Grant Information

 

Time for our 2022 Grant Cycle! Click on the link below to apply!

2022 Cottage Grove Community Grant application is now available and due on November 23, 2021.  Grant awards will be announced before the end of February 2022.  For additional information, contact the Cottage Grove Community Foundation office at 942-0014, Tuesdays and Thursday 10:00 am to 12:00 pm.

Any IRS approved non-profit organization is eligible to apply.  However, organizations that have not completed grants from previous years and have not provided us with a “Grant Completion and Evaluation Form” will not be eligible for 2022 grant awards.  You will be notified if this is the case.

Funding: if you are interested in potentially funding a grant contact us.

2022 Grant Application and Instructions

 

 

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation Grant Award Recipients for 2021

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation (CGCF) is pleased to announce the following non-profit organizations were selected as solicited and unsolicited grant recipients for a total of $$17,351.  The grant recipients are:

  • Cottage Theatre, Hear Clearly, $1000. Donor: Cottage Grove Community Foundation
  • Community Sharing, Community Sharing Freezer Project, $1000. Donor: Cottage Grove Community Foundation.
  • CASA of Lane County, FORTIFY, $1000. Donor: Believe in Angels - $400 / Cottage Grove Community Foundation - $600.
  • Family Relief Nursery, Emergency Assistance to Families in Need, $1000. Donor: Veatch Family Fund.
  • South Lane Mental Health, Indigent Funding for Mental Health Services, $1000. Donor: Cottage Grove Community Foundation.
  • Cottage Grove Prospectors and GoldDiggers, $2000. Donor: Carlton Woodard Advised Fund.
  • Ophelia's Place, Lincoln Middle School in Cottage Grove, $1000. Donor: Kris & Paige Woodard Endowment.
  • Veteran's Legacy Oregon, Clothe a Vet, $1400. Donor: Kris & Paige Woodard Endowment.
  • Northwest Youth Corps, Tuition Assistance, $1200. Donor: Kris & Paige Woodard Endowment.
  • YMCA, Tuition Assistance, $1154. Donor: Kris & Paige Woodard Endowment.
  • First Presbyterian Church, Earth & Social Justice Fund, $4000. Donor: Women & Children's Fund.
  • Another Way Enterprises, Earthjustice, $1597. Donor: Green Earth Subfund.

For additional information, contact the Cottage Grove Community Foundation office at 541-942-0014.

 

 

 

OUR 2020 Grant Recipients!

The Grant Award ceremony has been cancelled due to the Community Center's temporary closure.

The grant recipients and projects are as follows:

  • Lincoln Middle School Physical Education – Bars & Bumpers, $1,000.  Donor: Veatch Endowment Fund.
  • Lincoln Middle School – Lincoln Middle School Fresh Produce for Food Class, $1,000.  Donor: Green Earth Advised Fund.
  • Ophelia’s Place – Lincoln Middle School Partnership to Empower Youth, $1,000.  Donor: Carlton Woodard Advised Fund.
  • SquareOne Villages – Cottage Villages: Tiny Home affordable housing project in Cottage Grove, $1,000. Donor: Community Foundation Permanent Endowment Fund.
  • Bohemia Mining Days, Inc. – Sidewalk Cable Safety Ramps, $526.   Donor:  Carlton Woodard Advised Fund.
  • Singing Creek Education Center – Modern Pioneer Lunch Kits Project, $1,000. Donor: Community Foundation Permanent Endowment Fund.
  • Looking Glass Community Services – Cottage Grove Rural Program Building Purchase & Renovation, $1,000. Donors: Community Foundation Permanent Endowment Fund ($500), Harrison/Fuller Advised Expendable Fund ($63), Believe In Angels Advised Subfund ($437).
  • Community Sharing – Community Sharing Freezer Project, $1,000.  Donor:  Carlton Woodard Advised Fund.
  • Opal Center for Arts & Education – Creative Chaos Theater Camp, $660.  Donor: Green Earth Advised Fund.
  • St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County – Finding Paths to Prosperity, $1,000. Donor: Green Earth Advised Fund.
  • CASA of Lane County – Rural Outreach Serving the Need, $1,000.  Donor: Harrison/Fuller Advised Expendable Fund. 
  • Family Relief Nursery – Therapeutic Classroom Update, $1,000.  Donor:  Community Foundation Permanent Endowment Fund.
  • Friends of the Cottage Grove Library – Unsolicited grant, $500.  Donor:  Frank & Pamela Simpson Advised Fund.
  • First Presbyterian Church – Earth & Social Justice Fund, $4,000. Donor: Women’s and Children’s Fund.

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation will celebrate with these outstanding non-profit organizations at a Community Grant Awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 17 from noon to 1:00 pm in the Shepherd Room of the Community Center.  The public is invited to attend.

 

Our 2019 Grant Recipients!

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation will celebrate with these outstanding non-profit organizations at a Community Grant Awards ceremony on Tuesday, March 19 from noon to 1:00 pm in the Shepherd Room of the Community Center.  The public is invited to attend.

  • Ophelia’s Place - Cottage Grove School Partnerships to Empower Youth, $1,000.  Donor:  Carlton Woodard Advised Fund.
  • Parent Partnership, Ltd. – First Steps Child Care Center, $1,000.  Donor:  Cottage Grove Women & Children’s Fund.
  • CASA of Lane County – Rural Outreach Serving the Need, $1,000.  Donor:  Green Earth Advised Fund.
  • Community Sharing – Technology Enhancement Project, $1,000.  Donor:  Green Earth Advised Fund.
  • South Lane Mental Health – Toys for Therapy, $1,000.  Donor:  Green Earth Advised Fund.
  • Womenspace – Direct Client Aid for Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in Cottage Grove, $2,000.  Donor:  Cottage Grove Women and Children’s Fund.
  • South Lane School District – Warm Water Pool Warren H. Daugherty Aquatic Center, $1,000.  Donor:  Cottage Grove Community Foundation.
  • Bohemia Elementary School – Second Snack Program, $1,000.  Donor:  Cottage Grove Community Foundation.
  • DanceAbility International – DanceAbility in Cottage Grove 2019, $1,000.  Donor:  Green Earth Advised Fund.
  • South Valley Athletics – Scholarship Fund, $1,000.  Donor:  Carlton Woodard Advised Fund.
  • Bohemia Mining Days, Inc. – Bohemia Mining Days Festival Trash Cans, $700.   Donor:  Veatch Fund.
  • Family Relief Nursery – Therapeutic Early Childhood Program Classroom, $1,000.  Donor:  Cottage Grove Women & Children’s Fund.
  • NAMI Lane County – Free, Confidential, Peer-Led Mental Health Support Services in Cottage Grove OR, $1,000.   Donor:   Green Earth Advised Fund.
  • City of Cottage Grove – Cottage Grove Armory Historic Exterior Renovation, $1,000.  Donor:  Cottage Grove Community Foundation.
  • Friends of the Cottage Grove Carousel – Carousel Scaffolding, $900.  Donor:  Carlton Woodard Advised Fund.
  • Lincoln Middle School Physical Education – TRX Medicine Balls, $1,000.  Donors:  Believe in Angels Advised Fund ($439) and Cottage Grove Community Foundation ($561).