Grants of $218,000 to North Coast nonprofits help increase access to critical services

For victims of sexual and domestic assault, the lack of safe shelter can be life-threatening. The Pioneer House Homeless Shelter offers much-needed respite for these victims as well as other low-income residents in Clatsop County. A $25,000 from The Oregon Community Foundation will help support these critical services.

As a community foundation, OCF works with individuals, families and businesses to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about. The $218,000 in grants to the North Coast was part of more than $7,360,000 in grants made statewide.

“The vision of the founders of The Oregon Community Foundation was to build a permanent source of support for the state. Thanks to donors around the state, we are able to ensure that communities continue to get that support, at a time when it is most needed,” said OCF President Greg Chaillé.

Other grants awarded on the North Coast include:

Assistance League of the Columbia Pacific Astoria $1,000 for general support

Cannon Beach Community Food Systems Cannon Beach $5,000 for the backpack program

Columbia Learning Center St. Helens $20,000 for "The Chance to Become Scholarship" program

Lower Columbia Youth Soccer Association Warrenton $16,000 for lighting for the second of three fields

North Coast Land Conservancy Seaside $5,000 for capacity-building efforts

Rainier School District Rainier $7,000 to send sixth-grade students to Rainier Outdoor School

Rinehart Clinic Wheeler $5,000 for general support

Seaside Kids, Inc. Seaside $16,000 to complete the Broadway Park renovation project

Vernonia Education Foundation Vernonia $50,000 to build a new K-12 campus on high ground, which will also serve as a community and cultural center

Newport Symphony Orchestra Newport $15,000 for general support

North Lincoln Hospital Foundation Lincoln City $40,000 for a new building on hospital district property for the Samaritan Early Learning Center

Oregon Coast Community College Foundation Newport $2,000 for scholarship funding



For a complete listing of grants, visit www.oregoncf.org.