Portland - Donate

Minds Matter of Portland, Inc. is run exclusively by volunteers. We have no local overhead costs; we are responsible for a small portion of the cost of two paid national staff in New York. Therefore, a very high percentage of your contributions fund student costs that include educational materials for the Saturday classes, educational field trips, and tuition (net of financial aid) and travel for summer college and prep school study programs. Minds Matter is a 501c3 organization. All donations are tax deductible.
 
Minds Matter budgets $5,000 annually for each of the 31 students now enrolled in the program. Our annual budget for the 2007/2008 school year is therefore $155,000.
 
On behalf of the students, parents, mentors, instructors, and other volunteers engaged in Minds Matter of Portland, THANK YOU for providing financial assistance that will help our exceptional students achieve the challenging goals they have set for themselves, goals that would not be within their reach without your help.
 
2006/2007 Minds Matter students, in their own words regarding their 2007 summer programs:
 
"Thank you for this great opportunity to come to the Putney School. I've really grown a lot since I have been here. I learned about different writing techniques and I learned more about character development."
- Denise writes from the Putney School in Putney, Vermont.
 
"I'm in New York! It is absolutely amazing here. This city is so different from Portland ; it's like living in an alternate universe…I really like my class (poetry), we've already done a lot of writing…The students here are nice...The campus is gorgeous…it's breathtaking. Thank you guys so much for sending me here, I know the experience will be as great as I expect."
- Akela's impression of New York City and her three week English literature program at Columbia University.
 
"I am here. I love it so much. I have already had my first class…The substitute for the building robots class was the music engineering class, which has already started. I love it. I have learned a lot… (The Teacher) just puts knowledge out there for me to grab, and I am grabbing away!"
- From an email sent by Miranda to her mentor Kalmia shortly after arriving at Smith College in Massachusetts to attend a three-week summer engineering program.
 

Here's How You Can Help:
 
Outlined below are giving level categories with a description of what each donation level provides in the way of support for the Minds Matter student:
 

• Nobel Prize:Gift of more than $15,000
  Fully funds more than one student for the three year Minds Matter high school program.
   
  
• MacArthur Fellowship:Gift of $5,000
  Fully funds one student for one Minds Matter program year.
   
  
• Fulbright Scholarship:Gift of $1,000
  Funds one student's travel related expenses to attend a summer program.
   
  
• Marshall Scholarship:Gift of $500
  Pays the cost of field trips for one student for the three year Minds Matter high school program.
   
  
• Pulitzer Prize:Gift of $100
  Funds SAT training materials and writing supplies for one student each year.
   
  

 
To download a donation form, click here.
 
As an alternative to a cash gift, you may wish to consider a donation of frequent flier awards coupled with cash to cover a student's travel expenses.
 
Both contribution forms may be mailed to:
 
Minds Matter of Portland, Inc.
PO Box 820023
Portland, OR 97282

 
 

For questions regarding contributions, please contact Macy Wall at wallm@portco.com or Terry Lock at trlock60@comcast.net, Co-Directors of Fundraising.
 
For additional financial information, please contact Todd Wall, Director of Finance, todd.wall@mossadams.com.
 
Minds Matter of Portland, Inc. (Employer ID No. 86-1166255) is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt subordinate organization of Minds Matter, Inc. (Group Exemption No. 4358).