Grant Information

Time for our 2022 Grant Cycle! Grant Awards to be announced in February!

If you are interested in potentially funding a grant contact us. 

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).