2014 Annual ReportPROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS SUPPORTERS

Dear friends of Oregon Humanities,

THANK YOU. With your support, Oregon Humanities touched many lives across Oregon in 2014, helping people to reflect, connect with each other, and act.

Within our organization, too, we came together to reflect this year. OH’s staff and board articulated a clear and inspiring vision: an Oregon that invites diverse perspectives, explores challenging questions, and strives for just communities.

One small example of how that vision is guiding us is last fall’s Conversation Project tour on racism and white supremacy, run in partnership with the Rural Organizing Project. Walidah Imarisha’s program, “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon? A Hidden History,” provided opportunities for Oregonians to learn about and try to make sense of their experiences of racism.

The next step for many participants was clear: they formed action groups to respond to hate crimes in their communities. We saw then—as we saw many times in 2014—how asking big questions can connect us more strongly to the work we’re doing and to the people we’re doing it with.

Your support of Oregon Humanities this year was an act of generosity toward your fellow Oregonians, and an expression of your values and priorities in the world. I thank you again for your decision to join us.

Adam

Letter from the Executive Director

KIM NGUYEN

$25,000+Fred W. Fields Fund of the

Oregon Community Foundation

Win McCormackNational Endowment

for the HumanitiesOregon Cultural TrustGretchen Schuette

$5,000+Bloomfield Family FoundationThe Collins FoundationDowntown Development Group

and The Goodman FamilyJames F. and Marion L. Miller

FoundationJuan Young TrustKinsman FoundationLeotta Gordon FoundationLloyd and Marlene Ankeny

FoundationReed CollegeRose E. Tucker Charitable TrustThe Standard

$1,000+Anonymous (1)

Sona Karentz AndrewsAutzen FoundationMatthew and Catherine BoulayRobert Calo and

Elizabeth LamadeColumbia BankAdam Davis and Hana LaysonPaul and Francesca DudenEcho Fund of the Oregon

Community FoundationMiriam FeuerleCharles and Cherie WalkerJohn and Leah FrohnmayerEvelyn GeorgesThe Johnson Family FoundationErious Johnson Jr. and Nkenge

Harmon JohnsonJubitz Family FoundationEmily Karr and Townsend HyattMission TheaterPamela and Mike MorganNorma PaulusPortland Center StageDenise ReedUnion Bank FoundationJ. Schuberth and J. UrangU.S. Bank/U.S.

Bancorp FoundationPaul and Lory UtzJanet G. WebsterWillamette WeekWyss Foundation

Oregon Humanities gratefully

acknowledges the supporters who

made gifts between November 1, 2013, and October 31, 2014. Your

generosity helped Oregon Humanities to

connect Oregonians to ideas that change lives and transform

communities.

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$250+Anonymous (3)Jean and Ray AuelBakeshopBarbara BannisterEd and Maureen BattistellaSusan and Larry BlackPaul and Nancy BragdonHarold BrevigEvona BrimLeonard and Janet CalvertCow Creek Band of Umpqua

Tribe of Indians Adam and Regina DavisMadelyn DriscollCarol EdelmanKaren GernantAlan HamiltonRichard L. HayJohn HolloranTom and Cherryl JanisseJohn D. Gray Designated Fund

of the Oregon Community Foundation

Leslie LabbeBarry Lopez and Debra GwartneyBarbara and Timothy MahoneyRobert Melnick and Suzanne

BunkerRandolph MillerLindley Morton and Corrine OishiJulia K. MurrayMiles NovyRon Paul and Toni Berres-PaulJohn ShipleySt. Mary’s AcademyChantal StrobelDiane L. TaylorTJ Education Fund of The Oregon

Community FoundationPatricia West and William

CummingsTom and Kit WhittakerStephen Young and Jane Fellows

$100+Anonymous (2)Shirley AndersonMichael Andrews Roland Atkinson and Jo Ann

WeaverMartha BanyasMarcia Bechtold and

Brian CarrollSusan BecicKathryn B. Belknap and

R. Lee BelknapLouise Bishop and James EarlLara Bjork and Damon JansenRobert E. Blum and

Carol M. BlackKaren BrushMarianne BuchwalterRex Burkholder

Jane CarlsenMark and Carolyn ConahanSybilla A. CookDave and Char CorkranSeth CotlarNaomi Dagen BloomRod and Fran DaggettMarcia DarmNathan and Eva DouthitMichael and Sandy DubinskyTodd DunkelbergHarris DusenberyBetsy and Jim ElliottArthur and Margianne EricksonRichard W. EtulainCharles FarmerAnn and David FidanqueJean M. FranceMelody Ghormley and Kyle

KrokerScott and Cecelia GoodnightRebecca HartmanTony and Claudia HinzGreg HolmesKimberly HowardSteve and Kris HudsonCecelia and Robert HuntingtonKamla Hurst and Mark YamagishiBette and Dean HustedMarjorie IburgLeah IsaacJohn JenkinsKimberly JensenShirley JohnsonJosh Kadish and Lisa MaasClaire Kellogg and Bruce BetzerJanet KellyBarbara and William KriegBetty’s BooksRobert and Helen LadarreJoyce LewRichard Lewis and Meg LarsonDonna LovelandWilliam W. LyonsJennifer and Steven MarsdenCecily McCaffreyJim McConvilleMicrosoft Giving CampaignGloria G. MighellKate MillsMargot MinardiAlden MobergWilfried and Deanna Mueller-

CrispinMartin MullerMilton and Shirley NelsonGeorge and Deborah OlsenMadeline OlsonCynthia OrdaneffWalter Perry and Christine ChutePeter and Josephine PopeRichard ReesLaura Rice and Karim HamdyMarguerite and Rodney

RobersonPritam Rohila

Sally RussellKathleen SaadatBob ScalesPenelope S. SchottWalter SchafferMr. and Mrs. Arthur J. SchmidtCarole Shellhart and

Bob McGranahanBill SmaldoneMarge SmithJames and Joyce SpainJane SpencerKaren StarleafAlbert and Victoria StarrJ. Mary TaylorTheodore Taylor and Denise

StoneDan and Joan ThorndikeWilliam and Angela ThorndikeRoger VrilakasNorman and Louella WebbBruce WeberJohn and Helen WeberMaxeen WegnerDave WeichGail WellsSharon WhitneyVincent and Patricia WixonKathleen WorleyMerri and Bill WyattWes Yamamoto

up to $99Anonymous (29)Carl Abbott and

Margery Post AbbottBernard AblolaRena AckleyMurielle AdairCarol and Peter AdamsPeter AdrianPamela AlexanderMary AllardtBetsy AmsterNancy AndersenDori Appel and Perry PrinceLinda and Eugene AppelJackie Ardrey and Michael MoyleDelfino ArellanoLiz and James ArtaizPeter and Karen AsaiWilliam AshworthKristy AthensJames Atteberry and

Stephen EmmonsDon and Sylvia BaarstadMartha BaileyAnna Baiocco Druse and

Stephen DruseJosh BakerScott BakerMary and Roger BanvardJoseph BarkofskiWilliam B. Barnett

Making ConnectionsOREGON HUMANITIES MAGAZINE readers have long known the excitement of a new issue arriving in the mail, and new in 2014, readers were able to watch short films inspired by writing found in the magazine.

In fall 2014, Oregon Humanities partnered with Storymind Productions to produce a video based on Caitlin Baggott’s article ”Before You Know It.” The video explores a central question raised by Baggott: how can an individual’s zip code be more closely connected to his or her health than genetic code?

The article and the short film gave thousands of people a new lens on how we can measure and work for equity in our interconnected communities.

Oregon Humanities magazine—in print and online—helps Oregonians make connections with new ideas, fresh perspectives, and each other.

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Claire Barr WilsonAnna BarriganDavid BarringerLois BarryElizabeth BaskinEloise BatesScott BauskaGeof Beasley and Jim SampsonWarren Bechtolt Jr.George E. BellKristn BenkeRosemary BennettMary G. BensonBraden BernardsDale and Karen BernardsCindy and Gene BibouxJerry BierSandra Bean and Roger BlaineNektaria BlalockHanna BlaneyJonathan BlasherSamantha BlausteinJack and Patricia BoasDiana and Darryl BoomTom Booth and Megan HoldenMary BothwellJanet BowlerAlison Boyce-BellairJules Boykoff and Kaia SandTrevor A. BrandonChristopher BrattRoberta BriceBrianne BrinkleyMelinda BrooksM. BrophyE. Doreen BrownMartin BrownChristie BrownSilvaConnie and Darren BrumbackBarbara BuckleyKristen BuhlerSteve BureshJoel ButlerPat ByrneEva CalcagnoBob CallahanPatricia CallahanEliza and Kevin Canty-JonesCheryl CappellenDoug and Liz CappsMonica CardClaire CarderJim CareyKent and Eleanor CarlsonJames Berry and Kim CarlsonCarleton W. CarrollJeri CarsonAnne and Terry CarterAlex CaryCraig Casey and Nancy CarlinJason ChanChris ChaplinSonya ChapmanTom ChesterJustin ChinRachel Chin

Katie CiancettaKristin ClarkEmily CleekRobert CloreLeigh CoffeyAmy ColacelloAlison ColeKirsten CollinsWilliam Collins and

Margaret HartKaren-Maria ConfortiEve ConnellMary Ann ConstansGail CoombsRon and Teecia CorneliusErin CourtneyKathryn CowperthwaiteJames Cox and Brenda NucktonPaula CracasCatherine CraglowPatricia CravesFaye CreedSharon and Theodore CrockerChristi CrutchfieldRobin CurryAbby DaceyAnna DaggettMay DaschStanlynn DaughertyJudy DavisRobert DavisTonya DavisHannah DayWilliam DayJames DeanElizabeth DehnJudith DemarestGrayson DempseyKira DeRitoNatasha DiggesPeggy and Jim KelterDorothy K. DinneenZana DorresThomas and Nancy DoulisJudi DraisDon DrakeRose DriessenAndrew DudenVeronica DujonDon and Carol DumondKari EastonPhyllis and Eldon EdmundsonBeth and Bill EllisNancy EllisPriscilla and Melvin EllisDenise Emmerling-BakerBarbara and Martin EngelMegan EslerThomas Fawkes and Judith

Poxson FawkesJulia FehrenbacherAllison FeldmanLouise FeldmanHannah FensterMargot FetzKate Fields

Erin FinucaneJudy FisherKarla ForsytheGerald FoxBetty FoxleyLisa FrackLaura FravelCara FreyJennifer FullerPenny GedeonKay GerardCarol J. GerityMaralee GerkeShirley Gittelsohn and Ernie

BonyhadiBob and Lesley GlasgowGina GoddardJosh GoicoecheaKelsey GrecoKersten GreenLeah GreenDonna GregersonPaul GregorioMichael GriggsGail GrimesThomas GroendalErin GurleyDavid Gutterman and

Jennifer JohnsLeon and Kay HagenChris HagerbaumerDuffy HamiltonJim and Carolyn HammondJames HamrickUlrich Hardt and

Karen JohnsonAnn HargravesBill and Barbara HarrisChuck and Katie HarrisPhilip Harris and Erica DunnJim Harshfield and Pamela

SimpsonAlina Harway and Josh

McLaughlinRaina HassanElizabeth HauckCindy Haverkatelynn haxtonElizabeth Hayes and

Larry SlesslerSusan E. HayesEdward and Kathleen HeathAndrea and Ted HeidFran HenryPaul and Maggy HenryJames and Maripat HenselRoland and Cathy HensonSydney HerbertMichael HetrickMichael HibbardJack and Irene HilbourneDian HilliardKelly HinkleNeal HirschfeldErin HirteGerry Hodges

Serving OthersAT THE KICKOFF event for a group of young AmeriCorps volunteers about to start yearlong service commitments at Oregon nonprofits, the action and excitement began with conversation.

With help from Adam Davis, Oregon Humanities’ executive director, 240 volunteers asked big questions of themselves and each other. As they began their year of serving others, how could they know they were truly helping? How would they handle their doubts?

Whether they were talking in pairs, at their tables, or in the whole group, they actively responded to what other people said and challenged one another to think about what they were committing to. They did not shy away from questions about service and intervening in others’ lives.

The conversations, the camaraderie, and even the disagreements helped them connect with the inspiration that led them to join AmeriCorps to begin with and got their year of service off to a meaningful start.

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Eloise Holland and Melissa McClure

Andrea HollanderMark and Ann HollyfieldKathleen Holt and Alex DupeyDee HoltzAmy HonnisettTrina HorseyJudy HowardAngie HummelDouglas HunekeRene IlustreKaty IsaksenVickie and Donald JacksonJuliana JamesMichael JamesWarren H. JamesKyle Jansson and Carol HardingDaniela JimenezChristopher JohnsonMichael JohnsonPerry Johnson and Carol ElwoodAngela JonesKen JonesAnnie and Aaron KaffenJack and Farol KahleMegan KahrsEd and Linda KaielDonna KaplanKara KassayPeter KatonEdward and Debra KayeVance KellyKaryn Kendall-EdensJennifer KernsJeff Kerssen-GriepStephanie KeskeMary KeyesAlison KilleenJeffrey King and

Jessie Kitts-KingJulie KingChristina KirbyRita and Ted PowellPatricia KirschRachel and Marc KlippensteinBeverly KlockAnnie KneplerKristina KnightLisa C. KniselyAnne KnupferCarolyn KopcaElaine KorngoldGreg KosDon and Judith KramerSophia KremidasBetty LaDukeBromleigh and Mary LambSherry LamoreauxElinor LangerRon and Jewel LansingMegan LeathermanLinda LeBrunP. Jayne LebsackErica LeeStephen Leflar and Mary RealPat LehmanNancy and Craig Leman

Katherine LeonardPhilip LevinsonWard and Gale LewisMuriel D. LezakJessica LindleyCharmaine LindsayWenda LloydIngrid LouiselleRuth and Kenneth LoveDorothy and Richard LukinsSusan LydenMonteith MacoubrieTom MaddenMelissa MadenskiCarolyn MadsenNeil MagesBill and Mary MainwaringJulie Mancini and Dennis BromkaStephanie ManzoMargaret and John MaréDeborah MariaDonald MarinelloLynn and Milton MarksAnna MartiMelissa MartinSheila MartinScott and Kathy MasonAnna MautzGuy and Shelley MaynardSelma McAlasterBill McClellandMillard and Mary Lou McClungSally McCrackenBarney McDowellJeanne McGinnisMaggie McLainBarbara McLeodJoan and Frank McNamaraJackie MelvinWendi and Sanford MenasheChristine MenefeeDavid and Margaret MesirowMarta MillardTara MinerJan MitchellTracy ModdeJudy MonroeMarilyn MoodyBen MooradAnn MorganPatrice MorrowSusan and Fred MosedaleArthur MosherSteve and Betty MossEmily MostueKaren MowryIlze K. MuellerJoanne MulcahyRebecca MullerMarian MurdockJean MurphyRyan MurphyMandi and Graham MurtaughDavid Naimon and Lucie BonvaletAnn NelsonPriscilla M. NelsonRoxanne NelsonMichael and Joyce Nesson

Beatrice NeuburgElizabeth and Edward NeuweltAnnette NewmanKim NguyenNancy NixonJennifer NugentSally and John NunanDamon and Margaret OgleLinda E. OldsPatt OpdykeNancy OrcuttSue OrlaskeChet OrloffSusan OsborneShelly and John PaethMaggie and Daniel PartnerRuth ParvinMike PatnaudeMelissa PearsonNancy PerlMichelle PerryPaulann PetersenJoan PetersonJacqueline Peterson-Loomis

and John LoomisDean and Jean PhelpsMegan Phillips

Michelle PiranioLillian PittSteve and Shannon PlanchonZita PodanySandy PolishukDavid PontiousPatricia PottsJason PowersDiane PriceSherry Purkiser and Paul BrownMary PyleMargot QuinnWilla RabinovitchValerie A. RappSigrid RasmussenCamela RaymondMary RechnerShelley and Mary ReeceDonna ReeseV. RenwickDonald and Carolyn RiceJane RickenbaughNoel RineyJoyce RiversRobert RoeserNancy Kay RomRamah Rosenquist

Jamie RossFrancie RoyceErin RoycroftJudith C. RudolphDani RukinMike RunningJane SageNorio SaitoJulie SaltrelliBrenda SanchezKaren SchartmanAnn SchernerEvan P. Schneider and

Judith EdwardsSara SchultzCathy SchwabJim and Julie SearcyBeth SegalAngela SelsethSaamanta SernaB.J. SeymourJoel ShapiroGary SharpJaime ShaubPolly SheckelsJane ShepardGilbert and Barbara Shibley

TOTAL REVENUE

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) $641,900

Oregon Cultural Trust $160,782

Oregon Cultural Trust: Oregon Poet Laureate $25,000

Contributions and Grants $369,366

Program and Other Income $36,567

Total Revenue $1,233,616

TOTAL FUNDS DISTRIBUTION

Education and Public Programming $376,331

Publications $121,977

Grants to Community Organizations & Scholars $198,529

Management $219,119

Development $149,540

Total Expenses $1,065,496

Gain + $168,120

Fiscal year 2014 had a planned surplus due to funds awarded that were restricted to future years.

FY 2014 Statement of Activities

NAOMI STUKEY

Mark Shibley and Patricia StyerThomas and Mary Ellen ShowalterMargaret ShulerElizabeth SilverMolly SimasBarbara C. SmithBeverlee SmithEmil SmithLeigh SmithMarjorie and Edwin SmithPat SmithCheryl SnowJohn L. SoellingRuth SouthJohn and Janet StahlJustin StanleySarah StanmoreAl and Jean StephensonJennifer StephensonTracy SteppHope B. StevensMardy StevensJean StollePatrick StoryJoy Strand and Daniel AndersonPamela Vohnson and

David StreightDarby StrongJeff StruckTom StutzmanWilliam SullivanRussy and Anita SumariwallaKaci SumnerPer SweetmanElaine SwinyerClaire SykesCherie TanTerrel and Bonnie TemplemanIan R. TempletonRoxanne ThomasJack and Adele ThompsonBrenda TiefenthalerArmin TolentinoJennifer TomaskoJames TrederJennie TuckerKari TunstillRuth TylerRichard Dolgonas and

Susan UravichKatherine UrbanMaeona and Ronald UrbanMaureen UtzGerard and Rita Van DeeneKristine Van RadenMuriel Van VeenEllen Vanderslice and Scott ParkerDeanne VandevertDorothy Velasco and

John DewenterJillian VentoJennifer Viviano and Fritz PaulusMeredith VorheesDung VuongArthur and Carol WahlersAnita B. Walker

Lorna WaltzNaomi and Cliff WamacksRich B. WandschneiderHilary WangSheri WantlandSharon WardTom WardJulia and Bill WayneJill WebberRonald WebsterAnne-Mai WechslerSara WeeksMargie N. WeimarKatie WeinsteinFredericka WeishahnRoy and Mary WeissingerAmelie WeldenJoella WerlinRobert and Sandra WessJenelyn WesslerJulia and Paul WesterbergGeorge WestermarkTeresa Wheeler-ScottJane WhiteJoyce WhitePenelope WhiteJen WickCorinne WilliamsDeborah WilliamsJean WilliamsDaryl WilsonHannah WilsonKimberlee WilsonKristi WindomJoseph WolfMike WolfJoyce Woods and Mark BrumleyMaggie WoodwardCarolyn WrightSara WrightBonnie WyckoffSusan Yates MillerJo YeagerJohn YoswickSandra ZickefooseMary and Robert Zimmerman

Gifts in honor

Annabelle Allen by David Gutterman

and Jennifer JohnsPaul Duden by Miles NovyCallie John by Patricia CravesIda Kaffen by Michael and Sandy DubinskyColleen McDonough by Rita and Ted PowellPromise’s 33rd birthday by Maggie and Daniel PartnerKeith Schultz by Sara SchultzMarilyn Sullivan by Paula Cracas

Janet Tansy by Braden BernardsLoren Wyss by Charles Farmer

Gifts in memory

Paola Baiocco by Anna Baiocco Druse and

Stephen DrusePaulette Carroll by Carleton W. CarrollMara Forsythe-Crane by Karla ForsytheRalph Hodges by Gerry HodgesJo Ann by Mike WolfSally Koplin by Ilze K. MuellerDiane Marie Lewis by Roland and Cathy HensonLeaham McColl by Gloria G. MighellBette Ordaneff by Cynthia OrdaneffHerbert M. Patnaude Jr. by Mike PatnaudeFrank and Mildred Pizzica by James and Maripat HenselVal and Jerry Podany by Zita PodanyGerald Rasmussen by Sigrid RasmussenM. Dorothy Rooper by Pat SmithVern Rutsala by Penelope S. SchottKatharine Sheldahl-

Thomason by Bette and Dean HustedBrian, Ann, and Owen Card,

and Louis Silcox Sr. by Monica CardDoris C. Smith by Emil SmithJewel Soelling by John L. SoellingDorothy Stafford by Vincent and Patricia WixonJune Stromberg by Pat LehmanPam Wadsworth by Cheryl CappellenJohn A. Weimar by Margie N. WeimarBob Wilson by Claire Barr WilsonLucile Wyers by Betty Foxley

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Going on TourAFTER WITNESSING a rise in white supremacist activity in Josephine County last year, the Rural Organizing Project (ROP), a network of organizations promoting democracy and human dignity, turned to Oregon Humanities. Together, they collaborated to bring Walidah Imarisha’s popular Conversation Project program, “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon? A Hidden History,” to six rural communities in Oregon. Each conversation was followed by an ROP-led workshop about local responses to hate crimes.

The tour drew six hundred participants overall and, in Albany, inspired community members to organize biweekly meetings to discuss how to make Linn and Benton counties more welcoming to people of color, how to pool resources and help people access them, and how to bring information about Oregon’s history of racism into local schools.

This isn’t just history, Imarisha says: “It’s a living legacy, because this very much walks with each of us every day.”

Thank you very much to our foundation, government, and corporate supporters.

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