The Community Workforce Navigator Program (CWNP) is a neighborhood-based initiative to help unemployed and underemployed residents access jobs and workforce development resources.
Inclusive Business Resource Network
Lisa Norwood2024-10-23T16:54:30-07:00The 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
Lisa Norwood2024-10-03T09:36:29-07:00Reimagine 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 [...]
SEED Grant
Lisa Norwood2024-10-03T09:36:29-07:00Social 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
Lisa Norwood2024-10-03T09:36:30-07:00Equitable 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. [...]
Community Opportunities and Enhancements Program
Lisa Norwood2024-09-17T14:49:10-07:00CONTACT: 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 [...]
Community Livability Grant
Lisa Norwood2024-10-03T09:35:52-07:00The CLG program prioritizes projects that benefit communities of color or people with low incomes, and that promote widely shared prosperity.
Portland Means Progress
Lisa Norwood2024-04-02T13:57:42-07:00This 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.
Inspiring Diversity Grant
Lisa Norwood2024-04-02T14:36:56-07:00The 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.
The Stash Tea Building Leasing Opportunities
Lisa Norwood2023-07-26T13:38:25-07:00Prosper 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.