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Overview

Rest Grants

Overview: WFO provides flexible, trust-based grants designed to support women nonprofit leaders in Oregon by funding rest, recovery, and restorative practices. These grants are part of WFO's strategic investment in sustaining nonprofit leadership during times of crisis and ongoing stress.

Geographic Scope: Oregon

Focus Areas:
Rest Grants can support:

  • Home and Life Relief - Clear the backlog at home so leaders can actually recover (up to one week at a time)

  • Reset and Recharge Resources - Childcare or elder-care stipends to make downtime truly restorative for caregivers

  • Restorative Support - Meals for a week (or equivalent grocery/meal-kit support) to cut decision fatigue and time burden

  • Sound Bath Experiences - For short recovery opportunities

  • Sauna/Heat Experiences - For short recovery opportunities

  • Three-Day AWE Experiences - In remote locations for full rest and recovery experiences

    • Eligibility:

  • Women nonprofit leaders in Oregon

  • Organizations serving women and girls

  • Grantees of WFO (implied)

    • Key Characteristics:

  • Nimble and quick to access

  • Trust-based approach with minimal paperwork and high dignity

  • Grants treated as trust, not tests

  • Expanded as of September 2025 to meet real-life needs of women leaders

    • Contact: info@w-for.org or research@w-for.org

    Organization Information:
    Women's Foundation of Oregon
    221 NW Second Ave. Suite 302
    Portland, OR 97209
    971-230-1294

    How to Apply

    Application Process

    Detailed application procedures are not provided in the available materials. Contact WFO directly for application information:

    • Email: info@w-for.org
    • Phone: 971-230-1294
    • Approach: WFO emphasizes trust-based grantmaking with light paperwork requirements

    Applicants should be prepared to describe their rest and recovery needs, with flexibility in how funds can be used across the categories listed above.

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