How One Interior Designer Is Helping The Homeless With Her One Percent Project
Feb 11, 2021
Non-profits need profits, and one Portland interior designer has found a subtle, effective way to fund projects looking to alleviate the Oregon homelessness epidemic.
A short-hand equivalent of when grocery stores ask shoppers to round up and give the surplus to charity, she’s adding a 1% line item on every client invoice as a way of generating money for non-profits: and other interior designers in the state have been joining her.
Despite having one of the highest state tax burdens in the nation, Oregon struggles with homelessness rates.