OVERVIEW: The Billings, Montana-based First Interstate BancSystem Foundation supports nonprofits and public entities in communities served by First Interstate Bank. Its grantmaking spans civic and community development, arts and culture, K–12 … [Read more...] about First Interstate BancSystem Foundation
Oregon Grants
Oregon Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Oregon Community Foundation supports nonprofits across Oregon through statewide and regional competitions, donor-advised and designated funds, scholarships, funder collaboratives and impact investments. Its interests span education, … [Read more...] about Oregon Community Foundation
Oregon Jewish Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: This community funder supports Jewish and secular groups in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Areas of interest for these funds include education, arts and culture, human services, and community and economic development.. IP TAKE: While the … [Read more...] about Oregon Jewish Community Foundation
Coquille Tribal Community Fund
OVERVIEW: The Coquille Tribal Community Fund supports education, public safety, arts and culture, environment, historic preservation, health and problem gaming in Southwest Oregon. IP TAKE: This Native-led foundation is a great one to know in … [Read more...] about Coquille Tribal Community Fund
Meyer Memorial Trust
OVERVIEW: Meyer Memorial Trust is a justice and equity-focused grantmaker serving communities in the state of Oregon. Its grants support racial justice, economic justice, education, community development, immigrants rights and more. IP TAKE: Meyer … [Read more...] about Meyer Memorial Trust
Benton Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder exclusively supports Benton County, Oregon, with grantmaking for basic needs, youth employment, civic engagement, music, counseling and childcare. Each year, BCF reevaluates local needs and what causes will be funded. IP TAKE: … [Read more...] about Benton Community Foundation
Autzen Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Autzen Foundation broadly supports education, youth, human services, and arts and culture causes in Oregon. IP TAKE: The Autzen Foundation is a low-profile funder that does a great deal to support small, local nonprofits and service … [Read more...] about Autzen Foundation
Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation
OVERVIEW: Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related to educational causes, the arts and community organizations. IP TAKE: This foundation lacks transparency, which limits information available on its grantmaking … [Read more...] about Edward and Cynthia Maletis Foundation
Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation supports basic needs, abuse prevention and intervention, education, health and wellness and community needs in Oregon. IP TAKE: This locally focused, Native-led foundation prefers to award small … [Read more...] about Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation
Three Rivers Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder is affiliated with local Native American tribes and a casino hotel. It primarily supports groups in Southwest Oregon. Funding areas are education, health, public safety, problem gambling, the arts, the environment, cultural … [Read more...] about Three Rivers Foundation
Western Lane Community Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports nonprofits in the Oregon communities of Florence, Mapleton, Dunes City and Deadwood. It accepts unsolicited requests. IP TAKE: Grants from this place-based community foundation are modest, but accessible to Oregon … [Read more...] about Western Lane Community Foundation
The Ford Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports work related to children, education, arts, community and the economy in communities throughout Oregon and also in Siskiyou County, California. It prioritizes rural efforts, and the application process is always … [Read more...] about The Ford Family Foundation
NW Natural
OVERVIEW: Northwest Natural supports the environment, arts, children, and families at risk in Western Oregon and Southwest Washington. IP TAKE: This is an accessible corporate funder in the Northwest that has been expanding its philanthropic … [Read more...] about NW Natural
Seeding Justice
OVERVIEW: Seeding Justice supports social justice and equity-focused groups based in Oregon. IP TAKE: Seeding Justice was focused on equity grantmaking long before it was in vogue. Grants are modest, but the foundation supports small grassroots … [Read more...] about Seeding Justice
C. Giles Hunt Charitable Trust
OVERVIEW: The C. Giles Hunt Charitable Trust supports arts and culture, education, environment, animal welfare, health, human services, public/society benefit and religion in Oregon. IP TAKE: The C. Giles Hunt Charitable Trust has a narrow … [Read more...] about C. Giles Hunt Charitable Trust
James R. Kuse Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder makes grants in Oregon, especially the Greater Portland area, in the fields of children, education, medical research and community. Unsolicited requests are not accepted. IP TAKE: In the past, annual grantmaking has been quite … [Read more...] about James R. Kuse Family Foundation
Wood Family Charitable Trust
OVERVIEW: The Wood Family Charitable Trust supports education, health and human services in Vale, Oregon and the surrounding communities. IP TAKE: As a private foundation managed by Bank of America’s philanthropic wing, the Wood Family Charitable … [Read more...] about Wood Family Charitable Trust
The Standard Charitable Foundation and The Standard Corporate Giving
OVERVIEW: The Standard Charitable Foundation supports community development, education, disability organizations. Meanwhile the financial company’s corporate grantmaking supports health, people with disabilities, education, and cultural … [Read more...] about The Standard Charitable Foundation and The Standard Corporate Giving
The Roundhouse Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder awards grants mostly in central Oregon in the fields of art, environment, social services, education and community leadership. It typically accepts unsolicited requests. IP TAKE: This is a one of the few family foundations … [Read more...] about The Roundhouse Foundation
Salem Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports Salem, Oregon-based projects that address youth, human services, and arts and culture. It accepts grant requests twice per year from local groups. IP TAKE: The Salem Foundation is a low-key funder that makes grants in … [Read more...] about Salem Foundation
Cressey Family Charitable Trust
OVERVIEW: The Cressey Family Charitable Trust supports education and literacy in Oregon by making grants to schools, public libraries, and education-related nonprofits. IP TAKE: The Cressey Family Charitable Trust is a low-key funder that makes a … [Read more...] about Cressey Family Charitable Trust
Gray Family Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Gray Family Foundation funds environmental education throughout Oregon in the form of classroom programs, outside-of-school activities, outdoor science schools, and overnight camps. IP TAKE: The Gray Family Foundation is a niche funder … [Read more...] about Gray Family Foundation
Collins Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Collins Foundation broadly funds education, arts, environment, and racial justice concerns in Oregon.IP TAKE: The Collins Foundation is a low-key family funder that makes moderate to large grants to nonprofits in its giving area. … [Read more...] about Collins Foundation
The Healy Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Healy Foundation supports education and youth, environmental conservation, and human services in Oregon and Hawaii.IP TAKE: The Healy Foundation is a low-key funder that makes modest grants in a limited giving area, restricted to … [Read more...] about The Healy Foundation
PGE Foundation
OVERVIEW: This corporate funder supports education, youth, and arts and culture programs in Oregon. It also supports basic needs services for local families, including housing and food. IP TAKE: The PGE Foundation is a local, corporate funder that … [Read more...] about PGE Foundation
James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation
OVERVIEW: This Portland-based family funder supports education and the arts in Oregon.IP TAKE: The James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation is a funder to know for any artist or organization in the Oregon artistic community. While it has … [Read more...] about James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation
The Lazar Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Lazar Foundation makes grants to support land and water conservation efforts, as well as to broaden and increase the impact of environmental organizations, in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. IP TAKE: The Lazar Foundation is … [Read more...] about The Lazar Foundation
Carpenter Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports Jackson and Josephine Counties in Oregon. It accepts grant applications in the areas of human services, art, education, and public interest.IP TAKE: The Carpenter Foundation is a small family foundation that … [Read more...] about Carpenter Foundation
Jackson Foundation
OVERVIEW: The Jackson Foundation broadly funds arts and culture, education and youth, and human services in Portland, Oregon and beyond.IP TAKE: The Jackson Foundation is a low-key funder that makes modest grants to fund small, local … [Read more...] about Jackson Foundation
Northwest Health Foundation
OVERVIEW: This funder supports preventative health, disability advocacy, and racial justice in healthcare access throughout Oregon and Southwest Washington. IP TAKE: Northwest Health Foundation is a low-key local funder that makes mostly modest, and … [Read more...] about Northwest Health Foundation
