PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers today announced the awarding of $47,400 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 $5.2 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 Betties360, Children’s Book Bank, Clackamas Women’s Services, Ecology in Classrooms & Outdoors, Elite Sports Academy, Growing Gardens, The Shadow Project and Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation.