More than $40,000 supports seventeen organizations across the state.

Hello Neighbor projectOCH’s statewide board of directors awarded Public Program Grants to sixteen Oregon nonprofits in late February. OCH also awarded one Opportunity Grant this month.

The following organizations received 2009 Public Program Grants (please visit the OCH Grants page to see more details about the funded projects):

  * $1,000 to the Aurora Colony Historical Society ( Aurora )
  * $1,000 to Caldera ( Portland ) (Photo at right: Hello Neighbor participants by Tyler Kohlhoff)
  * $2,000 to Columbia Gorge Community College ( The Dalles )
  * $3,500 to the Holy Names Heritage Center ( Lake Oswego )
  * $2,077 to Illahee ( Portland )
  * $1,000 to Independent Publishing Resource Center ( Portland )
  * $3,030 to the Miracle Theatre Group ( Portland )
  * $1,000 to the Multicultural Association of Southern Oregon ( Medford )
  * $2,500 to the Newport Library Foundation ( Newport )
  * $3,500 to Northwest Institute for Social Change ( Portland )
  * $5,000 to Oregon Shakespeare Festival ( Ashland )
  * $4,800 to Portland State University ( Portland )
  * $4,700 to Ross Ragland Theater and Cultural Center ( Klamath Falls )
  * $1,400 to Scio Public Library (Scio)
  * $1,415 to Tamastslikt Cultural Institute (Pendleton)
  * $2,078 to Umpqua Community Development Corporation ( Roseburg )

An Opportunity Grant of $1,000 was awarded to Central City Concern ( Portland ) for its African-American History Exhibit Planning Project. For more information on how to apply for Opportunity Grants, which are accepted year-round and reviewed monthly, please visit the OCH website or contact Program Director Jennifer Allen at (503) 241-0543, ext. 118, or by email.