PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced the awarding of $45,000 in grants to eight educational, environmental and community-focused nonprofit organizations in the greater-Portland area through the Portland Timbers Community Fund (PTCF). The recipients were selected by the Portland Timbers Community Fund Advisory Board, consisting of partners adidas, Alaska Airlines and Providence Health & Services.
Since the club’s inaugural MLS season in 2011, the Timbers have given more than $3.5 million in cash and in-kind donations, including their philanthropic work through the PTCF, the club’s field-grants program and various charitable activities.
The Portland Timbers Community Fund presented grants to Adaptive Sports Northwest, Black Parent Initiative (BPI), Clackamas Women’s Services, Columbia Springs Education Center, Ecology in Classrooms & Outdoors, Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, Northwest Outward Bound School and The Shadow Project.