Our Funding

The Exhale talkline was launched in 2002 with just $1,000, raised by our co-founders and volunteers in small donations from friends and family. Individual gifts and the fundraising efforts of our volunteers continue to be a main source of strength and income for Exhale. Combined, they account for about a third of Exhale’s annual budget. In addition to the time our volunteers contribute, and the support of our grassroots donor base, Exhale receives grants from a variety of public and private foundations who care about the emotional health and wellbeing of women and men who have personal experience with abortion. Exhale receives no public funding or insurance reimbursements for the services we provide. In every way, Exhale is a community of people who give their time, money, and leadership to further our mission of a more supportive, respectful climate for each person’s unique experience with abortion. 

Thank You to Our Supporters

We thank the following foundations for their recent grants:

• Compton Foundation
• Mary Wohlford Foundation
• Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
• The California Wellness Foundation
• The Ford Foundation
• The James Irvine Foundation on behalf of Latonya Slack
• The Moriah Fund
• The Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation
• The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Anonymous (2)

We thank the following corporations for their matching gifts:

• Kaiser Permanente Health Plan of the Northwest Community Giving Campaign
• SAP on behalf of Erika Jackson
• United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

We thank the following individual supporters for their gifts in 2011:

Pro-Voice Champions ($1,001 and over)                         

• Elizabeth Arndorfer
• Julie Davidson-Gomez
• Margot and Kyle Biehle

Pro-Voice Allies ($251 - $1,000):

• Ann Honda
• Barbara and Ralph Rink
• Brenda Solorzano
• Cathy Schreiber Rouhani
• Helen Winter
• Jake Beinecke and Ragnar Anderson
• Janie and Don Friend
• Jason Schultz
• Jennifer Rudy
• Julie Edsforth
• Karen Grove
• Kathy Barry
• Latonya Slack
• Memphis Regional Planned Parenthood
• Michael Ziegler
• Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest
• Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains
• Susan Chorley
• Susan Lehman
• Susan Osborne
• Thaler Pekar

Pro-Voice Advocates ($1 - $250):

• Abigail Vass
• Aimée Thorne-Thomsen
• Alfred Strasser
• Alison De Jung
• All Women's Health Chicago
• Allison MacDowell
• Amy Allina
• Andrea Gallegos
• Andrea Lee
• Andrea Macy
• Anne Helms
• Anonymous (2)
• April Cotte
• Armando Carmona
• Aspen Baker
• Barbara and Don Weiss
• Barry Staley
• Bonnie Ng and Paul Kramer
• Bronwyn Heaps
• Carli Cox
• Carolyn Davies
• Carroll Schumann
• Choice Medical Group
• Christina McTiernan
• Claudia and Paul Gard
• Conrad Bloom
• Dana and Jeff McDonald
• David Kimber
• David Lipton
• Debbie Evans
• Deirdre Spencer
• Delta Clinic of Baton Rouge
• Diane Philip
• Barbara and Don Weiss
• Donna Baker
• Edmonton Morgentaler Clinic
• Elinor Fox
• Ellen Frankel
• Ellen Tarby
• Emanuel Rider
• Emily Ma
• Ernest Mark
• Eve Zaritsky
• Evelyn Schecter
• Family Planning Associates Medical Group
• Giny Dixon
• Guido Sanchez
• Harriet Stinson
• Holly Carpenter
• Hope Clinic for Women
• Idell Kesselman
• Ijeoma Ezeofor
• Inger Brinck
• Jane Osborne
• Jean-Marie O'Donnell
• Jenn Simeone
• Jennie Floyd
• Jennifer Alcarez Anderson
• Jesus Ramirez
• Jocelyn Yin
• Joe Weiss
• Jovida Ross
• Joy Gray
• Julie Gard
• Justin Yoo
• Karen Hennigan
• Kassi Underwood
• Katina Paron
• Kelly Ryan
• Kimberly Davies
• Kirsten Moore
• Kristen Black
• Kristin Rothballer
• Laura Fichtenberg
• Laura Perez
• Lauren Gard
• Lauren O'Neal
• Laurie Wilson Phd
• Levent Iyican
• Linda Rider
• Lisa Hoffman
• Lisa Hsia
• Lisa Lepson
• Lisa Littman, M.D.
• Liz Vogel
• Manuel Hernandez
• Mara Gross
• Marcy Darnovsky
• Marshea Fenderson
• Matthew Gooding, MD
• Metropolitan Medical Associates
• Michael Patrick Sullivan
• Michele Fromowitz
• Michelle Gislason
• Nancy Trumbull
• Nat Okey
• North Shore Women's Center
• Phyllis Schoenwald
• Planned Parenthood of Middle and East Tennessee
• Planned Parenthood Woman's Health Center
• PreTerm Cleveland
• Rachel Galgoul
• Rachel Jones
• Ray and Dagmar Dolby
• Renee Bracey Sherman
• Robbie Gonzalez-Dow
• Robert Larsen
• Robin Horner
• Robyn Weaver
• Ruth Ann Binder
• Sadie Jernigan Valeri
• Salem Pearce
• Sally Kaesemeyer
• Sarah Hufbauer, MD
• Serina Floyd
• Stephanie Rudy
• Stephanie Salter
• Susan Iyican
• Talia Walsmith
• Timothy Zolezzi
• Tricia Maslyk
• Vicki Breitbart
• William Martin
• Yvette Cuca Bromberger
• Yvonne Choi
• Zachery Jacobson

Financial Documents

You can review Exhale’s financial statements, IRS form 990s, on GuideStar.

Special Appreciation

Exhale gives special appreciation to two important foundations who were critical to our initial launch and ability to grow. We thank the Third Wave Foundation for our very first grant. Their initial investment of $3,000 in our idea for a nonjudgmental post-abortion talkline was a crucial vote of confidence that inspired other foundations to follow their lead with larger gifts. We also thank the Agape Foundation (which closed in 2010), which provided Exhale with fiscal sponsorship until we received our own 501(c)(3) nonprofit status in 2006. Third Wave and Agape invested in Exhale before we had any kind of measurable success. Our co-founders were younger women from diverse backgrounds without traditional access to wealth or influential networks, and they were turned down for funding and fiscal sponsorship before finding support from Third Wave and Agape. We hope the success and impact of Exhale demonstrates to foundations and philanthropists the potential benefit of investing in new, untraditional ideas for social change led by the people who are at the center of an issue.  We thank Third Wave and Agape for taking a risk with Exhale, and we thank every donor and funder who continues to support us as we grow and innovate.