Black Resilience Fund is a program of nonprofit Brown Hope and is dedicated to fostering healing and resilience by providing direct financial assistance to Black Portlanders. We’ve accomplished so much since our founding in 2020, demonstrating the power of hope and action by building community and showing up directly for Black Portlanders. Since January 2023, the Black Resilience Fund has provided 25 households in Multnomah county with a 3 year guaranteed basic income (GBI). The members of our Village Building Cohort are working toward their goals of home ownership, entrepreneurship, furthering their education and securing financial stability. Over the next 3 years we will be measuring our program outcomes of building social, spiritual and economic capacity.
$1,000 a month for adults $1,500 for adults with 1 or 2 children $2,000 for adults with 3 or more children
Frequency of Payment
Monthly
Duration of Payment
36 months
Other Intervention Components
N/A
Is Use of Funds Available?
No
Is the Pilot a Randomized Control Trial (RCT)?
No
Other Intervention Components
N/A
TARGETING INFORMATION
Type of Tagergeting
Geographic and individual/household means-testing and demographic
Targeting Details
Individuals at least 18 years of age, identify as Black, African American or African and a Multonomah County resident in a priority community (comprising 30-40% of selected program participants, formerly incarcerated, single parents and a minimum wage or low-wage worker (within $2 of Portland's minimum wage)
