Oregonians gave generously to culture last year, as evidenced by the Oregon Cultural Trust’s 4.3% rise in donations, from $3,960,094 in 2012 to more than $4,131,520 in 2013. Renewal of Oregon’s one-of-a-kind state cultural tax credit by the 2013 state legislature helped arts, heritage and humanities-based nonprofits statewide to leverage their own fundraising, as state tax credit requires donations to cultural nonprofits, in addition to a matching gift to the Trust in order to claim the cultural tax credit. A busy New Year’s Eve, in which the Cultural Trust raised $364,000, a full $100,000 more than the previous December 31, and the Trust’s ongoing partnership with Willamette Week Give!Guide helped put the state organization over the four million dollar mark.
