To qualify for either the Oregon Production Investment Fund rebate or the Greenlight Oregon Labor Rebate, there is a $1,000,000 minimum in-state spend for any single project or series season.

Applicants must submit a written diversity, equity, and inclusion policy and provided diversity statistics for their project.

Projects must have a written plan to address any type of on-set harassment.

The project cap is $10,000,000 is based on the rule that no single project can earn more than 50% of the total annual cap, which is currently $20,000,000.

Greenlight Oregon Labor Rebate (GOLR): this is a separate 6.2% rebate that can be combined with the base Oregon Production Investment Fund Rebate. Call Oregon Film for this bonus’ available funding. The film office has the authority to deduct up to 1% of a final rebate issued through the Greenlight Oregon Labor Rebate Fund for workforce development and educational needs.

Regional Oregon Production Investment Fund Rebate #1: for Portland-based projects, a reimbursement of $200 per day for each person traveling to a location outside the Portland Metro Zone, defined as 30 miles from Burnside Bridge. This rebate has a per project cap of $10,000 per day and $50,000 overall.

Regional Oregon Production Investment Fund Rebate #2: for projects based outside the Portland Metro Zone, an additional 10% to be added to the projects overall OPIF award as long as there are a minimum of six production days and more than half those days’ worth of production is being done outside Portland.

The two Regional Oregon Production Fund rebates are mutually exclusive, and this fund is capped annually at 3% of the overall OPIF fund.

To apply for the the Oregon Production Investment Fund (OPIF) rebate, productions must submit completed application to Oregon Film prior to the start of production. This application should be supplemented with a script, complete budget, production schedule, finance plan, proof of funding, and producer's letter of intent. 

Costs incurred prior to production do not qualify for the rebate.

Upon approval of an application, the producer must enter into a contract with Oregon Film.

For the Greenlight Oregon Labor Rebate (GOLR), productions must submit the application to Oregon Film within 10 business days of pre-production in Oregon.

Commercials qualify under the Greenlight program and  can be bundled to meet the $1,000,000 minimum spend within a calendar year. 

Individuals’ and loan-out companies’ qualifying payments are capped at $1,000,000 per project.  

The 6.2% rebated from the Greenlight program is essentially paying back the 6.2% withheld due to Oregon income tax. Loan-outs typically do not qulify since they don’t withhold.

The Greenlight program has no annual cap.

Workers' Compensation is a non-qualified expense.

Oregon state withholding tax applies to all wages for which the rebate is claimed.

The film office has the authority to deduct up to 1% of the final rebate issued through the Greenlight Oregon Labor Rebate Fund for workforce development and educational needs.

PHW are the only fringes that qualify for the Greenlight Program.

Reality projects cannot apply for OPIF but can apply for Greenlight.