We’re a 501(c)(3) nonprofit!
Northwest Noggin received federal 501(c)(3) status on November 15, 2016.
Contributions – which let us purchase sheep brains, pipe cleaners, electrodes and modeling clay for outreach, plus send our graduate and undergraduate volunteers from Portland State University, Oregon Health & Sciences University and other area institutions to public schools, conferences and community events to effectively and innovatively communicate science – are now tax-deductible!
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“The greatest gift you ever give is your honest self.” – Fred Rogers
We’ve been busy bringing brains and art into classrooms and community events since 2012, helping our students from these Northwest public universities work across disciplines to design and deliver their own innovative arts-integrated instruction in neuroscience..!
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We’ve introduced our students to each other, and to regional opportunities in research labs and art studios, fostering collaboration leading to both paid and volunteer positions that offer participants valuable experience and skills training, and advance their educational and career options.
“Real strength has to do with helping others.” – Fred Rogers
We’ve managed to enthuse and accurately inform over 65,000 K-12 students (as of 2022), many in academic priority classrooms, who get hooked on learning about their own brains by working with federally funded research scientists, and through creative, personally relevant efforts in art.
Teaching matters. And outreach means going places, listening, reaching out…
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During this time, we’ve enjoyed support from the Society for Neuroscience, the Association for Psychological Science, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, the OHSU Portland Alcohol Research Center (PARC), the Portland Art Museum, Velo Cult, Floyds Old Town, the Society for Social Neuroscience, US Bank, GEAR UP, the Multnomah County Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) program, the Washington State Psychological Association, Area Health Education Centers in Northeast Oregon (NEOAHEC) and the Oregon Pacific region (OPAHEC), Southwest Washington MESA, the Phillips Collection, the Spirit Mountain Community Fund, BUILD EXITO and Portland State University.
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We are excited about benefitting all our STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) participants, and learning from and engaging with our whole community, with contributions that aren’t filtered through individual universities, which often restrict support to volunteers from only one campus.
Thank you for supporting FREE, arts-integrated, research-based neuroscience education for K-12 and the public in the Pacific Northwest – and beyond..!
DONATE HERE!
Donations are tax-deductible. The EIN number for Northwest Noggin is 81-3885713.
