How we support communities across the Pacific Northwest.
We live here, just like you. And as the only major locally-based natural gas utility in our service area, we feel a special responsibility to help the people and communities around us.
NW Natural corporate giving
- Shareholder contribute nearly $1 million to our Corporate Philanthropy Fund each year.
- We support 150+ community and nonprofit groups in the fields of education, environmental stewardship, health and human services, and arts and culture.
- In our 2019 Spirit of Giving campaign, employees and retirees pledged nearly $152,000, and the company matched it to $300,000.
Our Nonprofit Programs of Focus 2020 - 2022
Organizations are selected by a committee of NW Natural employees from across the organization. Organizations are invited to participate via an RFP; in selection mission, service area, effectiveness, impact of sustained funding, and volunteer opportunities are taken into consideration. Priority is given to nonprofits serving children and families at risk. Additionally, at least one nonprofit partner will be focused on environmental stewardship. Recipients receive $35,000 per year for three years from NW Natural shareholders' Corporate Philanthropy Fund, plus in-kind resources and volunteer support from NW Natural employees.
A Village for One
A Village for One
A Village for One empowers each member of the community, or village, to unite to heal the impact of commercial sexual exploitation on our youth and community. It provides a safe and healthy environment for our impacted youth to heal physically, mentally and spiritually. As part of its efforts to heal youth and our community, it also provides training, outreach and advocacy.
BEF Clean Energy Schools Program
BEF Clean Energy Schools Program
Bonneville Environmental Foundation’s “Clean Energy. Bright Futures” program is focused on supporting educator leadership, illuminating energy career pipelines, eliminating opportunity gaps and inequitable access to these careers, and bringing energy education to life in classrooms.
Community Warehouse
Community Warehouse
Community Warehouse is the only furniture bank serving the greater Portland area. Its mission is to provide essential household furnishings to neighbors in need, creating stronger homes and brighter futures for all. Organized in the mid-1990s to support refugees from the former Soviet Union, it has grown dramatically over 18 years.
Janus Youth Programs
Janus Youth Programs
Janus Youth Programs serve more than 6,000 at-risk children, youth and families each year, and provide a second chance to kids with few resources and no place to turn for help. Now one of the largest nonprofits in the Northwest, Janus operates more than 40 different programs across Oregon and Washington.
Portland Homeless Family Solutions
Portland Homeless Family Solutions
Portland Homeless Family Solutions empowers homeless families with children to get back into housing and to stay there long-term. It envisions a community where no family experiences homelessness and where every family receives the support and compassion necessary to thrive.
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Organizations may apply for financial or in-kind support from NW Natural year-round.
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Gas Assistance Program
The NW Natural Gas Assistance Program (GAP) helps families in need pay their heating bills. Funded by shareholder, corporate and individual donations, GAP has raised $6.3 million over 37 years and distributed it through Community Action Networks.
Please donate to GAP
Mail a check to:
c/o United Way of the Columbia Willamette
Gas Assistance Program
PO Box 35143 #4406
Seattle, WA 98124-5143