Cottage Grove Community Foundation Grant

Cottage Grove Community Foundation Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Cottage Grove Community Foundation
Last Updated: October 15, 2025

Summary

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation Grant aims to enhance the quality of life for residents in South Lane County. Established in 1991, this private foundation supports non-profit organizations that address educational, medical, cultural, social, and civic needs. Eligible applicants must have IRS non-profit status and complete their project within a year of funding. The foundation favors projects with timely impacts and tangible community benefits, ensuring that modest contributions can lead to significant improvements.

Overview

The Cottage Grove Community Foundation was established in 1991 as a public non-profit organization to help improve the quality of life for the residents of the South Lane County. The Foundation is a resource for citizens, private companies, and other private foundations to make charitable gifts and bequests that will provide financial support to educational, medical, cultural, social, and civic services.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Applicants for the Community Grants Program: Applicants must have an IRS non-profit status confirmation. If selected as a recipient, organizations with other than a 501c3 designation will have additional reporting requirements. Are expected to complete all parts of the application form and provide all required attachments. Applications will not be considered unless the full application is complete and is submitted using the 2020 application form. Must have completed their project and submitted required evaluation reports for all prior CGCF grants.Grants are annually made to non-profit organizations in the greater Cottage Grove area that provide services within the South Lane School District boundaries.

Ineligibility

Unless designated otherwise by the donor, Community Grants normally will not be made to organizations for the following purposes: Emergency funding Travel to or in support of conferences Debt retirement or operational deficits Annual fund drives or operation expenses except during a start up period not to exceed three years. Sectarian religious purposes (does not preclude consideration of requests for educational, medical, or social service oriented programs open to all community members undertaken by church affiliated or supported agencies.)