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Burchell Grants

Funder: Gorge Community Foundation - Joan Burchell Fund

Geographic Scope: Wasco, Skamania, Klickitat, and Hood River Counties in the Columbia River Gorge region

Focus Areas: Food insecurity, youth services, vulnerable populations (families, seniors, children, people in transition)

Recent Priority: As of 2020, grants are dedicated to addressing food insecurity, including pandemic-related food security needs

Status: Active annual grant program

Recent Grant Examples (2019-2020):

  • The Dalles Farmers Market (SNAP program implementation and fresh produce access)

  • Hood River Farmers Market (matching incentive programs)

  • FISH Food Bank (food purchases)

  • Oregon Food Bank (food acquisition, storage & distribution)

  • White Salmon Valley Education Foundation (food for families)

  • The Food Bridge Project (greenhouse supplies for farms)

  • Back Packs 4 Kids (weekend meals and farmer's market vouchers)

  • Stevenson-Carson Educational Foundation (school meals)

  • Washington Gorge Action Programs (area food banks)

  • CultureSeed (trauma-informed yoga and mindfulness programs)

  • Columbia Riverkeeper (bilingual signage projects)

  • The Next Door Raices Program (community garden supplies)

    • Application Consideration: Unfunded applications from Burchell program become available to Donor Advisors for potential funding

    Contact Information:

  • Address: P.O. Box 1711, Hood River, OR 97031

  • Phone: 509.637.7997

  • Email: gcf@gorgecf.org

  • Staff Contact: tucker@gorgecf.org

    • Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    nonprofitsfood-securityyouth-serviceshuman-services

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