Franz Bakery is awarding $5,000 grants to five nonprofits,
and your nomination could help us win!
We love Franz Bakery not just for their bread, but also for giving back to their community. Their generosity helps small, grassroots organizations like ours do big, meaningful work. Around here, we’re especially fond of their Cherry Breakfast, 1906 Wheat, and Columbia River Sweet Dark breads. Read their inspiring story.
At Adopt an Inmate, we share that spirit of hard, honest, and meaningful work. Our nonprofit was built by and for people impacted by incarceration — those who’ve lived it, and those who’ve loved someone through it.
Help us Drop a Dime on Injustice — without spending a penny.
Franz is asking nominators for a few words (maximum 100) explaining why you’re nominating Adopt an Inmate and how our work benefits the community.
If you’d like to nominate Adopt an Inmate, here’s a bit about our organization and work:
💛 We’re a grassroots nonprofit, building human connection across prison walls.
📬 We’ve facilitated over 6,000 connections between people in prison and outside volunteers—offering friendship, mentorship, and hope.
🎓 Our STEP program partners with universities to create transformative learning through direct engagement with incarcerated individuals.
🐝 We rely on volunteers and small donations, not corporate funding.
💬 Our board includes people of color, and people who are both formerly and currently incarcerated.
📣 We just launched a national campaign — Drop a Dime on Injustice — to raise awareness through storytelling and immersive exhibit about mass incarceration. 📣
✨ If our work moves you, we’d be honored to have your nomination.
Thank you for being part of this work. Whether you’ve supported us by writing a letter, sharing a story, donating, or showing up for our campaigns — you keep this work alive.
Thank you for standing with us,
—The Adopt an Inmate Team 🐝
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: [See complete rules]
Nominators must be legal U.S. residents 18 years of age or older as of the date of Submission and residing in (a) the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, or Alaska, or (b) Butte, Humboldt, Siskiyou, Shasta, Los Angeles, or Trinity counties in the state of California (collectively, the “Territory”).
Submission Deadline: 11:59 p.m. PST on April 30th
Essay portions of Submissions must not exceed 100 words and must be in English. The Submission must be the original work of the Nominator who entered, created and uploaded the Submission. By entering a Submission, each Nominator guarantees that he or she is the author and copyright holder of the Submission and that all content described in the Submission is truthful and accurate.
Here’s the info you’ll need:
- Organization Name: Adopt an Inmate
- Nonprofit Tax ID: 81-2478932
- Address: PO Box 1543, Veneta, OR 97487
- Website: https://adoptaninmate.org/
- Contact: Melissa Bee, Co-Executive Director & Co-Founder
- Phone: (971) 236-7897
- Email: nominate@adoptaninmate.org
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