Focus Area | Organization | City | Grant Description | Date | Awarded |
Arts | Artists Repertory Theatre | Portland | Support a season of plays, and reconfigure production areas and increase staffing to accommodate resident arts organizations | 2014 | $150,000 |
Arts | Astoria Music Festival | Astoria | Support opera education, concerts, and operations for rural audiences on the North Coast | 2014 | $6,000 |
Arts | The August Wilson Red Door Project | Portland | Expand theater arts education and youth development opportunities targeting Portland area high school students of color | 2014 | $45,000 |
Arts | Broadway Rose Theatre Company | Tigard | Produce "The Music Man" for audiences in Washington County and the Portland metropolitan area | 2014 | $12,000 |
Arts | Cappella Romana | Portland | Produce "Sacred Songs of Serbia" and "From Darkness to Light" concerts in Portland | 2014 | $9,000 |
Arts | Chamber Music Northwest | Portland | Present chamber music concerts, and education and outreach activities in the Portland area | 2014 | $20,000 |
Arts | Columbia Arts | Hood River | Hire a part-time A/V Tech position and support arts education and programming for rural youth and adults in the mid-Columbia region | 2014 | $25,000 |
Arts | Eugene Concert Choir | Eugene | Support programs, education, and outreach | 2014 | $9,000 |
Arts | Friends of Chamber Music | Portland | Support programs and operations in the Portland area through a challenge grant | 2014 | $8,000 |
Arts | High Desert Chamber Music | Bend | Expand educational outreach and support operations | 2014 | $7,500 |
Arts | Jewish Theatre Collaborative | Portland | Support a half-time administrative assistant position to strengthen organizational infrastructure | 2014 | $10,000 |
Arts | Kukatonon | Portland | Provide African culture and dance instruction, and performance opportunities primarily for African American children in the Portland area | 2014 | $5,000 |
Arts | Lane Arts Council | Eugene | Provide artist residencies in rural, underserved Lane County schools | 2014 | $9,000 |
Arts | Metropolitan Youth Symphony | Portland | Develop musicianship in youth through concerts and outreach to low-income schools | 2014 | $10,000 |
Arts | Miracle Theatre Group | Portland | Support performances, programs, and operations celebrating Latino culture, diversity, and history | 2014 | $75,000 |
Arts | Museum of Contemporary Craft | Portland | Support exhibitions, programs, and operations | 2014 | $25,000 |
Arts | Music Camps at Wallowa Lake | La Grande | Support intensive music instruction in rural Wallowa County for high school brass and woodwind players from across Oregon | 2014 | $7,000 |
Arts | Neskowin Coast Foundation | Otis | Construct a multipurpose building to serve as an artist residence and student workshop space | 2014 | $25,000 |
Arts | Newspace Center for Photography | Portland | Establish a new curator position for Portland area audiences | 2014 | $20,000 |
Arts | Northwest Children's Theater and School | Portland | Support mainstage productions | 2014 | $15,000 |
Arts | Northwest Professional Dance Project | Portland | Build out and equip new studio and performance space in a Northeast Portland building | 2014 | $50,000 |
Arts | Oregon Ballet Theatre | Portland | Support 25th Anniversary programs and operations in Portland | 2014 | $100,000 |
Arts | Oregon Symphony Association | Portland | Support 2014-2015 programs and operations in Portland | 2014 | $125,000 |
Arts | Oregon Symphony Association in Salem | Salem | Provide educational outreach and concerts for youth and adult audiences in the mid-Willamette Valley | 2014 | $10,000 |
Arts | Original Practice Shakespeare Festival | Portland | Purchase a cargo trailer for a traveling troupe of actors performing in public parks in the Portland metropolitan area and on the Oregon Coast | 2014 | $3,000 |
Arts | Painted Sky | Portland | Connect reservation- and urban-based Native American youth to their cultural roots through traditional dance instruction and performances | 2014 | $5,000 |
Arts | PassinArt: A Theatre Company | Portland | Produce "Two Old Black Guys Just Sitting Around Talking," and provide related outreach to senior citizens and advocate groups | 2014 | $10,000 |
Arts | Peter Britt Gardens Music and Arts Festival Association | Medford | Support the Classical Festival in Jacksonville and increase access for underserved adults, seniors, and students | 2014 | $16,000 |
Arts | Portland Actors Conservatory | Portland | Replace the theater's sound system and support an associate director position | 2014 | $20,000 |
Arts | Portland Art Museum | Portland | Support 2014-2015 exhibitions and programs in Portland | 2014 | $125,000 |
Arts | Portland Baroque Orchestra | Portland | Expand programming to serve new audiences and underserved communities across Oregon | 2014 | $18,000 |
Arts | Portland Center Stage | Portland | Support 2014-2015 programs and operations in Portland | 2014 | $125,000 |
Arts | Portland Festival Symphony | Portland | Present free, outdoor classical music concerts in Portland neighborhood parks | 2014 | $10,000 |
Arts | Portland Institute for Contemporary Art | Portland | Support programs and operations in Portland (2 years) | 2014 | $100,000 |
Arts | Portland Opera Association | Portland | Support 50th Anniversary programs and operations in Portland | 2014 | $125,000 |
Arts | Portland Playhouse | Portland | Produce "After the Revolution" for the theater's diverse audiences in Northeast Portland | 2014 | $15,000 |
Arts | Portland Revels | Portland | Produce the 2014 Christmas Revels | 2014 | $7,000 |
Arts | Portland Symphonic Choir | Portland | Present the season's opening concerts featuring Mozart's "Requiem" in Portland | 2014 | $10,000 |
Arts | Portland Youth Philharmonic Association | Portland | Provide education and outreach programs for young musicians and school audiences | 2014 | $12,000 |
Arts | Profile Theatre Project | Portland | Produce a season of Sarah Ruhl plays and support related outreach and education programs for Portland area audiences | 2014 | $14,000 |
Arts | Regional Arts & Culture Council | Portland | Integrate the arts into all areas of K-8 education in approximately 30 additional schools serving low-income populations within the tri-county area | 2014 | $150,000 |
Arts | Rogue Valley Chorale Association | Medford | Produce "A Festival of Choirs" with five adult and children's choirs performing together for audiences in Medford | 2014 | $5,000 |
Arts | Ross Ragland Theater | Klamath Falls | Provide outreach and arts education programs for underserved rural children and youth in the Klamath Basin region | 2014 | $10,000 |
Arts | Salem Art Association | Salem | Reconfigure upstairs gallery areas in Bush Barn and support community arts programming in Marion, Polk, and Yamhill counties | 2014 | $65,000 |
Arts | Tears of Joy Theatre | Portland | Produce "Raven Stories," adapted from the Native American tradition of storytelling | 2014 | $10,000 |
Arts | Third Angle New Music Ensemble | Portland | Commission three new works from Oregon composers for a performance entitled "Afield" | 2014 | $5,500 |
Arts | Third Rail Repertory Theatre | Portland | Support programs and operations | 2014 | $12,000 |
Arts | Triangle Productions | Portland | Tour "The Jim Pepper Project" and present related educational workshops for Native American audiences in rural communities across Oregon | 2014 | $15,000 |
Arts | White Bird | Portland | Expand outreach to diversify contemporary dance audiences in Portland to include more individuals under the age of 40, people of color, and individuals with disabilities | 2014 | $35,000 |
Arts | Young Audiences of Oregon | Portland | Assist in leveraging full federal funding for a project to expand arts education into curricula for all 3rd - 5th grade classrooms in the Beaverton School District | 2014 | $20,000 |
Arts | Young Audiences of Oregon | Portland | Deliver arts education programs in Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington county schools | 2014 | $30,000 |
Arts | Youth Symphony of Southern Oregon | Medford | Provide music education and outreach programs for youth from Jackson, Josephine, and Klamath counties | 2014 | $7,500 |
Children-Youth | ABC House | Albany | Provide post-trauma therapy services for low-income children and families impacted by physical and sexual abuse in Linn and Benton counties | 2014 | $20,000 |
Children-Youth | Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis | Corvallis | Expand staffing to provide arts enrichment and career development skills to underserved, low-income, and at-risk youth in Benton County | 2014 | $60,000 |
Children-Youth | Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Oregon | Bend | Implement a job readiness and workforce skill development program for at-risk teens in Bend | 2014 | $15,000 |
Children-Youth | CASA for Children | Portland | Expand the agency's capacity to advocate for more at-risk children in Multnomah and Washington counties who are involved in the child welfare system due to abuse or neglect | 2014 | $25,000 |
Children-Youth | CASA for Children of Klamath County | Klamath Falls | Train more volunteers to serve more at-risk children involved in the child welfare system in rural Klamath County | 2014 | $15,000 |
Children-Youth | CASA of Jackson County | Medford | Hire an assistant program director to serve more at-risk children involved in the child welfare system in rural Josephine County | 2014 | $35,000 |
Children-Youth | CASA of Lane County | Springfield | Expand a peer coordinator model to serve more children involved in the child welfare system due to abuse or neglect in Lane County | 2014 | $20,000 |
Children-Youth | CASA of Linn County | Albany | Expand staffing to recruit and retain additional volunteers to serve more at-risk children involved in the child welfare system due to abuse or neglect in rural Linn County (2 years) | 2014 | $35,000 |
Children-Youth | Child Advocates | Oregon City | Expand staffing to recruit and retain additional volunteers to serve more at-risk children involved in the child welfare system due to abuse or neglect in Clackamas County | 2014 | $20,000 |
Children-Youth | Children's Center of Clackamas County | Oregon City | Enhance follow-up support services for children who have been abused and their non-offending family members in Clackamas County | 2014 | $25,000 |
Children-Youth | Children's Healing Art Project | Portland | Enhance organizational capacity to provide arts experiences to critically and chronically ill children in the Portland area | 2014 | $10,000 |
Children-Youth | Community Connection of Northeast Oregon | La Grande | Provide before- and after-school care and learning enrichment for school-age children in rural Oregon | 2014 | $30,000 |
Children-Youth | Family Building Blocks | Salem | Expand child abuse intervention services for low-income children/families in Marion and Polk counties through a challenge match | 2014 | $25,000 |
Children-Youth | Friends of the Children of the Klamath Basin | Klamath Falls | Renovate a clubhouse for a long term intervention and mentoring program serving at-risk children and youth in rural Klamath Falls | 2014 | $20,000 |
Children-Youth | Friends of the Children-Portland | Portland | Construct an East Multnomah County facility that accommodates the agency's mentoring of culturally diverse, low-income, at-risk youth, and other youth services provided by community partners | 2014 | $200,000 |
Children-Youth | Gilbert House Children's Museum | Salem | Produce and install a new hands-on learning exhibit for children | 2014 | $10,000 |
Children-Youth | Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington | Portland | Increase participation of Hispanic girls and adult volunteers across Oregon through culturally appropriate staffing and programming | 2014 | $79,000 |
Children-Youth | Heart of Oregon Corps | Bend | Employ at-risk teens to restore public lands through a summer conservation program in Central Oregon | 2014 | $10,000 |
Children-Youth | HomePlate Youth Services | Hillsboro | Support a new full-time volunteer coordinator position to expand the number of volunteers and mentors serving more homeless youth in Washington County | 2014 | $25,000 |
Children-Youth | Isaac's Room | Salem | Hire program staff to expand life skills training, mentoring, and workforce development for at-risk and homeless youth in the Salem area | 2014 | $75,000 |
Children-Youth | J Bar J Youth Services | Bend | Provide community-based mentoring for at-risk youth in Deschutes, Crook, and Jefferson counties | 2014 | $15,000 |
Children-Youth | Jackson Street Youth Shelter | Corvallis | Purchase a house for a transitional living program serving homeless youth, ages 18-20, from Benton and Linn counties | 2014 | $45,000 |
Children-Youth | Jefferson County Youth Organization | Madras | Upgrade the clubhouse and expand educational enrichment programs for low-income, primarily Latino and Native American K-8 students and their families in rural Madras | 2014 | $25,000 |
Children-Youth | Kids Intervention & Diagnostic Service Center | Bend | Upgrade soundproofing and technology to ensure confidentiality, safety, and security at a Central Oregon child abuse assessment facility | 2014 | $40,000 |
Children-Youth | Maslow Project | Medford | Expand basic needs services and wraparound supports to more homeless and at-risk youth in Jackson County | 2014 | $25,000 |
Children-Youth | MountainStar Family Relief Nursery | Bend | Provide family-focused child abuse prevention/intervention programs for at-risk children and families at the Juniper Junction Relief Nursery satellite. | 2014 | $20,000 |
Children-Youth | My Voice Music | Portland | Provide summer music camps in Portland for youth experiencing emotional and behavioral challenges | 2014 | $5,000 |
Children-Youth | Northwest Outward Bound School | Portland | Support the Pinnacle Scholarship fund to enable low-income Oregon youth to participate in a wilderness mentoring program | 2014 | $10,000 |
Children-Youth | Ophelia's Place | Eugene | Expand school-based mental health and empowerment programs in Lane County for at-risk girls, ages 10-18 | 2014 | $40,000 |
Children-Youth | Oregon Children's Foundation | Portland | Expand SMART early literacy intervention to serve more at-risk children in high-need schools in the Portland metro area | 2014 | $70,000 |
Children-Youth | Oregon Pediatric Society | Lake Oswego | Expand an early literacy program and statewide network of clinics serving children ages 6 months to five years from low-income, underserved families (2 years) | 2014 | $65,000 |
Children-Youth | Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon | Portland | Expand after-school and summer meal programs for low-income and impoverished children across Oregon | 2014 | $50,000 |
Children-Youth | Pathfinders of Oregon | Portland | Support a collaborative youth engagement project targeting low-income, at-risk middle school youth in the Rockwood community, and implement a leadership transition | 2014 | $60,000 |
Children-Youth | Portland Children's Museum | Portland | Establish the museum's artist in residence program in Portland (3 years) | 2014 | $90,000 |
Children-Youth | TLC-TnT | Portland | Provide stipends for culturally diverse, low-income teens to plan and supervise day camp activities for low-income, culturally diverse K-8 students in North Portland | 2014 | $5,000 |
Children-Youth | Westwind Stewardship Group | Otis | Support agency operations, and provide scholarships for low-income youth from diverse, underserved communities to attend summer camp on the Oregon Coast | 2014 | $30,000 |
Community-Welfare | 211info | Portland | Support operations to provide local social service information and referral to underserved and low-income individuals across the state | 2014 | $55,000 |
Community-Welfare | Albina Opportunities Corporation | Portland | Expand advisory and loan services to underserved women- and minority-owned small businesses in low- to moderate-income areas in Portland | 2014 | $100,000 |
Community-Welfare | American Red Cross, Oregon Trail Chapter | Portland | Develop disaster resiliency action plans in underserved, vulnerable communities | 2014 | $25,000 |
Community-Welfare | Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon | Portland | Establish a community garden in a low-income, ethnically diverse Southeast Portland neighborhood | 2014 | $15,000 |
Community-Welfare | Assistance League of Corvallis | Corvallis | Construct a warehouse to expand a clothing and hygiene kit distribution program for low-income K-12 students in Benton County | 2014 | $30,000 |
Community-Welfare | Bethlehem Inn | Bend | Provide shelter and support services for homeless individuals and families in Central Oregon through a challenge match | 2014 | $20,000 |
Community-Welfare | Better People | Portland | Prepare former offenders in the Portland area for successful entry/reentry into the workforce | 2014 | $10,000 |
Community-Welfare | Birch Community Services | Portland | Hire a program manager to expand education and skill-building programs to increase self-sufficiency of low-income families in the Portland area | 2014 | $19,980 |
Community-Welfare | Bradley Angle House | Portland | Provide emergency shelter services for a diverse population of low-income women and their children escaping domestic violence | 2014 | $14,000 |
Community-Welfare | Cascade AIDS Project | Portland | Assist individuals living with HIV/AIDS in the Portland area to find employment | 2014 | $25,000 |
Community-Welfare | Causa of Oregon | Salem | Provide culturally specific outreach to facilitate U.S. citizenship for Latinos with legal permanent residency status, many of whom are low-income, in Washington, Marion, Multnomah, Lane, and Deschutes counties | 2014 | $25,000 |
Community-Welfare | Central City Concern | Portland | Construct affordable housing that supports culturally-specific addiction recovery and peer mentoring services for low-income African American individuals and low-income families in Multnomah and Clackamas counties | 2014 | $400,000 |
Community-Welfare | Church of St. Michael The Archangel | Portland | Expand a community center in downtown Portland that provides health, food, and hospitality services to homeless and impoverished individuals | 2014 | $25,000 |
Community-Welfare | Clackamas Women's Services | Oregon City | Increase staffing to expand domestic violence support services for child and adult survivors in Clackamas County | 2014 | $135,000 |
Community-Welfare | Dundee Woman's Club | Dundee | Replace the roof on a historic community center serving residents in rural Yamhill County | 2014 | $40,000 |
Community-Welfare | Financial Stewardship Resources | Philomath | Hire an educational programming director to expand board member trainings for small- and medium-sized nonprofits, primarily in rural Oregon | 2014 | $42,000 |
Community-Welfare | FISH Food Bank | Hood River | Construct a new facility to increase storage capacity and distribution of food to low-income residents in the Gorge | 2014 | $75,000 |
Community-Welfare | Folk-Time | Portland | Provide peer-delivered support services and socialization in Northeast Portland for adults living with persistent mental illness | 2014 | $15,000 |
Community-Welfare | City of Grass Valley | Grass Valley | Renovate the community's historic pavilion and gathering space for residents of rural Sherman County | 2014 | $49,000 |
Community-Welfare | Growing Gardens | Portland | Expand culturally responsive home gardening education, mentoring, and support programs for low-income, Spanish-speaking families in the Portland area | 2014 | $30,000 |
Community-Welfare | Habitat for Humanity of Oregon | Portland | Expand funding, training, and technical assistance to Habitat affiliates across Oregon to position them to provide housing and home repair assistance to low-income seniors, families, and individuals with disabilities | 2014 | $100,000 |
Community-Welfare | Huerto de la Familia | Eugene | Support garden education and food production programs for low-income Latino families in the Eugene area | 2014 | $15,000 |
Community-Welfare | Illinois Valley Family Coalition | Cave Junction | Replace air conditioning and heating units in a facility that provides social services to low-income clients in rural Josephine County | 2014 | $6,000 |
Community-Welfare | Innovative Changes | Portland | Expand peer-supported financial education programs for low-income women of color in the Portland area (2 years) | 2014 | $40,000 |
Community-Welfare | Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization | Portland | Increase staffing at Africa House to improve academic success and support services for low-income African immigrant and refugee youth and their families in Oregon | 2014 | $70,500 |
Community-Welfare | Jesuit Volunteer Corps Northwest | Portland | Hire an associate director to expand the impact of volunteers serving low-income individuals and communities across Oregon | 2014 | $17,000 |
Community-Welfare | Jewish Family & Child Service | Portland | Provide wraparound social services for low-income seniors and people with disabilities for the Jewish community and greater Portland area residents | 2014 | $15,000 |
Community-Welfare | L'Arche Portland | Portland | Purchase two vans to provide transportation for individuals with developmental disabilities residing in Portland area group homes | 2014 | $8,000 |
Community-Welfare | Lettuce Grow Garden Foundation | Portland | Develop a curriculum to teach incarcerated individuals advanced gardening and greenhouse management skills | 2014 | $18,000 |
Community-Welfare | LGBTQ Community Center Fund | Portland | Build community connections and reduce social isolation for Portland area LGBTQ adults, ages 55 years and above | 2014 | $12,000 |
Community-Welfare | Living Yoga | Portland | Expand trauma-informed yoga classes for youth and adults in Portland area correctional facilities and treatment programs through a challenge grant | 2014 | $10,000 |
Community-Welfare | Lotus Rising Project | Medford | Support programs and operations serving LGBTQ youth and adults in Southern Oregon | 2014 | $7,500 |
Community-Welfare | Lutheran Community Services Northwest | Beaverton | Support a transitional housing program for homeless women and children in Washington County | 2014 | $10,000 |
Community-Welfare | Mount Hood Towne Hall Association | Parkdale | Upgrade a community center and playground serving individuals and families in rural Hood River County | 2014 | $20,000 |
Community-Welfare | Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp | Portland | Increase staff housing to expand outdoor recreational opportunities to more children and adults with disabilities | 2014 | $35,000 |
Community-Welfare | New City Initiative | Portland | Relocate and expand catering operations to develop food service skills and job opportunities for individuals in the greater Portland area who have experienced homelessness (3 years) | 2014 | $90,000 |
Community-Welfare | Northwest Housing Alternatives | Portland | Construct a community room to serve low-income individuals and families residing at Autumn Park Apartments, an affordable housing complex in Wilsonville | 2014 | $38,800 |
Community-Welfare | Northwest Pilot Project | Portland | Expand housing and support services to more low-income seniors at risk of and experiencing homelessness in Portland | 2014 | $30,000 |
Community-Welfare | Oregon Abuse Advocates and Survivors in Service | Portland | Hire an education and outreach director to increase statewide community engagement to end child sexual abuse | 2014 | $15,000 |
Community-Welfare | Oregon Food Bank | Portland | Acquire food for distribution to families in need throughout the state | 2014 | $100,000 |
Community-Welfare | Our House of Portland | Portland | Upgrade technology to expand independent living support for low-income people living with HIV/AIDs in the Portland area | 2014 | $45,000 |
Community-Welfare | Pearl Buck Center | Eugene | Replace a fleet of vehicles used to transport adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Lane County | 2014 | $40,000 |
Community-Welfare | Portland Community Toolbank | Portland | Purchase tools and technology to establish a tool lending program for Portland metropolitan area nonprofits | 2014 | $20,000 |
Community-Welfare | Portland Homeless Family Solutions | Portland | Build organizational infrastructure and add case management hours to shelter coordinator positions to serve more homeless families with children in Portland | 2014 | $50,000 |
Community-Welfare | Rebuilding Together*Washington County | Beaverton | Repair mobile homes for low-income families, seniors, and individuals with disabilities and support operations | 2014 | $5,000 |
Community-Welfare | Reedsport Church of God (for Project Blessing) | Reedsport | Purchase technology equipment and signage to improve efficiency and services at a food pantry serving low-income rural residents of coastal Douglas County | 2014 | $5,000 |
Community-Welfare | Sisters of the Road | Portland | Provide meals and support services to individuals experiencing poverty and homelessness in Portland through a challenge grant | 2014 | $22,000 |
Community-Welfare | Siuslaw Outreach Services | Florence | Renovate a resource facility serving rural domestic violence survivors and low-income individuals and families | 2014 | $20,000 |
Community-Welfare | Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Redmond Conference | Redmond | Purchase a facility to house basic needs programs and social services for low-income, vulnerable individuals and families in rural Central Oregon | 2014 | $100,000 |
Community-Welfare | South Lincoln Resources | Waldport | Improve drainage and parking areas at a newly-purchased facility that houses social and basic needs programs serving low-income, rural residents on the central coast | 2014 | $20,000 |
Community-Welfare | Store to Door | Portland | Expand a grocery delivery program to support independent living for low-income, homebound seniors and individuals with disabilities in the Portland metropolitan area | 2014 | $12,500 |
Community-Welfare | Tillamook County Women's Resource Center | Tillamook | Support a staff position to manage a survivor-centered, coordinated criminal justice response for sexual assault cases in rural Tillamook County | 2014 | $30,000 |
Community-Welfare | Tillamook Serenity Club | Tillamook | Expand the program manager position to serve more individuals in recovery from addictions in rural Tillamook County | 2014 | $5,000 |
Community-Welfare | Urban League of Portland | Portland | Produce and publish the "2014 State of Black Oregon Report" | 2014 | $30,000 |
Community-Welfare | Veterans in Recovery | Medford | Provide training to expand peer-delivered outreach and mentoring to low-income veterans, women, and families impacted by addiction and/or trauma | 2014 | $5,000 |
Community-Welfare | Volunteers of America Oregon | Portland | Provide domestic violence prevention and intervention services for at-risk children and youth in the Portland metropolitan area | 2014 | $25,000 |
Education | ACE (Architecture, Construction, Engineering) Mentor Program | Portland | Enhance career-mentoring provided by volunteers targeting low-income students and students of color in the Portland metro area by increasing staff administrative support | 2014 | $45,000 |
Education | Campbell Institute | Portland | Support operations to promote high-quality early learning for children through age eight, and catalyze statewide leadership to improve education practice and policy (3 years) | 2014 | $250,000 |
Education | Catlin Gabel School | Portland | Hire a KairosPDX Family Connections program coordinator to increase access to early childhood resources among low-income African American families in the Portland area | 2014 | $45,000 |
Education | City Club of Portland | Portland | Implement a program in Portland high schools to engage at-risk students, particularly from communities of color, in civic leadership activities, and increase the diversity of the club's decision-making groups (3 years) | 2014 | $45,000 |
Education | Foundations for a Better Oregon | Portland | Support operations; implement the third year of TeachOregon | 2014 | $748,560 |
Education | Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce | Portland | Increase access to vocational and higher education scholarships and financial resources for low- to moderate-income Latino students across Oregon | 2014 | $45,000 |
Education | I Have a Dream Foundation | Portland | Advance the Dreamer School Project's collaborative approach to improve educational outcomes for culturally diverse, low-income students in the Reynolds School District | 2014 | $180,000 |
Education | Junior Achievement of Oregon and SW Washington | Portland | Purchase updated teacher guides and educational materials for a career and financial literacy program for Oregon fifth-graders | 2014 | $15,000 |
Education | Lewis & Clark College | Portland | Participate in a pilot program in Portland to increase the college's retention and completion rates of low-income, first-generation students and students of color | 2014 | $100,000 |
Education | Marathon Education Partners | Portland | Expand long-term mentoring services for motivated, underserved, low-income Portland area students from 5th grade through college | 2014 | $15,000 |
Education | Open Meadow Alternative Schools | Portland | Implement a new educational model and school in East Multnomah County to prepare culturally diverse, at-risk middle and high school students for post-secondary success | 2014 | $300,000 |
Education | Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | Portland | Construct a marine science education center in Newport | 2014 | $400,000 |
Education | Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center | Portland | Support transition services to assist low-income, at-risk young adults, particularly from communities of color in the Portland area, to achieve education, employment, and self-sufficiency skills beyond high school (2 years) | 2014 | $30,000 |
Education | Reading Results | Portland | Expand reading intervention services to more elementary schools serving low-income children and children of color in the Portland metro area | 2014 | $80,000 |
Education | Self Enhancement | Portland | Support programs and operations in the Portland area that provide academic and personal achievement programs to underserved, low-income African American and Latino students in grades 3-12 and their families (2 years) | 2014 | $250,000 |
Education | The Shadow Project | Portland | Transform the agency's education model to improve educational outcomes for more students with learning differences | 2014 | $36,000 |
Education | St. Andrew Nativity School | Portland | Increase staffing to expand support services and provide mentoring for low-income, culturally diverse students in N/NE Portland and East Multnomah County who are transitioning into high school, college, and careers | 2014 | $25,000 |
Education | Stand for Children Leadership Center | Portland | Increase academic success for English language learners, and strengthen parent engagement programs for Latino and African American families in East Multnomah County schools | 2014 | $25,000 |
Environment | Beyond Toxics | Eugene | Conduct environmental outreach to test soils in home gardens of low-income, predominately Latino families residing in a West Eugene industrial corridor area | 2014 | $8,750 |
Environment | Columbia Land Trust | Portland | Expand regional conservation and stewardship strategies east of the Cascades and across the Columbia River region in Oregon | 2014 | $65,000 |
Environment | Confluence Environmental Center | Portland | Implement a Fellows Program to assist understaffed, community-based environmental organizations to increase their leadership and impact in Lents Foster, a low-income, underserved area in Southeast Portland | 2014 | $30,000 |
Environment | Friends of Trees | Portland | Hire a volunteer coordinator to expand the agency's environmental restoration programs to underserved areas in Marion and Lane counties | 2014 | $80,000 |
Environment | Groundwork Portland | Portland | Provide youth development, environmental stewardship opportunities, and summer jobs for underserved, low-income, Portland youth from communities of color | 2014 | $10,000 |
Environment | Lake County Resources Initiative | Lakeview | Provide education and training to promote renewable energy alternatives in six rural Oregon communities | 2014 | $25,000 |
Environment | The Nature Conservancy | Portland | Restore and protect oak, prairie, and floodplain habitat in Yamhill, Polk, and Lane counties | 2014 | $200,000 |
Environment | Northwest Earth Institute | Portland | Launch a peace, justice, and environmental sustainability course, and support operations | 2014 | $25,000 |
Environment | Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center | Portland | Support three seasonal staff positions to serve more school groups at an environmental education center in the Willamette National Forest | 2014 | $30,000 |
Environment | Oregon Coast Aquarium | Newport | Produce "Shipwrecks," a marine archeology and ocean exploration exhibit | 2014 | $50,000 |
Environment | Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition | Seal Rock | Engage citizens to monitor and protect five Oregon marine reserves | 2014 | $15,000 |
Environment | Portland Audubon Society | Portland | Build two yurts and improve emergency vehicle access and fire safety at Miller Sanctuary's outdoor education site | 2014 | $45,000 |
Environment | Siskiyou Field Institute | Selma | Replace the roof of an environmental education center serving individuals and school groups in rural Josephine County | 2014 | $21,000 |
Environment | Sustainable Northwest | Portland | Expand a water and energy savings project in rural Klamath Basin, and build a sustaining donor base through a challenge match | 2014 | $20,000 |
Environment | Friends of Tryon Creek Park | Portland | Create new science, technology, engineering and math-related environmental education curricula for students and teachers in Portland elementary schools | 2014 | $10,000 |
Environment | Tualatin Riverkeepers | Tualatin | Support operations to strengthen equity, diversity, and inclusion of culturally diverse residents living in the Tualatin watershed | 2014 | $14,000 |
Environment | Verde | Portland | Construct Cully Park, a collaborative community engagement project to transform a former landfill into a park/community asset for residents in a low-income, underserved North Portland neighborhood | 2014 | $140,000 |
Environment | Western Rivers Conservancy | Portland | Support operations to expand conservation of fish and wildlife habitat along the John Day River Basin | 2014 | $200,000 |
Environment | Willamette Riverkeeper | Portland | Engage Oregonians in stewardship of the Willamette Water Trail Project | 2014 | $15,000 |
Health and Science | African American Health Coalition | Portland | Hire a program coordinator to expand outreach/intervention to decrease the risks of chronic disease in Portland's African American communities | 2014 | $95,000 |
Health and Science | Blue Mountain Healthcare Foundation | John Day | Purchase a bone density scanner for Blue Mountain Hospital in rural Grant County | 2014 | $15,000 |
Health and Science | Community Cancer Foundation/Community Cancer Center | Roseburg | Purchase radiation therapy equipment to treat cancer patients in Roseburg and rural Douglas County | 2014 | $75,000 |
Health and Science | Dental Foundation of Oregon | Wilsonville | Provide mobile dental clinic services for low-income, culturally diverse K-12 students across Oregon | 2014 | $30,000 |
Health and Science | Family Solutions | Medford | Replace the roof and windows at two community-based residential treatment homes serving adolescents in Southern Oregon | 2014 | $20,000 |
Health and Science | HIV Alliance | Eugene | Sustain and expand HIV prevention programs in eleven underserved counties including Marion, Lane, Douglas, Josephine, Jackson, Lake, Klamath, Coos, Curry, Lincoln, and Clatsop | 2014 | $35,000 |
Health and Science | Human Solutions | Portland | Construct a dental clinic in an affordable housing complex to serve low-income individuals and families in East Multnomah County | 2014 | $175,000 |
Health and Science | Klamath Child & Family Treatment Center | Klamath Falls | Upgrade technology and join an electronic patient data system serving rural children, adults, and families with behavioral/mental health needs | 2014 | $50,000 |
Health and Science | Multicultural Integrated Kidney Education Program | Portland | Support health education and mentoring to promote chronic disease prevention among a diverse corps of at-risk youth attending an alternative high school in Hillsboro | 2014 | $10,000 |
Health and Science | Northwest Medical Foundation of Tillamook | Tillamook | Purchase cardiac monitor/defibrillators for ambulance units serving rural residents on the North Coast | 2014 | $25,000 |
Health and Science | Oregon Foundation for Reproductive Health | Portland | Launch a pilot to train primary health care providers to proactively address family planning and pre-conception health care issues with low-income women at three Federally Qualified Health Clinics in the Portland area | 2014 | $75,000 |
Health and Science | Oregon Health and Science University Foundation | Portland | Purchase state-of-the-art biomedical imaging equipment for the Knight Cancer Institute in Portland | 2014 | $1,000,000 |
Health and Science | Outside In | Portland | Install an upgraded electronic health records system to improve the coordination of care among providers serving low-income youth and adults in Portland | 2014 | $50,000 |
Health and Science | Pine-Eagle Health Planning Committee | Halfway | Replace an ambulance for patients in medically underserved, rural Baker County | 2014 | $40,000 |
Health and Science | Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette | Portland | Implement an electronic health records system at eight clinics in Oregon | 2014 | $80,000 |
Health and Science | Returning Veterans Project | Portland | Expand free therapeutic and holistic care services to military veterans and their families across Oregon | 2014 | $24,000 |
Health and Science | Robison Jewish Home | Portland | Construct a health and rehabilitation center in Portland to implement a household model of care for elders and people with disabilities | 2014 | $150,000 |
Health and Science | Saint Alphonsus Foundation - Baker City | Baker City | Create a hospital-based breast health center to expand breast cancer screening and outreach programs for women in rural Baker County | 2014 | $26,680 |
Health and Science | South Lane School District | Cottage Grove | Expand dental services for school children from low-income families residing in rural South Lane and North Douglas counties | 2014 | $20,000 |
Health and Science | Therapy Works NW | Gresham | Construct a facility to increase the number of low-income children with disabilities receiving hippotherapy services in the greater Portland area | 2014 | $30,000 |
Health and Science | Trillium Family Services Foundation | Portland | Construct a secure facility on the agency's Corvallis campus for youth, ages 14-17, in need of intensive psychiatric inpatient services (3 years) | 2014 | $400,000 |
Health and Science | Upstream Public Health | Portland | Coordinate oral health programs for underserved young children, primarily from low-income families, who are enrolled at licensed childcare centers in Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties | 2014 | $10,000 |
Humanities | Columbia River Maritime Museum | Astoria | Renovate two buildings to create a new conservation/collections storage facility | 2014 | $60,000 |
Humanities | The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon | Grand Ronde | Construct a permanent exhibit area and community meeting spaces at Chachalu, a Native American cultural center in rural Western Oregon | 2014 | $60,000 |
Humanities | Douglas County Museum Foundation | Roseburg | Digitize an oral history collection to ensure preservation and expand access | 2014 | $6,120 |
Humanities | The Driftwood Library Foundation of Lincoln City | Lincoln City | Purchase a van to expand library outreach primarily to low-income children and elderly residents in rural Lincoln County | 2014 | $5,000 |
Humanities | Fishtrap | Enterprise | Support programs promoting literary arts in rural Northeastern Oregon | 2014 | $20,000 |
Humanities | High Desert Museum | Bend | Upgrade the Central Oregon museum's technology to enhance visitors' experiences and improve operational efficiency | 2014 | $32,000 |
Humanities | Japanese Garden Society of Oregon | Portland | Support operations and programs in the Portland area | 2014 | $25,000 |
Humanities | Friends of the Jefferson Public Library | Jefferson | Construct a new library for mid-Willamette Valley rural residents | 2014 | $75,000 |
Humanities | Josephy Center for Arts and Culture | Joseph | Present art exhibits and related events at a cultural center serving rural residents of Wallowa County | 2014 | $15,000 |
Humanities | Literary Arts | Portland | Support Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships, and Writers in the Schools and Everybody Reads programs in the Portland area | 2014 | $30,000 |
Humanities | Oregon Black Pioneers Corporation | Salem | Produce an exhibit tracing migration of African Americans to and within Oregon in the 1940s and 1950s for display at Oregon Historical Society and other venues | 2014 | $20,000 |
Humanities | Oregon Council for the Humanities | Portland | Provide the Humanities in Perspective course for low-income individuals in the Portland area and a summer humanities camp for a diverse mix of teens and high school faculty from across Oregon | 2014 | $18,000 |
Humanities | Oregon Historical Society | Portland | Support programs and operations | 2014 | $100,000 |
Humanities | Portland Classical Chinese Garden | Portland | Expand programs to attract more children and families as visitors and members | 2014 | $20,000 |
Humanities | Salem Multicultural Institute | Salem | Hire a full-time assistant director to expand year-round multicultural enrichment programs in the mid-Willamette Valley | 2014 | $50,000 |
Humanities | Street Books | Portland | Expand access to literature and social engagement for homeless people in Portland | 2014 | $3,000 |
Humanities | The Dalles-Wasco County Library Foundation | The Dalles | Add space to the library facility to expand services for children and youth in the rural mid-Columbia Gorge area | 2014 | $100,000 |
Humanities | Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center | Wallowa | Construct a longhouse for descendants of the Wallowa Nez Perce, and also foster public awareness about Nez Perce history and culture in the rural Wallowa region | 2014 | $40,000 |
Humanities | Wisdom of the Elders | Portland | Implement a culturally-tailored conservation/environmental education initiative to engage Native American youth | 2014 | $15,000 |
Humanities | World Forestry Center | Portland | Present two new exhibits for children and families at the Discovery Museum in Portland | 2014 | $25,000 |
Humanities | Write Around Portland | Portland | Purchase a new database system to expand writing programs for disenfranchised individuals in Multnomah and Washington counties | 2014 | $25,000 |
Religion | Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon | Portland | Engage faith communities in service for the common good, and present the 2014 Collins Lecture | 2014 | $147,500 |