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Grant Recipients
The Cottage Grove Community Foundation 2025 Community Grant Award Recipients
The Cottage Grove Community Foundation (CGCF) is pleased to announce the following non-profit organizations were selected as solicited and unsolicited grant recipients for a total of $42,625 with over $30,000 in Mentoring Grants pending. The grant recipients are:
Carlton Woodard Advised Fund
- Paws and Whiskers Society (PAWS)—Rachael Road Feral Colony Project, $2,752
Kris and Paige Woodard Advised Fund
- CG Prospectors and Gold Diggers—Updated Security/Paint, $6,816
Cottage Grove Women and Children’s Fund
- First Presbyterian Church—$5,315
Green Earth Fund
- Forest Web/AWE—Climate Action, $1,301
Dian Missar Fund
- Cottage Grove Historical Society—$249.50
- Cottage Grove Museum—$249.50
Believe in Angels, Veatch and the Cottage Grove Community Foundation
- A Family for Every Child—Alliance Youth Services – CG Housing Expansion, $1,000
- Al Kennedy High School—Tractor for CTE Agriculture Program, $1,000
- CASA of Lane County—Deepening Our Roots Phase 2, $1,000
- Center for Rural Livelihoods—Community Educational Garden, $1,000
- Community Sharing —Shower Trailer Shed Upgrade, $1,000
- Cottage Grove Friends of the Library—Love of Reading and Stories, $1,000
- Cottage Grove Senior All Night Party—$1,000
- Dorena Elementary School—Middle School Classroom Library Books, $1,000
- First Presbyterian Church—Childcare/Classroom Renovation, $1,000
- Humane Society of CG—New Office Computer and Printer, $1,000
- Lane County Diaper Bank—Rural Diaper Sustainability, $1,000
- Lincoln Middle School—Bridge Class, Climb Rocks to Think Outside the Box, $600
- Lincoln Middle School—PE Recognitions Program, $1,000
- Ophelia’s Place—Lincoln MS Positive Youth Development Project, $1,000
- Row River Fire Response—Outfitting Emergency Apparatus, $1,000
- Singing Creek Educational Center—Earth Ways Summer Camp 2025, $1,000
- South Lane Family Relief Center—Diapers for CG Families, $1,000
- South Valley Farmers’ Market—Music at the Market, $1,000
- Spirit of BMD—Future Bohemia City Citizens, $1,000
Community Health Care Needs Fund, Leslie Goddard Fund and Constance Keith Fund
- To Cottage Grove Community Hospital Foundation—$10,094
The Cottage Grove Community Foundation 2024 Community Grant Award Recipients totaling $48,437
Carlton Woodard Advised Fund
- South Valley Athletics—Currin Field Maintenance, $1,000
- London Elementary School—$1,200
Kris and Paige Woodard Advised Fund
- Community Sharing—$3,000
- CG Humane Society—$3,000
Cottage Grove Women and Children’s Fund
- First Presbyterian Church—$5,135
- Green Earth, Forest Web—Climate Action, $1,252
Dian Missar Fund
- Cottage Grove Historical Society—$239
- Cottage Grove Museum—$239
Heather Cunningham Bridgens Fund
- Lincoln Middle School—$4,000
Believe in Angels, Veatch and the Cottage Grove Community Foundation
- Al Kennedy High School—Music Education, $1,000
- CASA of Lane County—Deepening Our Roots, $1,000
- Community Sharing —Backpack Program, $1,000
- Cottage Grove Friends of the Library—Visiting Poets & Authors, $1,000
- Cottage Grove High School—New Ceramics Program, $1,000
- Cottage Grove Senior All Night Party—$1,000
- Cottage Theatre—”Tennessee Wet Rub” Premier, $1,000
- Earth & Social Justice—Community Sharing Garden, $1,000
- Lane County Diaper Bank—Rural Diaper Sustainability, $1,000
- Lincoln Middle School—Bridge Class Rock Climbing, $600
- Lincoln Middle School—PE Plyo Boxes, $1,000
- Lincoln Middle School—Classroom 13 Supplies, $500
- Opal Center for the Arts—Spectrum Camp, $500
- Ophelia’s Place—Lincoln MS. S. Youth Empowerment, $1,000
- Oregon Life Academy—Start Up, $1,000
- Row River Fire Response—Volunteers’ Fire Extinguishers, $1,000
- Singing Creek Educational Center—Earth Ways Summer Camp, $1,000
- South Valley Family Relief Center—Diapers for CG Families, $1,000
- South Lane Mental Health—Youth Therapy Aid, $1,000
- South Valley Farmers’ Market—Music at the Market, $1,000
- Western Oregon Expo—On Site AED, $1,000
Community Health Care Needs Fund, Leslie Goddard Fund and Constance Keith Fund
- To Cottage Grove Community Hospital Foundation—$9,772
The Cottage Grove Community Foundation 2023 Community Grant Award Recipients totaling $64,092.95
Donated by Carlton Woodard Advised Fund:
- Family Relief Nursery – $1,319 for Diapers for Needy Families
- American Legion -$1,000 for Post Defibrillator
Donated by Believe in Angles, Veatch and Cottage Grove Community Foundation Funds:
- Community Sharing: $1,000 for Protein Project
- Ophelia’s Place – $1,000 for Lincoln Middle School Partnership
- Lincoln Middle School – $691.95 for Modern Classroom Project
- Dorena Elementary – $1,000 for Classroom Library
- Cottage Grove Museum – $1,000 for Digitizing Cottage Grove’s Historic Newspapers
- South Valley Farmers Market – $1,000 for Music at the Market
- CASA of Lane County – $1,000 for Revitalization
Donor Advised Grants
- Marist High School Athletics Department – $6,000 from Kris & Paige Woodard Advised Fund
- First Presbyterian Church – $5,520 from Cottage Grove Women & Children’s Fund
- Another Way Enterprise, EarthJustice – $1,000 from Green Earth fund
- Cottage Grove Historical Society – $225 from Dian Missar Fund
- Cottage Grove Museum – $225 from Dian Missar Fund
- Cottage Grove Community Hospital Foundation – $9,302 from Community Health Care Needs Fund, Leslie Goddard Fund & Constance Keith Fund
- Friends of the Children – $33,000 from Margaret Mae Anibal Mentoring Fund
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