Sweet Home Community Foundation (SHCF) Announces 2025 Community Grant Awards!
SHCF annually awards community grants to local projects and organizations that provide lasting improvements to our community.
This year’s SHCF community grants of up to $10,000 each, were funded by the Sweet Home Community Foundation Endowment and the Tim and Jo Ann McQueary- Leave a Local Legacy Endowment.
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Grants were awarded in the following categories: Children and Families, Education, Livability and Arts & Culture
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2025 SHCF Community Grant Recipients:
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Sweet Home Fire and Ambulance District will receive $5,000 to purchase UTV mounted patient transport equipment.
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Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Santiam (Sweet Home Facility) will receive $10,000 to update, renovate and repair facilities at the Sweet Home Youth Baseball Fields.
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The City of Sweet Home will receive $5,000 to commission a new downtown mural as part of the downtown revitalization program.
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Sunshine Industries will receive $8,000 to purchase a replacement vehicle for client services.
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The MIKE Program will receive $5,000 to provide mentored health education, healthcare career exploration and a youth leadership summit in conjunction with the SHSD.
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Also receiving funding: The Sweet Home Meals on Wheels Program, SHOCASE for sound equipment and The Sweet Home Rotary Club for a event shade tent.
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"GIVE WHERE YOU LIVE"
Fall Giving Annual Fundraising Campaign
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Each year, between November and December, SHCF promotes giving locally through our Fall Giving Campaign. Donations to SHCF are tax deductible and make a difference in our ability to help meet our mission of "Improving the Quality of Life in the Sweet Home Community". By supporting SHCF directly, you are supporting projects and programs that benefit Sweet Home citizens and programs that serve our community.
Go to "Donate Now" or Contact Us for more information about how you can support the Sweet Home Community through Sweet Home Community Foundation.
Donations are ALWAYS accepted and ALWAYS appreciated. ​​
Check out our Fall Giving Campaign Newsletter for how SHCF and your donations impacted your Community!
Any individual, family or estate, can establish a named endowment under the SHCF’s tax deductible, “Leave a Local Legacy” program. These endowments can be established over an extended time period and they allow the donor to direct future financial earnings to local programs and projects. This program assures that a family or loved-one will be permanently remembered by the community. Those wishing more information about SHCF or about establishing an endowment can contact us at info@giveshcf.org or call 541-730-3670.
SWEET HOME
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE SWEET HOME COMMUNITY.
We support organizations and projects that make Sweet Home such a great place to live. We accomplish this be assisting them in receiving tax deductible donations and by providing grants which help fund projects
Each year the Sweet Home Community Foundation opens an annual grant cycle and accepts applications. The grant cycle opens in February and closes in the Spring. Board members review and score all applications based on a set criteria (see application) and meets as a group to make final decisions on which grants qualify and will be funded. Grants are awarded in late Spring of each year and recipients must complete their projects before the next grant cycle starts.
500+K
DOLLARS
AWARDED
100+
COMMUNITY PROJECTS FUNDED
1
COMMUNITY SERVED!