We are investors. In and for our people.
Our work begins with Albina, grounding Black folks’ pride and permanence in the historic heart of our community.
Place-making, Through Investment
We seek enduring, population-wide impact; the kind of change that transforms a community from the root. We think that capital should serve the people. So, our Fund is “seed” money, planted in our community for generations to come.
Photo: 1964 - An Albina Neighborhood Improvement Committee meeting. Notice the tree-planting schematic in the background. The Tree Program was a community-led neighborhood improvement project. Many of those trees have been cleared as Black displacement persists in our city. (Portland City Auditor: Archives & Records Management).
Our Program Areas
For us, wealth is how a community experiences life—not how an individual hoards money. We have grounded this understanding of wealth in our program areas: the permanence of our physical place, the vibrance of our culture, and the wellbeing of our youth.
Place
Investments that create and preserve homes, structures and infrastructure.
Photo: 1931 — An aerial view of Albina, before our community was razed for the Memorial Coliseum, I-5, Legacy Emanuel Hospital and the Fremont Bridge. (Portland City Auditor: Archives & Records Management)
Culture
Investments that celebrate and enrich Portland’s vibrant Black culture.
Photo: 1955 — Members of the Urban League of Portland show off their prize winning hats at the Mad Hatter's Ball. (Oregon Digital: Unique Cultural Heritage Collections)
Education
Investments in our youth and the communities that surround them.
Photo: 1973 — Children sharing stories at the Albina Library Folklore Festival. (Multnomah County Library)