2024-02-14T22:42:57-06:00 2023-03-31 930900579 MCDONALD JACOBS PC 121 SW SALMON ST STE 1100 PORTLAND OR 97204 990 2022-04-01 822838257 UTOPIA PDX UNITED TERRITORIES OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS ALLIANCE PORTLAND UTOP 5033675849 1611 SE 87TH AVE PORTLAND OR 97216 KAME'O KAHAWAI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR 5033675849 2024-02-14 1 KAMEO KAHAWAI 999009999 0 SANG AHN P00540880 5032270581 2 AAL1 IAL1 2022 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z KAME'O KAHAWAI 1611 SE 87TH AVE PORTLAND OR 97216 1125810 0 X HTTPS://WWW.UTOPIAPORTLAND.ORG/ X 2017 OR TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SACRED SPACES TO STRENGTHEN THE MINDS AND BODIES OF QUEER AND TRANSGENDER PACIFIC ISLANDERS. 5 5 5 30 0 0 1170412 875189 72739 250616 0 5 0 0 1243151 1125810 268146 269237 0 0 333998 364741 0 0 6220 505670 274903 1107814 908881 135337 216929 763307 742002 12896 16179 750411 725823 X OUR MISSION AT UTOPIA PDX IS TO PROVIDE SAFE AND SACRED SPACES TO STRENGTHEN THE MINDS AND BODIES OF QTPIS QUEER AND TRANSGENDER PACIFIC ISLANDERS THROUGH COMMUNITY ORGANIZING, POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT AND CULTURAL STEWARDSHIP. 0 0 261894 82866 42921 OHA, HEALTH SHARE & UNITED WAY CBO RESPONSE TO COVID-19: AS A CBO (COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION) UTOPIA PDX CONTINUED TO RECEIVE FUNDING FROM THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY AND HEALTH SHARE OF OREGON DURING THIS FISCAL YEAR TO HELP PROTECT PACIFIC ISLANDER COMMUNITIES FROM THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. CBOS ARE CRITICAL TO THE RESPONSE TO COVID-19. IN MAY 2020, OREGON RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE CORONAVIRUS AID, RELIEF, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY (CARES) ACT TO SUPPORT AN EQUITY-CENTERED APPROACH TO ACTIVE MONITORING, TESTING, AND VACCINATION AGAINST COVID-19. OUR CONTRACT WITH OHA WAS EXTENDED TO JUNE 2023 WITH AN INCREASE IN FUNDING. WITH AN INCREASE IN COVID-19 CASES IN 2021, SELECTED CBOS, LIKE UTOPIA PDX, HAVE CONTINUED TO PROVIDE : 1 ) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND OUTREACH ; CONTACT TRACING; AND SOCIAL SERVICES AND WRAPAROUND SERVICES, 2) REIMBURSEMENT FOR ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE-RELATED DIRECT COSTS. IN ADDITION, IN 2021 UTOPIA PDX STARTED COLLABORATING WITH OHA AND OTHER CBO'S TO SET UP COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINICS IN COMMUNITY AND CULTURAL EVENTS. WITH THESE EFFORTS, UTOPIA PDX HAS CONTRIBUTED PACIFIC ISLANDERS HAVING THE HIGHEST VACCINATION RATES IN PORTLAND AND THE REST OF OREGON. 206080 65221 38650 MCHD: FOR THE THIRD YEAR IN A ROW, MULTNOMAH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT (MCHD) PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION CONTINUED ITS PARTNERSHIP WITH UTOPIA PDX AND OTHER DIVERSE COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS (CBOS) TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER (CHW) SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE IDENTIFIED POPULATION THAT TEST POSITIVE FOR COVIDI9. COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS (CHW'S) ARE FRONTLINE PUBLIC HEALTH WORKERS WHO ARE TRUSTED MEMBERS OF AND/OR HAVE A CLOSE UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMMUNITY SERVED. 68661 21730 25782 THE COLLINS FOUNDATION: COLLINS FOUNDATION AWARDED UTOPIA PDX WITH A GRANT IN ORDER TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS TO BUILD CAPACITY AND SUSTAINABILITY FOR OUR ORGANIZATION, OVER A THREE-YEAR PERIOD FROM OCTOBER 2022 TO SEPTEMBER 2025. AS OUR ORGANIZATION GREW TREMENDOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE SOUGHT OUT AN EXPERIENCED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SUPPORT OUR PROGRAMMING, FISCAL MANAGEMENT, FUNDRAISING, AND OVERALL VISION FOR THE ORGANIZATION.A BOARD RETREAT IS BEING PLANNED FOR JUNE 2023, WHERE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER, COMPLETE STRATEGIC PLANNING WORKSHOPS, REVIEW AND UPDATE OUR BOD BYLAWS AND PROCESSES, BOARD TRAINING, AND WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE GAPS IN OUR BOD.AS WE CAME OUT OF COVID FUNDING, WE STRUGGLED TO FIND FINANCIAL STABILITY AS WELL AS WHAT OUR MISSION-ALIGNED JOURNEY TRULY LOOKED LIKE. THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR, THE COLLINS FUNDING ENSURED THAT WE HAD THE NECESSARY FUNDS TO MAINTAIN SUPPORT STAFF INCLUDING OUR OPERATIONS COORDINATOR AND MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER. 314076 99400 143264 ACCESSING AFFIRMING RESOURCESDURING THIS FISCAL YEAR (2022-2023), UTOPIA PDX STARTED TO OPEN UP AND HAVE IN-PERSON EVENTS AGAIN AS COVID-19 RESTRICTIONS HAD BEEN LIFTED. WHILE MOST OF OUR IN-PERSON EVENTS CONTINUED TO BE COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINICS, TESTING, AND EVENTS FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DISTRIBUTION OF NEEDED RESOURCES FOR OUR PI AND LGBTQ COMMUNITIESTHEREFORE, WE ALSO STARTED TO HOLD SOME OF OUR REGULAR PROGRAMS LIKE WE HAD BEEN HOLDING BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.AAPCHO (ASSOCIATION OF ASIAN PACIFIC COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS): AAPCHO CONTINUED TO SUPPORT COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS LOCATED ACROSS 37 CONTINENTAL U.S. STATES AND TWO (2) HAWAI'I ISLANDS, INCLUDING UTOPIA PDX, TO HIRE, TRAIN, AND DEPLOY A NATIONAL WORKFORCE, AND ENHANCE LOCAL PARTNERSHIPS TO INCREASE ACCESS TO THE COVID-19 VACCINE WITH THE INTENTION OF REACHING AT LEAST 36 ASIAN, ASIAN AMERICAN, NATIVE HAWAIIAN, AND PACIFIC ISLANDER (A/AA AND NH/PI) COMMUNITIES. THE COLLABORATION WITH AAPCHO PROVIDED EXTRA RESOURCES FOR OUR COVID-19 EFFORTS, AND IN RETURN UTOPIA PDX COLLECTED NEEDED DEMOGRAPHIC DATA FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ACCESS OUR COVID-19 VACCINATION CLINICS.PASIFIKA LEADS PROGRAM: OUR GOALS WERE PARTLY ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE CONTINUATION OF OUR LEADS (LANGUAGE, EATING/COOKING, ARTS, DANCING, AND COOKING) CULTURAL PROGRAMMING. THE FIRST YEAR (2020) WAS FOCUSED ON PALAUAN CULTURE WITH THE PROGRAMMING HAVING TO EVENTUALLY SHIFT TO VIRTUAL EVENTS WHEN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC STARTED. THE SECOND YEAR, OUR LEADS PROGRAM WAS FOCUSED ON HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND WAS A HYBRID IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING DEPENDING ON CHANGES IN LOCAL COVID MANDATES. UTOPIA PDX COLLABORATED WITH KALO (KA AHA LHUI O OLEKONA) HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB OF OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON (KALO HCC) TO HOST FREE MONTHLY INTERACTIVE HLOA (CULTURAL) WORKSHOPS TO SHARE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE, FOOD, ARTS, DANCE, AND SONGS INTERWOVEN WITHIN HAWAIIAN CULTURE AND HISTORY AND INCORPORATE IT WITH HEALTH AND WELLNESS IN THE PRESENT-DAY SITUATION OF LIVING THROUGH A PANDEMIC EVENT. SIX SUCCESSFUL HLOA WORKSHOPS WERE CONDUCTED IN JULY AND AUGUST OF 2021, WITH A CELEBRATION HELD ON AUGUST 28, 2021. 314076 99400 143264 850711 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 OR X KAME'O KAHAWAI 5033675849 1611 SE 87TH AVE PORTLAND OR 97216 X SARINA SATURN CHAIR 1.00 X X 0 0 0 MOTUTAMA SIPELI BOARD SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 BIANCA BLANCO BOARD TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 KIMO OMAR DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 NELEH ORTEGA CHENOWETH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 ALLIE MAE JEREMIAH DIRECTOR 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 501763 373426 875189 PROGRAM INCOME 900099 250616 250616 250616 5 5 1125810 250616 0 5 269237 269237 316885 290340 26545 19088 8491 10597 28768 26214 2554 3149 1249 1900 23542 20854 2688 9651 931 2500 6220 14881 13375 1506 11455 8895 2560 6741 6266 475 3233 3233 3599 2000 1599 13514 6306 7208 FISCAL SPONSORSHIPS 146002 146002 EVENT SUPPLIES 25544 37038 -11494 PROGRAM EXPENSES 13592 13513 79 908881 850711 51950 6220 584189 718721 12195 20184 10000 156923 0 3097 763307 742002 5092 7804 0 16179 12896 16179 X 480774 338762 269637 387061 750411 725823 763307 742002 216929 -241517 0 X 0 0 0 X 8662 49579 929364 1170412 875189 3033206 2000 72739 250616 325355 8662 49579 931364 1243151 1125805 3358561 0 0 0 3358561 22 5 27 22 5 27 8662 49579 931386 1243151 1125810 3358588 1.00000 0.00000 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 FISCAL SPONSORSHIP 16179 16179 1 DIRECT SUPPORT 1 1000 GIFT CARDS 1125 37525 TALANOA 13 1300 TRANSLATION 5 3421 FOOD ASSISTANCE 117 44193 RENT ASSISTANCE 106 143287 UTILITY ASSISTANCE 118 38511 PART I, LINE 2: ALMOST ALL OF THE ASSISTANCE PAID BY UTOPIA PDX WAS IN THE FORM OF WRAPAROUND ASSISTANCE TO THOSE AFFECTED BY COVID-19, WHICH INCLUDED FOOD, UTILITIES, AND RENAL ASSITANCE, AND GIFT CARDS. REQUIREMENTS OF COVID-19 ASSISTANCE ARE STIPULATED IN AGREEMENTS WITH OUR OHA CBO COVID-19 RESPONSE AND MULTNOMAH COUNTY GRANTS. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR EACH CLIENT WHO QUALIFIED FOR WRAPAROUND ASSISTANCE ARE REVIEWED, APPROVED, AND MAINTAINED BY UTOPIA PDX. UTOPIA PDX COLLABORATED WITH KALO HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB IN ORDER TO CARRY OUT DELIVERABLES FOR OUR PASIFIKA LEADS PROGRAM, WHICH WAS FUNDED BY THE COLLINS FOUNDATION. A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WAS SIGNED BY THE TWO ORGANIZATIONS (UTOPIA PDX AND KALO HAWAIIAN CIVIC CLUB) SPECIFYING TIMELINES OF PAYMENTS AND DELIVERABLES, AND DEADLINES OF REPORTS DUE TO UTOPIA PDX. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B A COPY OF THE 990 IS DISTRIBUTED TO THE DIRECTORS PRIOR TO FILING. FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19 THE ORGANIZATION MADE ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILALBLE TO THE PUBLIC BY REQUEST.