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A group of people trained for action.
The Contingent is a venture nonprofit that addresses many of the largest injustices and vulnerabilities facing Oregonians today. At a time when the status quo is a divided society, The Contingent becomes an enduring and essential group of people standing in the gap and creating new leaders to confront the challenges ahead.
Initiatives
We see needs and we fill them. We saw a need in the foster care system, and now we’re trusted with foster family recruitment for the entire state. We identified a lack of representation in leadership, and now each year hundreds of students of color are flourishing in college and getting elite jobs.
Action Lab
About The Lab
The Action Lab, a new division within The Contingent, presumes that a good state requires leaders with a predilection to do hard things.
Action Lab Results
Here are some results from those demonstrations that have become formal initiatives of The Contingent.
Published Concept Papers
View The Contingents white papers, and get inspired.