End Of Year Report
SUPPORTING THOSE WHO INSPIRE CHANGE.
A MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD
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Real change occurs from the bottom up; it occurs person to person, and it almost always occurs in small groups and locales and then bubbles up and aggregates to larger vectors of change.
Paul
This year asked a lot of the communities we support. Our grantees met hardship and uncertainty with resilience, creativity, and an unwavering commitment to the people and environment around them.
In 2025, we made seventy-two grants totaling $3.28 million, supporting organizations working across hunger, homelessness, climate solutions, poverty, and emergency relief. Behind those numbers are real stories: farmers navigating challenging barriers to land ownership, neighbors keeping food pantries stocked when federal support disappeared, scholars returning to their home villages to build schools and clinics from the ground up. The majority of our grants were made in our local communities in Oregon, California, and Hawaii, where we have had the opportunity to build intentional and supportive relationships.
We have been moved by the ways our grantees have worked with one another, collaborating, sharing resources, and finding strength in community during a deeply transitional time. This is where real change begins — in small groups, in local communities, in trusted relationships.
As a family, we are grateful to work alongside such dedicated leaders and organizations. They remind us that solutions exist and that this work matters. We are committed to continuing to show up for them.
With hope and gratitude, The Harbourton Foundation Board
OUR MISSION
At Harbourton Foundation, we champion transformative solutions that foster human dignity and environmental well-being.
Our values center on hope—hope and optimism give life to our decision-making, actions, and long-term goals.
We have a deep consideration and care for all people and we take great care in listening to, understanding, collaborating with, and supporting our grantees.
We believe in justice and know that equitable opportunities are the first step in moving toward better communities and a better world.
We embrace challenges and have the courage to take on daunting tasks.
We have a responsibility to the planet and approach environmental and social change with the health of the world in mind.
BY THE NUMBERS
2025 Harbourton Grantmaking by Portfolio
Harbourton Foundation made 72 grants totaling $3,282,413.00 across the following categories:
OUR GRANTEES
ACCESS
Adelante Mujeres
Agewell VT
Biola University
Brain Exercise Initiative
Bravo!
Central City Concern
Centurion Ministries
Child Houses USA
Clatsop Community Action
Clay Street Table
Columbia Pacific Food Bank
Community Action Program of East Central Oregon (CAPECO)
Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, Inc.
Dartmouth College
Eagle Valley Community Foundation
Ecotrust
Farmers Market Fund
Food for Lane County
Food Recovery Network
Food Share of Lincoln County
Friendly House
Friends of Family Farmers
Global Giving
Growing Gardens
International Justice Mission
James Beard Public Market
Josephine County Food Bank
Keala Foundation
Klamath Lake Counties Food Bank
Latino Network
Lift Up Portland (CAFE)
Linn Benton Food Share
Marion Polk Food Share Inc
Melos
National Cathedral School
NeighborImpact
Nichols School
One Song Foundation
Operation Smile
Oregon Agricultural Trust
Oregon Coast Community Action - South
Coast Food Share
Oregon Community Foundation
Oregon Farm Corps (formerly Rogue Farm)
Oregon Food Bank
Pioneers
Respero Ministries
Roundup River Ranch
Soul Shepherding
Spoon Foundation
Street Roots
The Very Last
United Community Action Network
Urban Gleaners
Walking Mountains Science Center
Woodwell Climate Research Center
Yamhill Community Action Partnership
YouthPower365
Zenger Farm
2025 GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS
Friends of Family Farmers
Global Giving Growing Gardens
Coalition to Advance Food Equity (CAFE)
Oregon Community Foundation
The Very Last
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
Friends of Family Farmers
Because land access remains the single greatest barrier for the next generation of young agriculturalists, we are proud to have provided in-depth, one-on-one technical assistance to 27 farmers this year, guiding them through the complex legal and financial hurdles of securing land. To scale this impact, we have developed a Program Guidebook that allows other organizations to build similar programs utilizing our learned expertise in navigating this complex and taxing process. As we look toward 2026, we are excited to expand our regional partnerships and offer a replicable model that pairs deep technical knowledge with the personalized coaching necessary for long-term farming success.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
GlobalGiving Community Aide Fund
The recent dismantling of USAID and significant cuts to global humanitarian assistance has triggered a global crisis, cutting millions of people off from life saving aid and support. Local, trusted GlobalGiving partners are working to meet urgent needs on the front lines, even as resources disappear. Donations to the Community Aide Fund is a vital lifeline-helping community-led organizations save lives today and build resilience for tomorrow.
GlobalGiving
Sudan Emergency Fund
Sudan is experiencing a catastrophic civil war, which has resulted in a declared famine and cholera epidemic as violent clashes between paramilitary and government forces threaten the lives of millions of people across the country. Since April 2023, thousands of Sudanese have been killed, and millions more injured and displaced in the fighting. Donations to the Sudan Emergency Fund will provide emergency relief, food, water, medicine, and other essential supplies to impacted communities.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
Growing Gardens
At Growing Gardens resilience isn’t individual, it’s collective. This year, it looked like families growing food through hardship, students finding joy in school gardens and adults in correctional facilities discovering purpose through the soil. Together, we’re not just growing food, we are transforming the system that determines who has access to it.
We included a new program, Nutrition Inside, into our Lettuce Grow program where we have recovered and delivered over 70,000 pounds of fresh food to Oregon Correctional Facilities.
Our Greenhouse project kept on growing this year. We installed the 1st greenhouse at OSP (Oregon State Penitentiary). In addition build 5 greenhouses that are located in a decentralized model spread across the city to increase food access and sovereignty.
Our amazing educators in our Youth Grow program developed and delivered over 2000 fresh cafetaria tastings with our 10 school partners.
The Home Gardens program responded quickly and respectfully with our community to offer more fresh food access through a year-end fill your party event with local farmers.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
Coalition to Advance Food Equity (CAFE)
CAFE’s bulk food sourcing pilot demonstrated that when nonprofits work together, they can weather the hardest storms. By coordinating shared labor and bulk purchasing, our partners at Lift Urban Portland, who lead CAFE, successfully kept shelves stocked for member agencies during the critical gap created by the government shutdown and withholding of SNAP benefits. This collective energy led to an expanded strategic partnership with Bob’s Red Mill. What began as an agreement to purchase at cost has blossomed into a stream of in-kind donations benefiting the wider coalition. With these initial wins, CAFE is moving into its next phase: shifting from emergency response to actively rebuilding local food systems for lasting equity and resilience.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
Oregon Community Foundation
In fall 2025, OCF learned that the federal government shutdown would seriously impact 757,000 Oregonians dependent on SNAP food benefits, sending demand at food pantries sharply upward and leaving many families unsure where their next meal would come from.
In a matter of weeks, OCF supporters responded with extraordinary generosity. Millions of dollars poured into hunger relief efforts! Gifts came through OCF’s Stronger Together Fund alongside other donations, and this support helped nonprofits and food pantries with food assistance including fresh produce, emergency food boxes, and culturally specific foods for families across Oregon.
GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT
The Very Last
2025 was an amazing year of seeing thousands of precious lives changed. One of the most exciting highlights of 2025 was seeing dozens of graduates of the Overcomer Scholarship Program return from their universities to their villages and immediately begin helping the suffering around them. For example in Liberia, West Africa, one nursing graduate is helping abandoned and neglected children of drug addicts. Another education graduate is leading a school in the jungle for hundreds of children who have never been given the opportunity to learn how to read and write. A third graduate returned to the slum he grew up in and is helping provide food and medical care to children on the streets. These are just three examples among dozens more we can celebrate!
OUR DIRECTORS
JASON REGAN
AMY & JAY REGAN
BETTY REGAN
BRAD LAWLISS
CARRIE LAWLISS
PATRICK REGAN
CONTACT
Harbourton Foundation pursues a grantee-centric approach to grantmaking. We identify potential grantees in a variety of ways, calling on the experience of our Board of Directors and consulting our partners to identify innovators and organizations that support our areas of Focused Impact.
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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
– Margaret Mead
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