The Oregon Community Foundation is accepting applications to provide equitable access to flexible funding for organizations serving the most pressing needs in communities throughout Oregon.
Donor Name: Oregon Community Foundation
State: Oregon
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/23/2024
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
They encourage a broad range of nonprofits to apply. They prioritize work that clearly addresses community-identified needs in support of the following Oregon populations who have histori[1]cally experienced significant bias, discrimination or underinvestment:
- Black, Indigenous, Latino/x and communities of color. (Communities of color include, but are not limited to, Black/African/African American, Indigenous/Native American, Latino/x, Asian/ Asian American, Southwest Asian and North African/Middle Eastern and North African, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander).
- People living in under-resourced communities and/or communities lacking critical infrastructure.
- Immigrants and/or refugees.
- People experiencing disabilities.
- People living on low incomes.
- People who are homeless/unsheltered.
- People who identify as LGBTQ+.
- Survivors of domestic violence and/or child abuse.
Funding Information
The maximum award is $40,000, but the average size is $15,000–$20,000.
Grant Period
The grant period is one year.
Funding Priorities
Funding will go to a broad range of organizations to support small capital, capacity-building and new or expanding programs or projects that will deepen, enhance or grow work in their community.
Funding will support applications focused on one of these three grant types:
- New or expanding program or project. Costs associated with developing a new program or service or expanding a current one.
- New activities a) did not exist before, and b) are planned or developed to address a gap or need for the organization or the community served.
- Expanding activities build on previous success to significantly increase impact on more or different people or communities. This can include reaching a new or different population, county or community or significantly more of the same population in the same community. Requests to support ongoing, incremental growth are not competitive and will not be considered. They have no single definition of “significant expansion” for all contexts and needs. Please explain why your request is a significant expansion in terms of community needs.
- Capacity-building. Costs relating to new or expanded activities that develop the organization. Typical examples include strategic or business planning, board development, volunteer coordination, program planning, and marketing and communications.
- Small capital. Costs associated with new or expanded building construction, renovation or equipment. Total small capital costs may not exceed $500,000.
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- 501(c)(3) organizations, tribal entities and government entities are eligible to apply. Other types of organizations may work with a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor to become eligible; an official agreement outlining the relationship with the fiscal sponsor must be submitted with the application.
- Organizations that have active grants with other OCF grant programs are eligible to apply in 2024.
For more information, visit Oregon Community Foundation.
