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8A | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2019 | SIUSLAW NEWS Western Lane Community Foundation 2020 grant applications now available Western Lane Commu- nity Foundation (WLCF) is pleased to announce the beginning of its 2020 grant cycle with the availability of its grant application. The application can be found on its website located at wlcfonline.org. Each year, WLCF awards several grants to local non- profit organizations for projects or programs in its target area of Western Lane County. Grants are awarded in the areas of education, medicine and science, the arts, and social and civic services. In 2019, over $78,000.00 was awarded to several of these worthy causes. The annual amount to be awarded is determined by the performance of the invested portfolio of dis- cretionary funds during the current year. Grant requests for the 2019 grant cycle will be ac- cepted until Jan. 15, 2020. The application may be downloaded at WLCF’s website and it is highly rec- ommended that applicants review the Grant Guide- lines included there. People are asked to sub- mit applications to Western Lane Community Founda- tion, P.O. Box 1589, Flor- ence, OR, 97439 or to wlcf@ wlcfonline.org in PDF for- mat. Completed applications must be postmarked or re- ceived no later than close of business on Jan. 15. Applications will be re- viewed by the WLCF Board of Directors and each appli- cant will be contacted by a board member for an inter- view regarding the request for funds. Grants will be selected in February and then award- ed in late March. Selected grant recipients will be re- quired to submit a grant re- port by Sept. 30. Grant requests and awards will be selected based on merit, need, and benefit to the community at large. Grant requests and award amounts vary greatly, but are usually between $100 and $5,000, depending on the nature of the grant proj- ect and funds available for distribution. For more information, contact WLCF by calling 541-997-1274 or visiting wlcfonline.org. Open Monday –Saturday 11am-9pm Have a safe and fun Halloween! Come for dinner before you go out and be sure to bring your children by for a treat! Gift Certifi cates are available too! 2825 Hwy 101, Florence • 541-997-1144 Buying or Selling? I can help. Aileen Sapp Broker 541 999-5396 COURTESY PHOTO Local community organizations and nonprofits met with OCF representatives last week at LoveJoy’s Restau- rant to learn about grant and funding opportunities. OCF from page 1A understanding of how the foundation works while, at the same time, sharing in- formation that helps us be more supportive of the local community.” Garland and her associ- ates also want to come to areas in the state where they lack staff to assist with the process of understanding which grant from the many offered is best suited to their individual needs. “Without the capacity to have staff located in ev- ery community we serve throughout Oregon, it’s im- portant to us that we reach out to more rural areas to be sure that folks are aware of funding opportunities with OCF,” she said. “We are committed to support- ing organizations through- out the state. Our intention is to help make OCF grant programs as accessible as possible.” There have been a num- ber of successful grant ap- plications submitted and approved over the past few years from organizations in the Florence area and there may be more in the near fu- ture. “OCF has granted $280,000 to organizations in the Florence Mapleton area since 2017. We are cur- rently reviewing a few ap- plications to our Commu- nity Grant Program from local organizations and the OCF board will make the fi- nal decision on these grants on Nov. 7,” Garland said. One of the local recipi- ents of the funding distrib- uted by OCF is the Boys and Girls Club of Western Lane County which has been awarded. Boys and Girls Club Ex- ecutive Director Chuck Trent explained how the support his organization receives from OCF through the educational arm of the organization was acquired. “We are participating in the K-12 Student Suc- cess: Out-of-School Time Initiative, which began in 2013 with an initial com- mitment from The Oregon Community Foundation of $5 million over five years in funding to support the expansion and improve- ment of out-of-school time programming for middle school students,” Trent said. “In 2014, through partner- ship with The Ford Family Foundation and its com- mitment of an additional $2.6 million, the Initiative added several more grant- ees, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Lane County. This is a three-year comprehensive Program Quality Improvement Ini- tiative and our club is in our third and final year of the Initiative.” Trent also said the Ini- tiative funding includes summer, after- and be- fore-school programming that promotes positive youth development for middle school students who are at a critical transition point in their development. He then pointed out the programming addresses the opportunity and achieve- ment gaps by focusing on support for students of color, students living in rural communities and/or students from low-income families. The initiative also includes work to connect students to the school day and provide academic sup- port, to engage and support families and to provide pos- itive adult role models for participating students. Other local organizations that have received funding, in addition to the Boys and Girls Club, include The Siu- slaw Watershed Council, The Mapleton School Dis- trict, Florence Food Share and The Children’s Reper- tory of Oregon Workshops (CROW). The next OCF Commu- nity Grants cycle accepts applications for requested funding from Dec. 1, 2019 through Jan. 15, 2020. The organizations web- site provides instructions and suggestions for appli- cants and also shares links to previous applications that have been approved for funding. Garland wants the com- munity to know that OCF desires to have as much in- put from the people they are trying to connect with and assist as possible. “Oregon Community Foundation uses the power of philanthropy to improve the lives of all Oregonians. From our regional perspec- tive, that means that we want people to be aware of opportunities to contrib- ute to OCF as a donor or a volunteer, as well as to un- derstand how to have access to our grant and scholar- ship programs,” Garland said. “At the same time, we deeply appreciate the amaz- ing work that people and Autumn Falling Leaves Bazaar St. Mary Our Lady of the Dunes Catholic Church Saturday, November 2 9:00AM - 2:00pm Gift Baskets Arts & Crafts Religious Jewelry Pie by the slice Sweet Shoppe Raffl e Gifts Books & Plants 85060 Hwy. 101 One Mile South of Bridge organizations are doing to address the challenges that face their local communi- ties. The more we can be aware of these efforts, the more effective we can be as a funding partner.” For more information on OCF Grants visit www.ore- goncf.org/ Vinca Alley #2101 – Beautiful Siuslaw River views from this in-town lot with city services at the property line. 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