The Ford Family Foundation Grants Awarded Year to Date, 11/15/2014 FYE December 31, 2014 (The grants listed below should be read as historical information only, without inference that there is clear precedent to approve like projects in the future.) Grantee City State Project Title Amount Chalkboard Project Portland OR Support for General Operations 2015 2017 $822,000 Chalkboard Project Portland OR Strengthening Oregon School Leadership $300,000 Oregon Health & Science University Foundation Portland OR Knight Challenge Rural Outreach and Patient & Family Housing Center $5,000,000 Pilot Rock Education & Community Foundation Pilot Rock OR Gerald E.Bruce Community Leadership Award $5,000 Portland Community College Foundation Portland OR Bringing PCC Future Connect to Rural Communities $100,000 Early Childhood Development College of the Siskiyous Weed CA The Abacus Project $90,000 Family Building Blocks Salem OR Supporting FBB's Polk County Expansion $84,350 Oregon State University Corvallis OR The Oregon School Readiness Research Consortium $10,000 Oregon State University Corvallis OR Parenting Education Infrastructure $125,000 Parenting Now Eugene OR Stability Through Transition $20,000 The Oregon Community Foundation Portland OR P 3 Alignment Project $75,000 The Oregon Community Foundation Portland OR OPEC Hub Funding 2014/2015 $400,000 Visual Arts Program Caldera Portland OR Studio Dividers $2,665 Cannon Beach Arts Association Incorporated Cannon Beach OR Summer and Fall Exhibition Support $8,777 Columbia River Maritime Museum, Inc. Astoria OR Art Racks for Collections Storage $20,000 Crossroads Carnegie Art Center Baker City OR A "Jewel" in Baker City $7,700 Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts Pendleton OR Crow's Shadow Lighting/Storage Upgrade $8,862 Geraldine Ondrizek Portland OR 2014 Hallie Ford Fellow in the Visual Arts $25,000 Lewis & Clark College Portland OR Dana Lynn Louis: CLEARING $25,000 Marylhurst University Marylhurst OR Heidi Schwegler Book $12,000 Museum of Contemporary Craft Portland OR State of Oregon Craft Survey $30,000 Oregon Arts Commission Salem OR Visual Arts Ecology Clearinghouse $36,750 Portland Art Museum Portland OR Blue Sky @ 40 Support $25,000 Reed College Portland OR Cooley Gallery Prints/Drawing Room $26,996 Southern Oregon University Foundation Ashland OR New Art Oregon (NAO) $30,000 Storm Tharp Portland OR 2014 Hallie Ford Fellow in the Visual Arts $25,000 Tannaz Farsi Eugene OR 2014 Hallie Ford Fellow in the Visual Arts $25,000 The Arts Council of Pendleton, Inc. Pendleton OR Expanding Pendleton's Exhibition Capabilities $14,500 Umpqua Valley Arts Association Roseburg OR Track Lighting for Gallery Exhibits $7,750 University of Oregon Foundation Eugene OR Rick Bartow: Age Spirit Work $15,000 Willamette University Salem OR Mel Katz Exhibition and Book $35,000 Access to Health and Dental Kairos Grants Pass OR Children's Mental Health Campus $275,000 Mercy Medical Foundation, Inc. Roseburg OR Douglas County Dental Health Ini a ve $65,000 Umpqua Community College Roseburg OR Regional Health and Science Center $1,500,000 Children's Vision Foundation Bend OR Vision Screening Project $52,000 Community Counseling Solutions Heppner OR Healthy Smiles Clinic/Children's Oral Health Project $70,000 Elgin Health District Elgin OR Dental Clinic Project $110,317
Kemple Memorial Childrens Dental Clinic Bend OR Children's Oral Health Services $150,000 Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation Portland OR Share Our 2020 Vision $100,000 Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation Cornelius OR Newberg Dental Clinic Start up $100,000 Lake District Hospital Lakeview OR Lake County Community Health Improvement Partnership $10,000 Child Abuse Prevention and Intervention Roseburg Rescue Mission Roseburg OR Homeless Women and Children's Shelter $165,000 Treasure Valley Children's Relief Nursery Ontario OR A Building of Our Own $225,000 Mt. Emily Safe Center La Grande OR Therapy Services $70,017 Southwestern Oregon Community College North Bend OR South Coast Family Harbor Renovation Project $92,000 Juliette's House McMinnville OR Safe Kids (CAP) Program $12,500 OAASIS Portland OR Secret Survivors Project $10,000 Oregon CASA Network Springfield OR Operational Bridge Grant $25,000 Youth Development and Education The Next Door Inc. Hood River OR Youth Experiencing Success Project $192,000 Boys & Girls Club of the Western Treasure Valley Ontario OR The Teen Experience Project $90,000 Circle of Friends Sisters OR Capacity and Operating Support $20,000 Grants Pass Family YMCA Grants Pass OR Youth Services Improvement Project $89,000 Mediation Works Medford OR Sustainable Growth for Mediation Works $68,000 Sutherlin Future Farmers of America Sutherlin OR Land Lab Revitalization: Improving Usability Project $20,000 Womens Crisis Support Team Grants Pass OR Violence Prevention Education $19,203 Grant School District #3 Canyon City OR Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 7 $5,000 Riverbend Live Winston OR Riverbend Live! Summer Concert Series $5,000 Sierra Service Project Sacramento CA Chiloquin Community Service Program $6,000 Tillamook Bay Community College Tillamook OR STEM Summer Camp: AAUW Tech Trek $6,000 Central Oregon Council on Aging Bend OR Foster Grandparent Program for At Risk Youth $25,000 Classroom Law Project Portland OR Supporting Civic Education in Rural Oregon $15,000 Coos Watershed Association Charleston OR Natural Resources Summer Bridge Program $10,000 Hope Rising Klamath Falls OR Youth Rising $20,000 Jefferson County School District Madras OR Mentors and Connections Through The Arts $25,000 Josephy Center for Arts and Culture Joseph OR Sound and Video Engineering Class $10,000 Kids Club of Harney County Burns OR Strengthening Kids Club of Harney County $25,000 Klamath County School District Klamath Falls OR 2014 Camp Invention program Shasta Elementary $7,500 Opal Center for Arts and Education Cottage Grove OR Advanced Theater Workshop $1,200 Oregon Coast Children's Theatre Toledo OR Arts in Education, Community Arts Initiative $25,000 Oregon FFA Foundation Canby OR FFA Integrated Leadership Conferences $10,000 Oregon Nordic Club The Dalles OR Groomer Snow Machine $2,500 Roseburg Skate Team Roseburg OR Replace In Line Skates $6,650 Safe Haven Maternity Home Roseburg OR Operational Needs $25,000 Saving Grace Animal Shelter Winchester OR Compassionate Kids: Creating Connections with Animals $9,000 Southwestern Oregon Community College Foundation Coos Bay OR Summer Academic Academy Leadership/Community Building $9,950 Winston Area Community Partnership Winston OR Youth Programs Sustainability & Expansion $25,000 Rural Capital Projects City of Stayton Stayton OR Pioneer Park Rehabilitation Project $100,000 Confluence Project Vancouver WA Celilo Park Project $250,000 Douglas County Fairgrounds Roseburg OR Original Douglas County Fairgrounds Pavilion Renovation $400,000 The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Grand Ronde OR Chachalu:Tribal Museum and Cultural Center $200,000
Curry County Fair Gold Beach OR 4 H Livestock Pavilion and Dormitory Renovation $50,000 McKenzie Community Track and Field Blue River OR McKenzie Community Conference Room and Offices $47,883 Red Scarf Society for the Performing Arts, Inc Yreka OR Yreka Community Theater Siding Project $41,000 The Newport Public Library Foundation Newport OR Making Room for More $50,000 Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center Wallowa OR Longhouse for Wallowa Homeland Project Grounds $140,000 Yamhill County Historical Society Lafayette OR Heritage Hall, Community Meeting Rooms $75,000 Friends of the Yachats Commons Foundation Yachats OR Kitchen Improvement $3,125 The Mt. Hood Towne Hall Association Parkdale OR The Centennial Project $25,000 Rural Community Small Grants American Red Cross of Northeastern California Sacramento CA Disaster Relief & Recovery Fire in Weed, CA $10,000 Central Douglas County Family YMCA Roseburg OR Facility Improvement Design Services $10,000 Chiloquin Visions in Progress Chiloquin OR Replace Chronically Broken HVAC System $8,000 City of North Bend North Bend OR Automatic External Defibrillators and Training $4,315 Community Food For Creswell Creswell OR Creswell Food Pantry Critical Need Grant $10,000 Community Foundation of the Klamath Basin Klamath Falls OR Capacity Building Toward Hiring An Executive Director $10,000 Coos County Logging Museum Inc Myrtle Point OR Heating System Upgrade $2,500 Curry County Gold Beach OR Curry County Public Safety Summit $8,000 Douglas County Cancer Services Committee Roseburg OR General Support $5,000 Families First of Grant County, Inc. John Day OR Heat Pump/Indoor Furnace Repair $6,416 Josephine County Fairgrounds/Fair Board Grants Pass OR Frozen Plumbing Emergency $5,895 Milo Volunteer Fire Department Days Creek OR Replace Old Inoperative Fire Truck $10,000 Music on the Half Shell Roseburg OR 2014 Summer Concert Support $15,000 Oregon Food Bank Inc. Portland OR Food Security Summit $5,000 Safe Harbors Enterprise OR Temporary Office Space $9,246 SAFE of Columbia County St. Helens OR Emergency Shelter Temperature System Replacement $8,848 Shasta Regional Community Foundation Redding CA Community Disaster Relief Fund Fire in Weed, CA $10,000 Sisters Folk Festival Inc. Sisters OR Economic Impact Analysis $5,000 Umpqua Valley Arts Association Roseburg OR Replace defunct air conditioner/ condenser $5,625 University of Oregon Foundation Eugene OR The 90by30 Collective Impact Initiative $3,500 Yreka Community Resource Center Yreka CA Greater Water Self Reliance Project $15,799 Assistance Grants A Warm Current Portland OR Strategic Fundraising and Sustainability Plan $2,640 Arts Council of Southern Oregon Medford OR Learn By Doing Roseburg Grantwriting Workshop Series $10,000 Artula Institute Bandon OR Strategic planning/capacity Building $4,000 Ashland Art Center Ashland OR Strategic Plan with subsequent development planning $3,500 Camp Attitude Foster OR Consultation on organizational planning and grant writing $4,535 CASA of Linn County Inc. Albany OR Strategic Plan $5,000 Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation & Development Area, Inc. Tangent OR Planning Support for Small Farm Equipment Sharing Program $4,000 City of Banks Banks OR Capital Campaign Planning, Implementation and Coaching $3,587 City of Reedsport Reedsport OR Resource Assistance for Rural Environments $10,000 Clatsop County Department of Public Health Astoria OR CHART Retreat $3,082 Columbia Pacific Economic Development District Of Oregon Columbia City OR Agriculture Exploration Phase $10,000 Coos Bay Public Library Foundation Coos Bay OR Strategic Planning $5,000 Forest Grove Community School Forest Grove OR Strategic Planning Development $3,844 Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum Ontario OR Eastern Oregon Nonprofit Conference 2014 $5,000 Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum Ontario OR Strategic Planning Process $5,000 Four Rivers Cultural Center and Museum Ontario OR Organizational Assessment $4,588
High Desert Food and Farm Alliance Bend OR Food Products Exploration Phase $10,000 Historic Rivoli Theater Performing Arts Center Restoration Foundation Pendleton OR Strategic Plan and Public Communication Strategy Consulting $4,800 Illinois Valley Community Response Team Cave Junction OR Capacity Building for Nonprofit Grant Writing $1,260 Illinois Valley Medical Center, Inc. Cave Junction OR Strategic Planning for Change in Mission and Direction $5,000 Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance Cave Junction OR Board Strategic Planning and Transitional Leadership Plan $5,000 Kids Club Madras OR Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness $4,000 KYAQ 91.7 FM Newport OR Capacity Building Grant $4,380 La Pine Park & Recreation Foundation La Pine OR Learn By Doing La Pine; Grant Workshop Series $10,000 Lake County Resources Initiative Lakeview OR Hay Compacting Facility Exploration Phase $10,000 Liberty Theatre Foundation Inc La Grande OR Capital Campaign Planning $4,000 Malheur Education Service District Vale OR P2P CTE Strategic Fund Development Plan $10,000 Molalla Communities That Care Mulino OR Learn By Doing Molalla; Grant Writing Workshop Series $10,000 Mt Ashland Association Ashland OR Strategic Planning $3,475 NeighborWorks Umpqua Roseburg OR Local Food System Exploration Phase $10,000 Northeast Oregon Economic Development District Enterprise OR Community Food Systems Collec ve Impact Planning $5,000 Northeast Oregon Economic Development District Enterprise OR Community Capital Strategic Planning & Branding $1,840 Oregon Coast Arts North Bend OR Cultivating A Growing, Thriving, Nurturing Community $4,000 Oregon Network of Child Abuse Intervention Centers Portland OR Capacity Building $4,080 Oregon State University Corvallis OR Baker County Extension Craft Beer Exploration Phase $10,000 Project DOVE Ontario, OR OR Fund Development Planning & Training $5,000 Rose Circle Mentoring Network Talent OR Capacity Building $1,500 Siskiyou County Job Council Yreka CA SCJC Repositioning Strategy $5,000 South Lane Mental Health Services, Inc Cottage Grove OR Building Capacity by Expanding Fund Development Program $4,240 Southern Oregon Land Conservancy Inc Ashland OR Board Development:Staffing/Succession Planning $3,000 Southwestern Oregon Community College North Bend OR Learn By Doing Coos; Grant Writing Series $10,000 Sweet Home Community Foundation Sweet Home OR Learn By Doing Grant Writing Workshop Series $10,000 Umatilla County Historical Society Pendleton OR Strategic Plan $5,000 United Way of Jackson County Medford OR 2014 Oregon Nonprofit Leaders Conference sponsorship $4,000 Upper Rogue Watershed Association Shady Cove OR Rogue River Watershed Council Consolidation $5,000 Wallowa Valley Arts Council Joseph OR Strategic Planning for Community Facilities at Joseph, Oregon $4,200 Wheeler County Fossil OR Juniper Exploration Phase $10,000 White Water Institute Inc Gearhart OR White Water Institute: Successful and Sustainable $4,480 Winston Area Community Partnership Winston OR Collaborative Committee Formation to Better Winston $5,000 Battered Persons Advocacy Roseburg OR Leadership Training & Strategic Planning $2,700 University of Oregon Eugene OR RARE Program Training Assistance $10,000 Leadership Class Projects Blue River Community Development Corporation Blue River OR McKenzie River (Class 3): Blue River Park and Bridge Project $5,000 Boardman Community Development Association Boardman OR Pavilion at Marker 40 Beach Morrow County (Class 2) $5,000 Butte Valley Museum and Historical Society Dorris CA Butte Valley (Cohort 3): Pioneer Path $5,000 Carlton Community Foundation Carlton OR Yamhill/Carlton(Cohort 1): Decorative Bike Rack Project $2,500 Chehalem Center Association Newberg OR Newberg (Class 3) An Art in Public Spaces $2,686 City of Coburg Coburg OR Pavilion in the City Park $5,000 City of Woodburn Woodburn OR Woodburn (Class 2): Centennial Park Par Fitness Course $5,000 High School Concession Stand/Crow's Nest Crane Mustang Booster Club Crane OR $5,000 Crook County Foundation Prineville OR Functional Art/Bicycle Racks Crook County (Cohort 2) $5,000 Downtown Roseburg Association Roseburg OR Artistic Bike Racks Roseburg (Cohort 3) $5,000 Elgin (Community Leadership Cohort): Elgin Fountain Park Elgin EDGE Elgin OR Project $5,000
Elkton Community Education Center, Inc. Elkton OR North Douglas County Book Project $5,000 Estacada TOGETHER Estacada OR Estacada Cohort 2: Lights On! Estacada Auditorium $5,000 Forest Grove Foundation Forest Grove OR Forest Grove (Cohort 2): Forest Grove Community Sundial $5,000 Historic Baker City Charitable Fund Ltd Baker City OR Baker County (Salt Lick Sculpture) $5,000 Illinois Valley Community Response Team Cave Junction OR Illinois Valley (Cohort 3): 9 Hole Disc Golf Course $5,000 La Pine (Community Cohort): Frontier Heritage Park's Outdoor La Pine Park & Recreation Foundation La Pine OR Restrooms $5,000 Lincoln County Foundation Newport OR Central Lincoln County (Cohort 3) Little Free Libraries $5,000 Molalla Communities That Care Mulino OR Molalla (Class 2) Bear Creek Byway $5,000 Newberg (Community Leadership Cohort) FISH Wish Lobby Newberg FISH Emergency Service Newberg OR Rebuild and Refurbish $5,000 Pleasant Hill Booster Pleasant Hill OR Willamette Cascade Foothills Cohort 2 Par Course $5,000 Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Foundation Tillamook OR Tillamook County Way Finding Signs $3,816 Viking Sal Senior Center Junction City OR Territorial Heartland (Junction City/Harrisburg) Cohort 2: Renovate the Viking Sal Senior Center $5,000 Wheeler County Development Corporation Fossil OR Wheeler County (Class 2): Event Trailer $5,000 Holiday Giving Program ADAPT Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $600 Battered Persons Advocacy Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $2,000 Casa de Belen Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $5,000 Charleston Food Bank Charleston OR Holiday Giving Program $4,500 City of Myrtle Creek Myrtle Creek OR Holiday Giving Program $4,000 Coos Council Knights of Columbus North Bend OR Holiday Giving Program $7,000 Coquille Valley Elks Lodge #1935 Coquille OR Holiday Giving Program $5,000 Dillard Winston Food Pantry Dillard OR Holiday Giving Program $3,300 Douglas CARES Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $2,500 Douglas County Cancer Services Committee Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $3,000 Douglas County Fire District 2 Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $4,000 Family Development Center Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $8,000 FISH of Roseburg Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $7,500 Friendly Kitchen Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $3,500 Glide Seventh Day Adventist Church Glide OR Holiday Giving Program $4,500 Great Northern Corporation Weed CA Holiday Giving Program $9,000 Holy Name Catholic Church Coquille OR Holiday Giving Program $2,500 Myrtle Creek Elks Lodge #1943 Myrtle Creek OR Holiday Giving Program $4,000 NeighborWorks Umpqua Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $9,500 Oregon Coast Community Action Coos Bay OR Holiday Giving Program $9,000 Roseburg Rescue Mission Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $2,600 Salvation Army of Coos Bay Coos Bay OR Holiday Giving Program $9,000 Salvation Army of Roseburg Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $9,000 Siskiyou Community Services Council Mount Shasta CA Holiday Giving Program $9,000 Siskiyou Family YMCA Yreka CA Holiday Giving Program $2,500 St. Joseph's Community Kitchen Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $3,000 Sutherlin Oakland Emergency Food Bank Sutherlin OR Holiday Giving Program $5,000 T.H.E. House Coos Bay OR Holiday Giving Program $1,500 United Community Action Network Roseburg OR Holiday Giving Program $10,000