Portland Children's Levy

06/18/2026

Summer Free for All Lunch + Play opportunities for children start Monday. Find a site near you.

06/17/2026

Free lunch and play opportunities are coming next week to parks and other sites now that school's out. Find a site near you! 🥪🍎🏀

Each summer area organizations provide free enhanced activities at Free Lunch + Play sites in the areas of literacy, arts + crafts, food insecurity, and recreation. These activities are held over lunch time at the designated sites. Check out what dates and parks groups will be at this summer. https://loom.ly/Dv4yN34

06/16/2026

Join our friends Multnomah County Health Department tomorrow for the grand opening celebration of the Women, Infants and Children program's AVIVA Clinic. Connect with resources for families at the event.

06/15/2026

🥵Babies, children and pregnant people are especially vulnerable to extreme heat. Recognize the signs for heat illness and stay cool and safe! 💧🧊🏊‍♀️

📣 Extreme heat can affect anyone, but knowing who is most at risk — and how to spot the signs — is vital.

🧑‍🧒 Those at high risk include:
▪️Older adults, especially men over 50 who live alone
▪️People without access to air conditioning
▪️People engaging in strenuous or outdoor recreational activities (especially children on turf fields)
▪️Pregnant people
▪️People who work in hot indoor or outdoor environments
▪️People taking certain medications or who have consumed alcohol

⚠️ Watch for signs of heat illness including:
▪️Heavy sweating
▪️Extreme weakness
▪️Dizziness
▪️Nausea, vomiting
▪️Rapid heartbeat
▪️Shallow or rapid breathing

🛑 What to do:
▪️Remove excess clothing
▪️Rest in a cool area
▪️Take a cool shower, bath or sponge bath
▪️Drink plenty of fluids

Find heat safety and first aid guides at: multco.us/info/heat-illness-and-first-aid

06/11/2026

Join us for the Allocation Committee meeting 1-3 p.m. June 16. The committee will discuss a potential alternates policy for small grants, hear the fiscal year 2025 audit report -- and more.

https://portlandchildrenslevy.org/events/childrens-levy-allocation-committee-meeting-6-16-26/

06/05/2026

👏 🎾Congrats to our friends at Portland Tennis & Education on this amazing award! We're proud to have supported PT&E as they grew from a Levy small grant recipient to successfully applying last year for a large grant. Your after school work benefits so many children and families. Thank you for your service to the St. Johns community ! 🙌

Cheers to an award-winning year!

PT&E was just selected as the USTA Foundation’s National Junior Tennis & Learning Chapter of the Year. How’d we do it? By providing more services to more students and players than ever before, thanks to partners like
MJ Murdock Charitable Trust Portland Children's Levy USTA Foundation Oregon Community Foundation On Nike Sport Oregon

Learn more about how we are changing the game of tennis and the lives of PT&E participants in our latest Impact Report (https://www.ptande.org/s/CompressedFINAL-2025-Impact-Report.pdf or visit ptande.org/impact).

06/04/2026

Event sponsorships are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis starting 9 a.m. June 9 for events July 1 to Dec. 31, 2026. Ten $500 sponsorships are available to organizations that serve Portland children and families in a Levy program area. Learn more about eligibility criteria and apply: https://portlandchildrenslevy.org/grants/event-sponsorships/

05/28/2026

Stop by Earl Boyles Elementary School on June 5 for Familia Fest with our friends at Metropolitan Family Service. Free food boxes will also be provided by Oregon Food Bank. 🍎🍞🥚

05/21/2026

Portland Children's Levy recently awarded $8 million in grants to support community-based organizations. A set of 12 new small grants totaling $2.6 million will provide after school academic support, early childhood visits, farm-based education and food, and a variety of mentoring activities. Another $5.2 million benefits 94 existing large grants. Learn more 👇

The package includes a set of 12 new small grants totaling $2.6 million to community-based organizations to provide after school academic support, early childhood visits, farm-based education and food, and a variety of mentoring activities.

05/06/2026

Don't forget to join us 2-5 p.m. this afternoon for the Portland City Council meeting. The council will consider approval of Allocation Committee funding decisions for a set of 12 small grants and an 8% increase to the three-year funding of current large grants for use in fiscal years 2027 and 2028. You can watch a livestream of the meeting at the link below or attend the meeting in-person at City Hall.

City Council will consider approval of Allocation Committee funding decisions for a set of 12 small grants and an 8% increase to the three-year funding of current large grants for use in fiscal years 2027 and 2028.