Verde Funding

  • Awarded
  • In Progress

Awarded Funding

Verde is grateful to acknowledge a fortunate funding history, from the very first $10,000 grant from the Enterprise Foundation's Life Opportunities Initiative to recent grants from the Bullitt Foundation and the NW Health Foundation's Convergence Partnership grant program.  Verde's current funders include:

Name

Amount

Use

Date Awarded

Vibrant Village Foundation

$5000 General Support 1.27.2012

Penney Family Fund, a member of the Common Counsel Foundation

$20,000 General Support 11.17.2011

Portland Economic Opportunity Initiative

$50,198 for 1 year Social Enterprise 6.3.2011

NW Health Foundation's Kaiser Permanente Community Fund

$225,000 for 3 years Verde Energy, Verde Outreach 12.8.2010

NW Health Foundation's Convergence Partnership

$150,000 for 18 mos ($67.5K to Verde, remainder to Hacienda CDC, NAYA, PCRI)

Outreach-Advocacy 9.21.2010

Meyer Memorial Trust

$100,000 for 2 years Verde Energy 7.14.2010

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

$270,000 for 3 years Verde Landscape, Verde Nursery 7.13.2010
US Department of Labor Pathways out of Poverty Grant $4 Million, 2 years ($50,000 to Verde, plus on-the-job training funds) Verde Energy, Verde Landscape, Verde Nursery (Lead Applicant: Worksystems Inc)

1.13.2010

National Science Foundation

$63,000, 4 years Outreach-Advocacy (Lead Applicant: OMSI) 9.9.2009

 

Funding In Progress

Source

Amount

Use

Date Submitted

Oregon Community Foundation, Community Grant Program

$40,000 Cully Park 2.1.2012

Oregon Community Foundation, Gray Family Fund, Environmental Education Program

$20,000 Cully Park 1.31.2012

US EPA Urban Waters Small Grant

$60,000 for 2 years (Lead Applicant: Columbia Slough Watershed Council; $17,500 to Verde) Outreach 1.23.2012

East Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, Partner in Conservation Grant

$100,000 Cully Park 1.16.2012

Metro Nature in Neighborhoods Capital Grant, Full Application

$577,000 Cully Park 1.9.2012

Oregon Community Foundation, Nike Employee Grant Fund

$16,000 Cully Park 12.1.2011

Oregon Business Development Department Brownfields Program

$25,000 Cully Park 11.28.2011

Port of Portland Airport Futures

$30,000 Cully Park 11.18.2011

Bullitt Foundation, Full Application

$45,000 Verde Outreach 11.1.2011