In January of 2019, Green Box (along with Green Hop) was awarded the first Grants from NuLeaf Project as part of the Cannabis Business Development Equity Program. The initiative was created to develop cannabis entrepreneurs from communities that have historically been disproportionately, negatively impacted by cannabis prohibition.

With the launch of the Cannabis Business Development Equity Program, the City of Portland became the first government in the U.S. to invest tax revenue into communities disproportionately harmed by the prohibition of cannabis.