Welcome to the recap of the Allocation Committee meeting on April 23, 2025.

You can watch a YouTube recording of the video by clicking the image below.

Review of funding process

screenshot from April 23, 2025 Allocation Committee meeting, with PCL Director Lisa Pellegrino (left) and Community Engagement Coordinator Katrina Peterson seated at a table and talking into a microphone while presenting a slide deck. The slide displayed on the screen is a table that lists by program area: the # of applications received, funds requested (3-years, in millions), range of funds available for each program area, the total funds recommended for funding (3-years, in millions) and the # of applications recommended.
PCL Director Lisa Pellegrino (left) and Community Engagement Coordinator Katrina Peterson provide an overview of the large grant funding process.

PCL staff provided an overview of the 2024-25 large grant funding process, including community engagement, Community Council input, application review and scoring, available funding, the development of staff recommendations and applicant testimony. 

View the meeting slide deck for more details.

Funding decisions

screenshot from April 23, 2025 Allocation Committee meeting, with Councilor Dan Ryan seated at a dais and talking into a microphone
Councilor Dan Ryan, chair of the PCL Allocation Committee, explains his funding decisions.

Allocation Committee members voted unanimously to approve $65 million in grants to 94 programs supporting children and families in the City of Portland.

The grants for 64 different organizations are planned to start July 1 and provide funding for three years. The Allocation Committee’s grant decisions next need to be approved by Portland City Council (the meeting date will be listed on the PCL website when it’s confirmed).

View Allocation Committee grant decisions

City of Portland governmental transition

Starting July 1, the Portland Children’s Levy will become part of the Community and Economic Development service area in the City of Portland’s new governmental structure. Until then, PCL will remain in the Vibrant Communities service area, which will be dissolved starting the next fiscal year. Budgetary and other impacts of the change are not yet known.   

Miss the meeting?

Watch it on YouTube or on CityNet Xfinity Channel 30 and 330 (HD) on April 27 at 11 a.m. and April 29 at 7:30 p.m. You can also view the meeting slide deck.

Join us for the next Allocation Committee meeting

Our next meeting will be 1 to 3 p.m. June 18, 2025. Agendas will be sent to our email list, shared on our social media channels and posted on portlandchildrenslevy.org

We welcome your comment on agenda items or the work of the Portland Children’s Levy. If you would like to join the next meeting to participate, please join our email list stay tuned for the meeting invite.