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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 2017)
FFORDABLE Street Roots Rose City Resource The Street Roots Rose City Resource is a pocket-sized, 104-page guide filled with a comprehensive, updated list of services for people experiencing homelessness and poverty in Multnomah and Washington counties. In the 2016-2017 fiscal year, Street Roots published 180,000 Rose City Resource booklets, distributed to more than 350 organizations and businesses in the Portland region. Affordable housing, front and center treet Roots is a founding member of the Welcome Home Coalition. In 2016, the Welcome Home Coalition played a support role in helping pass several local revenue tools for affordable housing in our community. Those tools included a short term rental tax, a construction excise tax and a ballot measure to support a $258 million dollar bond to build more affordable housing in Portland. Street Roots played a critical role in supporting these efforts. S Street Roots is a proud member of the Oregon Housing Alliance, a statewide coalition working to increase housing and homeless services in Oregon. Street Roots is also a member of the Western Regional Advocacy Project, a coalition of West Coast organizations working to maintain the civil rights of people experiencing homelessness and poverty. Revenue: $708,693 Newspaper sales: 15% Individual donations: 28% Foundation support: 20% Government (Rose City Resource Guide): 25% Buslness/Nonproflt Support/Sponsorshlps: 3% Events: 7% Advertising: 2% Expenses: $676,433 Newspaper and Vendor Program: 58% Rose City Resource Guide: 25% Administration: 17% Street Roots has $82,715 carried over from our previous fiscal year In our money market account. Street Roots and Rose City Resource Sponsorships: Oregon Food Bank Travel Portland Portland Clean and Safe Transition Projects Inc. Albina Community Bank Radio Room Home Forward Planned Parenthood (Columbia’ mette) Central City Concern William Temple House Alano Club Street Roots is proud to partner with the following foundations: • Northwest Health Foundation • Meyer Memorial Trust • The Larson Legacy • The Ganapati Fund • Bright Fund Foundation • Yazdanl Foundation • The Wyss Foundation • The Oregon Community Foundation • OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation • The Collins Foundation
