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Oregon Community Foundation Awards $3.3M Grants to 111 Nonprofits

A quarterly AmazonSmile notification to informed shoppers that the Oregon Food Bank (seen above before the pandemic) recently received a donation of $1,752.15, at no cost to them.

Portland, OR. Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) has created the Oregon Community Recovery Fund and is rapidly deploying resources to community-based organizations at the front lines of the coronavirus outbreak. As of April 3rd OCF has awarded $3.3M in grant funding to 111 Nonprofits. With input from a network of volunteers, community leaders and partners, OCF has provided funding and resources to nonprofits to help nonprofits like The Oregon Food Bank fill gaps in funding during the COVID-19 crisis, providing resources where and when they are critically needed, focusing most on Oregon’s most vulnerable populations.

The Oregon Community Recovery Fund pledges to the following:

We will engage with others to fill gaps in funding not met by the public or private sector during the crisis, including:

Basic needs: Services and assistance that keeps people housed, fed, healthy, and safe.
Jobs and economy: Services that help create, and connect people to jobs.
Childcare: Strategies for creating, retaining and increasing childcare (including school-aged care), including but not limited to childcare for essential health workers.
Social and emotional needs: Services for mental health, child abuse, domestic violence, substance abuse and other social/emotional issues exacerbated by the crisis.
School closures: Strategies for addressing learning loss (distance learning, instructional supports, etc.), ancillary services provided by schools (health, mental health, nutrition), and post-secondary issues.

If you would like to donate to the fund, here’s a link: https://oregoncf.org/covid/give/

If your nonprofit would like to apply for a grant, here’s a link. https://oregoncf.org/covid/apply-for-funding/

Grants are awarded to nonprofit organizations across Oregon so far include the following:

Central Oregon

A Circle of Friends, Oregon ($50,000)
Bethlehem Inn ($57,000)
Family Access Network Foundation ($35,000)
Jericho Road ($7,000)
KIDS Center ($635 )
Mid-Columbia Community Action Council ($37,400)
NeighborImpact ($74,600)
Shepherd’s House ($25,000)
The Giving Plate ($10,000)
United Way of Deschutes County ($30,000)

Eastern Oregon

Communities in Action ($35,200)
Community Action Program of East Central Oregon ($46,200)
Community Connection of Northeast Oregon ($38,500)
Wesley United Methodist Church (Milton-Freewater) ($10,000)

Portland Metro

Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians ($60,000)
All Classical Public Media, Inc. ($500)
Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon ($2,000)
Catholic Charities ($2,000)
Central City Concern ($42,500)
Clackamas County Social Services ($97,000)
CoHo Productions ($3,000)
Community Action of Washington County ($52,500)
El Programa Hispano Católico ($41,500)
Friends of Chamber Music ($5,000)
Hunger Fighters Oregon ($1,000)
Impact NW ($41,500)
IRCO ($41,500)
JOIN ($1,500)
Meals on Wheels People ($61,000)
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon ($60,000)
Native American Youth & Family Center ($41,500)
New Avenues for Youth, Inc. ($75,000)
North by Northeast Community Health Center ($1,250)
Oregon Human Development Corporation ($52,500)
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry ($1,000)
Oregon Trail of Hope DBA Oregon Harbor of Hope ($50,000)
Parkrose School District #3 ($4,537 )
Portland Homeless Family Solutions ($1,483 )
Portland Opera Association ($3,000)
Portland Public Schools District 1J ($50,000)
Portland Rescue Mission ($25,000)
Profile Theatre Project ($5,000)
Raphael House of Portland ($25,000)
ROSE Community Development Corporation ($1,500)
Sisters of The Road Cafe ($5,000)
Store to Door ($1,500)
Street Roots ($14,000)
Sunshine Division ($2,500)
Take Action INC ($1,000)
Third Rail Repertory Theatre ($3,000)
Transition Projects ($50,000)
United Way of the Columbia Gorge ($22,000)
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette ($79,000)
Urban Gleaners ($10,000)
Urban League of Portland ($41,500)
William Temple House ($2,500)
Wilsonville Community Sharing ($1,000)

North Coast

Community Action Team ($49,500)
Food Roots ($1,000)
North Lincoln Hospital Foundation ($10,000)
Tides of Change ($1,000)
United Way of Columbia County ($19,000)

Northern Willamette Valley

Give a Little Foundation ($500)$50,000
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency ($99,000)
St. Francis Shelter ($4,800)
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley ($49,000)
Yamhill Community Action Partnership ($43,000)

South Coast

CCD Business Development Corporation ($60,000)
Oregon Coast Community Action ($44,000)
The Curry County Homeless Coalition ($5,000)
United Way of Southwestern Oregon ($22,000)

Southern Willamette Valley

Community LendingWorks ($60,000)
Community Outreach, Inc. ($5,000)
Community Services Consortium ($71,000)
Community Sharing Program ($30,000)
Corvallis First United Methodist Church ($5,000)
Corvallis Public Schools Foundation ($10,000)
Eugene Mission ($5,000)
Family Relief Nursery – South Lane ($5,000)
FOOD For Lane County ($8,000)
Greater Douglas United Way ($24,000)
Heartland Humane Society ($1,000)
Linn Benton Food Share ($10,000)
Looking Glass Community Services ($5,000)
Oregon State University Foundation ($1,000)
South Lane Mental Health ($5,000)
South Lane School District ($10,000)
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County ($15,000)
Stone Soup Corvallis Inc. ($5,000)
United Community Action Network ($64,900)
United Way of Lane County ($140,000)
United Way of Linn County ($36,000)

Southern Oregon

ACCESS ($65,462 )
Asante Foundation ($1,000)
Jackson County ($30,000)
Klamath and Lake Community Action Services ($41,800)
Klamath-Lake Counties Food Bank ($0)
La Clinica ($1,000)
United Way of Jackson County ($32,000)
United Way of the Klamath Basin ($20,000)

Statewide and Out of State

Community Action Partnership of Oregon ($15,000)
Craft3 ($60,000)
MRG Foundation ($531,500)
OCF: Childcare Project ($20,000)
Oregon Food Bank ($15,500)
Oregon Public Broadcasting ($1,000)
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon ($10,000)
SMART Reading ($1,000)
Boulder Chamber Foundation ($2,000)
Gabriela Lena Frank Creative Academy of Music ($2,000)
Pacific Lutheran University ($2,000)
Social Justice Fund Northwest ($3,000)
CCD Business Development Corporation ($60,000)
Oregon Coast Community Action ($44,000)
The Curry County Homeless Coalition ($5,000)
United Way of Southwestern Oregon ($22,000)

Elisa Klein

I’ve been a professional journalist and writer since 1987, (and long-time reporter for KOIN-TV.) As a nationally published reporter, with a Master’s Degree in Journalism, I love to report positive news and information. Journalism has also connected me with another non-profit where I served as a leader; the Northwest’s biggest writer’s organization: The Willamette Writers.