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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (April 4, 1997)
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Litner is an interior de signer and artist. According to Equity board member Curt Jantz the gift means a great deal, especially because it comes from someone who is highly familiar with charitable giving and knowledgeable about foun dations. “Gary Maffei is very civic minded,” says Jantz. ‘This gift is a strong endorsement of Equity in light of his long history of broad-based commu nity involvement.” Equity’s permanent endowment fund, mean while, has topped $200,000. The foundation hopes to increase the fund to $1 million in three years. Equity is also moving beyond the sexual mi norities community in building partnerships, fund raising and awarding grants. hen you’ re planning your estate, don’t forget about us. That is both the advice and hope of Karen Keeney, a board member of Equity Foundation, which works to build communities that embrace the dignity and worth of all people. Over the years Equity Foundation, which was established in 1989 by a group of Oregon gay men and lesbians—including Keeney—has distributed more than $430,OCX) in grants and scholarships throughout Oregon, supporting community edu cation, health and social services, youth and fam ily programs, and arts and culture. During its second cycle for 1996 grants, Eq uity disbursed a total of $46,092 to a slew of nonprofit organizations to support human rights projects statewide. The recipients included Janus Youth Programs, which received a $7,000 grant to support Camp Odyssey, a statewide diversity education and lead ership program for Oregon youth ages 15 to 17; homophobia activities; $4,000 i| wlrirf ‘k to the Lambda Community | Z Z Z 7** r Storv Center Association in Ashland $: •"* t *"1-*" . utr« U 2* 4 |> rt .. " *.J» v «• rwtr fn to support a newsletter and or- j:;j ■> 4 .V bt vuN« rtok tmirlHMa» ganizational workshop to help |l A s h v ,m iiivnw iifrtM ¡pur. fu r ¡va trcc meet asrurih * .+*•;•, !*<; f ' l Ha-« i»*uiwril f i sustain the new Abdill-Ellis |i nf ti t liberava aflkn. •' fiusv #mcr*iu£» Community Center; and $5,000 g tn r w n s«ua: u u f u j u .l .a > : l i u * . » to Portland Area Camp Fire for jij: :ir IVKf. bvvtiiJ *» v«i * wc*r.w wfu.rx »•“ p w p k O u r Promise its Diversity Education and litu v u i i il »: titi- Leadership Training Project, gj Art £q,r.i* .» l 4 CUURtl s iw t.'k k d cuiraoUv» vx« uoptcl which teaches sixth through ;j§ iuic '¿ i Jt W Iju / is iu n k t n.xl ta ttK n J the J K M ¿x.rrvjjvlr» \u yu t <4 ► fh flu n i :UUVJ %iklUL O. ***»» ninth graders leadership skills :g *^*► 4:1 a rs i r u v u r o -**1 «fai. -J*. UIdiRH**» 6;** » Ikukling. iv1nido*ty hi a xml ntiJL TLn ajLkxk and ways to motivate other ;i§ U W r Jtkcu «4 c a>ninivinitxs Kevtty Ù «* r iAJKO u> qrjrK ai-JwCf, youth to challenge their atti- g: that e n t e * ^ nw tlrtw-, v. &■ nttrv tudes and stereotypes. gl d k p ity a n d v N ^ -•h 4n\ »’w w !iv of all pot tle . Equity distributed nearly |i $90,000 to nonprofits last year, gj t l r f « ii «>ió Ivn The organization also awarded g; m j :« wi>icr*?Ki. $16,500 in scholarships, jg through the three scholarship ;g O 1»*^ funds that it administers. Hr rr«vrMUty. “There are many ways you gj: can go about changing the | :j; world,” says Keeney, a Port- gjj land attorney. “Equity is one way of doing that, and it certainly meshes with my Board member Carole Morse spearheaded the vision of making lasting change.... You can have effort to gather donations from the corporate all the laws in the world but that may not touch sector—an area new to Equity—which has since people on that human level. The projects we received substantial gifts from Portland General support do.” Electric, Legacy Portland Hospitals and Fred In January, Equity exceeded the $1 million Meyer. Some of the funds went toward diversity mark for total dollars raised, a particularly no training for teachers and teenagers. table feat given that it was a mostly volunteer- “Equity’s goal is to be good stewards, to serve driven effort. the sexual minority community as well as take an Much of the money now raised comes via an active role in the entire community,” says Jo annual workplace-giving campaign. Equity has Durand, a past Equity co-chair. “It’s natural to become increasingly visible in that effort, appear interact with the larger community and build ing alongside United Way and other mainstream healthy relationships with others.” nonprofits that are involved in federal, state and And while things seem to be rolling along local campaigns. (Equity reached more than quite well for Equity, Keeney asks that people 82,000 Oregon public employees through work remember the foundation when they are planning place giving campaigns last fall. The donations their estates. often come in $5 and $10 amounts.) “Some very forward-thinking people have left In December, meanwhile, Equity received its bequests to Equity,” she says. "They realized that largest gift to date, valued at $104,000, and ex there were other options with respect to their pects that a significant portion of that amount will estate and charitable giving.... It can be a lasting be given out as grants this year. legacy.” At the request of the donors, the gift was used to establish the Gary R. Maffei and Marcus R. To learn more about Equity Foundation, call Litner Fund, a new donor-advised fund of Equity 220-0628 or write to Equity Foundation, PO Foundation. Box 5696, Portland, OR 97228. t v ia u OWN YOUR OWN HOME For As UMe As (Some down payments slightly higher) 3-BDRM,¿PATH 2-BDRM, 2 BATH 3-BDRM, 2 BATH 3-BDRM, 2 BATH Island Kitchen, Approx. 920 sq. it & $ 9 nth O .A .C. Clackamas Area 312 Approx. 1100 sq. ft. Approx. 1280 sq. ft. $5 0 0 DOWN $5 0 0 DOWN $8 0 7 DOWN $4 0 8 oac . New Cosile#! $4 2 7 S a ?. s5 9 9 SSS. w /fW iase al home, no space w/fW iase of heme, no Rpaoe rent nenthrómcnéis Moser Area fcrómos Near Blue Lire Sp 71 3-BDRM, 2 BATH 3-BDRM, 2 BATH Interested in 4-BDRM, 2 BATH 3-BDRM, 2 BATH Attached goroge, 1400 sq. ft Attached garage, 1400 sq It. Hood River? Approx. 2000 sq. ft. Approx. 1400 sq. ft. 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