Selected Small Business and Nonprofit Resources

Small business and nonprofit organization resources, local and statewide:

1. SE Uplift Community Small Grants Program: https://seuplift.org/grants/

2. Connecting nonprofits with business sponsors: https://sponsor.community/

3. Nonprofit Association of Portland: https://nonprofitoregon.org/

4. Prosper Portland: Prosper's grants include the upcoming Vibrant Districts grant, the Repair and Restore grant, and Vacant Storefront Activation: https://prosperportland.us/

5. Multnomah County Library (MCL) Resources for Small Businesses:

6. From the MCL homepage, click on “website” (rather than “catalog”) and enter the keywords: business resources

7. These MCL links will work, too:

8. https://multcolib.org/small-business-help

9. https://multcolib.org/community/community-resources-small-businesses

10. MCL also has classes for small business workers, e,g, in October 2026, there is this one (among others!): Google Sheets for Small Business: Tracking Expenses.

11. Search MCL for all classes and events: https://multcolib.org/events-classes

12. And don’t forget the MCL LinkedIn Learning for Libraries database: https://multcolib.org/resource/linkedin-learning-libraries

This blog post was published on 10/6/26, by Laura O.