Help Mother Foucault's Purchase Our Building!
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My name is Craig Florence, and I’m the owner of Mother Foucault’s Bookshop in Portland, Oregon. We are launching this fundraiser to raise funds for a down payment on the building that houses our beloved bookshop, located at 715 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214. Every dollar raised will go directly toward securing ownership of the building, helping us preserve this literary and cultural space for the long term.
More than a bookstore, Mother Foucault's Bookshop has been an incubator, a stage, a meeting space, a dream space (and a dream) for writers and artists of all stripes for over fifteen years.
After surviving rising rents, economic upheavals, and a global pandemic, Mother Foucault’s now faces its greatest challenge—and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: the ability to purchase our building at the new 715 SE Grand location and secure a permanent home for our vibrant community.
Our Urgent Goal:
We must raise $300,000 by September 21, 2025, to secure the first down payment for our building. We have gathered the community support of local social impact investors and donors. Now we want to call on our larger community for your support!
By donating today, you will help Mother Foucault's:
- Ensure that the current and next generations of writers, artists, creatives and musicians continue having a stable, vibrant place to call home
- Expand by growing new programs, including art and writing workshops and literature seminars, art installations and exhibitions, a center for literary translation, and an incubator for launching small press publishing, all of which are what have made Portland’s creative spirit unique in the world
- Buffer against Portland's ever-increasing real estate market that recurrently prices out artists and writers who’ve helped create this city
- Sustain our space where misfits, dreamers, makers, radical readers, and visionaries collide
How You Can Help:
Donate now to keep Mother Foucault’s a beacon for the unconventional. Every dollar makes you a part of securing this legendary space!
Can’t give? Please share our campaign with friends, family, and fellow art and book lovers!
Join us in building a legacy and being part of yet another way that Mother Foucault's defies the odds and celebrates the weird, wonderful, and dreamy.
No raffles, sweepstakes, giveaways, or returns on investment are offered in exchange for any donations made to this GoFundMe.
Organizer
Craig Florence
Organizer
Portland, OR