Pacific Power / Rocky Mountain Power: Safety and Wellness Organizations Grant

The Pacific Power Foundation offers grants to support health, safety, and wellness organizations within its service areas across Oregon, Washington, California, Utah, Wyoming, and Idaho. Eligible candidates include nonprofit groups with 501(c)(3) status and government entities. The foundation focuses on initiatives addressing food insecurity, mental health, and public safety, aiming to enhance community well-being. Grants are awarded in four cycles, ensuring thorough review for maximum impact. Applications must demonstrate relevance to the served communities.

Pacific Power Foundation
The Pacific Power Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Pacific Power.
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The foundation manages its grants in four cycles. This helps the foundation carefully review similar requests to ensure maximum benefit.
The information on this page is for Health, safety and wellness organizations including: addiction, disability resources, disaster relief, domestic violence, first responders, food insecurity, healthcare accessibility, homeless support, mental health, public safety initiatives, veteran organizations, wellness and preventative care.

Eligibility

In general, grants from the Foundation are limited to charitable nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations that have obtained a determination letter from the IRS under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and are not classified as private foundations. Proof of the exemption must be submitted with each request for funding.Grants may sometimes be made for charitable purposes to government entities.Eligible candidates — Organizations and activities eligible for Foundation support include:Nonprofit groups that have 501(c)(3) designation from the Internal Revenue Service;Organization eligibility: Health and human services organizations including chemical dependency treatment and prevention programs, senior citizen centers, runaway youth services and domestic violence treatment and prevention programs, safety programs, and wellness programsIncludes national health and human service agencies, hospitals, agencies for youth (e.g., Boys & Girls Clubs)Projects must have a bearing on communities that are served by Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power (see service area map)Pacific Power — Oregon, Central/Southeastern Washington and Northern California.Rocky Mountain Power — Utah, Wyoming and Southeastern Idaho.

Ineligibility

Ineligible candidates — Organizations and activities not eligible for foundation support include:Organizations that discriminate against individuals on the basis of religion, race, color, sex, age, national origin or veteran status;Individuals;Political organizations, ballot measure campaigns or candidates for public office;Contributions to or memberships in chambers of commerce, service clubs, taxpayer associations and other similar bodies;Religious groups for religious purposes;Any non-charitable purpose; and/orOrganizations outside the PacifiCorp service territory.As a general rule, the Foundation also will not supportEstablishment or support of endowments;Coverage of operating deficits;Capital campaigns;Computers, software or related items;Marketing and advertisingMaintenance of existing facilities;Conferences, conventions and events; andProjects that do not have a bearing on Pacific Power or Rocky Mountain Power's geographic service area.