to Jesse Beason for leading today's discussion and to Mercedes Elizalde, MNPL, Felicita Monteblanco, Jim White and others for offering viable solutions. Mamak Tabrizian, Ada Dortch, Sophia Osuna, Jana Hak, MA, Corinne Shulman, Claudia Cedeno, M.A., Gina Kim-Folston.

Our Success in Keeping People Housed Thanks to your support, Impact NW made major accomplishments this year in our homelessness prevention efforts. We served 26,944 people, and 96% of households have maintained permanent housing after exiting Impact NW's programs. Because of you, we have been able to stabilize and strengthen our most vulnerable community members, helping them remain housed, healthy, and well-positioned for long-term success. Please take a moment to read our annual Impact Report, attached below, which highlights the accomplishments we’ve achieved together.

Join Impact NW as an Extended Day Instructor at Buckman Elementary in SE Portland, providing academic and recreational activities for kids ages 5-12 in a 3-10 hrs/wk role. Apply today!

Join Impact NW as a Housing Specialist II in Clackamas, providing essential support to individuals and families through eviction prevention, rapid rehousing, and permanent supportive housing programs!

Want to partner with Impact NW and spread joy this holiday season? We're hosting our annual Holiday Drive to collect gifts for children in our Youth & Family Services. Impact NW is looking to partner with local organizations to ensure every child we serve has a special gift to open and enjoy! If your local business would like to get involved, contact development@impactnw.org to coordinate details. Thank you for your support! 

Great to see Impact NW make the list, along with others we work with and know well Urban League of Portland, Self Enhancement, Inc., Meals on Wheels People, Store to Door PDX! Thanks to Nonprofit Association of Oregon and Umpqua Bank for sponsoring along with Oregon Business magazine. https://lnkd.in/gS_M9Wjj

We are honored to be recognized on the 100 Best Nonprofits list! It’s a privilege to be listed alongside so many of our valued community partners. Impact NW’s homelessness prevention work is made possible by the unwavering dedication of our staff, who work tirelessly to support our most vulnerable community members facing housing insecurity. A deep thank you to our staff, Board, and supporters for sharing in our commitment to creating lasting change. Together, we help people find stability, dream big, and live a beautiful life.

It truly takes a strong collaboration to bring essential projects like this to life! We’re thrilled to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Hillside Park redevelopment, adding 275 units of affordable family and supportive housing in Milwaukie. Congratulations to Related Northwest, the Housing Authority of Clackamas County, Ankrom Moisan, our Walsh team and the many community leaders who made this possible! This redevelopment marks a significant transformation of a public housing project from the 1940s into a modern, walkable, amenity-rich, master-planned community. The new developments will offer so much more than housing — they'll provide vital resident services through Impact NW, Unite Oregon, and Community Vision, Inc. ensuring a supportive and thriving environment for families. Many thanks to our Walsh team — Dan Snow, Bennett Barnwell, Brandon Fassiotto, Mario Hernandez, John Hardesty, Elizabeth Stewart, Micah Gibson and Caitlin Kelley — who are committed to delivering these beautiful homes to the community! Huge thanks to additional partners: GLI Advisors, DAO Architecture, the City of Milwaukie, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Metro, and Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS). Together, we're creating sustainable, supportive communities for the future. #walshbuildscommunity #affordableliving #affordablehousing #supportivehousing

Happy 25th Anniversary to SUN Community Schools! One of Impact NW’s earliest initiatives was piloting Multnomah County’s Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) program. Our first site launched in 1999 at Buckman Elementary, located in the same neighborhood where Impact NW was founded in 1966! Today, we proudly continue to support students through our Community School programming, offering a safe and enriching environment after the school day ends.  Many of these students’ families work full-time to support their households, leaving children in need of extended-day support. SUN meets this need by offering academic help, homework support, athletics, art, and cultural activities.  Thank you to the incredible Impact NW SUN staff, volunteers, and Community School Coordinators for serving our students and families.

Related Northwest, the Housing Authority of Clackamas County, and community leaders marked the groundbreaking of the redevelopment of Hillside Park in Milwaukie; an existing public housing project constructed in the 1940's. The property is being redeveloped into a walkable, amenity-rich, master-planned community. The two new developments will generate 275 units of affordable and supportive housing. On site resident service providers will include Impact NW, Unite Oregon, and Community Vision, Inc. Other partners include Walsh Construction Co., Ankrom Moisan, and DAO Architecture, the City of Milwaukie, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Metro, and Oregon Housing & Community Services (OHCS). Pictured from left to right are Devin Ellin, Director of Housing Development for the Housing Authority of Clackamas County; Stefanie Kondor, Sr. Vice President of Development for Related Northwest; Milwaukie Mayor, Lisa Batey; Metro Councilor, Christine Lewis; Former Milwaukie Mayor and Oregon Representative, Mark Gamba; Clackamas County Board of Commissioners Chair, Tootie Smith; Andrea Bell, Executive Director of OHCS; and Bryan Guiney, Oregon Field Office Director for HUD.