Albina Vision Trust
Mission
The Albina Vision Trust is a community-driven non-profit created to buy back land, rebuild Lower Albina, and re-root Black legacies and Black futures in the heart of Portland’s central city.
We are developers and stewards of a communally-held freedom dream anchored across a 94-acre project area and guided by our highest aspirations: a neighborhood where social, physical and financial wealth are accessible and abundant, where sustainable infrastructure supports mobility and access to the river, and where innovative policy and planning frameworks center the needs and futures of our children and families.
Our work intentionally connects place, wealth, joy, and culture, transforming what we build, how we build, and who we build it for.
Historically, Albina was home to 80% of Portland’s Black population. During the 1950’s and 1960’s, racist urban renewal policies displaced families and forced them to leave their stable and abundant community. Albina was classified “blighted” and redlined, with properties condemned for cents on the dollar. Government officials carved up the thriving neighborhood, demolishing thousands of homes to build Interstate 5, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, and the sprawling 10.5-acre Portland Public Schools (PPS) headquarters facility.
Our work is situated in this context, understanding the role that the government historically played in the destruction of community abundance in Lower Albina, and understanding that the way forward must be firmly rooted in the principles of racial, economic, and environmental justice. Together, we can build the most innovative and equitable district in the country.
Bottom Line for Portland
Albina Vision Trust is buying back land, rebuilding community, and rerooting Black and marginalized Portlanders in the heart of our central city. The foundation we lay today will shape the next 50 years of life and possibility for Portland’s central city.
Quote
"I grew up in the Albina neighborhood. My childhood home was one of the many homes demolished to build Interstate 5, Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the sprawling 10.5-acre Portland Public Schools headquarters facility. Every day I think about coming back home and I want to see others have that chance as well.” --Ms. Sharon Gary-Smith, Albina Vision Trust Board Member
Incentives
❤️Sue Hennessey and Marcus Wood will match the first $5,000 donated to the Albina Vision Trust through the Give!Guide. Make the most of this generous match by giving early and doubling the impact of your gift! ❤️
And that’s not all! We are partnering with tremendous local partners offering great incentives!
🍕The first 100 donors to Albina Vision Trust will get a $5 Atlas Pizza gift card, good at any Atlas Pizza location in Portland, thanks to our great partners at Atlas Pizza! 🍕
☕Every person who donates to AVT through Give!Guide in November will receive a coupon for $2 off a beverage at Deadstock Coffee (good at their Portland and Beaverton locations) thanks to the good folks at Deadstock Coffee. ☕
🍦For a special Big Give Day Treat - The first 20 people to give to AVT on November 19th will receive a coupon for one free scoop at Tipsy Scoop on N. Mississippi Avenue, thanks to our great friends at Tipsy Scoop. 🍨
Partner(s)
Partnership is the cornerstone of our work at Albina Vision Trust. We give big thanks to our Give!Guide business partners this year:
We also want to give a shout out to two great partners also in the Give!Guide this year: Albina Music Trust and Word is Bond. We hope you will check out their pages and consider supporting them as well.
Finally, huge shout out to our ongoing partners whose deep partnership and support supercharge our ability to deliver on the community’s vision for Lower Albina: Portland Trail Blazers, Lewis & Clark College, and 1803 Fund.
Albina Vision Trust is in the Community category .
They're a medium-sized organization with activities in Multnomah Co.