From PortlandAfoot

The Coalition for a Livable Future is a Portland-based nonprofit corporation that supports communication and cooperation among dozens of left-leaning Portland organizations, largely on transportation and development issues.

The group has also taken public positions of its own on some issues, such as pushing for a smaller Columbia River Crossing bridge.

Contents 1 Major projects 2 Funding and revenue 3 Leadership 4 Mission and impact statements 5 External links

[edit] Major projects

CLF publishes the Regional Equity Atlas, a partnership with Portland State University to map federal, state and local data about wealth and quality of life across the Portland area.

[edit] Funding and revenue

CLF has been growing. According to its IRS Form 990s, CLF's revenue was $191,000 in its 2006 fiscal year, $214,090 in 2007 and $266,862 in 2008. About 75 percent of its revenue tends to come from direct private donations, including grants from:

• The Bullitt Foundation
• Enterprise Community Partners
• The Kaiser Permanente Community Fund at the Northwest Health Foundation
• The Meyer Memorial Trust
• The Paul G. Allen Family Foundations
• The Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust

[edit] Leadership

CLF is led by a 15-member board of directors, elected to staggered two-year terms.

As of January 2011, CLF's director is Ron Carley. In the group's fiscal year 2010, according to IRS filings, he earned $58,436 annually and worked an average of 50 hours per week.

For the previous four years, Carley and Jill Fuglister served as co-directors of the coalition. Fuglister announced in December 2010 that in January she would become a program officer for the Meyer Memorial Trust.

Policy director Mara Gross was another prominent CLF employee.

[edit] Mission and impact statements

As of June 2010, CLF describes its mission as "to protect, restore, and maintain healthy, equitable, and sustainable communities, both human and natural, for the benefit of present and future residents of the greater metropolitan region."

In its "impact statement," CLF says it unites over 100 diverse organizations and hundreds of individuals to promote healthy and sustainable communities. By connecting issues, people and organizations, CLF empowers communities to take action together to shape the big decisions affecting the Portland region’s future."

[edit] External links

• CLF Web site
• Form 990s on Guidestar.org