EPCO Funded Projects & Organizations

2017/2018 Direct Funding - Amount Awarded*

Community Activities Fund - Fall '17 ($6500)

• All Peers Unite: DDHS Integration Initiative, DDHS students, $500
• Annual Mid-Autumn Festival, Vietnamese Community of Oregon, $500
• Community Health Worker Celebration, Micronesian Islander Community, $470
• Eastgate Neighborhood Watch Work Party, Eastgate Neighborhood Watch, $250
• Guerreras Latinas (peer support women's group), $500
• Kababyan4Change English and Tagalog Language Lessons, Kababyan4Change, $500
• Neighborhood Social Services Network, Neighborhood Social Services Network/Division Midway Alliance, $500
• Tibetan Summer Camp, Northwest Tibetan Cultural Association, $500
• We are all Neighbors, Portland Assembly, Lents Neighborhood Action Council, $500

2016/2017 Direct Funding - Amount Awarded*

Community Activities Fund - Spring '17 ($6500)

• African Youth and Community Organization (AYCO), Healing and Rebuilding our Communities Workshop, $500
• David Douglas High School student club, This is Us Campaign, $250
• Fir Ridge Leadership Team, Fir Ridge Phoenix Program, $500
• Informal community group, Community Pet Parade!, $250
• Instituto de Cultura y Arte en Xochitl en Cuicatl, Monthly meeting dinner, $500
• Lynch View Lions Booster Club, Literary Courtyard Makeover, $250
• Members of Myanmar Community, Myanmar Sports Tournament, $500
• Members of Somali Community, Celebration and Support for Somalia Elected President, $500
• Members of Somali Community, Social and Psychological Wellbeing for Elders, $250
• Morpheus Youth Project, PoeOne Each One Teach One Workshop, $500
• One Man at a Time, Bi-weekly Men's Group, $500
• Parkrose High School Peacemakers, Mobilizing Youth Power and Voice to Respond to Racism, $500
• Somali Youth Entertainment Group, Youth Education and Leadership Enhancement, $250
• Tongan Community, Portland Tongan Sewing Class, $500
• Tongan Community, Tongan Day 2017, $500
• Zomi Association of USA, Zomi Association of USA Annual Meeting, $250

Community Activities Fund - Fall  '16 ($5000)

• African Youth and Community Organization (AYCO), Education Advocacy Workshop, $290
• Building One Man at a Time, Dia de los Muertos Celebration, $500
• Center for African Immigrant and Refugees of Oregon (CAIRO), Somali Parent Organizing for Education, $500
• Classroom to Community (C2C), Sea to Sea Statewide Summit, $500
• Franklin Breakers, Youth Breakdance Performance, $300
• Kachin American Community (KAC), Kachin Culture and Language Classes, $500
• Morpheus Youth Project, Art Show: Extending Communities, $500
• Myanmar Multi Culture Group, Myanmar Multi Culture Show, $500
• New Birth Crew, East Portland Hip Hop Gathering, $500
• Portland Chin Community, Chin National Day, $500
• Zomi Association, USA, Zomi New Year, $410

Neighborhood Association Funding ($15,630.40)

• Argay Neighborhood Association, $875.74
• Centennial Community Association, $1655.36
• Glenfair Neighborhood Association, $660.36
• Hazelwood Neighborhood Association, $1863
• Lents Neighborhood Association, $1518.53
• Mill Park Neighborhood Association, $920.76
• Parkrose Neighborhood Association, $855.83
• Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors, $825.47
• Pleasant Valley Neighborhood Association, $1836.49
• Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood Association, $2448.65
• Russell Neighborhood Association, $653.14
• Wilkes Community Group, $1016.57
• Woodland Park Neighborhood Association, $500.50

Small Grants ($25,000)

• Desiderata Mosaic Project, Community Mosaic Art Project, $3500
• ​Growing Gardens, Growing Food and Community, $3500
• Kachin American Community, Kachin Language and Culture Class, $3000
• Myanmar Multi Ethnic Group, Myanmar New Year Water Festival, $3000
• Native Plant Courtyard Classroom Project, Kelly School PTA, $1461
• Parent-Youth Dialogue, $2644
• Refugee and Immigrant Hospitality Organization, Welcoming Center, $2400
• Unity through Diversity Club, Multicultural Night, $2000
• Youth Empowerment Art Project, $3500

2015/2016 (Total Direct Funding: $62,510)

Clean-Up Funds - Partnership with Bureau of Planning and Sustainability ($15,880)

• Advocacy5, $750
• Argay Terrace Neighborhood Association, $750
• Centennial Community Association, $750
• Division Midway Alliance NPI, $750
• Faithful Savior Luthern Church, $750
• Friends of Springwater Homeless, $750
• Glenfair Neighborhood Association, $812
• Hazelwood Neighborhood Association, $812
• Historic Parkrose NPI, $750
• Lents Neighborhood Association, $812
• Mill Park Neighborhood Association, $812
• Parkrose Neighborhood Association, $812
• Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors, $812
• Parkrose United Methodist Church, $750
• Pleasant Valley Neighborhood Association, $500
• Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood Association, $812
• Rose CDC Lents Youth Initiative, $750
• Russian Speaking Community Leaders Group, $750
• Russell Neighborhood Association, $812
• Springwater Community, $250
• Wilkes Community Group, $812
• Woodland Park Neighborhood Association, $450 

Community Acitivities Fund - ($5000)

• Community Alliance of Tenants: Comprehensive Plan Testimony, $300
• Community Care Festival, $500
• Earth Harmony: East Portland Arts and Culture Celebration, $500
• Exchange to Engage: Fiesta de Intercambio, $500
• Karen New Year Event, $500
• Zomi Harvest Festival, $500
• Morpheus Youth Project Holiday Party/Incarcerated Youth Gallery Event, $150
• Myanmar refugee community: Civic Fluency Thanksgiving Celebration, $500
• Native American STEAM Academy, $235
• Slavic Community Center: A Night of Conversing and Public Reading, $500
• Supportland: Community Breakdance Competition, $500
• SW Lents Rain Barrel Workshop, $315

Neighborhood Association Funding ($15,630.40)

• Argay Neighborhood Association, $875.74
• Centennial Community Association, $1655.36
• Glenfair Neighborhood Association, $660.36
• Hazelwood Neighborhood Association, $1863
• Lents Neighborhood Association, $1518.53
• Mill Park Neighborhood Association, $920.76
• Parkrose Neighborhood Association, $855.83
• Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors, $825.47
• Pleasant Valley Neighborhood Association, $1836.49
• Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood Association, $2448.65
• Russell Neighborhood Association, $653.14
• Wilkes Community Group, $1016.57
• Woodland Park Neighborhood Association, $500.50

Small Grants ($26,000)

• Building Diverse Tenant Leadership in East Portland, Community Alliance of Tenants, $3500
• Building Russian speaking community thru art, Andrey Nedashkovskiy, $2993
• Civic Fluency, US Citizenship and Communities from Myanmar, Portland Meet Portland, $3259
• Community Cook Off, Lent School, $3500
• East African Nutrition and Inclusion Project, African Youth and Community Organization, $3444
• East Portland Youth Transit Leaders, OPAL, $3000
• New Birth Crew 7 Year Anniversary Jam, Morpheus Youth Project, $3500
• Teenagers, Their Parents, and the Law, Russian-Speaking Community Leaders, $3500
• West Powellhurst Culture Clubs and Culture Night, West Powellhurst School, WP Booster Club, and Metropolitan Family Service, $3304

2014/2015

Clean-Up Funds - Partnership with Bureau of Planning and Sustainability ($6,982)

• Argay Neighborhood Association, $726
• Centennial Neighborhood Association, $726
• Hazelwood Neighborhood Association, $726
• Lents Neighborhood Association, $726
• Parkrose Neighborhood Association, $726
• Parkrose Heights Neighborhood Association, $726
• Pleasant Valley Neighborhood Association, $726
• Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood Association, $726
• Wilkes Neighborhood Association, $726
• Woodland Park Neighborhood Association, $450

Community Activities Fund ($4850)

• Black Rose Books: Read All Summer Childrens Book Fair, $300
• Community Alliance of Tenants: Comprehensive Plan Testify, $300
• Cultural and Sports performances: Lao New Year, $500
• East Portland Art and Culture Festival, $500
• EPIC Youth: Portable Mural, $300
• Lents Youth Initiative: Activity at Lents Street Fair, $300
• Micronesian Community Day, $500
• Multicultural Youth Soccer, $500
• Oregon Bhutanese Community Organization elections, $500
• Portland Youth Builders Day of Service, $350
• Prescott Elementary Earth and Garden Day, $300
• Zomi Association USA Annual Meeting, $500

Neighborhood Association Funding ($18,818.95)

• Argay Neighborhood Association, $1167.65
• Centennial Community Group, $2207.15
• Glenfair Neighborhood Association, $880.48
• Hazelwood Neighborhood Association, $2484
• Lents Neighborhood Association, $2024.71
• Mill Park Neighborhood Association, $1227.68
• Parkrose Neighborhood Association, $1140.70
• Parkrose Heights Association of Neighbors, $1100.63
• Pleasant Valley Neighborhood Association, $1243.69
• Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood Association, $2448.65
• Russell Neighborhood Association, $870.85
• Wilkes Community Group, $1355.43
• Woodland Park Neighborhood Association, $667.33

Small Grants ($25,955)

• Bicyclist and Pedestrian Education Project, 82nd Ave of Roses Business Association, $826
• Celebrating Culinary Diversity at the Festival of Nations, Division Midway Alliance and People-Places-Things, $3495
• Friends of Hazelwood Hydro Park, $1320
• Karen Literacy Project, $3000
• Lao Sports Program, Lao American Foundation, $2500
• Lents Street Fair, LNA, $826
• Lents Youth Initiative Winter Leadership Retreat, ROSE CDC with OPAL, $3500
• Lincoln Park Multicultural Community Garden, Outgrowing Hunger, $3435
• Mien Professionals of Portland Network (MPOP), $1627
• Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood Community Mural Project, PGNA and Free Arts NW, $1100
• Slavic Culture Festival, $826
• Urban Opportunities, Impact NW, $3500

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* Amount awarded may differ from final amount.