HER LEGACY IN ACTION
The Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation exists, first and foremost, to honor and celebrate the life of a remarkable woman. Marie’s spirit, character, and achievements — as a mother, grandmother, volunteer, businesswoman, and community member — inspired the launch of the Foundation in 1998 and guide our work today.
OUR HISTORY
In 1998, Dave and Sally Bany launched the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation with the aims of supporting young people right here in Oregon. For more than twenty years, the Foundation made quiet investments in dozens of nonprofit organizations, laying the groundwork for our work today.
In 2019, Gert Boyle — Marie Lamfrom’s daughter and Sally’s mother — left the foundation a remarkable gift that transformed our philanthropic capacity and role in the regional philanthropic landscape. In 2020, the Foundation began to award exponentially more funding to nonprofits and hired its first ever employee.
While no longer the foundation we were in 1998, our objectives remain the same: Honor Marie’s life and legacy by helping those in our community who need it most. We pursue these goals informed by our history and inspired by the future, and remain committed to sharing and living our values each day, through our partnerships and our ongoing development.
OUR VALUES
We dream big. Together, we work to animate a legacy of family, trust, optimism, and urgency right here in Oregon. We lead with authenticity, creativity, equity, inclusivity, learning, and listening to build purposeful, relational, lasting change in our region.
OUR MISSION
We honor Marie’s legacy through strategic support of education, community, arts, creativity, health, and well-being in Oregon.
OUR PURPOSE
We work to support and empower nonprofits financially, creatively, strategically;
We facilitate and nurture human connection, learning, healing, and joy;
We pursue partnerships that value and empower those involved to make positive change in their communities;
We aim to yield ongoing positive outcomes, alleviate human suffering, and promote thriving communities.
OUR TEAM
Since 1998, the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation has been led and inspired by Marie’s family. That tradition continues today, with support from a passionate team who value Marie’s legacy and her commitment to serving this community.