MAF Community Grant

The Multnomah Athletic Foundation offers community grants aimed at promoting athletic participation among youth, particularly those from underserved communities. By prioritizing access and opportunities, the foundation seeks to enhance confidence and character in young athletes. The funding is unrestricted, encouraging innovative projects that foster sustainable growth in nonprofit organizations. Emphasizing transparency and collaboration, the foundation aims to create equitable outcomes for all participants in the Portland metropolitan area.

The Multnomah Athletic Foundation provides community grants that support confidence and character-building opportunities for youth with an emphasis on athletic participation. The foundation gives highest priority to investing in partners who provide opportunities to neighborhoods and populations with limited access and resources.
Helping Kids and Communities Thrive
The Multnomah Athletic Foundation provides community grants that support confidence and character-building opportunities with an emphasis on athletic participation for youth.We believe we have an opportunity to make an impact on a nonprofit organization’s ability to foster or enhance athletic participation.We believe that there is social, emotional, and physical value in athletic participation. We provide each individual an opportunity to experience the value of team, dedication, and participation through athletics.The foundation gives highest priority to activities that provide greater access to youth who are economically disadvantaged and under-served.We believe that our community grant partners outreach should reflect the diversity of Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties.We embrace our opportunity to lead by harnessing our collective resources and passion.
What do we fund?
The Multnomah Athletic Foundation funding is unrestricted, which began in 2024. This approach is fundamentally about recognizing and addressing power imbalances in service of a healthier, more equitable, and more impactful nonprofit sector. Our commitment is to relationships based on transparency and mutual learning – both internally within our organization and externally with our grant partners. We will ask about the organization’s initiatives and projects that the funding will support.
Projects and initiatives may include:
Funding for program development and the continuation/expansion of existing programsCreating a viable fundraising and sustainability plan.Operation support that enables an organization to carry out its core mission by strengthening organizational capacity and program sustainabilitySpecific projects with capital expenditures, such as equipment and facilitiesFunding can be requested for operational support or administrative expenses like staffing and training expense

Eligibility

Who do we fund?Our grant partners:Operate effective programs that primarily serve youth with limited access or underserved communities.Develop short and long-term strategies for addressing identified organizational needs. Need financial support to meet the demand for core programs and services and effectively administer programs.Can be established or start-ups, and are well-managed and financially viable.Provide services in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area.We focus on the following Oregon counties – Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas.
An organization that is certified as tax exempt under Section 501(c) (3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and is not a private foundation as defined in section 509(a) of that Code is eligible for consideration.

Ineligibility

Grants are specifically not made:
To individuals. The group must be a registered and certified a tax exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.To fiscal sponsors. The group must be a registered and certified a tax exempt 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.For endowment funds.For prior deficits or debt reduction.For PTO/PTA organizations.For political organizations.For the collection of funds for re-granting to other nonprofit groups.