Since 2007, the Office of Neighborhood Involvement and Southeast Uplift have partnered to offer the annual City of Portland's Neighborhood Small Grants Program. The grants program responds to years of input from neighborhood and community leaders for increased direct resources to neighborhood associations and other community-based groups working on local neighborhood projects.

Our goal for this annual grant program is to provide neighborhood and community organizations an opportunity to build community, attract new and diverse members and sustain those already involved. 

2011 Neighborhood Small Grant Funding

We are pleased to announce that the Neighborhood Small Grants program will still be available in 2011, despite significant budget cuts.  For the fifth year of the program, Portland's Office of Neighborhood Involvement has provided $86,664 in small grant funds to neighborhood and community-based organizations citywide.  The grant funds will be distributed through the seven district coalition offices, with approximately $22,000 in grant funds available for applicants within the SE Uplift coalition area.

We anticipate grant applications to be available in mid-August 2010, with a deadline of Monday, November 1, 2010.  Please continue to visit our website for more information later this summer.

2010 Neighborhood Small Grant Projects

On January 4, 2010, the Southeast Uplift Board of Directors awarded twenty-seven neighborhood associations and community-based organizations a total of $40,513 in grant funds through the 2010 SE Uplift Neighborhood Small Grants Program.  Click here to read more about the projects that were selected for funding in 2010.

Click here  for more information about the grant program guidelines, SE Uplift's preferred use of funds and a summary of projects funded in 2007, 2008, and 2009.