Current Grant Cycle Info

The Portland Children's Levy is currently not granting out any new funding.

Beginning July 2009, 70 programs were supported with three-year grants totaling more than $37.2 million to support opportunities for children in areas of early childhood, after school and mentoring, child abuse prevention/intervention and foster care.

The Levy has set aside a $3 million "Leverage Fund" that involves dollar-for-dollar matching partnerships to fund programs supporting children's programs. Staff will begin work on the new round of Leverage Fund grants later this year. (You can read more about the Leverage Fund by going to the "What We Do" section.)

Updates on the Leverage Fund, as well as the potential for additional Levy grant funding, will be communicated to the public through our website and newsletters. Any decisions will occur at public meetings. Please check back periodically for more information or join our mailing list to receive updates.