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GROW: THE ADVANTIS COMMUNITY FUND

Grow: The Advantis Community Fund

Over ten years of helping communities grow

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Grow: The Advantis Community Fund is an annual $50,000 grant fund designed to provide nonprofit organizations with financial resources to address a wide range of needs in our community. Since its launch in 2011, our grant fund has contributed over $750,000 to local organizations and funded 84 projects.

Our 2024 Grow Community Fund projects

After more than 11,000 public votes, five nonprofit organizations have been selected to receive an Advantis Grow grant.

Learn more about the grant recipients and their community projects.



2023 Winners

  • Guide Dogs for the Blind
  • Transition Projects
  • Word is Bond
  • Portland Rescue Mission
  • Outside in

2022 Winners

  • Community for Positive Aging
  • Salvation Army Female Emergency Shelter (SAFES)
  • Project POOCH
  • Northwest Association for Blind Athletes
  • Oregon Repertory Singers
  • Wheel to Walk Foundation

2021 Winners

  • Blanchet House of Hospitality
  • Children’s Healing Art Project
  • Johnson Creek Watershed Council
  • Portland Animal Welfare (PAW) Team
  • Raphael House of Portland


2020 Winners

  • Sunshine Division
  • Store to Door
  • Human Solutions
  • Impact NW
  • Outside In


2019 Winners

  • Friends of Trees
  • Guide Dogs for the Blind
  • Oregon Coast Aquarium
  • Our House of Portland
  • Portland Rescue Mission
  • Portland Winter Light Festival


2018 Winners

  • Audubon Society of Portland
  • DoveLewis
  • Make-A-Wish Foundation of Oregon
  • Mercy Corps Northwest
  • Snowcap Community Charities.
  • Good Neighbor Center


2017 Winners

  • Chelsea Hicks Foundation
  • CODA, Inc.
  • Friends of the Children
  • Our House of Portland
  • Portland Homeless Family Solutions
  • Q Center
  • Rose Haven


2016 Winners

  • Central City Concern
  • Free Geek
  • Kinship House
  • The Dougy Center for Grieving Children and Families
  • William Temple House
  • The Shadow Project


2015 Winners

  • Children’s Book Bank
  • Feral Cat Coalition
  • Oregon Tradeswomen
  • Raphael House
  • SnowCap
  • Store to Door


2014 Winners

  • Café au Play
  • North Clackamas Education Foundation
  • The Pixie Project
  • PICA
  • Rose Haven
  • Trillium Family Services


2013 Winners

  • Growing Gardens
  • Boys & Girls Aid
  • David’s Harp
  • DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital
  • Impact NW-Communities for Safe Kids Initiative
  • Meals on Wheels People


2012 Winners

  • The Pongo Fund Pet Food Bank
  • Clackamas Women's Services
  • Potluck in the Park
  • Friends of the Children
  • Portland Rescue Mission
  • Community Energy Project
  • Big Brothers Big Sisters


2011 Winners

  • CARES Northwest
  • CASA for Children
  • Central City Concern
  • Exceed Enterprises
  • Northwest Housing Alternatives
  • Oregon Humane Society
  • SnowCap Community Charities
  • Sunshine Division













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