Brides for a Cause

Brides for A Cause receives and sells donated wedding dresses and bridal accessories to raise money to give grants and donations to irc 501 (c)(3) organizations that promote womens causes while simultaneously protecting the environment by reusing bridal attire at its boutique locations in portland, or, tacoma, wa, seattle, wa and sacramento, ca. The organization collected 7,067 donated wedding dresses, valuing $1,763,681.75, from individual Brides, bridal stores, designers and manufacturers along with $100,360.25 worth of special occasion gowns and bridal accessories. Brides for A Cause operates 4 bridal store locations including portland, or, tacoma, wa, seattle wa and sacramento, ca, which enable the nonprofit to fulfill its mission to provide financial assistance for women-focused charities by collecting and reselling donated wedding gowns and accessories.

Provided 81 free wedding dresses to military Brides, first responders and healthcare workers working the front lines of covid-19 pandemic through the Brides across america operation wedding gown events, valuing $30,855. Also donated hundreds of wedding dresses, bridal accessories and special occasion dresses to other 501(c)(3) organizations to support their mission, valuing $225,189.50.

Contributed $450,000 to (40) locally and nationally recognized charitable causes that provide services and assistance to women in need. Beneficiaries include: american association of university women, abbys closet, american heart association, astraea lesbian foundation for justice, baby quest foundation, bradley angle, Brides across america, bright pink, center for reproductive rights, cocoon house, dressember, dress for success Oregon, dress for success seattle, equality now, every mother counts, fighting pretty, girls inc of the pacific northwest, girls on the run, girls who code, global fund for women, haydens helping hands, joyful heart foundation, ladies who launch, the loveland foundation, marys place, national womens health network, ovarian cancer research alliance, peoria home, pink lemonade project, running start, shes the first, she should run, the princess project, vow for girls, weave inc, wellspring womens center, woman of wonder, womenheart: the coalition for women with heart disease, young women empowered and 9 to 5 national association of working women.