Prosper Portland awards FY 2025-26 Community Livability Grants
July 30, 2025
Prosper Portland has awarded Community Livability Grants to 12 projects in three Tax Increment Finance (TIF) districts for Fiscal Year 2025-26.
Using $1.05 million in available funding in the Gateway Regional Center, Interstate Corridor, and North Macadam TIF districts, these projects will leverage an additional $1.73 million in private investment.
The Community Livability Grant program provides funding to community-based organizations for projects that promote healthy, complete, and resilient neighborhoods and respond to and respect the diversity of its residents in line with each district’s action plan.
The evaluation committees for each area included representatives from community organizations, neighborhood and business associations, and non-profit organizations as well as individual business owners and Prosper Portland staff.
This year, 24 grant proposals were received and 12 grants were awarded for the three TIF districts – two in Gateway Regional Center, six in Interstate Corridor, and four in North Macadam.
Since 2006, Prosper Portland has awarded more than $16.2 million to 276 community livability projects across multiple neighborhoods and TIF districts.
(Pictured: Rendering for the International School of Portland’s ADA-accessible playground & outdoor classroom, a FY2025-26 CLG awardee)
Community Livability Grant awardees for Fiscal Year 2025-26
| Project | Description | TIF District | Fiscal Year | Award Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paper Route Academy | Business and Multi Resource Hub: Focus on both structural and interior improvements to support programs. | Gateway Regional Center | 2025-2026 | $91,944 |
| TVW Inc. - Sustainable Cleaning Systems | Building Accessibility Improvements for Workforce Training Center: Install elevator to 2nd floor, ADA restroom improvements, and security art panels. | Gateway Regional Center | 2025-2026 | $120,839 |
| Billy Webb | Historic Building Restoration: Ballroom restoration includes lighting, ceiling & wall finishes, electrical, insulation, and flooring. | Interstate Corridor | 2025-2026 | $50,000 |
| Black Parent Initiative (BPI) | Soulful Sips Coffee Shop & Community Center: Kitchen build-out. | Interstate Corridor | 2025-2026 | $9,006 |
| Cascade AIDS Project | Prism Health Clinic: Security upgrades. | Interstate Corridor | 2025-2026 | $27,000 |
| POIC | Historic Albina Arts Center Build-Out: Includes replacing HVAC, security fencing, painting, restroom updates, signage. | Interstate Corridor | 2025-2026 | $36,000 |
| REACH | Albina Corner Property Rehab: Tenant improvements to activate a long vacant space for Proud Ground, a community-serving nonprofit, to expand operations in the space. | Interstate Corridor | 2025-2026 | $30,000 |
| Ethos Music Center | Community Hub: Café build-out to provide expanded music education for youth by serving as a cultural gathering space for youth, artists. | Interstate Corridor | 2025-2026 | $48,280 |
| Human Access Project | Cottonwood Bay Park: Removal of concrete debris to create new public access beach. | North Macadam | 2025-2026 | $65,000 |
| International School of Portland | ADA-accessible playground & Outdoor Classroom: Converting parking lot to nature-based accessible playground. | North Macadam | 2025-2026 | $300,000 |
| OHSU | Food Resource Center: Activating vacant ground floor retail space to offer groceries, hygiene items, and community space in the South Waterfront campus to students of OHSU, PSU, and OSU. | North Macadam | 2025-2026 | $200,000 |
| The Cottonwood School of Civics and Science | Social Justice Mural: As part of an outdoor garden classroom, this project will be a collaboration with local artists and students. | North Macadam | 2025-2026 | $32,400 |
