Purpose of the Leverage Fund

In December 2004, the Children's Investment Fund Allocation Committee voted to set aside $3 million over three years to create a Leverage Fund. The purpose of the Leverage Fund is to match public investments in early childhood, after school and mentoring and child abuse prevention and intervention with private investments.

These public-private partnerships maximize community impact and make more resources available to Portland’s children. Thus far, the Leverage Fund has matched $3 million from the Children’s Investment Fund dollar for dollar with private ones for a total $6.1 million community impact.

All Leverage Fund dollars have been committed through the life of the levy through Spring 2009. No Leverage Fund proposals are currently being accepted.