Resources
Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. staff provides the following resources to seventeen neighborhoods in Southwest Portland:
Fiscal Sponsorship
Fiscal Sponsor: A nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, such as SWNI, which acts as a sponsor for a project for a de facto or de jure group which does not have its own tax-exempt status. Grants or contributions are made to the fiscal sponsor who manages the funds. In the case of a grant, the fiscal sponsor may be responsible for reporting back to the grantor on the progress of the project. Example: City of Portland Neighborhood Small Grants, grants awarded to SWNI on behalf of other organizations such as Spring Garden Park.
Proposing Entity: A Neighborhood Association; Business Association; other Oregon nonprofit corporation; or other de facto or de jure entity located entirely within the boundaries of SWNI, or proposing a project or program within the boundaries of SWNI in furtherance of SWNI’s purposes as stated in SWNI’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.
- View the SWNI Fiscal Sponsorship Policy (PDF)
- Download the SWNI Fiscal Sponsorship Policy (Word doc), including an Application
Fiscal Agent
Fiscal Agent: An organization, such as SWNI, which takes responsibility for the fiscal duties of an unrelated party that is incorporated within the State of Oregon and does business within the boundaries of SWNI (see SWNI Fiscal Agent Policy). Example: accounts held for Neighborhood Associations at their request.
Proposing Entity: A Neighborhood Association; Business Association; other Oregon nonprofit corporation; or other de facto or de jure entity located entirely within the boundaries of SWNI, or proposing a project or program within the boundaries of SWNI in furtherance of SWNI’s purposes as stated in SWNI’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws.
- View the SWNI Fiscal Agent Policy (PDF)
- Download the SWNI Fiscal Agent Policy (Word doc), including an Application
Other resources available
- Assistance with community organizing for citizen participation and crime prevention
- Assistance to neighborhood associations with publicity including design, printing and distributing flyers, press releases, etc.
- Implement and facilitate projects requested by citizens such as neighborhood cleanups, candidate fairs, neighborhood picnics, fund-raisers for playground structures, open space parks, etc.
- Neighborhood email newsletter training and tools
- Information about citizen participation and crime prevention in Southwest Portland
- Training, guidance and clerical support to member neighborhood associations
- Iinformation about and referral to city bureaus