Allocation Committee Grant Decisions
Below are the grants approved by the Allocation Committee at the April 23, 2025 meeting. Grants next need to be approved by Portland City Council. Learn more in the recap of the April 23 Allocation Committee meeting.
After School
Organization name and program description
Investment 2025-28
Black Oregon Land Trust, Ancestral Agricultural Education
Provide nature-based education for Black and Indigenous children and families.
$300,000
The Blueprint Foundation, After School WISE Program
Provide environmental education and career exposure program for Black youth.
$525,000
BRAVO Youth Orchestras, After School Music Education
Provide youth orchestra music education program for K-8 youth at 5 school sites.
$322,000
Girls Inc. of the Pacific Northwest, After School Girls Groups
Provide girls group programming focused on empowerment, academic support and enrichment at up to 9 school sites.
$300,000
Hacienda Community Development Corporation, Expresiones After School
Provide after school and summer academic support and enrichment programming at 3 affordable housing sites.
$607,000
Human Solutions, Inc. DBA Our Just Future, LearnLinks: Community-Based Academic Support
Provide academic and enrichment after school programming at up to 4 affordable housing sites.
$461,000
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), In School Program for Immigrant and Refugee Education (INSPIRE) After School
Provide academic support and case management services for immigrant and refugee youth at 9 elementary and middle school sites.
$1,611,000
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), After School SUN Community Schools
Provide SUN Community School services offered at Ventura Park and Parkrose middle schools.
$411,000
Impact NW, AKA Science
Provide experiential science education program for K-8 youth at SUN school sites.
$444,000
Impact NW, Career Opportunities Readiness and Exploration (CORE) High School Program
Provide CORE program for youth at 3 high schools, with options to receive high school elective credit and stipends for internships.
$368,000
Latino Network, After School Educational Access Program (EAP)
Provide programming focused on Latine students at 2 middle schools.
$403,000
Metropolitan Family Service, SUN After School Programming
Provide SUN Community School services at Cherry Park and West Powellhurst schools.
$442,000
My Voice Music, Incorporated, My Voice Music: Trauma-Informed After School Music Programs
Provide after school music enrichment programming at the MVM studio.
$300,000
Native American Youth & Family Center, After School Program
Provide academic support and enrichment services for Native American youth at NAYA.
$555,000
Pacific Refugee Support Group, After School Program
Provide tutoring and enrichment activities for immigrant and refugee youth in SW Portland.
$466,000
Pathfinders of Oregon DBA The Pathfinder Network, The PATHfinder Club: An After School Program
Provide academic support and enrichment services for teens impacted by incarceration, detention, and deportation at 1 high school and youth in juvenile detention at Donald E. Long facility.
$465,000
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., After School Program
Provide college/career readiness support and robotics enrichment program for youth enrolled in POIC alternative schools.
$324,000
The Portland Playhouse, Social Justice Theatre Program
Provide after school theater-based services focused on serving Black/African youth at up to 16 school sites.
$660,000
Portland Tennis & Education, After School Program
Provide after school tennis instruction enrichment and academic support programming in North Portland.
$475,000
Self Enhancement, Culturally Specific After School Support
Provide academic support and enrichment programming for Black youth.
$1,443,000
Somali American Council Of Oregon, Club Baro (Learn)
Provide after school academic and enrichment programming for Somali refugee youth.
$425,000
Total After School
$11,307,000
Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention
Organization name and program description
Investment 2025-28
Bradley Angle, Healing Roots/Kinship program
Offer individual support to adults/youth and family stabilization services for Black/African American survivors of domestic violence or youth who have experienced violence in their homes.
$628,000
Bridge Meadows, Intergenerational Interventions
Provide therapy, case management and community meals for youth previously in foster care and currently living at Bridge Meadows housing site.
$351,000
El Programa Hispano Católico, Culturally Responsive Trauma Recovery
Provide prevention and therapeutic support to Latino families impacted by domestic violence, sexual abuse and/or trafficking.
$642,000
Family Skillbuilders Services, In-Home Parent Training and Family Support
Offer home visiting services, hands-on parenting support, and community connection to families.
$300,000
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, Child Abuse Prevention & Intervention Program
Provide home visiting and parent education services for immigrants and refugees.
$971,000
Impact NW, Safe Families, Safe Communities
Offer therapeutic services for families impacted by domestic violence.
$555,000
Janus Youth Program, Insights SEEDS Program
Provide parenting education and home visiting services for teen and young parents up to age 22 and their children.
$754,000
Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center DBA CARES Northwest, Trauma-Focused Therapy Program
Provide therapy services to children who have experienced significant child abuse trauma (physical, sexual, and/or significant traumatic histories).
$687,000
LifeWorks NW, Children’s Relief Nursery
Provide family relief nursery services for infants-children age 5 and their families.
$1,709,000
LifeWorks NW, Family Community Alliance
Provide strengths-based and intensive home visiting services for families at risk for involvement with Oregon Department of Human Services Child Welfare.
$875,000
Lutheran Community Services Northwest, Parenting in Portland (PIP) program
Provide parenting education and support services for immigrant and refugee families.
$681,000
Native American Rehabilitation Association of the Northwest, Incorporated, Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention (DHS contracts team)
Offer family stabilization and preservation services to American Indian/Alaska Native children and their families.
$750,000
Pathfinders of Oregon DBA The Pathfinder Network, Center for Family Success
Provide parenting education, case management, and wrap-around support services to families who are impacted by the criminal justice system and/or reentering the community after incarceration.
$1,046,000
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., Young Parent Program
Provide parenting education and home visiting services to young parents ages 18-24 and their children.
$503,000
Volunteers of America of Oregon, Inc., Family Relief Nursery
Provide family relief nursery services for infants-children age 5 and their families.
$934,000
Youth, Rights & Justice, Family Defense Project
Offer short-term legal representation and social work services for youth at risk of entering foster care, and supporting families to keep youth safely at home.
$462,000
YWCA of Greater Portland, Healing Together: Trauma-Focused Therapeutic Support
Offer therapeutic services for children and families impacted by domestic and sexual violence.
$642,000
Total Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention
$12,490,000
Early Childhood
Organization name and program description
Investment 2025-28
Albina Head Start, Early Head Start Classrooms
Provide Early Head Start classroom-based services for infants and toddlers from families earning low incomes, including BIPOC children and children with disabilities.
$2,649,000
APANO Communities United Fund, Family Wellness Early Childhood
Provide family wellness groups, pre/post natal support, and parent/child groups for prenatal-children age 2, including for families of children with disabilities/medical needs; focuses on Asian families.
$500,000
Black Parent Initiative, First 1,000 Days Early Childhood Continuum
Provide pre/post natal and doula services for Black mothers and their families, with a focus on families with infants-children age 2.
$506,000
Hacienda Community Development Corporation, Sembrando Semillitas Early Childhood Education
Provide home visiting and parent-child group early learning services for Latine families in NE Cully area to focus services on prenatal-children age 2
$550,000
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, Child and Parent Success (CAPS)
Provide home visiting and parent-child early learning group services for immigrant and refugee families in East Portland with a focus on prenatal-children age 2.
$1,675,000
Impact NW, Parent-Child Development Services (PCDS)
Provide home visiting and parent-child early learning group services for BIPOC populations and families earning low incomes with a focus on prenatal-children age 2.
$845,000
Latino Network, Juntos Aprendemos
Provide weekly, school-year parent-child early learning groups for Latine children and families at 4-5 school sites.
$1,099,000
Metropolitan Family Service, Early Ready, Set, Go! 0 to 3
Provide parent-child early learning group services at 1 site in East Portland for Latine families and families of children with disabilities, focus on prenatal-children age 3.
$360,000
Morrison Child and Family Services, Listos Para Aprender Program
Provide home visiting and parent-child group services for Latine children and families in East Portland with a focus on prenatal-children age 2.
$1,724,000
Morrison Child and Family Services, Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation
Provide infant/early childhood mental health consultation focusing on infants-children age 2 from PCL priority populations* attending childcare, early learning and home visiting programs funded by PCL and PCL’s Community Childcare Initiative.
$1,832,000
Native American Youth and Family Center, Ten’As Sun Early Childhood Program
Provide home visiting and parent-child early learning group services for Native American/Alaska Native and BIPOC populations with a focus on prenatal-children age 2.
$563,000
Total Early Childhood
$12,303,000
Foster Care
Organization name and program description
Investment 2025-28
Boys & Girls Aid, Permanency Services
Provide permanency services (adoption, return to parent, guardianship, etc.) for foster youth.
$673,000
The Dougy Center, Inc., The L.Y.G.H.T. Program: Peer Grief Support Program for Youth in Foster Care
Offer facilitated group grief support services for foster youth experiencing loss.
$668,000
Friends of the Children-Portland, Mentoring Services for Foster Youth
Provide long-term mentoring services for foster youth.
$759,000
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, Foster Care Program
Provide a range of support services for immigrant and refugee foster youth, their foster families and birth families.
$730,000
Janus Youth Program, Inc., Insights Echo Program
Provide intensive home visiting, parenting and life skills education for foster youth and former foster youth who are pregnant or parenting, or who have children who were or are in foster care.
$624,000
Kinship House, Mental Health Therapy for Children in Foster Care
Offer therapeutic services for foster youth.
$539,000
Native American Youth and Family Center, NAYA Foster Care Support
Provide case management and support services to Native American/Alaskan Native foster youth.
$795,000
New Avenues for Youth, Inc., Avenues to College & Workforce
Provide wraparound support for youth ages 18-24 who are/were in foster care to access higher education, job training/employment and housing support.
$901,000
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., Mental Health Services for Foster Care Youth
Offer mental health services to youth ages 14-24 who are/were in foster care.
$580,000
Self Enhancement, Inc., Culturally Specific Foster Care Support
Provide home visiting and support services for African American youth in foster care and their families.
$503,000
Youth Progress Association, Positive Outcomes for Older Youth in Foster Care
Offer case management and support services for foster youth in Behavior Rehabilitation Services or therapeutic foster care placement.
$472,000
Youth, Rights, & Justice, SchoolWorks
Provide legal advocacy in educational settings including special education and disability accommodation services for foster youth.
$724,000
Total Foster Care
$7,968,000
Hunger Relief
Organization name and program description
Investment 2025-28
Black Food Sovereignty Coalition, Cultivating Intergenerational Connection
Develop summer garden internships for youth 18-24 and produce vouchers for children at summertime Come Thru markets. Focuses on Black/African American families.
$450,000
Community Development Corporation of Oregon, Locally Grown Food Security
Supports immigrant and refugee local farmers/growers to supply culturally relevant foods to immigrant and refugee families through markets and food delivery through partnership with Play, Grow, Learn in East Portland.
$500,000
Familias en Acción, Nutrition and Equity Program
Provide health equity education for Latine mothers of young children and CSA food delivery for their families.
$661,000
Feed ’em Freedom, Black Community Food Hub
Provide community-based food pantry and community health worker to support family food access in Parkrose area. Focused on Black/African American families.
$450,000
Growing Gardens, Hunger Relief Through Culturally-Responsive Garden Programming
Provide school-based garden education at up to 10 schools with predominantly BIPOC students in 4 school districts.
$467,000
Human Solutions, Inc. DBA Our Just Future, LearnLinks: Food Pantries
Provide community-based food pantries serving immigrants and refugees at 2 affordable housing communities in East Portland.
$300,000
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, School-Based Hunger Relief
Provide 5-7 school-based food pantries in 4 school districts for BIPOC and other priority populations*.
$846,000
KairosPDX, School-Based Happy Belly Outreach program
Provide school-based food pantry, weekend food bags, and cooking/nutrition classes at school serving Black children.
$300,000
Meals on Wheels People, Meals 4 Kids Program
Deliver prepared meals and groceries to BIPOC and other priority population* families, including families with significant barriers to food access such as disabilities and medical/health barriers.
$2,391,000
Metropolitan Family Service, Hunger Relief School-Based Food Pantries
Provide 3-5 school-based food pantries for BIPOC priority populations in 3 school districts in East Portland.
$505,000
Neighborhood House, Inc., Free Food Market
Provide mobile food delivery to 7-9 affordable housing and African immigrant and refugee communities in SW Portland.
$300,000
Oregon Food Bank, Inc., School Pantry Program
Provide 15-20 school-based food pantries with partner organizations for BIPOC priority populations in 4 school districts.
$1,630,000
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., School and Community-based Nutrition Program
Provide food closets at alternative school campuses and community-based monthly food distribution for families. Serves Black/African American families.
$300,000
Sunshine Division, Community Hunger Relief
Provide weekend food bags to houseless children attending Community Transitional School and food delivery to families with barriers to food access due to disabilities, health issues.
$300,000
Total Hunger Relief
$9,400,000
Mentoring
Organization name and program description
Investment 2025-28
Center for African Immigrants & Refugees Organization (CAIRO), Project to Educate, Empower, and Re-frame (PEER) African Leadership
Provide college, career, and leadership development mentoring activities for African immigrant and refugee youth ages 18-24.
$400,000
Elevate Oregon, Building Relationships Mentoring
Provide mentoring services to BIPOC youth in grades 5-12 in 2 East Portland school districts.
$400,000
ELSO Incorporated, Tappin’ Roots Program
Provide mentoring services for BIPOC high school youth to train in science, technology, engineering, art, and math careers, and lead summer environmental education activities for younger youth.
$300,000
Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Center, Tomorrow’s Leaders Mentoring Program
Provide mentoring services and academic support for Ethiopian and Eritrean immigrant and refugee youth (K-12).
$400,000
Friends of the Children-Portland, Mentoring
Provide long-term mentoring services for youth in grades 1-12.
$1,347,000
Going Home II, Triple Threat Mentoring
Provide mentoring services, college readiness activities, and summer programming for Black middle and high school youth at risk of committing violence in North Portland.
$500,000
HOLLA, Expanding Mentorship
Provide mentoring services for BIPOC youth in grades 2-12 in David Douglas School District.
$410,000
Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization, Refugee and Immigrant Mentoring (RIM)
Provide mentoring services and academic support for immigrant and refugee high school youth.
$1,023,000
Latino Network, Mentoring Education Access Program (EAP)
Provide mentoring services to Latine high school in 2 East Portland high schools.
$750,000
Latino Network, Padrinos Mentorship Program
Provide mentoring services to gang affected/involved Latine youth.
$487,000
Lewis & Clark College DBA Lewis & Clark, TransActive Gender Project PDX
Provide group mentoring services to transgender youth and their parents/caregivers.
$300,000
Native American Youth and Family Center, NAYA College & Career Readiness Program
Provide college and career mentorship program for Native American/Alaskan Native high school youth.
$493,000
Open School, Inc., Step Up
Provide academic mentoring services to BIPOC high school age youth at 3 high schools.
$1,285,000
Outside In, Youth Services Program
Provide wrap-around mentoring services, job readiness, and GED completion for BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ houseless youth ages 18-24.
$685,000
P:ear, Creative Mentorship
Provide mentoring services to support job training and GED completion services for houseless youth ages 18-24.
$500,000
Pathfinders of Oregon DBA The Pathfinder Network, Mentoring Inside Out Program
Provide mentoring for youth with parents impacted by criminal justice system involvement.
$455,000
Portland Workforce Alliance, Mentoring to Portland Careers
Provide career-focused mentoring services for youth ages 14-24.
$300,000
Portland YouthBuilders, Creating Pathways Out of Poverty
Provide mentoring services to support BIPOC youth ages 18-24 to complete GED, high school diploma, and/or pre-apprenticeship programs.
$900,000
Samoa Pacific Development Corporation, Inclusive Network Supporting Pacific Islander Resilience and Empowerment (INSPIRE)
Provide mentoring services for Pacific Islander youth at Roosevelt High School.
$573,000
Total Mentoring
$11,508,000
Special Initiatives
Organization name and program description
Investment 2025-2028
Childcare Resource & Referral Multnomah at Mt. Hood Community College, Community Childcare Initiative
Childcare subsidy initiative that helps working families earning low incomes afford high-quality childcare, for infants-children age 12. Supplements the state’s Employment Related Day Care subsidy and ensures that costs for families are covered in full. Citywide.
This allocation was unanimously approved by the Allocation Committee at the June 24, 2024 meeting.
$6,000,000
Total Special Initiatives
$6,000,000
*Priority populations as listed in the funding application are: Black, Indigenous and children and families of color, children with disabilities, youth who identify as LGBTQ2SIA+, immigrant and refugee children and families, families earning low incomes and children and families who reside in East and North Portland.
BIPOC refers to Black, Indigenous and People of Color
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