Neighborhood Small Grants – Apply Now!

Grants for small neighborhood projects are again available from the City this fall. (e.g., Think a multi-cultural event that brings neighbors together OR a small construction project for a needed neighborhood facility plus a host of other possibilities.) If you have an idea you’d like to work with HAND in putting together, please let us know.

Neighborhood Small Grants Program & Information Session
Grant Funds Are Now Available. Apply Today!

Southeast Uplift is pleased to announce the availability of $43,114 in grant funds through the Neighborhood Small Grants Program. For the third year of the program, the City of Portland’s Office of Neighborhood Involvment has made $187,557 in grant funds available to neighborhood and community groups citywide. Southeast Uplift will be accepting applications for projects that build community, attract new and diverse members and sustain those already involved.

Southeast Uplift’s preferred use of funds is for projects that build capacity in the neighborhood system, show partnerships between neighborhood associations and underrepresented communities and/or community-based organizations that support those populations, and/or support engaging underrepresented groups (people of color, immigrants and refugees, renters, low-income residents, lesbian/ gay/ bisexual/ transgender/ queer residents, or people with disabilities) in the civic life of neighborhood associations.

Grants will be awarded on a competive basis and may range from $500-$5000.

Deadline to Apply is Monday, November 3, 2008 by 2PM
For more information about Portland’s Neighborhood Small Grant Program, visit www.portlandonline.com

Click here to download and print a copy of SE Uplift’s Neighborhood Small Grants application.

Grant Information Session- RSVP Today!
Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend Southeast Uplift’s Information Session to learn more about the application, the committee review process and an overview of funds that have been awarded in the past.

Tuesday, September 30, 6:30-8:00PM
Southeast Uplift, 3534 SE Main St
To RSVP or for more information, contact Kristen Wiener, SE Uplift Grants Manager at kristen@southeastuplift.org or 503 232-0010 x 319