Harbourton Foundation 2022 Annual Report

2022

SUPPORTING THOSE WHO INSPIRE CHANGE.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR FOUNDERS

The energy of this quote expresses Harbourton Foundation’s determination to take action and find workable solutions in our focus areas: Youth Well-being; Climate Change Solutions and Emergency Relief and Recovery. With a renewed strategic plan in place, the Foundation is in the position to act. It is exciting to move into 2023 with a dynamic vision guiding our continuous search for solutions to the pressing issues faced today.

During 2022 we continued supporting many long-term grantees who work in our focused impact areas. We value deep connection with our grantees and have tremendous respect and trust in these relationships. While much of our grantmaking remained consistent throughout 2022, we turned inward as an organization and worked on building a solid internal infrastructure to help us successfully navigate our future work. One of the exciting highlights of this work is our co-launch of Zephyr Impact, a collaborative giving platform that strives to bring together like-minded donors around shared interest areas, to increase impact. In response to the youth mental health crisis facing our nation today, Zephyr Impact’s first fund is focused on Youth Wellbeing. The launch of Zephyr highlights the importance of collaboration to accelerate impact, as we do our part to fund solutions to the world’s biggest issues.

Another area of continued focus is our work with disaster relief. Due to the repercussions of climate change, our world continues to face an increased number of severe weather events and disasters. During 2022 Harbourton remained committed to helping those suffering from climate related catastrophes, as well as taking restorative action to help mitigate climate change’s pervasive effect on our planet.

The Foundation continues to strive to fulfill its vision of a better life for all. To accomplish our goals in 2023 we will continue to look for innovative leaders who aspire to create change and who energetically act on their solutions. We are appreciative of our inspiring grantees and their stellar work that is done with optimism, insight and determination. With these partners we will act with thoughtfulness and urgency to do our part in improving the lives of others.

Warm regards,

Amy & Jay Regan, Founders

Get action. Do things; be sane; don’t fritter away your time; create; act; take a place wherever you are and be somebody; get action.”

– Theodore Roosevelt

OUR MISSION

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.

At Harbourton Foundation, we champion transformative solutions that foster human dignity and environmental well-being.

BY THE NUMBERS

2022 Harbourton Grantmaking by Portfolio

In 2022, Harbourton Foundation made 72 grants totaling $3,395,347.00 across the following categories:

Focused Impact

Climate Change Solutions

Youth Well-being

Emergency Relief & Recovery (Domestic)

Emergency Relief & Recovery (International)

9% Longstanding Long-term Partners

OUR GRANTEES

FOCUSED IMPACT

Climate Change Solutions

Farmlink Project

Food Recovery Network

ReFED, Inc.

Woodwell Climate Research Center

Youth Well-being

Behavioral Health Catalyst

Dartmount College

Grantmakers for Thriving Youth

Guardian Scholars

Mindful Life Project

Mindful Philantrhropy

National Cathedral School

Nichols School

Peace in Schools

Emergency Relief & Recovery

Friends of JCC Krakow / Ukraine Crisis Appeal

Global Giving / Hurricane Relief - Ian (Domestic), Ukraine Relief Efforts (International)

IRCO / Afghan refugees (Domestic)

Mercy Corps (International)

Oregon Community Foundation / Wildfires (Domestic)

Operation Nightwatch Portland (Domestic)

Portland Rescue Mission (Domestic)

Transition Projects Portland (Domestic)

World Central Kitchen (International)

LONG TERM PARTNERS

Centurion

Operation Smile

Zephyr Impact

COMMUNITY GRANTEES

California/Central America/Africa

Caras Alegras

Club Dust

Grace of Calvary Ministries

Keala Foundation

Outside the Bowl

Pioneers

Respero Ministries

Semilla Nueva

The Very Last

Tood Morehead Ministries

Soul Shepherding Inc

Oregon

Alzheimer’s Association

Central City Concern

Clay Street Table

EcoTrust

Friendly House

Global Culture Education Initiative

Growing Gardens

Hacienda CDC

Lines for Life

Oregon Agricultural Trust

Oregon Environmental Council

Oregon Food Bank

Rogue Farms

Samaritans

SPOON

Urban Gleaners

Village Gardens

Zenger Farm

Colorado BRAVO!

Roundup River Ranch

Your Hope Center

Walking Mountains

2022 GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS

Focused Impact Grantee Highlights

The Farmlink Project

Peace in Schools

Friends of JCC Krakow

GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT

The Farmlink Project

The Farmlink Project was founded in April 2020 in response to the pandemic, which had exposed flaws in our food system, causing millions of American families to face a new reality of food insecurity, all while billions of pounds of fresh food rotted in fields. With the help of early supporters like the Harbourton Foundation, The Farmlink Project was able to hire experienced full time staff to begin to scale our operations, develop our innovative software solution, grow our food program, remain focused on sustainability and policy and develop relationships with farmers and donors. As an organization that began as a small group of college students driving U-Hauls full of food from farm to food banks, support from our funders has given us the ability to rescue over one million pounds of produce every single week that would have gone to waste. Since our inception, The Farmlink Project has rescued 100 million pounds of food from going to waste, and prevented 17,346 metric tons of CO2 equivalent emissions by keeping perfectly good produce out of landfills.

GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT

Peace in Schools

In 2022, with the Harbourton’s Foundation’s generous support, Peace in Schools served nearly 600 Portland Public School high school students, who completed our researchbacked, for-credit Mindful Studies class. This represents over 41,000 participant hours of life-transforming social emotional learning. The 72-144 hour course equips teens with a life-long toolset for connection and compassion, leading to significant improvements in psychological and emotional wellbeing.

Of students surveyed last semester:

• 94% felt supported in relation to anxiety

• 92% felt more present and aware

• 84% found that their Mindfulness class supported a sense of belonging at their school

• 90% reported using mindfulness tools, ideas, and practices in their lives outside of school

• 74% reported using mindfulness once or more each week, and 37% every day

In addition to our work in Portland, 2022 kicked off our new strategic plan and pilot program - we are partnering with high schools in Oregon and the California Bay Area to test a partnership model that would allow Mindful Studies to scale regionally and nationally.

GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT

Friends of JCC Krakow

JCC Krakow has been running a wide array of programs aiding Ukrainians over the past year, including creating a safe space for women and children, psychological counseling, language classes, short term emergency housing in hotels and long term housing in a special rented facility, as well as running an aid distribution point in the JCC’s building that is visited by 400 people a day. So far almost 200,000 Ukrainian refugees have received assistance from JCC Krakow and over 300 tons of necessary supplies have been distributed in the “free shop” for refugees. We’ve provided over 31,000 hotel room nights and we’re continuing our mission to assist Ukrainians as long as there is a need for it.

2022 GRANTEE HIGHLIGHTS

Community Grantee Highlights

Oregon Agricultural Trust

Roundup River Ranch

Soul Shepherding

GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT

Oregon Agricultural Trust

OAT completed our first easement project on Forest Edge Vineyard, a 47-acre, sustainably managed farm and forest with a vineyard, fruit orchard, and vegetable crops in Clackamas County. As a new land trust, this is a significant accomplishment representing several stages of preparation including the development of a Farm and Ranch Protection Plan which elucidates our conservation priorities and the creation of an Oregon ag-specific easement template. The Forest Edge property is adjacent to land zoned rural residential and the easement ensures the land will be farmed in perpetuity and could influence nearby producers to consider protecting their land as well. If the easement is ever transferred from OAT, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde have the first right to receive the easement.

GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT

COLORADO

Roundup River Ranch

Roundup River Ranch offers old-fashioned, pure fun camp experiences for children with serious illnesses and their families. At our beautiful Colorado ranch and through year-round activities, we offer our campers and families the chance to enjoy the most extraordinarily ordinary joys of childhood. Campers are able take a true vacation from being “a patient” and get back to the fun of being a child. At Roundup River Ranch, the healing power of laughter, friendship, and shared experiences offers kids the chance to make new friends, find the courage to try activities they never thought possible, and build confidence.

Camper Lilly inspired a shining moment for Roundup River Ranch in 2022. After being diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, Lilly and her family were introduced to Roundup River Ranch…giving Lilly the opportunity to be a camper onsite five times. When she found out she was granted a wish through Make-A-Wish in 2021, Lilly chose to give her wish to Roundup River Ranch — to create a sound garden at camp. Her hope was to build a beautiful space where campers could use various instruments and imaginative ways to create music in the outdoors. Today, the sound garden offers a safe space for all campers to learn through play, bringing the joy of music and self-expression to life as they experience the healing power of connection through rhythm and tone. The garden allows campers to develop fine and gross motor skills and engage in cognitive and sensory development and work together as a team. The opportunities are expansive!

GRANTEE HIGHLIGHT

Soul Shepherding

Soul Shepherding provides spiritual and emotional health resources, care, and training for pastors, missionaries and all who desire to thrive with Jesus in life and leadership. These resources prevent burnout and breakdowns in marriages, mental health, and leadership.

Soul Shepherding also provides training in spiritual direction ministry that’s informed by Christ-centered psychology. Just this past year they saw a 354% increase in retreat participants.

This is the 14th year that Soul Shepherding has ministered to bi-vocational pastors serving in impoverished, rural villages in Mexico. Bi-lingual pastors in the Institute have been trained and are now leading a ministry to Mexico, including two annual retreats. In addition, Soul Shepherding has expanded ministry into Rwanda with connections to 2000 African pastors.

“Thank you for helping my wife and me and all of our pastors. We are all very encouraged and ready to continue doing God’s work.” - Lead Pastor of the 55 Mexican church plants Soul Shepherding is ministering to.

OUR DIRECTORS

AMY & JAY REGAN

JASON 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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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 Hawken

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