The Office of Arts & Culture and the Portland Children's Levy each provide financial support to community partners that helps put arts at the center of public life and provides children with opportunities to thrive. 

The total financial support combines $23.3 million in Portland Children's Levy (PCL) annual grant funding and $14 million in Office of Arts and Culture (Arts) annual grants awarded to partner organizations and artists and the Office’s partnerships with school districts.

This is a combined metric for the new City structure when PCL and Arts moved to the Community & Economic Development Service Area at the beginning of FY 2025-26. There is limited historical data for this measure due to rollout of the new City structure in FY 2024-25.

This metric includes all grants made to partners, including community organizations, individual artists, and school districts, which are tracked in the City's financial system.

For PCL’s portion of the data, the data are based on grant budgets, which demonstrates committee dollars to grants in a fiscal year. FY 2024-25 has been updated in Scorecard to reflect grant budgets, not payments, in that fiscal year. Previously, PCL’s data reflected grant payments (reimbursements for actual expenses).

Portland Children's Levy reports

Office of Arts & Culture