Ways to Give

Your Gift Helps Working Families Achieve the American Dream

As neighborhoods continue to appreciate, households with lower incomes are often priced out of their communities. Homeownership is critical for families who have historically been displaced and excluded from wealth-building opportunities.

Since our founding in 1999, Proud Ground’s community land trust model has helped more than 700 working families and a disproportionate number of households of color become first-time homeowners.

With your gift, we can expand permanently affordable housing opportunities, ensuring multi-generational stability for families in our community. You can help make the American dream of homeownership a reality for working families.

Take a few minutes to watch this 2025 video featuring homeowner Christin. You’ll be moved by her story and hear how Proud Ground supporters have helped her break the chain of generational poverty for her sons.

Increase the Impact of Your Support: Become a Monthly Donor

Your sustaining support helps Proud Ground year-round, while enabling you to spread your gift over time to make an even greater impact.

Monthly contributions of any size allow us to provide community outreach, educational programming, 1-on-1 counseling for prospective homebuyers, and post-purchase stewardship.

It's a gift that allows us to guide individuals through the entire homebuying journey!

Types of Gifts

Cash

Proud Ground honors general, restricted, and anonymous cash donations in the form of EFT payments, credit card payments, and checks payable to Proud Ground.

Stock

Proud Ground gladly accepts gifts of stock.

Donor Advised Funds and IRAs

Contribute to the mission of Proud Ground by including charitable donations in your financial plans, such as donor-advised funds (DAFs) and gifts from IRAs. See below for additional giving options from your estate plan.

Collectively, Small Decisions Make Big Changes

“As an individual, the affordable housing crisis facing our city seems daunting and my own effort seems small. But I love Portland; it’s my home, and I hope my small decisions inspire others’ small decisions. Together, we can be part of the affordable homeownership solution.”

Proud Ground Donor

Planned Giving Options

Planned giving offers a meaningful way to support housing equity while leaving a lasting legacy. Examples include:

Living Trusts: You can structure your trust to give assets to Proud Ground after your lifetime. This approach honors your charitable intentions and ensures a smooth transfer of your assets without going through probate.
Bequests: You can designate a specific amount or asset to Proud Ground in your will. This straightforward approach allows you to continue supporting our mission even after your lifetime.
Charitable Remainder Trusts: These are investment accounts that provide income to you, the donor, for a specified period before the remaining assets are donated to Proud Ground. This arrangement allows you to receive tax benefits while supporting housing equality.
Charitable Gift Annuities: By transferring cash or property to Proud Ground with a minimum value of $10,000, you can receive fixed payments for the rest of your life while also benefiting our programs.
Qualified Retirement Accounts: Naming Proud Ground as a beneficiary of your retirement account can be a tax-efficient way to make a significant donation. This kind of gift is not subject to IRA taxation on distributions beyond your lifetime.
Life Insurance: You can name Proud Ground as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, allowing your support for our mission to continue.
Transfer on Death Deeds: A transfer on death deed allows a property owner to designate Proud Ground as a beneficiary who will receive your property after your lifetime, circumventing the probate process.

Gifts from Your Estate Plan

“I give to Proud Ground because I believe that their model of permanent affordability is a good investment. I know that I am making a long-term impact in my community through both my real estate development investments and my individual donations to their nonprofit.”

Proud Ground Donor