Brown Girl Rise

What Brown Girl Rise does

Brown Girl Rise is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in 2021 and headquartered in Portland, Oregon. It serves girls and non-binary youth of color ages 7 through 17 in the Portland metro area, with a focus on youth identifying as part of the global majority (Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color). Its core offering is a portfolio of in-person, community-based programs — most prominently the weekly "Holding Space for Black and Brown Youth" gatherings — alongside workshops, camp-outs, and meet-ups addressing self-care, wellness, mental health, radical history, and social justice.

The organization's core product surface is human-delivered, facilitator-led programming rather than a technology platform; there is no disclosed software stack, mobile app, or digital infrastructure supporting program delivery. Curriculum is delivered by an adult mentorship team branded as the "Aunties" and increasingly supplemented by paid youth positions, as seen in the Radical Organizing Workshop Series. Partnerships with Marrow, Mudbone Grown, Rose City Rollers, Seed & Thistle, and Wild Diversity extend the program's experiential surface (farming, skating, wellness) without building in-house capacity.

Brown Girl Rise's business model is that of a small community nonprofit: services are provided free of charge to participants, and operating revenue is generated through a mix of individual donations, Patreon subscriptions, and institutional grants. Documented funders include the MRG Foundation (Spring 2020 Cycle grantee) and the Portland Children's Levy (small-grants program, with an award reported at approximately $1M). Headcount is in the 1–10 band, including at least one paid coordinator role. There is no fee-for-service revenue, membership dues model, or earned-income component indicated.

Name

Brown Girl Rise

Legal name

Brown Girl Rise

Website

https://browngirlrise.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Brown Girl Rise is a Portland-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that runs in-person wellness, mental-health, and radical-history programs for girls and non-binary youth of color ages 7–17, funded by donations, Patreon, and local grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Development Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Youth-to-Adult Transition & Life Skills (Independent Living, Soft Skills) (EDAAAFAN)

Keywords

• Youth development programs
• Community youth services
• Nonprofit youth programming
• BIPOC youth empowerment
• Youth mentorship workshops

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations: Individual donations from supporters who want to support youth of color programming. The organization encourages monetary donations as a primary way to support their mission of rewriting rhetoric taught to youth and providing tools for self-expression.
2. Patreon: Monthly recurring support through Patreon platform for ongoing operational funding.
3. Grants: Grant funding from foundations including MRG Foundation Spring Cycle Grantees and Portland Children's Levy small grants ($1M approved).

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Brown Girl Rise provides free, community-led youth programming for girls and non-binary youth of the global majority ages 7-17 in the Portland, Oregon area. Programming includes weekly online support gatherings ('Holding Space for Black and Brown Youth'), workshops, camp-outs, and meet-ups focused on self-care, wellness, mental health awareness, radical history, and social justice movements, supplemented by a Radical Organizing Workshop Series that can lead to paid positions for youth participants.

Product overview

Brown Girl Rise is a single 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that offers a unified suite of youth programming services rather than a technology product. Its core offerings consist of ongoing youth programming (weekly 'Holding Space for Black and Brown Youth' gatherings, workshops, camp-outs, and meet-ups), a volunteer program for BIPOC and femme/non-binary individuals to support youth events, a youth-led leadership development program, a Radical Organizing Workshop Series with paid position opportunities, and a family enrollment program that adds youth and families to the organization's communication list for events and mutual aid. The organization does not operate a software product, platform, or API.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Youth ages 7-17 served through enrollment and event participation
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles3 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• MarrowcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerA radical, accessible learning space centering the most marginalized youth voices. Marrow creates safer spaces for anti-oppressive learning through workshops, classes, events, mentoring, and more. Partnership expands outreach and enriches programming for BIPOC youth.
• Mudbone GrowncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFollows regenerative climate resilient growing practices to farm and serve high-quality and organic foods to historically absent or barriered communities. Partnership connects youth to food systems and environmental justice.
• Rose City RollerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerServes women, girls, and gender-expansive individuals who want to play the team sport of roller derby, connect with an inclusive community, and realize their power both on and off skates. Provides athletic programming opportunities for BGR youth.
• Seed & Thistle ApothecarycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAn educational resource that centers and amplifies BIPOC voices within herbalism through Atabey Medicine. Cultivates the wild with home and heart grown medicine. Provides wellness and herbalism education for youth.
• Wild DiversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHelps to create a personal connection to the outdoors for Black, Indigenous, BIPOC & LGBTQ+ communities through outdoor adventures and education. Creates opportunities for youth to connect with nature and the outdoors.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/BrownGirlRise

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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