⁄From the Editor⁄ Forging Ahead EVERY YEAR Oregon Business honors the 100 Best Nonprofits to Work For in Oregon (p. 39). This spring, while brainstorming this year’s issue, we realized something: 2025 has been an especially challenging year for the nonprofit sector. At that point, we’d already spoken to a number of nonprofit leaders about the challenges posed by federal cuts, which abruptly cut off funding for many of them. But even before those cuts were announced, many nonprofits were facing the headwinds of inflation—driving up their own costs and affecting donors’ ability to give — as well as a shifting philanthropic climate and ongoing political and economic uncertainty. It’s the kind of big, complicated story that’s pretty much impossible to tell comprehensively. So we decided to reach out to a handful of nonprofits in different sectors around the state to find out how they’re weathering the storm. Amy Milshtein spoke to food-bank directors around the state about how cuts to nutrition assistance are affecting them amid increased demand for their services. Garrett Andrews wrote about Oregon Humanities, a statewide organization dedicated to supporting the arts and to fostering difficult conversations. And I traveled to Vale to meet with the director of CASA of Eastern Oregon, which advocates for foster youth around the state. All of these organizations have been affected by recent political and funding changes in one way or another. They’re all responding to the changes in different ways: Oregon Humanities, for example, took the federal government to court this summer, arguing that the Trump administration abused its power in severing funds. Others say they’re reaching out to their communities and to the state for more help. The result was “Staying the Course” (p. 30) — which I hope offers a valuable snapshot of where Oregon nonprofits are in 2025, and what leaders are thinking about as they chart a path to the future. VOLUME 48 ⁄ NUMBER 4 OREGON BUSINESS (ISSN 02798190) is published quarterly by MEDIAmerica Inc. at 12570 S.W. 69th Ave., Suite 102, Portland OR 97223. Subscription inquiries should be directed to 503-445-8811. Subscription charge is $15.95 per year, $27.95 for two years in the USA. Single copies and back issues available at above address and at selected newsstands. The editor is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts. Copyright © 2025 by MEDIAmerica Inc. All rights reserved. All material is protected by copyright and must not be reproduced without written permission from the publisher. Printed in Oregon. Periodicals Postage Paid at Portland, OR. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Oregon Business, 12570 S.W. 69th Ave., Suite 102, Portland OR 97223 EDITORIAL EDITOR Christen McCurdy christenm@oregonbusiness.com ART DIRECTOR Joan McGuire joanm@oregonbusiness.com STAFF WRITER Garrett Andrews garretta@oregonbusiness.com STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Jason E. Kaplan jasonk@oregonbusiness.com COPY EDITOR Morgan Stone CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Kelliann Amico, Amy Milshtein, Hannah Wallace, Marc Young PUBLISHING PUBLISHER Andrew Insinga andrew@mediamerica.net EVENTS MANAGER Craig Peebles craigp@oregonbusiness.com ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Evan Morehouse evanm@mediamerica.net ADVERTISING AND PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Greta Hogenstad gretah@mediamerica.net DIGITAL PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Alison Kattleman alisonk@mediamerica.net PRESIDENT AND CEO Andrew A. Insinga CONTROLLER Bill Lee BOARD OF DIRECTORS CHAIRMAN André W. Iseli PRESIDENT Andrew A. Insinga SECRETARY William L. Mainwaring TREASURER Win McCormack 2025 6
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