Clackamas County Commissioners have announced the
recipient organizations of $300,000 for the 2018 Small Grants
Program.
This is the 10th consecutive year Clackamas County
has offered this critical program to help local nonprofits that
provide services to vulnerable populations living within the
county.
The $300,000 is a $50,000 increase from previous
years. Some of the recipients and projects include:
· Building
Blocks 4 Kids ($12,000): Helps youth aging out of the foster care system to
establish a path toward a successful and independent life.
· Clackamas
Education Service District – C-TEC Youth Services ($10,000): Funds
the Youth Career Development Project, which helps prepare youth
for various trade professions in demand.
· Community
Warehouse ($7,500): Provides mattresses for families in need.
· Fort
Kennedy ($10,000): Purchases a van to transport veterans in rural
areas of the county to services.
Projects selected for funding demonstrate either
the ability to become self-supporting or are a much-needed
one-time expense. This year, 43 groups were selected for grants
ranging from $770 to $15,000.
This was also the first year that the program gave
priority to projects serving populations located within the
county’s Equity Pilot Areas – Canby, Estacada and Milwaukie.
Twenty-one organizations receiving project funding for specific
areas of the county. Of those, 10 serve these areas.
A record 111 applications were received this year.
Organizations receiving grants are required to show how funds are
used. This continual evaluation includes reviews of service
levels and performance measures.
This year’s additional 39 awardees, and their
respective funded projects, are:
· A
Village for One
· American
Legion Milwaukie Post 180
· American
Military Encouragement Network
· Angels
in the Outfield
· Canby
Center
· CASA of
Clackamas County
· Central
City Concern
· Christ
the Vine Lutheran Church
· Clackamas
County Council of PTA's Clothes Closet
· Clackamas
Fire District #1
· Clackamas
Women's Services
· Colton
Helping Hands, Inc.
· Ecumenical
Ministries of Oregon
· Evangelical
Ministerial Association of Greater Estacada
· Family
Promise of Tualatin Valley
· Father's
Heart Street Ministry
· Gladstone
School District
· HOPE
Pantry - 1st Evangelical Presbyterian Church
· Lewis
and Clark Montessori Charter School
· Life
Christian Center
· Lions
Foundation of West Linn including West Linn Lions
· Love in
the Name of Christ
· LoveOne
· Molalla
Aquatic Center
· Northwest
Family Services
· Northwest
Housing Alternatives
· Oak
Hills Presbyterian Church
· Project
Lemonade
· Sandy
Action Center
· St.
Vincent de Paul, Portland Council
· St.
Vincent de Paul, Resurrection Conference
· St.
Vincent de Paul, St. Aloysius
· St.
Vincent de Paul Society, St. John the Baptist Conference
· Thelma's
Place
· Tools4Troops
· Trillium
Family Services, Inc.
· West
Linn Food Pantry
· With
Love Oregon Inc.
· Youth
Villages Oregon
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