Grants

CommuniCare

CommuniCare students of Roosevelt High School (Advanced Theatre Class)

The CommuniCare Group from Roosevelt High School’s Advanced Theatre Class is focused on providing grants to underfunded nonprofit organizations with performing and visual arts programs. We will give grants to developing organizations based in the Portland Metro Area that are focused on giving marginalized communities access to arts programs that wouldn’t normally be available, so the organizations can increase their size and influence (and by extension allow more people to participate in performing and visual arts). In the future our group envisions, all communities will have equal access to arts education regardless of social or economic status.

Small Arts & Culture Grant

Fred W. Fields Fund of Oregon Community Foundation

Oregon Department of Justice charity data shows that the majority of registered arts and culture nonprofit organizations in Oregon have annual budgets under $100,000. Although these organizations are central to the vitality of Oregon’s communities, they are often not eligible or competitive for traditional grant programs.

In response to this need, Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) invests $350,000 annually to support small community-driven arts and culture organizations. One-year grants of $1,000 to $5,000 for general operating support will be available to selected arts and culture applicants.

Make / Learn / Build

A Community Arts & Culture Grant

The Make / Learn / Build grant program supports artists, creatives, organizations, and businesses in making work, gaining skills, or building up a business as we continue to respond to community needs. The grant program is designed to address the various ways the arts community in the tri-county region need support.

Oregon Arts and Culture Recovery Program

Fred W. Fields Fund of Oregon Community Foundation

The Arts Recovery and Culture Recovery Program supports the adaptive capacity of arts and culture organizations affected by COVID-19. The program aims to reach as many groups as possible, with a focus on disproportionately impacted communities (communities of color, rural, LGBTQ+, low-income, people with disabilities, and immigrant/refugees).