Partners

Pandemic year 2 would simply not have been possible without the generous support of:
our grant partners at Collins Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation, East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, and Arc’Teryx; our summer camp & teen leadership program partners at Community Cycling Center, Audubon of Portland, Mazamas, Soul River, and Portland Parks & Rec; our community business partners at Backyard Bird Shop and Pizzeria Otto;  and our youth referral partners at Rose Community Development Corporation and Latino Network!

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We are additionally so grateful to the community that made our July 2021 summer fundraiser— the first in-person fundraising event we’ve been able to hold in almost 2 years– a smashing success. They include the following donors of goods and services: Pono and Stormbreaker Brewing, evo Portland, Arc’Teryx, Wildcraft, Oddfit, Happy Mountain Kombucha, Wild Roots Distilling, Portland Thorns, and many more! And last but not at all least, the following folks that put up matching donation challenges and volunteered their time: numerous UNP board members and mentors including Jon Navarro, Brenna White of the US Forest Service, Dave Kruse of the National Park Service, Rose CDC, and bartender Amelia Tomlinson.

Thank you, friends, for continuing to believe and invest in the important work of Urban Nature Partners!

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to the hard work of 65 volunteers, generous donations from our sponsors, and awesome partnerships, we helped removed 2 dumpsters full of trash from a camping area at Rocky Butte, supported the houseless folks who were there, AND met our fundraising goal of $2,500 for our 2021 Earth Day Oregon campaign! What a beautiful community effort. <3

 

 

 

 

We’re so grateful to the corporate sponsors who dug in to generously support us in 2020 with fundraiser sponsorships and employee donation matches during this tough year for everyone.  Also, a huge shout out to Bridge City Kid for discounting our youth outdoor clothing orders for many years and running! Check them out online. : ) 

 

 

 

 

In the multiple layers of difficult times facing our communities in 2020, we’re so humbled to have received significant financial investments in our program from the East Portland Action Plan to implement our long-anticipated expansion to serve youth and families in East Portland, as well as ongoing grant support from the Collins Foundation, Portland Parks Foundation, and the Oregon Community Foundation. We’re also grateful to the many partners who offered scholarship support to our youth to attend summer camps that had to be cancelled to protect everyone’s safety, and especially Community Cycling Center who donated bikes to UNP youth even when they couldn’t attend camp. Thank you, friends, for helping empower change for marginalized youth, together.

 

 

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We’re grateful for the support of the Meyer Memorial Trust for funding our coalition of Portland area mentoring organizations to analyze our equity practices, and to the Collins Foundation and Metro’s North Portland Community Works Vanport Legacy grant program for helping fund our transition to an independent 501(c)(3) in early 2019.

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks  to Fully, a local B Corporation designing ergonomic office furniture, for their generous donation of desks and chairs for our new office, and to Lewis & Clark’s Small Business Legal Clinic for low cost consultation for our transition to an independent 501(c)(3) in 2019.

 

 

Urban Nature Partners is a proud long term participant in the Youth Mentoring Collaborative, working alongside agency and nonprofit partners to get more BIPOC teens into the outdoors and outdoor careers, as well as alongside other mentoring professionals in the new Portland Area Mentoring Collaborative to collectively improve our practices around racial equity and youth voice. We’re also thrilled to support the Alpenglow Collective to increase outdoor recreation access for female-identified folks, and partner with Wild Diversity to match more youth of color with mentors that look like them.

 

 

Thanks to Float On for providing free sensory deprivation tank floats as incentives for our mentors and volunteers to rejuvenate, and the Adidas and Columbia company stores  for providing discounts on sportswear for our hardworking folks.

 

 

From fall 2016 into 2022 (and hopefully beyond!), we’re thrilled to be partnering with Big Brothers Big Sisters Columbia Northwest at the US Forest Service to facilitate joint group outings for our mentor pairs! The Outdoor Explorers program is the pilot project for the entire Pacific Northwest region.

 

 

A logohuge thank you to East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District for two Partners in EMSWCD_transparentConservation Grants and two Small Projects and Conservation Education grants to get us started and solidify our programs in our first 3.5 years. We are also proud to have received two Gray Family Foundation Community Field Trips and Environmental Education grants grant for more awesome youth and family outings and camps in 2017 and 2018.

 

The Intertwine Alliance

 

Urban Nature Partners PDX is a member of The Intertwine Alliance, a coalition of Portland organizations working together to more fully engage residents with the outdoors and nature. 

 

 

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Urban Nature Partners PDX also works with the Institute for Youth Success and Mentor, nonprofits that provides resources to support best practices in youth mentoring.

 

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We work closely with SUN Schools in Multnomah County and with social services partner Rose CDC to select youth from historically marginalized neighborhoods that will be the perfect match for our program. Thanks to SUN Site Managers through IRCO and Latino Network at Harrison Park, Cesar Chavez, and Harvey Scott Schools, and the awesome staff at Rose, for making it happen!