The Community Placemaking program helps people tackle community challenges or opportunities by funding creative, arts-based, equity-focused efforts.
Donor Name: Metro
State:Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The grant support efforts that strengthen people’s connection to each other and places they care about and involve and benefit communities of color and other historically marginalized communities.
Community Placemaking Objectives
- Placemaking
- People’s connections to each other and to places they care about are strengthened (new) through shared activities.
- Community stability
- People’s connections to each other contributes to their wellness and ability to recover from hardship or oppression.
- Equity:
- People of color and members of historically marginalized communities have power and resources to influence their neighborhoods and communities.
- Partnerships:
- People’s efforts are maximized because they work in partnership with each other and with Metro.
- Leadership:
- People participate in projects and decisions that affect them.
Funding Information
Up to $450,000 is available for the 2026 cycle, in grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000. No matching funds are required.
Grant Period
March 2026 to June 2027.
Eligibility Criteria
Grant-funded activities must take place within the Portland region’s Urban Growth Boundary. Businesses and individuals without a nonprofit partner are not eligible.
- Community-based organizations with tax-exempt nonprofit status. Nonprofit entities not registered as a 501(c)3 should contact the grant manager to determine eligibility.
- Individuals or community groups with a tax-exempt fiscal sponsor, such as a state certified, federally approved 501(c)3 nonprofit.
- Public agency, institution or Tribe.
- If you are a past recipient of a Community Placemaking grant and your grant funded an event (single or multiple days).
For more information, visit Metro.
