$2.1M in expenses

In oregon, we saw the immediate impact of covid-19 for our bipoc and immigrant communities and took swift action to advocate for state funding to provide financial relief to oregonians who were intentionally excluded from public benefits. We did this, by CO-creating the now well-established oregon worker relief coalition and developing the worker relief fund and the quarantine fund to provide disaster relief funds to individuals who have been disproportionately impacted by covid-19. As of now, the fund has raised over $110 million dollars and has had over 35,000 applicants and distributed over $40 million dollars. In order to distribute these funds, we have built a statewide community led infrastructure to ensure access to the fund for our most vulnerable and most affected communities. This program has drastically increased our organizational makeup and has strengthened our partnerships with coalition members across the state in an effort to have one centralized trusted community program. Causa's role was to lead the advocacy effort to get this project off the ground and we were the intial fiscal sponsors of the fund. Now, causa is one of the navigating organizations, oversees the distribution of dollars for the worker relief fund and is an active member of the executive committee.