Coquille Indian Tribe awards $815,000 in community grants

NORTH BEND, Ore. – The Coquille Indian Tribe distributed a record-breaking $815,000 in grants to 121 community organizations in Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, and Lane counties.

The grants, made through the Coquille Tribal Community Fund, are a significant increase from last year’s $280,000, bringing the total amount of money distributed by the fund since 2001 to $8.1 million.

“It was humbling to see the list of grant recipients for our Community Fund grants this year,” Tribal Chairman Brenda Meade said. “The incredible amount of work happening by our non-profit organizations reminds us how lucky we are to live here in Southern Oregon. On behalf of the Coquille Tribe, we feel honored to be able to support their hard work.”

The largest grant of $32,689 went to the South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team, while smaller grants of $1,000 were awarded to several organizations including Charleston Fishing Families, Coquille Christian Community Church, and the Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival Association.

Jackson County’s largest grant, $25,000, goes to the La Clinica del Valle Family Health Care Center for acute care clinic expansion.

The following is a list of this year’s fund awards:

ADAPT, $4,800
Agness Illahe Rural Fire Protection District, $19,338
ALS Oregon and SW Washington Chapter, $5,000
Animal Shelter Partners, $10,000
Applegate Partnership, Inc., $4,339
Bandon Community Youth Center, $10,000
Bandon Historical Society Museum, $2,400
Boys & Girls Club of Southwestern Oregon, $7,280
Boys & Girls Club of Western Lane County, $5,250
Boys & Girls Clubs of Emerald Valley, $5,250
Brookings Area Arts American Music Festival, $2,500
Brookings Community Resource Response, $5,000
Brookings Harbor Community Food Bank, $10,000
Camp Millennium, $6,000
Catholic Community Services of Lane County, $5,000
Center for Community Counseling, $3,000
Central Coos Fire & Rescue, $10,000
Charleston Fishing Families, $1,000
Charleston Rural Fire Protection District, $5,000
Chetco Activity Center, $8,000
Child Center, $5,000
Christians As Family Advocates (CAFA), $2,000
City of North Bend, $9,812
City of Powers Police Department, $10,000
Common Good, $5,000
Community Presbyterian Church, $5,000
Community Supported Shelters, $6,300
Coos Art Museum, $5,000
Coos Bay Area Habitat For Humanity, $5,000
Coos County Fair & Rodeo, $15,000
Coos County Friends of Public Health, $10,000
Coos County Master Gardener Association, $1,150
Coos County Sheriff’s Search & Rescue, $5,170
Coos County Sheriff’s Office, $20,000
Coquille Christian Community Church, $1,000
Coquille Indian Tribe hunter education, $27,217
Coquille Indian Tribe-Fencing, $7,165
Coquille Public Library, $5,000
Coquille School District, $19,500
Crater Lake Academy, $3,500
Creswell Clubhouse, $6,000
Creswell Heritage Foundation, $2,000
Dogs for Better Lives, $7,500
Dolphin Players, Inc., $2,500
Douglas Community Library Association, $7,000
Douglas Public Health Network, $20,000
Egyptian Theatre Preservation Association, $1,250
Elakha Alliance, $4,500
Evergreen Quest, $6,800
Family Center/Douglas County Relief Nursery, $10,000
First Presbyterian Church, Food Cupboard, $7,500
Florence Food Share, $5,910
Frank C High Medal of Honor Post 3440, $4,360
Friendly Kitchen/Meals on Wheels Roseburg, $8,000
Friends of Lakeside Public Library, $2,000
Gold Beach Community Center, $5,000
Habitat for Humanity/Rogue Valley, $5,000
Harmony United Methodist Church, $5,000
Healthy Moves, $1,500
HIV Alliance, $5,500
Jacksonville Community Center, $5,000
Knights of Columbus Council 1261, $4,000
La Clinica del Valle Family Health Care Inc, $25,000
Lighthouse School, $5,000
Little Theatre on the Bay, $5,000
Living Opportunities, $4,000
Looking Glass Youth and Family Services, $5,000
Mapleton Food Share, $5,000
Music Education & Performing Artists Assn., $5,000
Myrtle Point Senior Citizens Center Inc, $10,000
North Bend High School, $10,000
North Bend School District, $3,500
North Bend Senior Center, $4,000
North Medford High School Color Guard, $2,500
Oakland School District No. 1, $10,000
Onward Roseburg, $15,000
Ophelia’s Place, $2,500
Oregon Coast Military Museum, $5,000
Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival, $1,000
Oregon Conservatory of Performing Arts, $3,000
Oregon Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation, $4,000
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, $7,600
Parenting Now, $5,000
Pelican Bay Arts Association, $5,000
Pelican Harbor Food Bank, $17,790
Peter Britt Gardens Music & Arts Festival, $5,000
Port of Coquille River, $15,000
Power On With Limb Loss, $3,000
Project Youth Plus, $5,000
Reedsport Church of God, Project Blessing, $5,000
Reedsport Volunteer Fire Department, $5,000
Relief Nursery Inc., $5,000
Rogue Valley Family YMCA, $8,000
Rose Circle Mentoring Network, $8,000
Shakespeare in the Park, $3,000
ShelterCare, $4,100
Siuslaw Watershed Council, $2,492
South Coast Clambake Jazz Festival, $3,500
South Coast Hospice & Palliative Care, $3,738
South Coast Interagency Narcotics Team, $32,689
South Coast Youth Football, $5,000
South Lane Family Nursery, $5,000
South Lane Mental Health, $8,000
South West Oregon Public Safety Assn., $8,000
Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice, $5,000
Southern Oregon Navigator, $15,000
SquareOne Villages, $5,000
St Martin’s Episcopal Church Food Pantry, $5,000
St Timothy’s Episcopal Church, $4,500
Timothy’s Episcopal Church, $1,500
Vincent de Paul Myrtle Creek, $7,500
Vincent de Paul, $5,000
Triangle Food Box, $4,000
United Way of Jackson County, $5,000
Veterans Legacy, $5,000
Waterfall Community Health Center, $5,000
Wellsprings Friends School, $4,000
Western Oregon University Foundation, $5,800
Wild Rivers Land Trust, $5,000
Womenspace Inc. dba Hope & Safety Alliance, $5,000

The Community Fund accepts grant applications in the fall and focuses on seven areas: education, public safety, arts and culture, environment, historic preservation, health, and problem gaming.