2025 Annual Report: A Year Defined by Partnership and Purpose

The SVP Portland 2025 Annual Report is officially available, and we're excited to share it with you!

The landscape in 2025 was both tumultuous and uncertain, and SVP Portland met that uncertainty with courage and clarity. We stayed committed. We stayed collaborative. We stayed focused on community-driven solutions. We were resolute in our commitment to our Community Partners, to the preschool leaders we serve, and to our vision where every child in Portland has access to high-quality early education. That's the year this report captures.

The numbers tell part of the story. But behind every one of those figures is a relationship — a partnership built on trust, showing up, and believing that quality learning experiences in early childhood is worth fighting for.

We Came Together to Celebrate

Earlier this month, SVP Portland hosted its 2025 Annual Report Party, and what an evening it was!

We gathered to celebrate a year of meaningful impact, bringing together Investor Partners, Community Partners, and friends of SVP, all united by a shared commitment to expanding opportunity for Portland's youngest learners and the providers who serve them. The energy in the room reflected something we know to be true at SVP: the work is stronger when we do it together. These moments of connection remind us why community is at the heart of everything we do.

We were especially excited to welcome Ciara Garcia, CEO of SVP International, who joined us in person for the evening. Her presence brought perspective on the global SVP network, and her insight into how SVP Portland fits into and contributes to that landscape was a true gift to everyone in the room. We are deeply grateful for her time and her belief in what we're building here.

Jack Graham Founder and Executive Director Fl!p Museum and Ciara Garcia CEO SVP International

Community and Investor Partners connect

By the Numbers: 2025 at a Glance

Here are just a few of the highlights from a year of impact:

14 Community Partner organizations supported

26 graduates of the Ready to Grow Business Accelerator Program

838 children served by preschool programs

$72,500 in SVP direct financial investment

$595,320 in leveraged funds

86 Investor Partners

4,357 skilled volunteer hours contributed

25:1 return on investment

These numbers represent so much more than outputs. They represent organizations strengthened, leaders equipped, and children whose futures are brighter because people chose to invest.

There's More to the Story

The numbers give you a sense of scale. The report gives you the people behind them.

You'll read about a preschool founder who opened her doors with four children and is now preparing to serve more than 50 — and what it took to get there. You'll meet a Native-led organization building a tiny home village with a culturally specific early learning center at its heart, navigating construction, licensing, and financing with SVP Partners by their side. You'll see what ten-plus years of partnership with a Latino-serving community anchor can make possible, including a brand new preschool and a vision that keeps growing.

And you'll hear from the Investor Partners — retirees, finance professionals, equity practitioners, global development experts — who each found their way to SVP for different reasons and stayed for the same one: because this work changes our community, and being part of it changes you — for the better.

The report tells all of it. We hope you'll take a look.

Read the Full Report

The 2025 Annual Report tells the full story, in the words of the people living it. We invite you to read it, share it, and celebrate what this community has built together.

If you're not yet an Investor Partner and want to learn more about getting involved, we'd love to connect. Reach out to Ursula at ursula@svpportland.org.