Organizations Filed Purposes:
Venture Portland means business. The organization invests in the smart, strategic growth of Portlands 50 unique neighborhood business districts through grants, training and promotion. Together, neighborhood business districts contain 19,200 businesses and provide 270,000 jobs, playing a vital role in Portlands economy. Venture Portland builds the capacity of and connections between these districts. The organizations board leadership comes from the diverse business districts that collectively meet local, regional, national and international demand for goods and services.
Venture Portland means business. The organization invests in the smart, strategic growth of Portlands 50 unique neighborhood business districts through grants, training and promotion.
Venture Portland supported twenty-eight business districts associations (BDAs) in 2019-2020. Our volunteer board members donated 9,386 hours of time and expertise to aid BDAs. Venture staff members supplied 2,341 hours of instructive technical support and targeted trainings to BDAs across the City of Portland on a range of subjects such as Board Governance, Membership Campaigns, Using Instagram as an Online Business, Preparing for Winter Weather, and the like. Our Business Organizers provided guidance and direct help to seven Catalytic Investment Initiative business district associations. We awarded $89,300 in grant funds and gifted an additional $24,500 in grant funding to our Catalytic Investment Initiative districts in North and East Portland.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Heather Hoell | Executive Direc | 40 | $95,000 |
| Randy Bonella | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Don Baldwin | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Eleni Kehagiaras | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Stacey Lennon | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Liz Smith | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jorden Piraino | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy Chapin | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Candee Wilson | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Jerry Harper | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Seile Tekle | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Katie Swanson | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Brad Lee | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Amy Theberge | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Matt Trenkle | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Roger Jones | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Cameron Whitten | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Nidal Kahl | Treasurer | 2 | $0 |
| Eve Davis | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Bridgid Blackburn | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Becky Groffman | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Andy Frazier | Director | 1 | $0 |
| Matthew Micetic | President | 2 | $0 |
| Brian Alfano | Past President | 1 | $0 |
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