• Grants Program
• Grant Guidelines and Application Instructions
• Current Grant Recipients
• Past Grant Recipients
• Scholarships Program
• Black United Fund Scholarship
• Current Recipients
• Past Recipients
• Dr. Ethel Simon-McWilliams Scholarship
• Linfield School of Nursing Scholarship
• Scholarship Resources
• Scholarship Writing Workshops
• College Fairs
• Resource Library
• Brown Bag African American Lunch Series
• Community Calendar
• Community Employment Opportunities
• Community Resources

Current Grant Recipients

We are continually inspired by the accomplishments of our partner organizations, who work hard to make our home a safer, happier and healthier place. Since 1983, we have supported non-profit organizations that provide services that stimulate human potential and foster social and economic development in low-income neighborhoods. Philanthropy is a critical part of our community development efforts and we are always excited to see what our partners will do next!

Last year, the Black United Fund of Oregon served 75,000 Oregonians in need through grants to the following organizations:

• African Women's Coalition


• Bethel AME Economic Development Corporation


• Better People


• Chess for Success


• Children's Community Clinic


• Downtown Languages


• Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO)


• First Tee of Portland


• Grandparents Raising Grandchildren


• Growing Gardens


• HARRP (Highland Access, Reentry and Recovery Program)


• Journey to Freedom Project Foundation


• Kukatonon Children's African Dance Troupe


• NAACP First Families of Vancouver's African American Community


• Operation E.A.S.Y


• PassinArt: A Theatre Company


• Portland Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc/ Piedmont Rose Inc.


• Portland Taiko


• Salem Multicultural Institute


• Saturday With the Arts


• Skipping Stones, Inc.


• Small Business Legal Clinic


• Transitional Youth.