Oregon Community Foundation

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Oregon Community Foundation
Founded1973
Location
Area served
Oregon
MethodDonations and Grants
Key people
Lisa Mensah (CEO) [1]
Endowment US$1.04 billion (2009) [2]
Website www.oregoncf.org

The Oregon Community Foundation was established in 1973 and its mission is to improve life in Oregon and promote effective philanthropy. [3] The OCF works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about. Through these funds, OCF awards more than $55 million annually in grants and scholarships. [4] According to the Foundation Center, it is currently the tenth largest community foundation in the United States as ranked by asset size in U.S. dollars. [5]

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  1. ↑ "Our Staff » Oregon Community Foundation". Oregon Community Foundation. Retrieved 2026-02-20.
  2. ↑ Deloitte (2010-05-05). "2009 Audited Financial Statement" (PDF). Oregon Community Foundation. Retrieved 2010-06-12.
  3. ↑ Staff. "History". Oregon Community Foundation. Retrieved 2010-03-05.
  4. ↑ Foyston, John (2009-11-13). "Nonprofits feeling the financial pinch in 2008 and 2009, but they are responding to the bad times". The Oregonian . Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  5. ↑ Staff (2010-02-11). "25 Largest Community Foundations by Asset Size". Foundation Center . Retrieved 2010-03-06.
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