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Building Hope Fund is sponsored by Oregon Community Foundation. The Building Hope Fund is designed to kickstart housing projects that are ready to be built but stalled due to a lack of financing. By providing flexible loans and strategic grants, the fund helps unlock construction and move projects forward quickly.
Its initial focus is on housing for middle-income Oregonians, including tradespeople. OCF has committed $100 million in seed funding.
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Building Hope Fund » Oregon Community Foundation Financing to Build Attainable Homes in Oregon Give to the Building Hope Fund Share your project with us Oregon is facing one of the most severe housing shortages in its history, leaving families in rural and urban communities struggling to find homes they can afford.
The Building Hope Fund is designed to kickstart housing projects that are ready to be built but stalled due to a lack of financing. By providing flexible loans and strategic grants, the fund helps unlock construction and move projects forward quickly.
Our initial focus is on housing for middle-income Oregonians who are increasingly priced out of the market, including teachers, nurses, tradespeople, restaurant workers, small business owners and others who keep our communities running. Too few housing units are in the pipeline, driving up costs and putting stable housing out of reach for thousands of families.
Even when developers have projects ready to go, construction is often delayed because the final pieces of financing aren’t in place. Your Gift to the Building Hope Fund Multiplies Impact Oregon Community Foundation has committed $100 million in seed funding to launch the Building Hope Fund. But lasting, statewide impact depends on additional support from investors, partners and donors.
Unlock stalled, shovel-ready housing projects Increase the supply of attainable housing statewide Support working families and strengthen communities How to support the Building Hope Fund To explore partnership opportunities, email info@oregoncf. org . If you have a donor advised fund and would like to support the Building Hope Fund, please contact your donor relations officer .
If you're new to OCF, our philanthropic advisors can help you make the most of your giving. Make a credit card gift online . Share Your Project With Us While the Fund is not yet making loans, we welcome more information about your project as specific examples of the need for the Building Hope Fund will compel other investors to join us.
Please use the the Intake Form to share your potential project with us. The Building Hope Fund’s initial focus will be lending to support the construction of middle-income housing, an important but under-built component of Oregon’s housing continuum. We are seeking projects that have other capital committed yet still have a funding gap.
We anticipate that the earliest Building Hope will be ready to make loans to projects will be toward the end of 2026. We share your enthusiasm for bringing housing to Oregon communities and look forward to the opportunity to learn more about your project. Support the Building Hope Fund Make a credit card gift today to help build housing, opportunity and hope across Oregon.
Oregon Community Foundation: A Proven Record Oregon Community Foundation has a track record of using capital charitably and creatively to change lives. In 2020 state leaders partnered with OCF to rapidly deploy $125 million to convert 32 sites into shelter and transitional housing, expanding shelter capacity by 30% with lasting benefits.
OCF’s $33 million Oregon Impact Fund lends to nonprofits, tribal enterprises and for‑profit social ventures for affordable housing, education, health care access, natural resource management and job creation in Oregon.
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Nonprofits, tribal enterprises, and for-profit social ventures with housing projects ready to be built, particularly those with other capital committed but still a funding gap. Initial focus is on lending to support middle-income housing construction. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows $100 million committed as seed funding (flexible loans and strategic grants). Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Building Hope Fund is funded by Oregon Community Foundation. Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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