Grants

2026 Grant Applications Come to a Close

Normally, PPCA considers grant applications on a monthly basis. Applications received during a calendar month are reviewed during the first two weeks of the following month and the review committee’s decisions are presented at that month’s PPCA business meeting for an up or down vote.

Unfortunately, we have granted our budgeted amount for 2026. We will resume taking grant applications in January 2027.

Grantmaking Procedures

The Grant Review Committee reviews all applications. Committee members read each proposal in full and may ask questions of the grant applicant, should clarification be needed. The Committee’s decisions are presented to PPCA members at the association’s next business meeting. The committee’s recommendation is finalized by a vote of members present at the business meeting.

Grant recipients sign a contract with PPCA regarding the use of the funds and report project impact at a PPCA business meeting or through the PPCA newsletter.

 

How to Apply

To solicit funds from PPCA please submit our Grant Application (Word document) along with a spreadsheet or similar document showing how the money is to be used. By our application deadline, send the electronic documents to our Grants Coordinator, Bill Stein (RPCV Niger 1990-1993), at grants@portlandpeacecorps.org.

Guidelines for Grant Proposals

PPCA’s members have collectively indicated a high preference for funding grants that meet these guidelines:

• Projects from applicants who are current Peace Corps Volunteers or Returned Peace Corps Volunteers and/or a connection to the Portland Peace Corps Association
• Projects from applicants with a connection to Oregon or southwest Washington
• Projects that meet community needs
• Projects that empower the recipients
• Projects with fleshed-out monitoring, evaluation, and feasibility plans
• Projects that are self-sustainable at the end of the grant period