Willamette Week Give!Guide

After 61 donation-filled days, ’s annual end-of-year effort to raise awareness and funds for local nonprofits came to a hard stop at 11:59 pm last night.

The vault closed with $9,259,154 raised for 277 local nonprofits that serve Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington counties. This is the most raised in Give!Guide’s 22-year history and beats our audacious $9 million goal.

It’s an especially nice way to put a cap on what was otherwise a dicey, turbulent year. As Give!Guide donors, you bucked a national trend marked by declining charitable donations from everyday givers. Not here! 17,584 of you stepped up to give. Some of you gave big. Most of you gave $10 here or there as you could spare it.

That matters: Your gifts added up. You’ve helped fund these nonprofits’ mission-driven work during the year ahead. That means more good work in areas from hunger relief and housing to health care, the arts, and climate action. We’ll share a deeper look at Give!Guide’s final numbers in the days ahead, but one thing is already clear: WW’s G!G works because of you. 💙

Hey buds, we’re officially at the end of the road of this year’s Give!Guide campaign. The vault closes at midnight, and hundreds of local organizations are counting on today’s support from you, your friends, your family, and community members to reach their Give!Guide goals. 🫂

If you’re shedding a few tears, you aren’t alone. We’re shedding a few tears too. It’s been a rollercoaster ride that started with the Give!Guide headquarters setting its most tremendous goal yet: $9 million. This year exemplified exactly how far a lot of optimism and a little whimsical delusion can go in a tricky fundraising climate. Which—unless you’ve been under a rock for the last 13 months—is exactly what 2025 brought to the nonprofit world nationally.

If you have been under a rock, please crawl out and make your donations now while it still counts! ☺️

Whether you donate big or small, it makes a difference. Every donation helps secure critical funding for the 277 nonprofits in the Portland metro area careening into the new year. They’re here for you year round, and you need to be here for them NOW. Don’t wait. The end is near.

Head on over to giveguide.org to give, give, give. Help us reach our lofty goal before the clock strikes 11:59 pm!

Heads up: just two more giving days left before Give!Guide 2025 is in the books! Which means today is our final Big Give Day, sponsored by the Oregon Cultural Trust. We’re closing in on our goal of $9M — will you pitch in and help us get there?

Every donation of $10 or more today has a chance to win this complete getaway package for two to Southern Oregon!

• Two vouchers to see performances at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
• A tour of OSF’s production facility in Talent
• Gift Certificate for one night’s stay at the historic Ashland Springs Hotel
• A $100 gift card to The Noble Fox in Ashland

Get thee to www.giveguide.org (anon!) and start donating for a chance to win. Remember: Every donation is a chance to win and there’s no limit, so spread the love (and the dollars)!

Friends! Only two Big Give Days left for this year’s campaign, and today’s is a whopper. Splendid Cycles is back for Big E-Bike Day!

Donate $10 or more today and you’ll be entered to win a 2025 Tern HSD S00 e-bike from Splendid Cycles. You’ll be smiling all the way home with this e-bike:

• Class 1 Bosch Performance Line motor with Bosch Smart System provides up to 75 Nm of torque.
545WH battery, which means it’s up to the task whether you need it for your work or school commute or just to zip around town.
• Features Enviolo CVT shifting and Gates Belt technology so it's easy to shift and low maintenance!
• Compatible with a full line of Tern accessories and a 396 lb weight capacity so you can set the bike up to carry passengers, small dogs, or cargo.
• This model is (virtually) one-size-fits-all so our winner can pick up their bike and go!
• TheTern HSD S00 currently retails for $5949.

Throw it into high gear and visit www.giveguide.org to start donating now. Every donation is a chance to win and there’s no limit!