2022 Community Resilience and Capacity Building Grant

Background

The Portland Bureau of Emergency Management (PBEM) is excited to announce the community resilience and capacity building grant in the amount of $300,000.

In 2020 and 2021, the City of Portland responded to COVID with a variety of programs intended to support communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic emergency. These efforts demonstrated the value of working with community-based organizations to better serve Portland’s diverse communities. This grant will build on successful elements of the City’s pandemic response to support recovery and resilience-building in Portland, in continued partnership with CBOs.

The grant is focused on strengthening partnerships with community-based organizations to address the disparate impacts of disasters, and aims to:

• Increase disaster resilience in households in Portland that face disparate risks, focusing on resilience in the face of climate-change-induced and/or earthquake risks.
• Strengthen the ability of CBOs to serve their community during an emergency.

Award size

A total of $300,000 is available and will be distributed through three pathways:

1. Pathway 1: sponsorship of individual programs and events not to exceed $5,000 (total funding available: $40,000).
2. Pathway 2: grant award of individual programs not-to-exceed $15,000 (total funding available: $105,000).
3. Pathway 3: grant award of individual programs not-to-exceed $50,000 (total funding available of $150,000).

Award timeline

• Pathway 1: Expected start date for expenses is July 11, 2022, and expenses report is due in six months from start date (end by December 31, 2022)
• Pathway 2 and 3: Expected start date for expenses is October 2022, and grants should last 12 months.

Submission

Submit complete application no later than July 1, 2022 to Regina Ingabire at Regina.Ingabire@portlandoregon.gov.

Grant documents

1. Learn more about grant announcement and application materials
   Download Word fileAnnouncement and Application103.84 KB
2. Application forms:
   1. Sponsorship application form for Pathway 1
      Download Word fileSponsorship Application60.73 KB
   2. Letter of interest for Pathway 2 and 3
      Download Word fileLetter of Interest57.72 KB

Selection committee

We are looking for community members to help us evaluate the grant applications. Please complete the application form here or complete this application:

Additional questions?

Contact Regina Ingabire at Regina.Ingabire@portlandoregon.gov.