2021-2025 News Release Archive
Early 2025 News Releases
- July 21, 2025: Klamath County Students Awarded Ferguson Scholarships
- July 17, 2025: In a Divided Time, Oregon’s Land Trusts Conserve Common Ground
- July 7, 2025: Black Education Elders Honored for their Legacies Supporting Students
- May 19, 2025: Oregon Community Foundation Distributes Record Investments in 2024, Announces New Grant Opportunities For 2025
- May 12, 2025: Oregon Community Foundation Welcomes Leaders in Iconic Businesses, Conservation, Law, Rural Health Care to Board
- May 6, 2025: Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Reaches Statewide Milestone in Oregon
- May 6, 2025: Four Oregon Artists to Receive $150,000 Each Over Two Years
- April 21, 2025: Landmark Funding Infuses $21 Million In Oregon Arts And Culture
2024 News Releases
- December 18, 2024: Latino/x Serving Oregon Nonprofits Strengthened by $1.2M Investment, a Record Infusion by Statewide Community Foundation
- December 9, 2024: Oregon Small Business Innovations Receive $907,500 Investment
- December 3, 2024: Oregon Community Foundation Distributes Record Investments in 2024, Announces New Grant Opportunities For 2025
- October 7, 2024: Oregon Community Foundation Names Former Sports Executive as Chief People Officer
- September 10, 2024: Fairview Trust Makes Biggest Investment to Date: Community Fund Infuses Major Grants in Projects that Serve People Living with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- August 27, 2024: Oregon Community Foundation Invests $1 Million in Thought-Provoking Arts and Culture Projects Through 2024 Creative Heights Initiative
- July 29, 2024: Ten Klamath Students Awarded $1,000 Each in Scholarships by Earl and Jane Ferguson Scholarship Fund
- May 30, 2024: Tracking Oregon’s Progress Report Gives Context for Challenges, Opportunities Facing Oregonians
- May 20, 2024: Community Grants Strengthen Local Solutions, Opportunities with Flexible Operations Funding
- May 13, 2024: Oregon Community Foundation Welcomes Leaders in Healthcare and Housing to Board of Directors
- March 20, 2024: Landmark Investment in Arts And Culture Infrastructure
- March 15, 2024: Former Journalist, Nonprofit Leader Named Director of Communications at Oregon Community Foundation
- January 8, 2024: 2024–26 Fields Artist Fellows Announced: Four Oregon artists will receive $150,000 each over two years to develop their careers and engage their communities
- 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
2023 News Releases
- 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
2022 News Releases
- December 14, 2022: The OCF Joseph E. Weston Public Foundation Deploys Over $27M to Support Children and Economically Disadvantaged Oregonians
- November 30, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation's ‘Go Kids’ Initiative Surpasses $2M in Funding for Oregon’s Underserved Children and Families
- November 15, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation Invests in Thriving Entrepreneurs with $600,000 in Funding to Advance Economic Vitality in Oregon
- September 13, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation Deploys Another $1.7 Million in Community Rebuilding Fund Grants as Ravaged Communities Mark Two Years Since the 2020 Labor Day Fires
- August 11, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation Invests $1 Million in Visionary Oregon Arts and Culture Projects Through 2022 Creative Heights Initiative
- August 9, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation Issues $8.7 Million in Community Grants to 371 Nonprofits, Prioritizing Historically Underserved Communities
- June 28, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation Taps Nationally Recognized Community Development Finance Leader as Next CEO
- June 15, 2022: Eight Klamath Students Awarded $8,000 in Scholarships by Earl and Jane Ferguson Scholarship Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
- June 7, 2022: Oregonians Invest in LGBTQ+ Serving Organizations Around State Through Oregon Community Foundation
- May 24, 2022: Donor Giving Group at Oregon Community Foundation Surpasses $500K in Investment in Oregon and Pacific Northwest Climate Action Work
- May 11, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation Reinvests Nearly Half a Million to Help Further Positive Impact of Black Student Success
- May 6, 2022: Former Nike Leader and Future School Lab Founder of Deschutes County Joins Oregon Community Foundation Board of Directors, Representing Central Oregon
- 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
- February 23, 2022: OCF Distributes $560 Million in Grants to Support Children and Students, Stable Housing and Small Businesses through Pandemic
- February 9, 2022: Oregon Community Foundation to Deploy Nearly $1.46 Million in American Red Cross Relief for Fire Impacted Communities in Oregon
2021 News Releases
- December 15, 2021: OCF Deploys More Than $1M to support the Arts in Oregon, Including 76 Arts Organizations, 36 County Cultural Coalitions and 9 Tribes
- November 18, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Deploys Nearly $1M in Funding to Close Opportunity Gap for Underserved Oregon Children and Families
- November 16, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Supports Thriving Entrepreneurs Fund with a $580,000 Investment Advances State’s Economic Vitality
- November 10, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation and Community Rebuilding Fund Deploy $2.3 Million in Third Round of Relief for Fire Impacted Communities
- November 8, 2021: Longtime Education and Nonprofit Leader, Marcy Bradley, to Lead Equity and Culture for Oregon Community Foundation
- October 6, 2021: After a Decade of Leadership, Max Williams Will Depart from Oregon Community Foundation with a Legacy of Positive Impact
- September 15, 2021: Second Round of 2020 Community Rebuilding Fund Relief
- August 19, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Invests Nearly $1 Million in Oregon Arts and Culture Projects Through 2021 Creative Heights Initiative
- August 11, 2021: Nearly $4.7 Million Deployed for Long-Term Rebuilding of Communities Impacted by 2020 Fires in Oregon
- August 5, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Wraps Up $41.2 Million in State-Funded Summer Learning and Enrichment Grants in all 36 Oregon Counties
- July 8, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Efficiently Wraps Up Project Turnkey with 19 Properties in 13 Oregon Counties, Adding Nearly 900 Units of Emergency Housing, a 20 Percent Increase in the State’s Supply
- July 8, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Grants Nearly $3 Million to the City of Bend and $3.45 Million to the Joint Office of Homeless Services (Multnomah County) to Purchase Area Motels for Use as Transitional Housing
- June 23, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Awards More Than $1 Million for Summer Programs for Parents and Their Young Children (Birth to Age 5)
- June 22, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Grants $3.9 Million to Providence and $4.2 Million to MWVCAA to Purchase Area Motels for Use as Transitional Housing
- June 17, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Invests Substantially in Diverse Communities Through State-Funded Program Addressing Learning Inequities in State
- June 14, 2021: Five Klamath County Students Awarded $5,000 in Scholarships by Earl and Jane Ferguson Scholarship Fund of Oregon Community Foundation
- June 3, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Deploys $70,000 to LGBTQ+ Organizations Photos: Beyond These Walls | TransPonder | Q Center Hand Up Project
- May 28, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Awards Nearly $7 Million to Rockwood CDC to Bring Critical Help to One of the Poorest Areas of Multnomah County
- May 20, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Awards $1.35 Million to House and Care for Coos County Veterans and COVID-Affected Individuals
- May 17, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Deploys Nearly $1 Million for Summer Youth Programs, First Round of Grantees
- May 13, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Awards Record $4.3 Million in Grants Prioritizing Funding for Disproportionately Impacted Communities
- May 6, 2021: CEO of United Way of Jackson County Joins Oregon Community Foundation Board of Directors, Representing Southern Oregon
- May 6, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Awards $7 Million to Central City Concern to Open Recovery-Oriented Housing for Homeless People in East Portland, Oregon
- May 4, 2021: Oregon Community Foundation Awards $2.2 Million to Centro Cultural to Serve Low- Income Latino Families and Seasonal Workers Displaced by the Pandemic
- April 28, 2021: OCF to Grant $41.2 Million of State Funds for Summer Academic and Enrichment Programs
- April 27, 2021: OCF Awards Nearly $2.7 Million to Bethlehem Inn to Shelter Vulnerable Redmond Community Members
- April 22, 2021: OCF Awards $6.2 Million to Washington County to Shelter Vulnerable Community Members
