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OCF 2023 THRIVING ENTREPRENEURS PRESS RELEASE
OCF 2023 THRIVING ENTREPRENEURS VISUALS
OCF 2023 THRIVING ENTREPRENEURS RECIPIENTS LIST
OCF FALL 2023 COMMUNITY GRANTS PRESS RELEASE
OCF FALL 2023 COMMUNITY GRANTS VISUALS
- Comunidades 1
- Comunidades 2
- Comunidades 3
- Daisy C.H.A.I.N. 1
- Daisy C.H.A.I.N. 2
- Every Child Central Oregon 1
- Every Child Central Oregon 2
- Many Hats Collaboration 1
- Many Hats Collaboration 2
- Outgrowing Hunger 1
- Outgrowing Hunger 2
- Outgrowing Hunger 3
- Soaring Heights Recovery Home 1
- Soaring Heights Recovery Home 2
OCF FALL 2023 COMMUNITY GRANTS RECIPIENTS LIST
2023 CREATIVE HEIGHTS PRESS RELEASE
2023 CREATIVE HEIGHTS VISUALS
- Activate Arts
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde - 1
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde - 2
- Cymaspace - 1
- Cymaspace - 2
- Cymaspace - 3
- Haunt Camp
2023 CREATIVE HEIGHTS GRANTS LIST
ALBINA ARTS CENTER PRESS RELEASE
- August 15, 2023: New Ownership for Albina Arts Center
- May 9, 2023: Oregon Community Foundation Seeks Next Owner for Albina Arts Center Following Year-Long Engagement Process
POIC + RAHS BLOG POST
ALBINA ARTS CENTER RFP
ALBINA ARTS CENTER VISUALS
Latest Project Turnkey News Releases
- July 10, 2023: Oregon Community Foundation Wraps Up Project Turnkey with $125M State Investment for 32 Properties in 27 Cities Across 18 Counties, Increasing Oregon’s Housing Supply by 36 Percent Increase
- Project Turnkey Awarded Projects 2020-2023
- July 10, 2023: Project Turnkey 2.0 Invests Additional $26M to Meet Needs of Often Overlooked Communities, Bringing Total Properties to 13
Project Turnkey Visuals
- Project Turnkey 2020-2023 Graphic
- Project Turnkey 2020-2023 Map
- Project Turnkey 2.0 Graphic
- Project Turnkey 2.0 Comprehensive Stats Graphic
- Project Turnkey 1.0 Graphic
- Logo: Oregon Community Foundation
- Logo: Oregon Housing and Community Services
Project Turnkey Final Properties Photos
- College Housing Northwest Photo 1
- College Housing Northwest Photo 2
- Family Promise of Tualatin Valley Photo 1
- Family Promise of Tualatin Valley Photo 2
- Family Promise of Tualatin Valley Photo 3
- Urban League of Portland Photo 1
- Urban League of Portland Photo 2
- Urban League of Portland Photo 3
- Urban League of Portland Photo 4
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Photo 1
- Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Photo 2
- Northwest Coastal Housing Photo 1
- Northwest Coastal Housing Photo 2
Project Turnkey Resources
OCF LEADERSHIP PROMOTIONS PRESS RELEASE
OCF LEADERSHIP PROMOTIONS VISUALS
MARCY BRADLEY AND STEPHANIE SWANSON BIOGRAPHIES
LISA MENSAH PRESS RELEASE
LISA MENSAH VISUAL
LISA MENSAH INTERVIEW
LISA MENSAH BIOGRAPHY
News Releases
- November 30, 2023: Oregon Community Foundation Funds 24 Oregon Nonprofits to Help Local Entrepreneurs
- November 15, 2023: Oregon Community Foundation Awards $4.7 Million Investment in 203 Oregon Nonprofits
- September 13, 2023: Oregon Community Foundation Promotes Two Executive Leaders to Lead Foundation’s Community and Awareness-building Efforts
- August 22, 2023: Oregon Community Foundation Invests $1 Million in Visionary Oregon Arts and Culture Projects Through 2023 Creative Heights Initiative
- August 15, 2023: New Ownership for Albina Arts Center
- July 10, 2023: Oregon Community Foundation Wraps Up Project Turnkey with $125M State Investment for 32 Properties in 27 Cities Across 18 Counties, Increasing Oregon’s Housing Supply by 36 Percent Increase
- July 10, 2023: Project Turnkey 2.0 Invests Additional $26M to Meet Needs of Often Overlooked Communities, Bringing Total Properties to 13
- June 14, 2023: Eight Klamath Students Awarded $8,000 in Scholarships by Earl and Jane Ferguson Scholarship Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
- May 30, 2023: Project Turnkey 2.0 Grants Additional $8M and First Tribal Award, Bringing Total Properties to 8
- May 9, 2023: Oregon Community Foundation Seeks Next Owner for Albina Arts Center Following Year-Long Engagement Process
- May 8, 2023: Oregon Community Foundation Adds New Board Chair, Lane Shetterly, and Prominent Women Leaders to Chart Statewide Growth for OCF
- March 13, 2023: Project Turnkey 2.0 Expands Reach of Housing Relief Adding Over 140 New Units of Transitional Housing to Serve Six Counties
- February 28, 2023: 30 Culturally Led Organizations to Receive Multi-Year Capacity Support from Oregon Community Foundation to Help Propel Black Students to Succeed in Oregon
- January 30, 2023: Project Turnkey 2.0 Delivers Hope and Housing Relief to the Coastal Community of Lincoln City, Oregon
- June 28, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation Taps Nationally Recognized Community Development Finance Leader as Next CEO
- March 23, 2022: Community-Centered Process Launches to Identify Next Steward for Albina Arts Center
- March 10, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation and Oregon Housing and Community Services Poised to Launch Project Turnkey 2.0 with $50M in State Funding
2021-2022 OCF News Release Archive
OCF in the News
- Oregon Business (December 5, 2023): Oregon Community Foundation Awards $520K To Historically Overlooked Entrepreneurs
- Here is Oregon (November 21, 2023): Oregon Community Foundation awards $4.7 million investment in 203 Oregon nonprofits
- Oregon Business (October 10, 2023): Empowering Communities Through Collective Real Estate Ownership
- OPB (October 10, 2023): Here are some solutions to homelessness in Oregon
- OPB (October 9, 2023): How homelessness in Oregon started, grew and became a statewide crisis
- OPB (October 9, 2023): Everyone Village in Eugene partners with community to provide temporary housing, jobs and other support
- Willamette Week (August 22, 2023): Oregon Community Foundation Invests $1 Million in Arts and Culture Projects
- The Skanner (August 15, 2023): New Ownership for Albina Arts Center
- Willamette Week (August 15, 2023): Albina Arts Center Announces New Ownership
- OPB (August 4, 2023): Community Partners Affordable Housing helps residents thrive
- Willamette Week (July 17, 2023): Project Turnkey Completes Second Round of Hotel Purchases
- KOIN (July 12, 2023): Family Promise's Project Turnkey is turning a Tigard hotel into a shelter
- OPB (June 15, 2023): At Great Circle Recovery, the doors are open to anyone seeking addiction treatment
- OPB (June 6, 2023): Community 101 program in Oregon teaches kids grant making
- KOBI-TV NBC5 (May 30, 2023): Project Turnkey 2.0 grants coming to southern Oregon organizations
- Oregon Capital Chronicle (May 30, 2023): Shelters for Klamath tribal elders, homeless rural residents funded by Oregon’s Project Turnkey
- Oregon Business (May 12, 2023): Oregon Community Foundation Seeks New Owner for Historic Albina Arts Center Building
- KPTV (May 9, 2023): The Albina Arts Center seeking new owner
- The Skanner (May 9, 2023): Oregon Community Foundation Seeks Next Owner for Albina Arts Center
- Statesman Journal (April 14, 2023): Photos: The ARCHES Lodge opens in former Salem Motel
- KATU (April 12, 2023): Project Turnkey opens site in Marion County to aid transitional housing/shelter
- OPB (March 27, 2023): Responding to Oregon youth mental health needs with evidence-based approach
- The Business of Giving (March 22, 2023): CEO of Oregon Community Foundation explains How Money has the Power to Create Change
- KGW-TV NBC (March 1, 2023): Oregon Community Foundation provides grants for 30 BIPOC organizations
- Oregon Business (February 22, 2023): Demand for Project Turnkey Sky-High, says OCF Senior Officer
- KOBI-TV NBC5 (February 9, 2023): Five on 5 - Lisa Mensah - CEO, Oregon Community Foundation
- Jefferson Public Radio (February 7, 2023): Oregon Community Foundation celebrates a half-century of getting and giving money
- News Radio 1240 KQEN (January 18, 2023): Inside Douglas Country 1.18.23
- Portland Business Journal (December 29, 2022): PBJ List Review '22: Meet the region's top 5 grant-making foundations and 4 new female CEOs of color
- The Bulletin (December 25, 2022): Oregon spent $75 million on hotels for homeless shelters. How are they doing?
- Oregon Business (November 11, 2022): Lisa Mensah Brings Philanthropy Home
- Wallowa County Chieftain (November 8, 2022): Foundation head: Housing crunch calls for collaboration