Black-led Organizations & Businesses in Oregon:
- African American Alliance for Home Ownership
- African Women Coalition
- African Youth and Community Organization (AYCO)
- The Albina Vision Trust
- BEAM Village – Empowering Black Youth
- Black & Beyond the Binary
- Black Community of Portland
- BeyondBlack
- Black Feminist Summer School: $BFKBFSSFund on CashApp
- Black Food Sovereignty Coalition / Black Futures Farm
- Black Gold Culture Camp
- Black PDX
- Black Oregon Land Trust
- Black Parent Initiative
- Black Resilience Fund
- Black United Fund of Oregon
- Black Parent Initiative
- Brown Girl Rise
- Care Not Cops Portland
- Coalition of Communities of Color
- Coral Story Beauty
- Critical Resistance Portland
- Don’t Shoot PDX
- Ebony Collective CDC: PayPal info@ebonycollectivecdc.org
- Equitable Giving Circle (Food, Housing, DEI Education)
- Going Home II
- Hair Therapy Salon
- Humans of Color Movement Alliance
- Imagine Black
- JOIN — Connecting the street to a home
- KairosPDX
- Oregon Black Pioneers
- Ori Gallery
- People of Color Outdoors
- Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives (PCRI)
- Portland NAACP
- Red Door Project
- Right to Health
- Self Enhancement, Inc.
- Third Eye Books
- Umoja Kijana Shujaa / enlace
- UniteOregon
- Urban League of Portland
- Western States Center
- Women of Color Sexual Health Network
- WomenFirst Transition and Referral Center
- Word is Bond
Indigenous-led Organizations & Businesses in Oregon:
Thank you to the MRG Foundation for providing the following list.
- You can find local Indigenous businesses to support here
- Portland All Nations Canoe Family
- Indian Country Today, LLC
- Whiteswan Environmental (WE)
- Oregon Arts Watch (Indigenous-led project)
- Tananáwit
- Columbia River Intertribal Fish Commission
- Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
- Potlatch Fund
- Red Lodge Transition Services
- Burns Paiute Tribe – Burns Paiute Tribe Economic Development Department
- yəhaw̓ Indigenous Creatives Collective
- Nimiipuu Protecting the Environment
- Jim Pepper Native Arts Council
- Signal Fire
- Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, Community Environmental Healthy Program
- Nesika Wilamut
- Warm Springs Community Action Team
- Confederated Tribes of the Lower Rogue
- Nch’i Wana Housing
- Komemma Cultural Protection Association (KCPA)
- Fires Igniting the Spirit
- Portland Indigenous Marketplace
- Indigenous Peoples Power Project, IP3
- Native Made Pop-up (Cully Neighborhood)
Black-owned Commercial Print Shops:
Black-owned Businesses & Artists Outside of Portland (via Good Good Good):
- Explore Black-owned businesses in your state and learn why it’s important to protect Black-owned businesses
- Find Black-owned restaurants in your community and download the EatOkra app
- Explore all-natural products from Black-owned businesses
- Get introduced to your next favorite brand and find your perfect subscription box
- Explore Black-owned businesses in major cities
- Explore ethical and sustainable brands run by people of color
- Support Black authors while you support a Black-owned business and organizations that support therapy for Black women and girls.
- Find a Black-owned bookstore to support
- Explore home goods, art, gifts, and more from Black-owned shops on Etsy
- Explore everyday Black-owned products from WeBuyBlack
- Find beautiful art from Black artists on Society6
- Uncommon Goods curated a list of products from Black makers.
- We’ve curated a list of the best places to find diverse stock photography (because representation in stock photography matters)
More Resources:
- Here’s a great list from the Equitable Giving Circle
- Mercatus Buy Native Guide links to Indigenous and Native American owned businesses
- These sources were put together by SEI (Self Enhancement Inc.), which is a vibrant local non-profit that provides an array of services and enrichment primarily for black youth & families
- Meals 4 Heels
- Mudbone Grown (Supporting local Black farmers and the local Black community)
- The Willamette Week also came out with this list of local black-owned restaurants
- XRAY Radio’s Directory of Black-owned businesses (by category)
- Portland Monthly’s List of Black-Owned Portland Brands
Find more listings of businesses owned by people of color at Portland in Color & Mercatus.