Portland Rotary Charitable Trust Community Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Can we apply?
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.rotarypdx.org/community-grants.php)._
- The Rotary grants to organizations that support inclusiveness and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disabilities, age, status as a veteran, national origin or any other protected class
Not eligible / not funded
- Not eligible: The Rotary does not support
- Not eligible: Non-capital expenditures (for example: program support, personnel costs)
- Not eligible: Individuals
- Not eligible: Religious purposes (for example, groups requiring participation in religious activities as a condition for receiving services)
- Not eligible: Operational expenses, salaries, scholarships, travel, etc
- Not eligible: Office equipment (computers, phones, desks, projectors, etc.) to be used primarily by the staff of the recipient organization
- Not eligible: Support for major building projects or capital campaigns
- Not eligible: Start-up expenses
- Not eligible: Reimbursement of funds already expended
- Not eligible: Organizations that have received a grant from the Rotary during the past two fiscal years ending June 30
Overview
The Portland Rotary Charitable Trust (The Rotary) provides grants for capital expenditures at 501(c)(3) organizations in the Portland Metro area that support underserved youth with significant disparities in their access to opportunities and resources. Grants generally range from $2,000 $8,000.
Eligibility
_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._
- The Rotary grants to organizations that support inclusiveness and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disabilities, age, status as a veteran, national origin or any other protected class.
Ineligibility
- The Rotary does not support:
- Non-capital expenditures (for example: program support, personnel costs).
- Individuals.
- Religious purposes (for example, groups requiring participation in religious activities as a condition for receiving services).
- Operational expenses, salaries, scholarships, travel, etc.
- Office equipment (computers, phones, desks, projectors, etc.) to be used primarily by the staff of the recipient organization.
- Support for major building projects or capital campaigns.
- Start-up expenses.
- Reimbursement of funds already expended.
- Organizations that have received a grant from the Rotary during the past two fiscal years ending June 30.
What Portland Rotary Charitable Trust actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 5
- Total given
- $138K
- Median grant
- $12K
- Range
- $6,000–$57K
- By dollars: Oregon 100%. Top recipient cities: Portland, OR; Lake Oswego, OR.
Example grants
Numotion · Portland, OR
International service
$57K
Lake Oswego Rotary Fnd · Lake Oswego, OR
International service
$12K
Call to Safety · Portland, OR
Domestic violence
$8,000
Serendipity Center · Portland, OR
Youth program
$6,000
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Youth programs
- Capital
- Small grants
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