Foundation Awards 2011 Grants & Designated Funds
Community Grants
The board of directors of the Benton County Foundation approved about $159,026 in grant awards payments to non-profit organizations in 2011. The majority of these grants directly benefit youth in Benton County. The board of directors focused on funding programs that enhance youth education and living conditions or provided positive character building and life skills experiences. Following are the 2011 grant recipient agencies:
ABC House
Alpine Community Center
Alsea High School Senior Class Project
Alsea Rural Health Care, Inc.
Alsea Valley Gleaners
Altrusa International of Corvallis, OR
Alzheimer’s Network of Oregon/Corvallis, OR
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 11
Assistance League of Corvallis
Benton County 4H Leaders Association
Benton County Fairgrounds Foundation
Benton County Historical Society & Museum
Benton Furniture Share
Benton Hospice Service
Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis & Safety Town
CASA-Voices for Children
CARDV-Center Against Rape & Domestic Violence
City of Adair Village
Coastal Range Food Bank, Inc.
Community Outreach, Inc.
Community Services Consortium/HELPS Project
Cornerstone Associates, Inc.
Corvallis Parks & Rec/Youth Park Corp & Youth Volunteer Corp
Corvallis Parks & Rec/Osborn Aquatic Center
Corvallis Youth Symphony Association
da Vinci Days
Friends of Benton County Treatment Courts
Friends of the Family Ministries
Heart of the Valley Children’s Choir
Heartland Humane Society
Jackson Street Youth Shelter
Life Seeds
Linn-Benton Food Share
Linn-Benton Volunteers
Love INC of Benton County
Mary’s River Gleaners
Old Mill Center for Children & Families
Oregon Cascades West Senior Services Foundation
Oregon Family Support Network/Corvallis
OSU Adventures in Learning
OSU Expeditions
OSU Outside the Box
OSU Saturday Academy
OSU Winter Wonderings
Parent Enhancement Program-PEP
Pet Adoption Network, Inc.
Philomath Community Services
Philomath Youth Activities Club
Quilts from Caring Hands
Rotary Club of Corvallis
Samaritan Village
SMART-Start Making A Reader Today/Corvallis
South Benton Community Enhancement
SouthSide Youth Outreach, Inc.
Strengthening Rural Families
Tsuga Community Commission
Vina Moses Center
We Care, Corvallis-Benton County Council of Religious Organizations
Designated Funds
The following agencies have been identified as recipient agencies in the deed of gifts for the designated trust funds administered by the Benton County Foundation. They are to receive distributions totaling about $115,000 by the end of year 2011.
ABC House
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
American Legion Baseball Club
American Legion Unit 11 Corvallis
Assistance League of Corvallis
Benton County 4H
Benton County Historical Society
Benton County Meals on Wheels
Benton County Rotary Youth Scholarship Commitee
Benton Hospice Service
Benton District, Boy Scouts of America
Boys & Girls Club of Corvallis Scholarship, Dental & Art Programs
Camp Fire, USA Willamette Council
CASA-Voices for Children
Church of the Good Samaritan (Episcopal)
Clemens Community Pool/Philomath School District 17J
Community Outreach, Inc.
Cornerstone Associates, Inc.
Corvallis Caring Place
Corvallis High School/Track & Cross Country program
Corvallis Police Cadet
Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
Crescent Valley High School Booster Club
Crescent Valley High School/Track & Cross Country program
Eddyville Charter School Library Fund
Girl Scouts of Oregon & SW Washington/Camp Whispering Winds
Grace Center for Adult Day Services
Heart of the Valley Childrens Choir
Heartland Humane Society
Jackson Street Youth Shelter
Kings Valley Cemetery Association
Kings Valley Charter School Library fund
Kings Valley-Hoskins Rural Fire Protection District
Linn Benton Food Share
Locke Cemetery Association
Majestic Theater
Marys River Lodge #221 A.F. & A.M.
Old Mill Center for Children & Families
Oregon State University/College of Veterinary Medicine
Parent Enhancement Program-PEP
Philomath High School/Track & Cross Country program
Philomath Scout Lodge, Inc.
Philomath Youth Activities Club
Rotary Club of Corvallis
Rotary Club of Philomath
Stone Soup/St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Vina Moses Center
Volunteer Interfaith Caregivers
We Care, Corvallis-Benton County Council of Religious Organizations