Grants and Scholarships

To build stronger communities, OCF works with a broad base of donors, nonprofits and volunteers throughout the state. We disbursed approximately $60 million in 2010 to more than 2,000 nonprofits and 2,300 students.

Leading principles of the foundation’s discretionary grantmaking are to:

• Build an inclusive spirit of community encompassing all the people of Oregon
• Prioritize investments that resolve problems at their source
• Connect private citizens to address needs and aspirations of their communities

Grants

Scholarships

Community 101
Collaboration and critical thinking, with an overlay of civic engagement, are at the root of C101, the foundation's youth philanthropy program. Students work together to identify community needs, research nonprofits, conduct site visits, review grant applications and make funding decisions. Each classroom has $5,000 to award in grants to community nonprofits.

Improving Youth Education through Mentoring and Enrichment Programs
An OCF Eastern Oregon Regional Action Initiative in Baker, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Malheur, Morrow, Union, Umatilla and Wallowa Counties

Latino Partnership Program
The program promotes the development of leaders and organizations in the Latino community and strengthens ties between Latino and non-Latino community leaders.

Parenting Hubs
Parenting education programs that  focus on the importance of:

• Nurturing and affection;
• Early literacy and language experiences; and
• Consistency in interactions and expectations.

Our donors care.

OCF connects caring with action by matching donors to causes and communities in need.

Donors in the OCF community are as varied as the state we serve. We guide individuals, families, businesses and organizations with all sizes of charitable resources at their disposal.

For the past 38 years, we’ve helped donors create charitable funds to support the causes they care about.

Eastern Oregon Regional Profile