Ranked by total assets 1. Oregon Community Foundation Total Assets: $2.6 BAnnual Income: $672.5 M 2. Knight Foundation Total Assets: $2.27 BAnnual Inc.
NeighborImpact's Food Bank is building a new Food Warehouse! In celebration of the project, NeighborImpact invites you to attend the groundbreaking ceremony at 9 AM on Friday, January 20. NeighborImpact's Food Bank stores and distributes nearly four million pounds of food annually to Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson counties and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. As the hub of the food distribution network in Central Oregon, it is the primary source of food for nearly 60 pantries and emergency food sites in this region. Even before the sharp increase in hunger due to COVID, the existing 30-year-old warehouse already distributed more pounds of food per square foot than any other food bank in the state's 21-agency food banking network. The new 10,691 square foot warehouse will allow the organization to store roughly 173,300 more pounds of food at any given time. That additional food will provide 138,600 more meals to the fast-growing population of Central Oregonians st
To celebrate what would have been the 126th birthday of namesake Marie Lamfrom, the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation (MLCF) distributed grants to nonprofits in honor of colleagues, volunteers, leaders, or members at these organizations who demonstrated grit in their daily work. Just seven of nearly 200 nominees were selected. Among those honored was Perla Ruiz, a Family Access Network (FAN) advocate currently serving Ponderosa Elementary School and Mountain View High School in the Bend-La Pine School District. To recognize her contributions to helping Central Oregon kids thrive, MLCF awarded FAN with a $12,000 grant. "From her nomination, it is clear that Perla demonstrates grit every day, reminding us of Marie's spirit and memory," said Tyler Hobbs, President of MLCF. "And, given her history of service to Family Access Network, we wanted to issue this award in her honor." Ruiz's nomination highlighted her journey from first discovering FAN as a client
Bend Chamber of Commerce released their 2022 Annual Report, with help from local business and community partners, to help tackle some of the most pressing issues facing our Central Oregon workforce. The report is available here