Here for good. Here for you.
That’s Legacy Health. We’ve always been here — for our patients, for our communities. Always. We’re a local nonprofit that provides comprehensive primary, secondary and tertiary care services across the Portland and Vancouver metro area and the mid-Willamette Valley. Our mission is to make this a special, safer and healthier place for everyone.
When we say Legacy Health is here for good, what do we mean?
To us, it means the work we do every day is for the good of our people, our patients and our communities. It’s about striving to make a real, positive impact in everything we do, now and for years to come. It means we provide the highest quality care, with a focus on improving health and well-being in ways that truly matter.
Our Community Impact Report includes some of the meaningful ways Legacy is here for every step of your health journey, from routine care to the most complex needs, with compassion, integrity, and commitment to excellence.
None of what we’ve achieved would be possible without the trust and support of our people, patients and communities. Your partnership, your belief in us, is what empowers us to continue our work and make a lasting difference in the lives of those we serve.
We are also deeply grateful for the continued support of our philanthropic donors, whose generosity enables us to offer programs and services that might not otherwise be available to the patients and families we serve.
At Legacy Health, we are proud to be here for good, and we are honored to have you join us along our journey.
George Brown, MD
President & Chief Executive Officer
For decades, Legacy Health has been committed to this region: Here to treat you, here to heal patients and here to help communities.
We’ve played an enduring, important role from rural areas to urban centers and everywhere in-between. Our goal: Make our communities a healthier, safer place while touching the lives of 2.5 million people.
As one of the largest employers in the area, people trust Legacy with their lives and livelihoods. We value the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and work to ensure that DEI initiatives are integrated into every system-wide strategy. This includes our operations and patient care.
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Philanthropy
Caring for people has always been our calling. But it’s not a calling that we can do alone. The generosity of donors touches every corner of Legacy. Last year, nearly $19 million dollars were invested over 400 programs to help make Legacy the best place to give and receive health care.
Areas community donations support
Sum of total disbursed
Community Benefit
We’re here to support good health for all, which means investing deeply in our local communities. What does that look like? Providing care to every patient regardless of their insurance status, for example, as well as funding research studies and training the next generation of health professionals. We also donate services, time and money to organizations that lift the health of our communities.
Total community benefit: $700,696,000
* Amounts rounded to the nearest 100k
Services for people in need
Total $661,318,000
The unreimbursed costs of providing service to Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries and those who cannot afford health care or are uninsured or underinsured, referred to as “charity care” in the chart
Medical education and research
Total $26,936,000
The cost of research studies in excess of payments received from grants and other sources, and the unpaid cost of training medical residents, nursing students and students in allied health professions
Benefits to the community
Total $12,442,000
- Community health services: lab support, health education, classes and support groups, resource centers, health screenings
- Donations to charitable organizations: community health grants and regional strategic health initiatives; board time and donations to community nonprofits
- Community benefit activities: in-kind donations such as meeting and office space, other activities that develop community health programs and partnerships
Our Patients
Fighting cancer. Healing wounds. Bringing bundles of joy into the world. Caring for patients and making our communities healthier and safer is why we are here. We ensure patients receive the highest-quality medical care and that they continue healing and staying healthy for as long as possible.
Here are several patient stories detailing different and unique health journeys at Legacy.
“It really comes down to people waking up, going to their job, choosing to do their best and loving somebody else’s kid through the hardest time of their life. We will always be grateful for everyone at Randall Children’s Hospital.”
-Grateful patient
"Dr. Johnson operated on our son for melanoma 21 years ago when he was just 18 years old. My wife and I are forever grateful for her skill, compassion and knowledge over these many years and wish her the best.”
- Grateful patient
"I was visiting from Minnesota and took a hard fall while touring Mt. Hood. I can't say enough good things about everyone at the trauma center who cared for me. It made a difficult experience better for us!"
-Grateful patient
“Dear Dr. Koehler: Thank you so much for your thorough medical care during the last few months. You helped me get a diagnosis, find compatible specialists and were available to see me when it was necessary. Many thanks to you!”
-Grateful patient
Our Community
We partner with organizations throughout the communities we serve to help address social determinants of health, deliver education and celebrate diversity.
Here is a sampling of some of the ways we show up for the good of our community through sponsoring cultural events, awarding grants and providing health and safety resources.
Event Sponsorships
Legacy Health sponsors events that contribute to the health, safety, culture and education of our communities. Several staff members also participate in these events, providing a variety of resources, such as safety tips and equipment, employment information and health screenings. Some of the events we participate in include:
Portland Pride
A two-day, city-wide festival inspired by the legacy of the Stonewall riots in 1969. The festival, which highlights all local LGBTQ+ groups, is a celebratory reminder of the power of unity and collective pride.Good in the Hood
A multicultural festival uniting communities through the transformative power of music, food and culture. It’s a vibrant space where diversity is celebrated, small businesses thrive and local talent shines.
Fiesta Mexicana
A celebration that gathers Mexican and Chicanx cultural traditions. Performances, soccer tournaments, vendors and high-flying lucha libre matches abound.
Community Health Grants
Grant funding supports nonprofit organizations whose work aligns with the health needs of the communities we serve. These investments advance health equity by focusing on organizations serving historically underserved and underrepresented communities. Some of the organizations who received grants during our 2024-25 funding cycle are highlighted below.
Liberty House
Service Center
The children’s advocacy center for Marion and Polk Counties plays a crucial role in providing resources for the assessment, healing and prevention of child abuse. A $100,000 grant allowed Liberty House to open a Woodburn facility that has expanded critical services for children and families in the area.
YWCA of
Clark County
Provides services, advocacy and support to marginalized individuals and families. Grants worth $100,000 supported salary for a full-time BIPOC youth outreach coordinator that has helped increase sexual assault and domestic violence prevention activities for youth of color.
Feed’em Freedom
Foundation
Addresses significant food insecurity and limited access to healthy, culturally appropriate foods for members of Black and BIPOC communities in Northeast Portland and East Multnomah County. With $100,000 in grant support, they served more than 1,400 families by providing fresh food and educational workshops.
Rose
Haven
A shelter that offers hospitality to individuals who have been marginalized due to gender, poverty and systemic barriers. Its BLOOM Wellness & Empowerment Program, supported in part by our $50,000 grant, provides access to hygiene services and supplies, essential health care and trauma-informed community engagement.
Virginia Garcia Memorial
Health Center
Delivers essential care to underserved populations. Grant funding totaling $100,000 supported the hiring of a navigator who, in turn, has collaborated with medical and behavioral health providers to ensure best practices for students receiving care through its School-Based Health Center Programs.
Community health and safety events
Our staff brings expertise and resources to the community through a variety of events focused on health and safety, such as:
Vancouver Vaccine Clinic
Nearly 200 children received their back-to-school vaccines free of charge during a three-day clinic at Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary School.
Burn Center Safety Fair
In recognition of National Burn Awareness Week, the Legacy Oregon Burn Center hosted an event focused on burn prevention and safety. The event also featured a chili cookoff.
Touch a Truck
The annual free family event lets children of all ages explore trucks and vehicles like fire engines, ambulances and school buses while learning about safety and injury prevention.
Our People
We can’t take care of patients unless our large and diverse staff — our doctors, nurses, customer service providers, administrators and many more — are themselves in good health, physically and emotionally. From forums to trainings to peer support programs, we always try to maintain and encourage the wellbeing of our own people so they may better serve you.
Employee Wellbeing
The Employee Wellbeing team delivers a variety of programs that help our employees and providers take care of themselves and each other so we can take better care of you.
Schwartz Rounds
A forum to explore the human dimensions of caring with the aim of enhancing compassion for oneself and others
Stress First Aid
More than 1,000 employees have received this training to identify and respond to stress among colleagues and peers
Code Lavender
A standardized distress response protocol that uses evidence-based tools to help regulate the nervous system
Provider Peer Support
Brief, confidential intervention provided by colleagues for other colleagues during adverse events or periods of emotional stress
Critical Incident Stress Management
Comprehensive crisis intervention protocol used to respond to unusual or sudden events that can seem overwhelming
“I really valued the group scenarios and discussing them as a department, even though we mostly come with similar perspectives. It was a relief to hear others encounter the same issues and I am not left feeling alone.”
- Employee
“I am so glad this is being highlighted as I was feeling isolated in my head about my feelings of stress. I now know that I can measure it, and it has signs and symptoms that I have been experiencing! I know that there is support for not only me but others that are experiencing stress.”
- Employee
“Appreciated the application to real life in health care. So often we dismiss the things that we experience as 'just part of the job.' But I am learning there is a lot of healing that comes from reflecting and naming the way something makes you feel.”
- Employee
Scholarships
We help our people further their education and skills.
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Our World
Being here for good — for you, for communities and for patients — means we should also take care of our planet, the largest community of all. For years, we’ve maintained a commitment to environmental sustainability, including a promise to reduce GHG emissions by 50% by 2030 and to achieve net zero by 2050.
Reaching these goals means investments in renewable energy and energy conservation, recycling and waste management and environmentally preferable purchasing, among a host of initiatives. Learn more about our many efforts to help make the planet a safer and healthier place.
National Recognition
In 2025, each Legacy campus received national recognition for efforts related to environmental stewardship, climate resilience and community health. Legacy was also recognized for its leadership in climate smart healthcare.
Energy Conservation
For the 13th year, Legacy participated in Energy Trust of Oregon’s Strategic Energy Management (SEM) and Capital Incentives programs. Our energy conservation actions resulted in savings of 3.4M kWh of electricity and 214,823 therms of natural gas — the equivalent energy use of 611 homes. We also received $796,047 in ETO financial incentives for energy work.
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13 gaylords of electronics
11 bins of biohazard
2 bins of plastics
Being here for you means Legacy Health is deeply committed to this special place and its patients, communities and people. And we’re staying here for good, too — for you, from Portland to Vancouver to the mid-Willamette Valley and places in-between. For generations, we’ve prided ourselves in making every community safer and healthier — and doing so with joy, care and compassion.
