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Grants

Apply for national and local grants to benefit business and the citizens of the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region. Below we have listed grants, funds and foundations that may help our individual members and the greater community.

Lane County Tourism Special Projects Grants

The Tourism Special Projects Grants are intended to assist and promote the growth of the tourism industry throughout the Eugene, Cascades & Coast region. Lane County's intention is to fund as many well qualified projects as possible, within the available funds. A balance between "small projects" which are of immediate and limited duration and "large projects" which are multi-focused and of longer term impact will try to be met. Small Project applications may request between $2,000 and $5,000 in funding and require a $500 match. Large Project applications may request between $5,001 and $10,000 in funding and require a match of 10% of the grant request. All projects must be completed no later than December 31st of the year granted. Projects ineligible for consideration include fund raising requests and funding for feasibility studies. Requests for capital funding, such as equipment, new or rehabilitated physical structures or buildings, will be considered using the same evaluation criteria as promotional projects.

• 2011 Final Results - Lane County Tourism Special Projects Grants
   
• 2009 Final Results - Lane County Tourism Special Projects Grants

Oregon Tourism Grants 

Outdoor Recreation / Sustainability Grants

Oregon Historic Trails Fund
http://www.oregonhistorictrailsfund.org/apply.php

National Trails Fund
http://www.americanhiking.org/OurWork.aspx?id=71&terms=alliance+fund

Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife
http://www.dfw.state.or.us/wildlife/grants/index.asp

Cycling Grants

Bikes Belong Coalition
http://www.bikesbelong.org/grants

Oregon Pedestrian and Bicycle Grant Program
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/BIKEPED/grants1.shtml

Transportation Grants

Oregon Department of Transportation Public Transit Division
http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/PT/program_index.shtml

Oregon Department of Transportation Scenic Byways
http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/SCENICBYWAYS/grants.shtml

National Scenic Byways Discretionary Grants Program
http://www.bywaysonline.org/grants/

Historic Preservation Grants

Oregon Cultural Trust
http://www.culturaltrust.org/what-we-support 

Museums for America
http://www.imls.gov/applicants/grants/forAmerica.shtm

National Park Service Preserve America
http://www.cr.nps.gov/hps/hpg/PreserveAmerica/index.htm

National Trust for Historic Preservation
http://www.nationaltrust.org/funding/nonprofit.html#endowment

Tourism Cares - Worldwide Grant Program
http://www.tourismcares.org/grants 

Multiple Grant Offerings - Focus on Enhancing Opportunities and Quality of Life

Oregon Community Foundation
http://www.oregoncf.org/receive/grants 

League of Oregon Cities
http://www.orcities.org/CityResources/FundingGrantOpportunities/tabid/847/Default.aspx

Ford Family Foundation
http://www.tfff.org/

Spirit Mountain Community Fund
http://www.thecommunityfund.com/funding 

Federal Grants
http://www.grants.gov/

Arts / Humanities / Education Grants

Creative Capital Foundation
http://www.creative-capital.org/

Oregon Council for The Humanities
http://oregonhumanities.org/programs/section/grants/ 

National Endowment For The Humanities
http://www.neh.gov/grants/grants.html

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml?src=ln

Intel Foundation
http://www.intel.com/community/grant.htm

M J Murdock Charitable Trust
http://www.murdock-trust.org/

Meyer Memorial Trust
http://www.mmt.org/grants_programs/

The Collins Foundation
http://www.collinsfoundation.org/

Rural Development / Agriculture Grants

USDA Rural Business Opportunity Grant
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/or/rbog.htm

USDA's Cooperative State, Research, Education and Extension Service
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/funding.cfm

Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers Competitive Grants Program (OASDFR or Section 2501 program)
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1113

Western Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE)
http://wsare.usu.edu/grants/

Top 50 Oregon Foundations that give grants and some other giving programs
http://www.tgci.com/grants/Oregon/index.asp#workshops

College Scholarships

Subscription Based Resources

The Oregon Foundation DataBook & CD
http://www.foundationdatabook.com/Pages/or/or1.html

Philanthropy Northwest
http://www.philanthropynw.org/s_pnw/sec.asp?CID=7290&DID=16471

Grant Technical Assistance

Extension Risk Management Education Grant Program
http://extensionrme.org/Opportunities.aspx 

Grant Resources

Red Lodge Clearinghouse Funding 
http://rlch.org/content/get-funding

Economic & Community Development Department:
http://econ.oregon.gov/
The Economic & Community Development Department has business development officers (BDO's) located throughout the state. Your BDO is the most knowledgeable person in your area for information on potential grants and economic assistance. A list of the BDO's is available through the Oregon Economic & Community Development Department website: http://www.oregon4biz.com/

Grant Writing Workshop presented by The Grant Training Center
http://www.granttrainingcenter.com/

Transient Room Tax Funding

Source: Oregon Tourism Commission/Travel Oregon/Other
Updated December 2011