The Multnomah Athletic Foundation awards over $100,000 annually in grants to nonprofit community partners that support youth athletic participation. Every fall, the foundation recognizes one of those partners with the Impact Award that goes to the organization that best exemplified community collaboration in the last year. The 2020 Impact Award winner is Elevate Oregon. Elevate Oregon serves Oregon’s second most diverse school district – Parkrose. Elevate’s Deputy Director Paul...
Last year, the Multnomah Athletic Foundation 2019 Impact Award was awarded to not one, but two highly effective local nonprofits that teamed up and tapped into the power of soccer to support at-risk youth.
Parrott Creek, an established social services organization with a 50-year history, helps adjudicated youth stabilize their lives through residential programs. Street Soccer USA’s Portland chapter strives to empower underserved communities, and in particular, prevent homelessness,...
Celebrating the recipient of this year’s Impact Award while bringing communities together.
The Impact Award Reception brings together the multitude of grant partners, volunteers, community members, and passionate individuals that are involved with the foundation each year. As we celebrate the collaboration and achievements of our community grant partners, we use the Impact Award Reception as a time to bring people together to increase the impact that we can all have on the youth that we...
