Here, in “war-ravaged” Portland — a city burning to the ground, or so we’re told — all it takes is a walk out the front door to see what’s really going on in our neighborhoods. We are not some MAGA delusion. Rather, this is an amazing and wonderfully quirky place.

At the same time, we know we have plenty to do to get our metro area where we’d like it to be.

Enter the Portland area’s nonprofit community and one of its best friends and biggest boosters — Willamette Week ’s Give!Guide. We’re here to clear the (sometimes tear-gassed and pepper-sprayed) air to present a different take on things.

What began in 2004 as a modest attempt to entice younger Portlanders into the year-end giving habit has grown into a significant changemaking campaign for our entire community. Give!Guide is a pla

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