Equity

The Community Workforce Navigator Program (CWNP) is a neighborhood-based initiative to help unemployed and underemployed residents access jobs and workforce development resources.

The Inclusive Business Resource Network (IBRN) is a citywide program that brings multiple services for small business into a single network for entrepreneurs.

Reimagine Oregon Economic Opportunity Investment Fund Grant Spring 2024 Contact: ReimagineOregon@ProsperPortland.us Thank you to everyone who applied last year! The next funding application round will launch in late spring 2025. To stay informed about the latest updates, please email ReimagineOregon@prosperportland.us and request to be added to our mailing list. English Español [...]

Social Equity and Economic Development (SEED) Grant Update: The City of Portland is no longer funding new SEED Grants as of FY2024-25. All existing grant awards will continue to be funded. Photos: Sonya Damtew, Education Dept. Manager, Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural Resource Center; RJ Artis, Student, Elevate Oregon [...]

Equitable Food Economy Collaborative Contact: Shea Flaherty Betin, email The Equitable Food Economy Collaborative is a partnership between regional nonprofits, producers, Oregon State University, the Oregon Department of Agriculture, and Prosper Portland. These partners work together toward shared goals that will catalyze the development of an equitable and resilient regional food economy. [...]

CONTACT: Jerrohn Jordan, EMAIL Community Opportunities and Enhancements Program The Community Opportunities and Enhancements Program (COEP) is a City of Portland strategy to increase diversity and equity in construction contracting. The goals of the COEP are to increase the number of people of color and women in the trades and to remove barriers for [...]

The CLG program prioritizes projects that benefit communities of color or people with low incomes, and that promote widely shared prosperity.

This initiative provides connections for businesses to hire local students and young professionals of color, purchase from businesses owned by people of color and create diverse workforces and vibrant company cultures.

The Inspiring Diversity Grant offers grant funding of up to $10,000 per traded-sector company to inspire creative equity-related best practices by employers around workforce, marketing and communications.

Prosper Portland offers the Affordable Commercial Tenanting Program at the Stash Tea Building, a full block of commercial space in the prime West End area of downtown Portland at SW 10th Avenue and SW Yamhill Street. The revitalized building offers a variety of spaces to create a cohesive and complementary mix of tenants.