One of the 80 grants awarded in Deschutes County was to the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Oregon in Bend. The $18,000 grant was for year two of three years’ potential support for the BE GREAT: Graduate initiative to help middle and high school youth with their educational goals and career preparation.
A Circle of Friends, Oregon, in Sisters received $15,000 for year one of two years’ potential support to increase the number of at-risk children served by trained volunteer mentors, teachers and administrators.
OCF also announced a $78,415 grant to serve Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs youth as part of a new K-12 Student Success grant program. The grant has been awarded to expand and improve culturally based out-of-school time curriculum for Native American students in the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The three-year K-12 Student Success grant program focuses on quality out-of-school time programs that are designed to increase student engagement with school and boost academic performance.
In all, The Oregon Community Foundation awarded more than $522,000 in grants to Central Oregon nonprofits during their recent fall grant cycle and more than $8.4 million statewide.
Additional grants in the region included:
Backpacks in Bend, $8,000 for a third and final year of support to provide food-insecure K-12 students in 15 schools with meals to take home over the weekend.
Deschutes Family Recovery, Inc., Bend, $5,215 to provide medical/dental care and housing assistance to parents enrolled in the family drug court program.
Deschutes Land Trust, Bend, $25,000 for year one of three years’ potential support to expand the “Walk + Hike” program, which engages participants in tours of protected land and helps build membership.
Fossil School District 21J Education Foundation, Fossil, $15,000 to provide Automatic External Defibrillators for sheriff’s cars, schools, county buildings and senior centers.
Libraries of Eastern Oregon, Fossil, $10,000 for general support.
St. Vincent de Paul of Crook County, Prineville, $13,300 for repair and maintenance of vehicles used for deliveries to the local food bank.
For a full list of grants, visit www.oregoncf.org.
The mission of The Oregon Community Foundation is to improve life in Oregon and promote effective philanthropy. OCF works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about. Through these funds OCF awarded more than $67 million in grants and scholarships in 2012.
