Returning Veterans Project
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2019 Impact Report

You are changing lives!

Your support delivered free, confidential health services that healed the wounds of war and opened doors to healthy relationships, housing, and employment.

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Ben Martin: Marine, former RVP Client, and co-founder of Dauntless Wine Co.

Free Care for Veterans, Service Members & Families

Since RVP’s founding in 2005, you’ve helped over 3,050 post-9/11 veterans, service members, and families get the free, confidential mental and physical health services that changed, and even saved, lives!

In 2019:
Post-9/11 Veterans: 289
Active-Duty Service Members: 6
Family Members: 58

From U.S. Marine to winery co-founder, read this RVP Client’s journey to success >>

Tracy Thorne, RVP Volunteer Provider

Dedicated Volunteers

You supported volunteer providers across Oregon and SW Washington who delivered care when and where RVP Clients needed it most. Your compassion kept them going and equipped them to deliver the best care possible.

Active volunteers: 184

Thanks to your generosity, you helped recruit and train 29 new volunteers, and you supported long-serving volunteers and 5 clinic partners.

Finding Peace of Mind and Body >>

RVP Volunteers and other community providers attend suicide prevention training.

High Quality Training

You helped RVP Clients thrive by giving volunteers access to exceptional trainings from national experts. Trainings are free for RVP Volunteers and many are open to anyone who wants to improve their services for veterans and families.

Continuing education trainings: 15
Continuing education hours offered: 118.5
Training attendees: 469

How one volunteer got the training she needed to confidently save lives >>

RVP supporters at the Returning Hope Reception.

Donors

Your compassion and generosity, united with the power of community, made healthy veterans and families a reality! In 2019, individual donations increased by 19%.

RVP Heroes
Individual Donors: 181
Corporate Sponsors: 22
Foundation Grant Partners: 16

Our generous 2019 supporters

Fundraising Campaigns

From Facebook fundraisers to music festivals to dining at local restaurants, you thought up all kinds of ways to let RVP Clients know you’re at their side! Every gift, big or small, helped veterans and their families tackle the unique challenges of military life.

  • Armed Forces Day: $5,809
  • Chow Down For Vets: $7,810
  • Employee Giving Campaigns: $37,598
  • Hope Changes Everything: $31,906
  • Incredible Community Fundraising Efforts: $6,540

Check out how RVP supporters got creative to raise money for veterans >>

 

Engaging Our Community

You made it possible for us to tell our story far and wide. Veterans and their families don’t always know where to turn for help. Thanks to you, more and more people are discovering RVP’s life-saving services.

A few of the places we told our story:

  • 7th Annual VA Portland Mental Health Summit
  • Oregon National Guard Yellow Ribbon Events
  • Portland Veterans Stand Down

Radio show KXRW Vancouver tells the RVP story in “Voices from Our Community” >>

 

Carol Levine, RVP Founder, speaks at the Returning Hope Reception.

Financial Stewardship

To ensure your support helps as many veterans, service members, and families as possible, 84% of the dollars raised in 2019 went directly to delivering high-quality care to RVP Clients.

Our incredible volunteer providers donated over $384,000 of in-kind services to post-9/11 veterans and families.

RVP’s 2019 audit is in progress. Audited financials will be available mid-year. Audited financials available here.