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Grants Programs

2008-09 Grassroots Grants

Assistance League of Klamath Basin

Klamath Falls, OR

$14,547

For safety improvements to its resale and consignment shop.

Brookings-Harbor School District

Brookings, OR

$25,000

To furnish the career center with computers to assist students with their post-secondary education plans.

Camp Kiwanilong Board

Warrenton, OR

$25,000

To add two ADA accessible bathrooms to the dining lodge.

Carver School Community Center

Damascas, OR

$20,000

To repair the roof of a historic school building now used as a community center.

Cascade Community School of Music

Bend, OR

$6,000

To develop a strategic plan and for board fundraising training.

Central Douglas County Family YMCA

Roseburg, OR

$25,000

For kitchen equipment upgrades and facility improvements.

Central Oregon Environmental Center

Bend, OR

$24,750

To support a merger with reSource to strengthen environmental work in the region.

Central Oregon Landwatch

Bend, OR

$20,000

To increase community involvement on land use, planning, and environmental issues in central Oregon.

Central Oregon Resources for Independent Living

Bend, OR

$7,094

For a new work program that provides people with disabilities additional employment opportunities.

Child Centered Solutions

Portland, OR

$22,000

To increase legal representation for children caught up in family disputes.

Columbia Arts

Hood River, OR

$25,000

To conduct an outreach and education program for students, teachers, artists, and seniors in the Hood River community.

Common Ground Community Mediation Center

Grants Pass, OR

$24,999

To conduct a community outreach program.

Community Arts Project

Hebo, OR

$10,000

To hire this organization's first executive director.

Community Connection of Northeast Oregon

La Grande, OR

$25,000

For a new freezer for the local food bank.

Community of Writers

Portland, OR

$18,000

To develop a strategic plan for the organization.

Crag Law Center

Portland, OR

$25,000

To increase work with communities along the Oregon Coast grappling with environmental and conservation issues.

Curry County

Gold Beach, OR

$17,800

For board and fundraising training for board and staff of the Commission on Children and Families and affiliated local nonprofits.

Deschutes County Healthy Beginnings

Bend, OR

$13,495

To expand and improve services to children from birth to age five.

Dora Public Library

Myrtle Point, OR

$18,400

To complete the expansion of this rural community's library.

Douglas Residents Training Facility

Roseburg, OR

$15,000

To expand a program that provides independent life skills training for adults with developmental disabilities.

Faith Cafe

Portland, OR

$15,000

For a part-time operations manager to support a hot meals program and food pantry service for working poor and homeless community families.

Forestry Action Committee of the Illinois Valley Basin Interest

Cave Junction, OR

$15,000

For staff support and to conduct board and staff fundraising training.

Friends of the Visual Arts

Salem, OR

$22,608

For glass blowing equipment used in art classes and for community outreach and education.

Help Now Advocacy Center

Medford, OR

$9,000

For strategic planning and board development for this organization that helps individuals access mental health and social services.

Hispanic Learning and Resource Center

Medford, OR

$21,200

To support staffing and the outreach efforts of this organization that provides computer and photography classes to low-income individuals.

HumaniNet

West Linn, OR

$20,000

To develop a geo-referenced real time information tool used to deploy aid in disaster relief and community aid operations.

Illinois Valley 2010 Community Response Team

Cave Junction, OR

$18,000

To attract and increase tourism to benefit the local economy of this Southern Oregon community.

Illinois Valley Family Coalition

Cave Junction, OR

$7,000

To support a program that provides assistance to low-income families in Southern Oregon.

Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center

Williams, OR

$4,770

For technology improvements to enhance the organization's public education program.

LEAD

Eugene, OR

$14,200

For strategic planning and board development for this organization that provides youth leadership development.

LightHawk

Portland, ME

$25,000

To support restoration efforts in the Klamath Basin.

Love in the Name of Christ

Oregon City, OR

$19,600

For a volunteer coordinator to meet the increasing needs in this community for emergency services.

Lower Columbia Hispanic Council

Astoria, OR

$20,000

To hire a bilingual project coordinator to increase services to the community.

Medical Foundation of Marion and Polk Counties

Salem, OR

$25,000

To improve access to medical care among

Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District

Baker City, OR

$18,100

To expand the community's emergency services building.

Mobility Unlimited

Medford, OR

$15,000

To purchase mobility equipment that helps individuals with disabilities live independently and maintain employment.

Natives Program Parent Committee

Eugene, OR

$25,000

To conduct a culturally embedded literacy program for students and their families.

NW Documentary Arts and Media

Portland, OR

$10,250

To enhance and expand the documentary workshop program.

Oakland Economic Development

Oakland, OR

$19,000

To replace a deteriorating structure at the city park.

Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center

Portland, OR

$11,000

To support the development of the organization's fundraising plan.

Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children

Tualatin, OR

$24,934

To enhance professional engagement and quality practice in early childhood care and education.

Oregon Coast Childrens Theatre

Toledo, OR

$10,000

To produce a new theatrical performance based on

PEG Broadcast Services

Coos Bay, OR

$22,000

To help this public access station provide more local performance and art programming.

Roots and Wings Child Development

Medford, OR

$4,370

To replace equipment and educational materials for this early childhood education program.

Rural Organizing Project

Scappoose, OR

$22,000

To provide member groups with communications tools to more effectively engage their constituents.

SOS Outreach

Avon, CO

$5,000

To provide at-risk youth with opportunities to participate in outdoor activities that will help build their physical, academic, and personal strength.

Salem Parks Foundation

Salem, OR

$25,000

To replace playground equipment at a community park.

Scappoose Bay Watershed Council

Warren, OR

$13,500

To develop a workplan for the conservation and restoration of the watershed that flows into Scappoose Bay on the Columbia River.

Sunset Garden Club of Port Orford

Port Orford, OR

$3,070

To help local residents learn how to grow, prepare, market, or purchase high quality organic produce.

Sweet Home Community Singing Christmas Tree

Sweet Home, OR

$13,930

To replace an unsafe scaffolding structure used for community performances.

Talent Historical Society

Talent, OR

$4,800

For an permanent exhibit featuring the Takelma Indians.

Tillamook Bay Child Care Center

Tillamook, OR

$20,441

To help implement a fundraising plan.

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church

Portland, OR

$3,160

To support a Latino outreach program.

Tualatin Riverkeepers

Tigard, OR

$24,693

For a public awareness campaign about storm water runoff.

Umpqua Valley Disabilities Network

Roseburg, OR

$7,700

To provide respite care services for children and adults with disabilities or other health issues.

Upstream Public Health

Portland , OR

$24,000

For communication and technology to support strategic public health policy making.

Cascade Surge

Salem, OR

$20,000

To expand a tutoring and recreation program for at-risk youth.

Vibe of Portland

Portland, OR

$2,870

To provide students with hands-on experiences in art and music.

Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition

Beaverton, OR

$22,500

To hire an executive director to strengthen the organization's capacity.

WinterSpring Center Transforming Grief and Loss

Medford, OR

$8,692

To develop outreach materials for this agency that provides grief support to children, youth, and adults in Jackson County.

Women's Crisis Center

Tillamook, OR

$24,530

For continued support of this organization's efforts to open a new shelter.

 
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