2025 Community Grants cycle

Black Business Hub

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $4,999,999

This project seeks to advance economic growth and community resilience through programming and the construction of an environmentally efficient facility. Key milestones include constructing the facility using mass timber, pursuing LEED Gold certification, and meeting clean energy goals through solar power, above-code insulation, LED lighting, and low-flow fixtures. The project's major goals include improving indoor air quality, enhancing local ecology and water management through stormwater planters, bioswales, and native landscaping, and creating a model for equitable, environmentally responsible development that supports long-term community and economic resilience.

Portland YouthBuilders Clean Energy Campus

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $2,512,260

This project aims to add energy efficiency, renewable energy, and green infrastructure measures to improve Portland YouthBuilders' (PYB) campus and enhance the daily learning and teaching environment for staff and over 200 students. Key milestones include upgrading solar panels with battery storage, replacing gas HVAC units with heat pump systems, weatherizing buildings, installing energy-efficient appliances, and removing invasive plants while adding native trees/plants to create a biodiverse space. Major goals include establishing PYB's campus serving as a resilience hub, reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, and creating opportunities for clean-energy trade education.

Meals on Wheels People Eastside Resource Center

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $3,284,070

This project aims to complete the final phase of a multi-year clean energy and climate resilience initiative at the grantee's 82nd Avenue Service Center. Key milestones include upgrading commercial kitchen equipment to energy-efficient, all-electric models; procuring long-lead equipment, including a PV and battery storage system; starting site preparation and foundation work; installing wall and roof insulation, commissioning clean energy systems, and activating all systems to operational form, including ensuring the community emergency response functionality is in place. Major project goals include generating 401,836 kWh in annual energy savings, translating to approximately $52,238 in utility savings, or the equivalent of 5,460 additional meals annually for PCEF priority populations, delivering lasting environmental and health outcomes for the community.

EcoLivability for All: Building Housing Stability Through Climate Resilience

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $2,583,605

This project aims to enhance community resilience, housing stability, and climate readiness through energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades across four Sabin Community Development Corporation's affordable housing properties, while securing up to $40,000 in incentives per building. In partnership with Verde, key milestones include resident engagement and site planning, installing weatherization measures, high-efficiency heat pumps, solar panels, and battery storage, hosting resident workshops and listening sessions throughout the process, and assigning staff roles for emergency response, as well as distributing safety guides to residents upon completion of construction. Major goals include producing enough energy to fully cover each building's utility costs, which could support the hiring of an additional Resent Services Coordinator, improving resident well-being, strengthening operational stability, and supporting workforce development in the green energy sector.

Over-the-Sill Heat Pump Installation Project

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $2,958,393

This project aims to install up to 405 over-the-sill heat pumps in eligible affordable housing units across Portland, providing permanent, energy-efficient heating and cooling for residents within PCEF priority populations. These innovative, easy-to-install systems offer a cost-effective solution for multifamily buildings where traditional energy-efficient HVAC retrofits are technically challenging or cost-prohibitive. Key milestones include collaborating with community-based partners, identifying eligible sites, completing heat pump installations, tracking energy savings, and conducting regular quality-control checks on installed units. The project's major goals include reducing energy costs, replacing inefficient systems, and ensuring safe, reliable cooling for vulnerable households as Portland experiences increasingly higher temperatures.

Expanding Excellence in Addiction Care with Energy-Efficient Supportive Housing

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $2,046,178

This project aims to incorporate energy-efficient heating and cooling in the construction of a new 46-bed recovery housing facility, which would increase the number of patients served from about 2,000 to 5,000 per year, with over 50% from PCEF priority populations. Key milestones include issuing the final construction set with incorporated changes, receiving building permits, mobilizing for and completing construction utilizing a Dedicated Outdoor Air System for cooling and electric heating, paired with an enhanced building envelope. Major goals include providing six-month recovery housing at no cost to patients, optimizing energy and maintenance costs, increasing energy efficiency and operational resiliency, and enhancing residential and outpatient completion rates.

NE 13th Ave Homeownership Project

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $4,999,999

This project aims to address housing affordability and displacement by creating 31 net-zero homes, which will produce as much energy as they consume through efficiency and on-site renewable power, for households earning up to 80% of the Area Median Income. The project intends to use the Community Land Trust model to ensure permanent affordability. Key milestones include collaborating with partners to provide financial education, homebuyer readiness programs, and one-on-one homeownership counseling; adding elevated walkways, trails, and green spaces to support flood resilience and preserve wetlands and mature trees; constructing cottages, duplexes, and townhomes using offsite methods such as componentized and modular construction. Major goals include creating clear, supported paths to homeownership, stability, and generational wealth.

Proud Ground 2025: Net Zero Homes

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $2,652,794

The project aims to expand its Net Zero CLT Homes Program through the construction of 16 permanently affordable, energy-efficient net-zero homes, which will produce as much energy as they consume through efficiency and on-site renewable power, serving first-time and income-qualified homebuyers in Portland. Key milestones include identifying site and development partners, completing net-zero energy modeling, design, and construction of the homes, and establishing the homebuying process in partnership with Proud Ground. This project's major goals include reducing carbon impacts, increasing homeowner cost savings, enhancing community health and climate resiliency, and providing a supportive path to homeownership, thereby deepening climate impact outcomes for Portland residents, particularly households from PCEF priority populations.

Power & Preservation: Maintaining Black Homeownership Through Energy Efficiency

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $2,902,861

This project aims to support 45 homeowners from PCEF priority populations in making their homes safer, more energy efficient, and comfortable through energy upgrades, solar assessments, and clean energy education. Key milestones include conducting Home Energy Score pre-screenings and Home Energy Audits for 120 homes housing approximately 240 residents; completing deferred maintenance and necessary construction; implementing energy efficiency upgrades such as insulation, air sealing, and appliance replacement, completing whole-home retrofits for 45 homeowners and delivering clean energy education to up to 120 households. Major goals include achieving an average 30% reduction in energy use and costs, helping priority population Portlanders in their homes through critical repairs and efficiency improvements, and developing a scalable, replicable model for future projects.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

LatinoBuilt Foundation Nuestro Hogar Home Energy Retrofits

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $1,526,915

This project seeks to expand a pilot program into a comprehensive electrification initiative by providing 28 home energy retrofits for low-income households and families. Key milestones include developing assessment protocols and quality standards, launching community outreach to recruit and screen participants, completing home energy audits, implementing whole-home retrofits, and conducting comprehensive program evaluations. Major goals include creating healthier homes for PCEF priority populations, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, helping develop a skilled workforce in the clean energy sector, and planning for program sustainability and expansion.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Energize the Land Trust

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $2,157,214

This project seeks to expand the 2021 PCEF-funded Solarize initiative through a pilot that reduces climate impacts for PCEF priority populations. Key milestones include conducting approximately 50 home energy audits, completing up to 10 whole-home electrification upgrades, installing 25 solar systems, training up to 20 individuals and supporting 10 small businesses in obtaining certification in energy auditing and building performance skills, and hosting workshops for homeowners to build energy literacy and community awareness of electrification pathways. Major goals include laying the foundation to electrify Portland over time and ensuring that investments benefit those most impacted by displacement and energy burdens.

CityTeam Portland Solar Project

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $75,782

This project seeks to transform CityTeam's newly acquired building into an energy-efficient 124-bed residential program and long-term supportive housing facility for unhoused individuals in addiction recovery, primarily serving PCEF priority populations. Key milestones include receiving final permitting, installing a rooftop 33.92-kW solar PV array with 120 kWh of battery storage, and completing final inspections. Major goals include reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving energy resilience and reliability for essential systems, and achieving a lifetime financial benefit over 30 years exceeding $300,000, enabling reinvestment into critical services such as meals, shelter, and recovery programs.

Resilience Hub for Low-Income Seniors

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $595,068

This project seeks to transform the Community for Positive Aging's community space, which serves PCEF priority populations, into a more energy efficient and resilient hub for times of crisis. Key milestones include conducting energy modeling to inform design, evaluating bids, and installing solar, HVAC, and other non-mechanical energy efficient upgrades such as energy-efficient windows and exterior doors, high-efficiency LED lighting, and an electric heat pump water heater. Major goals include creating a safe, reliable, and welcoming space that supports community health, promotes environmental sustainability, and strengthens resilience to climate-related and other emergencies, while also expanding capacity to provide disaster preparedness, management and mitigation training.

Strengthening Portland's Home Performance Contractor Community

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $496,558

This project aims to provide assistance to new and existing contractors, with a focus on those from PCEF priority populations, in the home energy efficiency industry. Key milestones include providing mentorship from experienced business owners, offering worksite training and additional instruction on construction skills and business development, developing a tool lending library system allowing 25 contractors to check out up to $30,000 in home performance gear, hosting wellness, peer support, and networking meetings for over 60 contractors each month, and establishing an advisory group of eight local experts. The major goal of the project is to expand long-term climate-related contractor capacity through recruitment and training.

Workforce and Contractor Development: Advancing Climate Equity Through Inclusive Business Support

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $1,469,956

The project seeks to expand and launch programming to help construction businesses owned by members of PCEF priority populations gain greater access to lead clean energy projects. Key milestones include growing the organization's Joint Check Lending and low-interest credit programs, offering certifications through the Sustainable Homes Professional and Building Performance Institute, partnering with workforce organizations, connecting contractors to job-ready workers, and delivering technical assistance in bidding, compliance, and financial literacy. The major goals involve engaging more than 550 existing businesses to help them gain the skills, capital, and workforce support needed to compete and thrive in Portland's clean energy economy.

LatinoBuilt Association Contractor Development 2026-2027

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $1,000,000

The project seeks to expand the grantee's Contractor Development program to support 50 contractors, both those interested in starting or expanding their business in green construction and energy efficiency, and those already working in these fields who need additional capacity-building support. Key milestones include training participants in energy-efficient building techniques, home performance assessment, renewable energy installation, offering technical and financial guidance for obtaining necessary specialized equipment, providing ongoing mentorship support regarding technical assistance, business scaling, and marketing and client development. Major goals include supporting participating contractors expand from serving only single-family homes to entering the multifamily market and developing a varied and skilled labor pool to meet Oregon's long-term climate-related workforce equity goals.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Latino Founders Climate Accelerator

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $710,322

This project aims to establish a 10-week, cohort-based program for entrepreneurs working in sectors such as technology, energy, cleantech, and transportation. Key milestones include publishing annual reports on outcomes, learnings, and impacts, launching and refining the curriculum and training infrastructure, recruiting mentors and entrepreneurs, expanding regional partnerships, delivering two full cycles of programming, and sustaining engagement through mentorship and alumni programming. Major goals involve supporting 100 qualifying scalable businesses over five years, in turn helping them achieve $1M in annual recurring revenue, creating quality climate-related jobs, and building long-term generational wealth.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Portland Electric Landscaping Initiative: Supporting Small Landscape Contractors in the Transition from Gas-Powered to Electric Leaf Blowers to Reduce Environmental Impact

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $1,000,000

The project aims to reduce community and individual exposure to localized air pollution from gas-powered leaf blowers and support micro landscaping businesses (with five or fewer employees). Key milestones include conducting community outreach and recruitment through social media and presentations to community and business groups, delivering a training curriculum, recruiting trainees to share their experiences at future sessions, assisting landscapers in purchasing electric or battery-powered equipment and issuing rebates, and producing a training video tailored to micro-landscapers. Major goals include supporting participating businesses achieve EcoBiz Certification to further reduce environmental impacts, lowering air pollution, increasing the adoption of electric landscaping equipment, generating estimated savings of $500 per business annually, and improving community health.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Portland YouthBuilders: Pathways to a Diverse Climate Workforce

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $1,500,000

The project aims to expand the climate workforce through the grantee's Bridge to Construction pre-apprenticeship program, delivering clean energy training and career development to 100 young adults per year from PCEF priority populations. Key milestones include establishing a new Building Science Principles certification pathway in partnership with Earth Advantage, expanding training to a second site, and delivering clean energy training and career development to 100 young adults each project year. Major goals include ensuring young adults from underrepresented communities can enter and thrive in family-wage climate careers, increasing access to technical skills and job pathways in the clean energy and trades sectors, and generating lasting benefits for both individuals and the broader community.

Workforce Training in Advanced Manufacturing

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $509,846

The project aims to establish a hands-on workforce development initiative that equips 120 young adults with essential technical, safety, and professional skills. Key milestones include providing comprehensive workforce readiness training, educating trainees on potential climate-related career pathways, conducting up to two years of one-on-one career coaching for each trainee, placing participants in degree/certificate programs at community college partners, and delivering wraparound supports such as childcare, mental health counseling, rent, utility, and tuition assistance. The major goal is to expand the climate workforce by enabling trainees to apply new skills and knowledge in greenhouse gas reduction sectors, including solar energy, electric vehicles, robotics, AI, and semiconductors.

Portland's First Hands-On Home Energy Efficiency Training and Certification Center

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $1,013,968

The project seeks to lease and retrofit a warehouse to serve as a hands-on home energy efficiency training center. The project includes plans for the facility to house training structures, a tiny home for practice, and areas for credentialing programs and mentorship with experienced contractors. Key milestones include launching a mentorship program, hiring a lead trainer, implementing a train-the-trainer model to expand instructional capacity, and training at least 200 community members in home energy diagnostics and weatherization installation, including National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) micro-credentials. The major goal involves establishing the center as a community hub for home energy efficiency education.

Residential Construction Career Accelerator

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $336,821

The project aims to connect 160-300 jobseekers from PCEF priority populations with real-world opportunities in energy-efficient residential construction. Key milestones include hosting a quarterly series of accelerator events that provide career mapping, employer panels, mentorship, credential access, and job navigation; hosting Intro to Sustainable Homes & Careers trainings held at partner sites to build awareness and recruit participants; supporting approximately 25% of participants in pursuing Career Navigation Support Services and Certification Scholarships for the industry-recognized Building Performance Institute's Building Science Principles (BSP) certificate of knowledge or Earth Advantage Sustainable Homes Professional (SHP) certification; expanding and promoting the Residential Construction Career Hub as a centralized workforce resource. Major goals include creating a coordinated workforce pathway with trainers and community-based workforce organizations, supporting participants beyond the scope of this project, providing scholarships for industry-recognized certifications, and expanding online resources.

Girls Build Summer Camps

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $377,883

This project aims to provide summer camp programming and an internship program on building trades and climate-focused jobs for over 300 youth, ages 14-24. The program will prioritize enrollment for youth in foster care and/or from PCEF priority populations. Key milestones include educating campers on solar installation, pervious concrete, gray water retention, sustainable roofing, and the use of salvaged, recycled, and reused materials, as well as introducing participants to the trades, including carpentry, electrical, sheet metal, plumbing, roofing, blacksmithing, painting, and concrete. The major goal of the project is to increase awareness of and access to climate-focused jobs for a subset of youth who are often underrepresented.

Portland Workforce Alliance Pathways to Climate Careers

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $226,164

This project seeks to introduce more youth to climate careers and training pathways through the expansion of two volunteer-driven, climate-focused career mentorship programs. The project aims for at least 75% of youth involved in the mentorship programs to come from PCEF priority populations. Key milestones include providing mentorship and training opportunities to over 4,000 youth through the trades, sustainable construction, energy efficiency, transit-centered construction, and decarbonization, as well as connecting educators and employers with participants. Major goals include connecting youth from PCEF priority populations to higher-paying green jobs in the built environment.

p:ear gardens: Homeless Youth Exposure/ Workforce Development (Regenerative Agriculture)

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $400,000

This project aim to expand p:ear's workforce development initiative by launching p:ear Gardens, a hands-on training program that equips homeless and unstably housed youth with skills in regenerative agriculture. Based at p:ear's one-acre community garden in East Portland's Rosewood neighborhood, the program addresses food insecurity, youth unemployment, and climate resilience in an under-resourced area. Key milestones include hiring a community garden coordinator and educator, recruiting participants for seasonal paid cohorts, and establishing new externships with local urban farms. Youth participants will gain experience in sustainable food production, native plant care, greenhouse management, and rainwater harvesting. The project will yield up to 15,000 pounds of organic, culturally relevant produce annually while preparing youth for future employment in Portland's growing green economy. Major goals include building pathways to green careers, strengthening food security, and fostering environmental stewardship among youth.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Northeast Portland Urban Habitat

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $199,756

This project seeks to support the planning, installation, and maintenance of naturescapes and rain gardens in North and Northeast Portland. The project aims to enhance environmental sustainability and provide valuable workforce development opportunities through the creation of these green spaces. Key milestones include engaging with community partners to identify potential planting sites, planting 2,400 native plants, installing 39 naturescapes and rain gardens, and training youth and young adults with hands-on green jobs skills in landscaping, environmental stewardship, and sustainable practices. Major goals include an increase in carbon sequestration, reduced stormwater runoff and wastewater utility costs for homeowners, enhanced soil quality, and the development of a future green youth workforce.

Rooted in Rosewood: Cultivating Community Through Green Spaces

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $419,786

The project seeks to redevelop a wrap-around public green space to connect with an active PCEF-funded community food forest garden. Key milestones include demolishing a 920-square-foot garage and its foundation, and depaving an additional 2,974-square-feet from adjacent areas to transform them with permeable pavers, rain gardens, and street trees, preparing spaces for planting, installing 150 native plants, and constructing an outdoor structure for community use, such as outdoor education. Major goals include connecting East Portland communities to native and natural infrastructure, fostering a sense of belonging in the outdoors, and establishing the space as a hub for community events centered on health and wellness, collective healing, and placemaking activities, such as music and dance.

Growing Equitable Access to Our Urban Green Spaces

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $259,938

This project aims to increase equitable access to the benefits of healthy tree canopies and urban green spaces in Portland by engaging community members and partners to improve green spaces in priority areas such as those with lower canopy counts and higher urban heat in North, Northeast, Southeast, and East Portland. Key milestones include conducting multi-faceted community outreach, including targeted mailings to priority neighborhoods, providing accessible educational materials, and hosting community activities like tree walks and planting events during which more than 4,000 native trees and plants will be planted; distributing more than 1,500 native trees and shrubs to community members in priority areas; maintaining and monitoring over 4,000 plantings across all green space planning projects.   Major goals include placing resources and power into the hands of PCEF priority communities to enable them to create spaces that provide access to nature and contribute to regional climate and habitat goals.

Deep Mulch Community Gathering Space and Infrastructure

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $137,610

This project plans to support the building of a new community gathering space and improvement of farm infrastructure at Deep Mulch Dry Farm at Your Bible Speaks SDA Church. Key milestones include depaving 1,000 sq ft. of parking lot and refinishing the pavement, building a 250 sq ft. community gathering space, planting native and pollinator-friendly plants, purchasing garden tools and soil monitoring probes, hosting community educational workshops and community gatherings, implementing rainwater catchment systems and installing a greenhouse and improving existing garden infrastructure. Major goals include increased carbon sequestration, reduced water usage, regenerative agriculture education, and strengthened community connections.

Expanding Backyard Habitat to Increase Access to Nature and Healthy Environments for PCEF Priority Communities

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $999,349

The project aims to create carbon-sequestering habitats that provide shade, stormwater capture, and climate resilience for 420 PCEF priority population households and community spaces. Key milestones include engaging community, nursery, and landscaping partners to distribute 1,890 native trees and 51,240 plants through workshops and giveaways; providing over $150,000 worth of free landscaping services such as removing plants that disrupt the local ecosystem, improving soil, and installing plants; restoring 60 acres of habitat and focusing outreach on areas experiencing the greatest burdens from heat island impacts, air pollution, and low tree canopy. Major goals include contributing to cleaner rivers, improving air quality, reducing summer temperatures, sequestering carbon, enhancing climate resiliency and wildlife habitat connectivity, and increasing accessibility to nature.

Prismid Sanctuary Regenerative Agriculture Implementation Project

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $976,800

This project aims to create a climate resilient landscape through the redevelopment of a 0.74-acre parcel in the St. Johns neighborhood to accommodate growing program demand. Key milestones include developing a community-led land design and architectural plans, securing permits and required approvals, securing leveraged funds, completing construction, and providing essential maintenance. Major goals include advancing climate resilience and ecological restoration, promoting PCEF priority population-led land stewardship and agricultural sovereignty, improving access to free, organic, and culturally relevant food, cultivating intergenerational ecological and cultural knowledge-sharing, and the supporting holistic wellness and collective joy.

Community Activation at Rosewood Initiative's Food Forest

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $198,000

This project aims to support the co-creation and implementation of community-based environmental education and stewardship events at Peace Village Global's (PVG) Rosewood Initiative site. Key milestones include PVG and partners co-facilitating a series of public workshops and skill-building sessions for a workforce development program, hosting planting events focused on climate resilience, regenerative urban agriculture, native habitat restoration, and sustainable practices including depaving, rainwater harvesting, and food forestry, creating replicable workshop templates and engagement strategies, implementing edible and medicinal gardens, pollinator habitat, and gathering areas designed to reflect both climate mitigation goals and community-led visioning. Major goals are to empower PCEF priority populations in East Portland by fostering long-term stewardship, increasing carbon sequestration, and reducing urban heat through strategic green infrastructure and equitable environmental education.

The Black Agrarian Food Waste Reduction Program

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $670,723

This project represents a collaborative proposal that seeks to build capacity for Portland's agrarian network, particularly among members of PCEF priority populations, by collecting and processing waste materials before returning them to farms to improve soil health and crop production. Key milestones include hosting community and youth gatherings and workshops on waste reduction, expanding access to local food and compost tea byproducts, rerouting surplus food from farmers markets to East Portland food pantries, collecting and summarizing data annually, conducting end of season soil health assessments, and producing story-based reports highlighting each year's activities, lessons learned, and stories from participating sites. Major goals include reducing waste, increasing community access to locally produced foods, lowering program costs by about $4,500-5,500 per year through reduced fuel use and decreased purchases of soil amendments and fertilizers, and strengthening both community and soil resiliency.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Feed Our People: Centering Accessibility and Ancestral Wisdom in Land Stewardship and Regenerative Agriculture

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $825,894

This project aims to expand UPRISE's Feed Our People programming, centering accessible cross-community education and knowledge sharing on Portland State University's Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) program, food justice, first foods, and regenerative land stewardship. Key milestones include providing community education on cross-cultural cooking and storytelling, gardening in partnership with the Earth, intergenerational medicine production, and food sovereignty in emergency preparedness, as well as adding programming around accessible, eco-conscious fishing and water safety, expanded programming on food preservation, and ceremony. Major project goals include increased community investment and buy-in with the UPRISE Collective as a place to learn, grow, honor the past, and heal.

Better Together Women Rainbow Regenerative Program

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $999,904

This project seeks to empower PCEF priority populations through regenerative agriculture. Key milestones include year-round harvests, expanding access to land, tools, and culturally relevant seeds, and providing hands-on training in sustainable farming, food sovereignty, and climate resilience. Major goals include supporting participants in becoming self-sufficient, increasing confidence, and building economic independence, as well as expanding the farm's capacity beyond food production to also serve as a healing space and leadership hub.

Zenger Farm Regenerative Agriculture Implementation Grant

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $708,689

This project aims to transform Zenger Farm from a certified organic farm into the largest operating Regenerative Organic Certified farm in the Portland metro area while increasing access to fresh produce for the local community. Key milestones include expanding the free or low-cost CSA program, distributing high-quality produce to East Portland residents facing food insecurity, implementing low- and no-till practices, expanding annual and perennial cover cropping, and improving soil health through composting and microbial inoculation. Major goals include creating new pathways for the public to access regenerative agriculture knowledge, increasing carbon sequestration, reducing emissions, and improving ecosystem function on the farm and adjacent wetlands.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Early Roots, Clean Routes: Zero-Emissions Food Recovery for ECE Families

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $588,430

This project seeks to minimize waste and emissions for thousands of households by redistributing surplus food from producers to consumers through a network of early childhood education (ECE) partners, engaging PCEF priority populations at every stage and using energy-efficient practices. Key milestones include recruiting and onboarding farmers and ECE sites, establishing infrastructure and completing a pilot phase to refine logistics and coordination, launching full-scale weekly food sourcing and distribution of thousands of produce boxes, conducting seasonal and annual evaluations to track food diverted, emissions avoided, and payments to producers, and developing sustainability and transition plans to continue the program beyond the grant period. Major goals include diverting more than 100K pounds of edible food from landfills over three years, supporting sustainable farming viability by converting unsold food into reliable income, strengthening long-term climate resilience, and offsetting an estimated 10-15% of annual food expenses for participating families.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Connecting Generations: The Japanese Kitchen Garden / Yasai Hata

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $8,882

The project seeks to educate the community about vegetables grown in the Japanese Heritage Herb and Vegetable Garden, focusing on best growing practices and traditional food preparation through a new website and expanded educational programming to reach over 100 in-person participants and more through the website. Key milestones include conducting community outreach through a monthly newsletter, designing and publishing the website, gathering one to ten recipes per month from community members, and hosting quarterly educational events to promote seasonal use of produce. Major goals include strengthening community resiliency and mutual aid, and providing community members with the knowledge, skills, and resources to grow and prepare their own food.

General Operating: Regenerative Agriculture

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $359,206

Funding will provide general operating support (see Types of grants for details) to aid the expansion of Grow Portland's regenerative agriculture programming which creates biodiverse ecosystems while providing environmental education to over 6,500 Pre-K through 8th grade students. Key milestones include implementing the Garden School at an estimated 16 schools; planting, weeding, watering, and maintaining gardens for each year's Summer and Fall harvest; developing strategic goals with partners and staff annually. Major goals include helping students learn about ecosystems, life cycles, plant parts, pollination, and decomposition while tending their school's garden, and reducing the urban heat island effects by providing shading and absorbing solar radiation.

Launching Iron Tribe Network's First Climate Resilient Operations

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $297,000

The project seeks to launch Iron Tribe Network's first climate resilience initiative by transitioning from diesel to electric vehicles across its Portland-area recovery housing programs. The project addresses transportation barriers that limit residents' access to recovery services, healthcare, and employment opportunities. Key milestones include purchasing three electric vehicles to replace two diesel trucks, installing two Level 2 chargers, and eliminating over 700 pounds of PM2.5 emissions annually. Major goals include enabling safer, more reliable, and emission-free transportation for low-income families navigating recovery, housing instability, and reentry. By embedding vehicle maintenance in the existing budget and reinvesting cost savings into rent subsidies and family stabilization, the project strives to ensure long-term sustainability while positioning the grantee as a peer-led leader in climate-aligned reentry support.

Shifa Healing Transportation Initiative

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $630,513

The project aims to launch a zero-emission transportation system serving over 1,000 members from PCEF priority populations by replacing African Youth and Community Organization's gas-powered vehicles with an all-electric fleet. Key milestones include purchasing an electric fleet (six sedans, two wheelchair-accessible passenger vans, and a mobile medical unit) supported by expanded charging infrastructure, recruiting multilingual drivers from the local community, contracting with four PCEF priority population-owned medical transportation companies to provide overflow service, and tracking vehicle usage post-program launch. Major goals include reducing greenhouse gas emissions by over 70 metric tons and providing over 259,200 miles of clean transportation each year and connecting over 1,000 community members to critical services and support annually.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Electrify and Empower: Green Fleets

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $2,000,000

This project aims to increase EV fleet adoption among eligible small businesses owned by members of PCEF priority populations by providing direct vehicle purchase subsidies covering up to 25% of the cost and charging infrastructure. Key milestones include facilitating the purchase of 50 EVs, providing participants with one-on-one technical assistance, and coordinating with dealerships to issue subsidy payments. Major goals include dismantling systemic barriers to clean transportation while building long-term economic resilience, particularly for businesses that have been excluded from clean energy programs.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Clean Mobility for Climate Resilience and Youth Leadership

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $248,339

The project aims to provide zero-emission transportation for more than 200 youth and educators accessing climate justice programming, environmental education, workforce training, and restoration activities each year. Key milestones include purchasing two electric vans, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by over 5.2 metric tons annually, and transportation support that benefits programs such as seasonal nature camps, Green Leaders, school partnerships, and restoration work at the grantee's new 12.5-acre Wildlife Care Center and Sanctuary. Major goals include reducing reliance on staff vehicles, improving equity in program access, and establishing a sustainable transportation model.

Cycling Basics for Priority Populations

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $459,826

This project seeks to support the empowerment of new cyclists from PCEF priority populations by leveraging strong community engagement skills to provide positive initial on-bike experiences that will inspire people to take the next step. The proposal strives to impact up to 1,424 participants, including 386 adults and 1,038 youth from PCEF priority populations. Key milestones include hiring two seasonal Bike Camp instructors, facilitating summer youth Bike Camps, Learn to Ride Clinics, group bike rides in partnership at no cost to participants, and distributing 120 bikes with accompanying accessories to Bike Camp participants. Major goals include getting new bicyclists on the streets while ensuring meaningful engagement for priority populations with little to no prior connection to cycling.

Ethiopian and Eritrean Cultural and Resource Center Eco-Transport Access and Education Project

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $658,145

This project aims to implement a green transportation access and education initiative to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and advance environmental equity for PCEF priority populations by distributing 100 e-bikes, providing education on clean transportation for more than 200 residents, and more. Key milestones include distributing 100 electric bikes, providing bike safety and maintenance workshops, delivering education on green transportation in multiple languages, and promoting awareness of electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure. Major project goals include achieving an estimated $65,000 to $100,000 in total annual savings for the 100 e-bike users, lowering transportation-related emissions, and building long-term climate resilience through targeted community engagement.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Empowering Sustainable Mobility: Expanding E-Bike Access and Infrastructure in East Portland

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $1,837,403

The project aims to deliver a comprehensive, community-centered approach to transportation decarbonization, including a retrofit of the grantee's shop for e-bike maintenance. Key milestones include acquiring specialized tools, hiring a dedicated mechanic, expanding the Pedal It Forward sliding-scale repair program, deploying a fleet of e-bikes for hands-on education, purchasing an electric cargo van, providing mobile repair services in PCEF priority population neighborhoods, hosting 9 multilingual e-bike education courses, offering 4 bike camp and pop-up maintenance events, and holding 7 learn-to-ride and community bike rides. The major goals include reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, improving air quality, and expanding affordable, low-carbon mobility options for East Portland residents from priority populations by combining infrastructure upgrades, mobile maintenance, and robust community outreach.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Ride 2 Own Ebikes for East Portland Disadvantaged Youth

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $253,743

The project seeks to expand the grantee's Ride2Own e-bike ownership program to provide 25 youth from the Parkrose community, ages 14 and up, with free Class 1 e-bikes, safety gear, and training. The project also proposes a collaboration with Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center, which will collect data on greenhouse gas reductions, mode shifts, and economic benefits for youth who might otherwise become auto-dependent adults. Key milestones include providing participants with training on bike handling, safety, and maintenance; offering opportunities to take part in community rides and peer-to-peer engagement; delivering 25 youth free e-bikes along with safety gear, maintenance, and education to support independent, low-carbon mobility. The major goals include building transportation confidence, reducing car dependency, and improving access to school, work, and community for youth from PCEF priority populations.

Expanding and Evaluating Bike Buses

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $895,000

The project aims to support bike bus programs at several schools, engaging nearly thousands of students. As part of the proposed project, Portland State University's Transportation Research and Education Center (PSU TREC) will conduct assessments to measure the impact of bike buses on transportation habits and carry out a longitudinal study following first graders to track their travel behavior beyond elementary school. Key milestones include developing a 'Bike Bus Toolkit' to help establish new bike buses, hosting bike fairs to distribute hundreds of bikes, promoting the benefits of bike buses and active transportation, and hiring "Bike Bus Cluster Coordinators" and "Bike Bus Champions" to support education, outreach, and promotion efforts. The major goal of the project is to replace more than half a million miles in car trips to school.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Oregon Health and Science University E-bike Loaner Program Expansion

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $662,563

This project aims to expand OHSU's e-bike loaner program to encourage more employees to commute by bike rather than by car, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving personal and community health. The program will add 50 new e-bikes to the fleet, hire a part-time coordinator, and enhance outreach and education to increase participation across diverse employee groups. Key milestones include purchasing and outfitting new e-bikes, scheduling educational workshops in partnership with local bike organizations, and launching participant recruitment and data tracking to assess program outcomes. The project will also refine auditing tools to measure participation among PCEF priority populations and document environmental impact. Major goals include promoting long-term behavior change, improving access to sustainable transportation, and supporting a healthier, more accessible campus community.

Community Warehouse: Expanding Mattress Reuse and Redistribution Through Strategic Staffing Support

Funding category: Other

Grant type: Implementation

Amount awarded: $290,214

This project aims to support critical staffing needs in the expansion of mattress reuse and recycling systems. Community Warehouse (CH) is participating as a service partner in Oregon's new mattress recycling program (Senate Bill 1576), but has limited capacity in the mattress assessment, logistics, staffing, and coordination required to manage the rising volume of mattresses. Key milestones include hiring and training a full-time Furniture Bank Manager. The major goals include processing, reusing or recycling over 6,600 mattresses over a 3-year period, reducing GHG emissions from the waste system, and supporting organizational success through additional coordinators, on-call staff, and drivers as needed.

The Neighborhood House Barber Project

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Planning

Amount awarded: $192,690

This planning project aims to determine the best approach to upgrade the second floor and roof of Neighborhood House facility, which serves as an administrative and programmatic hub for the organization's Community Health Department and supports clients, approximately 66% of whom are from PCEF priority populations. Key milestones include hosting community and stakeholder meetings, conducting energy assessments with schematic designs and cost estimates, selecting energy-efficient upgrades based on pricing, climate impact, and community priorities, and presenting the final selection of upgrades with visual boards and walkthroughs, gathering feedback for future implementation and fundraising. Major goals include reducing emissions by an estimated 20-35%, and consolidating the organization's offerings in one location, bringing together housing navigation, wraparound care, early learning, senior support, and food access under one climate-resilient roof.

Resilient Communities: Inclusive Solutions for Emergency Readiness for Disabled People

Funding category: Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Grant type: Planning

Amount awarded: $199,997

This planning project seeks to co-create a community-driven Clean Energy Resilience Access Plan, while identifying the most effective models of solar-powered emergency equipment used during extreme weather events and assessing the climate impacts on tools relied upon by members of PCEF priority populations. Key milestones include hosting community listening sessions to inform the framework for a solar battery backup program, conducting technical assessments, workshops, developing a pilot program framework, and creating a summary report with findings, next steps, and cost estimates to share with funders, stakeholders, and the community. Major goals include creating long-term, replicable, and scalable solutions for clean energy emergency preparation, as well as developing guidelines and training strategies to ensure users can confidently operate their backup systems.

Tomorrow's Workforce: Engaging Youth in Home Energy Efficiency Careers

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Planning

Amount awarded: $199,997

This planning project aims to develop a comprehensive roadmap for integrating home energy efficiency career awareness, exploration, training, and post-secondary pathways into Portland Public Schools (PPS) for grades 1–12. Key milestones include co-developing educator resource modules for Career and Technical Education (CTE) and K–8 classrooms, convening a Home Performance Education and Industry Roundtable, finalizing a PPS CTE plan, and evaluating processes and partnerships. The project's major goals are to raise awareness of clean energy careers, support culturally responsive instruction, and create a sustainable pipeline into Oregon's clean energy workforce. Through this initiative, PPS aims to position itself as a regional leader in preparing students for high-skill, high-wage green jobs that strengthen local communities and the local economy.

Youth Organizing for Transformation Young-adults Organizing for Transition (YOT YOT): Leading the Way to Just, Green Futures

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Planning

Amount awarded: $98,740

This planning project aims to design a scalable, youth-led workforce development model centered on environmental and economic justice. Key milestones include engaging youth from PCEF priority populations through events, surveys, peer interviews, and community sessions, and completing a feasibility brief that maps opportunities, barriers, and proposed partnerships and finalizing a planning report to inform a future implementation grant application. Major goals include increasing access to green jobs for youth most impacted by environmental inequities while equipping participants with leadership skills, paid learning opportunities, and a collective vision for inclusive climate solutions.

Planning for Green Workforce Development Programs

Funding category: Workforce Development and Contractor Support

Grant type: Planning

Amount awarded: $100,000

This planning project aims to develop a bilingual workforce development plan focused on three potential clean energy tracks, solar installation, HVAC, and weatherization. The proposed project also seeks to conduct a feasibility study to define organizational capacity needs, identify contractors who could place future program graduates, outline program roles and participant profiles, and develop a recruitment strategy and other foundational objectives. Key milestones include engaging the community through focus groups, surveys, and interviews, completing the feasibility study, developing the proposed curriculum, and identifying a capacity-building strategy to administer a weatherization program. Major goals include laying the foundation for a future workforce development program that creates living-wage opportunities for PCEF priority populations while supporting Portland's clean energy transition.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Assessing the Climate Health Impacts of Indigenous Foodways

Funding category: Regenerative Agriculture and Green Infrastructure 

Grant type: Planning

Amount awarded: $200,000

This planning project aims to support the refinement, pilot, and community-validated development of the Indigenous Food Sovereignty Health and Wellness Impact Assessment Tool. Key milestones include researching and assessing the impacts of culturally specific foodways on climate resilience and community wellness, hosting community engagement sessions, conducting three locally led food sovereignty assessments, producing a technical feasibility study, and creating a planning report and dashboard. Major goals include integrating climate science indicators and wellness metrics, generating qualitative and quantitative data to evaluate the environmental and health impacts of local food systems, and strengthening climate justice infrastructure led by PCEF priority populations in Portland.

Latino Network Youth EV Pathways Feasibility Study

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Planning

Amount awarded: $100,000

This planning project seeks to assess the feasibility of developing a cohort-based workforce development pathway that prepares youth from PCEF priority populations for careers in the electric vehicle and clean energy sectors. The project aims to center community voices through bilingual engagement and a youth-led advisory group to ensure that future programming reflects local strengths, aspirations, and values. Key milestones include a community needs and asset analysis, hosting regular meetings with stakeholders, evaluating methods from other similar successful models, designing a pilot program framework that begins in middle school and culminates with EV-related certifications in high school, and creating a final report with recommendations to leadership and funders. Major goals include closing opportunity gaps in STEAM education, advancing climate justice, and creating equitable access to family-wage jobs in the green economy.

* Grant recommendation reflects a reduced funding amount based on considerations described in the Recommended portfolio development section. Final project scope and deliverables will be determined during the grant agreement drafting phase.

Pedal Power: Community Bike Hubs and Youth Repair Training for Climate Justice

Funding category: Transportation Decarbonization

Grant type: Planning

Amount awarded: $99,998

This planning project aims to design a community-based bike repair and access program that supports youth engagement and mobility in multifamily housing communities. The project will develop partnerships with schools, bike organizations, and housing providers to co-create a culturally responsive training curriculum and future hub model. Key milestones include conducting multilingual outreach and needs assessments, identifying potential hub and repair locations, co-designing the training curriculum with youth and families, and creating a repair toolkit and outreach materials for future implementation. The project will culminate in a pilot bike fair in partnership with Reborn Bikes, across selected housing sites and gathering feedback to inform a final implementation plan. Major goals include improving access to affordable transportation, creating youth skill-building opportunities, and fostering community connection through sustainable mobility.

Planning for Energy, Restoration and Justice in Lower Albina

Funding category: Other

Grant type: Planning

Amount awarded: $198,000

This project aims to support the development of a district-scale clean energy system within the Albina Vision Trust's Central City Master Plan. The effort will explore integrated thermal, electrical, and renewable energy systems to achieve climate-positive goals for a 10.5-acre redevelopment site. Key milestones include conducting a masterplan energy charrette and visioning sessions to identify sustainability strategies and site constraints, developing concept designs for district-scale energy systems, performing detailed energy and carbon modeling, and preparing cost estimates to align design decisions with feasibility. The project will conclude with a concept-level district design that defines energy sources, infrastructure strategies, and renewable integration. Major goals include advancing a replicable model for equitable, resilient, and carbon-neutral community development.