Trillium's Financial Need

Dear Trillium Community,

We are writing to you today unified in the goal of renewing our beloved school’s charter. Our upcoming renewal hinges on our ability to demonstrate our financial viability. This will likely not happen if we continue down the same path of relying primarily on the public funding we receive from the state.

There’s the long story and the short story of why we find ourselves in financial need. The shortest story is the one we all know: Trillium, like all charter schools in Oregon, receives substantially less funding for our students than traditional public schools.

The longer story is about how our community has responded to that reality, and how we are now choosing to evolve, organize, and empower ourselves.

We must blaze a new trail. In order to reach out to larger funding sources such as grants, we must demonstrate first that we have a community-based financial support network. Our financial commitment to our children and each other, combined with our dedication to our mission and staying involved is what will keep our children’s school open.

There are 2 ways to support Trillium’s charter renewal right now:

Tax deductible donation online: (your tax receipt is provided in an email)

CLICK this link: https://www.ticketturtle.com/index.php?contribution=trill

Donate the amount you can, or set up a recurring donation (it’s easy!).

OR

Send a check:

Trillium Charter School
Attn: Genevieve Bouwes
5420 N. Interstate Ave.
Portland, OR 97217

Please consider asking your employer if they will match your tax deductable contribution to a 501(c)3 non-profit such as Trillium.

Thank you for your continued support of Trillium.


Genevieve Bouwes-Executive Director, Trillium Board of Directors, Together For Trillium


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Genevieve Bouwes
Executive Director
Trillium Charter School