Portland Fund for Grassroots Regeneration

Funding DIY regeneration through permaculture, art, and placemaking to make Portland more beautiful, edible, and alive.

Portland is full of people that are focused on rewilding, urban food production, community repair, and creative placemaking—yet many lack the resources to bring their visions to life. The Portland Fund for Grassroots Regeneration provides micro-grants to these grassroots visionaries who are transforming our city one vacant lot, street corner, and neighborhood at a time. We support projects that center artistic placemaking and ecological regeneration: food forests emerging from cracked concrete, pollinator havens brightening forgotten spaces, community murals that bring neighbors together. With a no-red-tape approach, we're backing the solarpunks, guerrilla gardeners, and community artists who aren't waiting for permission to create a more beautiful, resilient Portland. If your project feeds people, restores ecology, or sparks joy—the Portland Fund for Grassroots Regeneration wants to help make it happen!

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Eligibility

This fund supports artists, gardeners, farmers, and solarpunks working at the intersection of ecology, creativity, and community. If you're rewilding Portland's neighborhoods with beauty, food, and care—this fund is for you.
To qualify, projects must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Be based in Portland, Oregon.
- Incorporate elements of artistic placemaking, ecological regeneration, or community repair.
- Take place in public spaces, shared community areas, or on private property (with permission).
- Foster community engagement, food justice, or ecological restoration.
- Use safe, regenerative practices with consideration for long-term impact.
- Embrace a DIY spirit—skip the bureaucracy and make it happen. But don't break any laws.
We support grassroots visionaries transforming our city through food forests, pollinator havens, community murals, and more. If your project feeds people, restores ecology, or sparks joy in Portland's neighborhoods, we want to help make it happen.

Projects (2)

2 submitted

Project	Status	Raised
Roots of Resilience	submitted	$0
Kawagumba Village Community Farming project	submitted	$271