We help people help parks!

For more than 20 years, Portland Parks Foundation has worked with individuals, communities, and organizations across Portland to transform our parks’ potentials into beautiful realities for everyone to enjoy.

Join us at the 2025 Friends & Allies Spring Summit!

Time to gather, catch up, and celebrate parks volunteers, leaders, and partners once again. We hope you can join us for this festive night honoring our vibrant community.

PPF Grant & Award Programs

Are you part of a community organization or emerging initiative seeking resources for your parks programming? Check out our award and granting opportunities:

PGE Parks Champion Awards

PGE Parks Champions are star volunteers, devoted to a park, green space, or community center near you. Awardees designate resources to community organizations.

Joey Pope Award
for Parks Leadership

This award celebrates and expands capacity for emerging leaders, organizations and initiatives promoting greater innovation and accessibility in Portland’s system of parks and open spaces.

Small Grants Program

With cycles in Spring and Fall, these grants contribute to general operating or programmatic funds to organizations and projects increasing equitable access to Portland parks.

Help us build three new playgrounds!

We did it! We built a brand-new playground for Rose City Park. Now, help us build three more across Portland with our Everybody Plays Playground Campaign.

Order Now: Limited Edition Elk Fountain Art Print

The has Elk joined our collection of Portland park prints & posters!

Available now is a beautiful limited edition print of the soon-to-be restored Thompson Elk fountain. The print was designed in collaboration by Malia Jensen and Sara Siestreem (Hanis Coos) and printed by Mullowney Printing. Each print is signed by both of the artists. All proceeds benefit the Portland Parks Foundation. Order now to receive a print upon release in February 2025.

Check out this and other prints and posters in our store.

 
 

PPF prints and posters make a beautiful addition to any home or office, and stand as reminder of the invaluable greens spaces your support helps to activate and embellish.

What do Portland’s newly elected mayor and councilors want for our parks?

An equitable and thriving parks system is essential for a healthy Portland. And, our incoming City Council members and Mayor will be responsible for making policy for and managing these essential assets. In October 2024, we asked Portland City Council and Mayoral candidates what they’re thinking about the future of Portland parks.

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PPF’s 2022-2023
Impact Report

PPF and the City Partner on Thompson Elk Fountain’s Return

Credit: Regional Arts and Culture Council

PPF is excited to announce the completion of the contract drawings for the design and engineering of the historic Elk Fountain’s restoration. The Portland Water Bureau now leads the construction phase which is projected to start in September 2024 with the elk fountain fully restored and returned to its historic home by Summer 2025. 

For more information on our process and the amazing history of the Thompson Elk Fountain, go here.

Reimagining O’Bryant Square: Welcoming Darcelle XV Plaza

O’Bryant Square has been demolished to make way for a new park, under a new name: Darcelle XV Plaza. Empowered by big community input, change is afoot!

Read about how we got here and where Portland thinks we should go.

You can help, too!

Your donations make all the difference.