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At GRANTMAKERS of Oregon and Southwest Washington our mission is to promote effective philanthropy in Oregon and southwest Washington by providing our members with the services and support they need to succeed.
GRANTMAKERS allows funders to engage at the local level by providing space - both literally and figuratively - for funders to come together address community issues, explore solutions, celebrate successes and share best practices.
Recent News
National Contest Calls on Community Foundations For Local Information Experiments
Posted On Mar 3, 2010
Knight Foundation’s Community Information Challenge - Open Now Through March 8
MIAMI (Feb. 1, 2010) The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is accepting applications from community and place-based foundations seeking to fund news and information projects. The deadline for the Knight Community Information Challenge, a matching grant program, is March 8. Applications can be submitted at www.informationneeds.org.
Representatives from community or place-based foundations with questions about the Challenge can participate in one of two live chats to have queries answered online by Knight Foundation program officers. The live chats will take place at noon EDT Feb. 16 and 22 at www.informationneeds.org. Visit the site to learn more and sign up for a reminder.
Knight Foundation created the five-year contest to help local foundations find creative ways to fund media projects that inform and engage residents about pressing issues. So far, the Challenge has awarded $7.3 million for 45 ideas in communities large and small. The projects include funding public interest online news sites, creating online hubs to engage communities around specific issues and filling gaps in the types of news and information available locally.
“Local foundations are increasingly taking the initiative to meet their community’s information needs, a goal as important as ensuring an area has good schools, jobs and clean air,” said Trabian Shorters, Knight Foundation’s vice president for communities, who leads the Challenge.
J-lab, the Institute for Interactive Journalism, has found that since 2005, foundations have awarded nearly $136 million in grants to 128 news and information projects nationwide.
Regence Foundation awards more than $300,000 in grants to promote hospital-based palliative care
Posted On Feb 23, 2010
Foundation encourages access to palliative care before patients’ final months or days
PORTLAND, Ore. – The Regence Foundation recently awarded $302,200 to 10 hospitals in Idaho, Oregon, Utah and Washington to support hospital-based palliative care programs. Hospitals will use the funds to either plan a new program or expand an existing program.
The grants are part of The Regence Foundation’s Sojourns grantmaking program to promote hospital- and community-based palliative care services. Through Sojourns, The Foundation aims to foster best practices, leadership and collaboration that help people with life-threatening and incurable illness to access quality palliative care in their own community.
“Most people associate palliative care with hospice, but palliative care extends well beyond hospice to anyone who needs help managing the pain and symptoms of a serious disease,” said Michael Alexander, Regence Foundation board chair. “Hospitals are a critical resource for patients who need help with symptom management, and ensuring palliative care is available to patients earlier in the disease process is a priority for The Regence Foundation.”
Job Postings
Corporate Social Responsibility Market Specialist – Portland
Posted On Feb 10, 2010
Job Description:
As part of Bank of America’s Global Marketing & Corporate Affairs team, the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Market Specialist will play a key role in maximizing the Bank’s presence and visibility in Oregon and SW Washington.
The CSR Market Specialist must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external constituencies - including business partners, community leaders, nonprofits and business professionals.
Communications Director with Oregon Environmental Council
Posted On Feb 2, 2010
Title: Communications Director
Status: Regular, exempt position
Reports to: Executive Director
Hours: Full-time
Compensation:Salary is commensurate with experience
Amenitites: Excellent benefits include four weeks of paid vacation annually, generous health insurance for employee and family, and employer contributions to a retirement fund equal to 6% of salary.
ABOUT OEC
The Oregon Environmental Council advances innovative, collaborative solutions to Oregon’s environmental challenges for today and future generations. We work to create innovative change on two levels: we help individuals and businesses live and operate sustainably, and we help elected officials create practical policy that safeguards what we love about Oregon: clean air, clean water and an unpolluted landscape. Our vision for Oregon includes solving global warming, protecting kids from toxins, cleaning up our rivers, building sustainable economies, and ensuring healthy food and local farms.
The organization’s annual operating budget is $1.5 million with a staff of 17 and a 15-member volunteer Board of Directors from across Oregon. We were recently ranked among the top ten nonprofits to work for in Oregon (see http://www.oeconline.org/community/blog). Learn more about OEC at http://www.oeconline.org.
We are looking for someone who is self-motivated, organized, an excellent, fast writer and outstanding communicator. S/he should enjoy working with diverse people. This is a responsible position in a fast-paced, mission-driven environment. OEC offers a collaborative, team-oriented, family-friendly workplace that treats employees as the responsible professionals they are. Hours are flexible, benefits are generous, and laughter is frequent.
Read more for scope of responsibility, description of duties, qualifications required/desired, and “how to apply” instructions.