The Oregon Community Foundation distributed more than $890,000 in grants to Central Oregon nonprofit organizations during its recent grant cycle. These grants were part of a total of more than $7.7 million in grants made statewide.
As part of OCF’s efforts to enhance educational opportunities for Oregonians, OCF granted $40,000 to the County of Crook for video conferencing equipment at the Crook County Open Campus, for use in higher education and job re-training courses. This project is the result of strong partnerships between Crook County, Central Oregon Community College, Oregon State University, and 21 local agencies in order to establish a physical site where residents of Crook County can engage in distance learning through video conferencing.
OCF continues to place an emphasis on basic needs and emergency services and awarded the Partnership to End Poverty $30,000 for “Project Mobile Connect” to reach Central Oregon’s rural residents with a mobile health, dental and basic needs delivery system. With the help of 350 volunteers, services will be provided at five sites in 2012, most likely reaching 1,000 low-income people.
As a community foundation, OCF works with individuals, families and businesses to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about. Since 1973, OCF has distributed more than $500 million in grants and scholarships to improve the quality of life in Oregon.
Other grants awarded in Central Oregon include:
Arts Central (Bend) — $25,000
for operational support to increase earned and donated income with a focus on individual donors.
Backpacks in Bend (Bend) — $2,000
to provide food-insecure K-12 students in 15 schools with meals to take home over the weekend.
Bethlehem Inn (Bend) — $30,000
to increase community involvement and build development capacity to support programs for homeless individuals and families.
Confluence Project (Vancouver) — $35,000
to support the Celilo Falls Tribute Project.
Deschutes County Healthy Beginnings, Inc (Bend) — $21,000
to expand health and development screening clinics for children age 0-5 into Crook and Jefferson counties.
Healthy Families of the High Desert (Ready*Set*Go) (Bend) — $18,000
to provide one-on-one counseling support for high-risk families unable to access therapy through county or private practice.
Latino Community Association (Bend) — $6,500
to expand the English tutoring program by doubling the current number of students.
MountainStar Family Relief Nursery (Bend) — $25,000
for short-term bridge funding to sustain core early childhood abuse-prevention services.
Trout Unlimited, Inc. Upper Deschutes Home Rivers Initiative (Bend) — $15,000
for outreach and education efforts related to the Metolius River Trail Restoration Project, part of the Upper Deschutes Home River Initiative.
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades (Bend) — $20,000
to provide health care to low-income, uninsured residents of Deschutes County using the services of medical and lay-person volunteers.
For a complete list of grants please 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 awards more than $60 million annually in grants and scholarships.
