Active Funding Requests
Last Updated: November 4th, 2026
The below are high level summaries of active ODFN funding requests listed newest to oldest by date of request. Active funding requests are no older than six months. For access to our more detailed Funding Tracker, please contact us.
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REGION
DISASTER
Hearts Unknown Education
Request: $25,400
Application Materials
Following the Silver Rail shooting, HUE seeks funding to sustain and strengthen its free creative-wellness programming for Central Oregon youth and families impacted by community trauma. Funding would support core programming costs, including staffing, art supplies, meals, and facility operations, while also strengthening our emerging mental health programming.
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
Request: $73,500
Application Materials
Seeking funding for firefighter personal protective clothing and fire shelters:
Structural (house/building) fire protective clothing consisting of helmet and full bunker plants and jacket at $5,500 per set; five sets at $27,500 or ten sets at $55,000.
Wildland/forest fire protective clothing consisting of helmet, pants and coat and gloves at $5,750 for five sets and $11,500 for ten sets.
Fire shelters (one person tents) to protect fire fighters from being overrun by a fire. $700 per shelter. Five shelters at $3500 or ten at $7,000.
Healing Reins Equine Assisted Services
Request: $50,000
Application Materials
Following the tragedy at Silver Rail Elementary School, Healing Reins immediately mobilized our clinical team and therapeutic resources to support our community. We are requesting funding to provide free, accessible individual and group mental health services, equine-assisted therapy, and therapeutic experiences with horses and nature.
Jefferson Rural Fire Protection District
Request: $10,500
We are requesting funding to purchase three new AEDs. These units are critical in the event of a cardiac arrest, not only to the citizens we respond to but also in the event that a firefighter suffers a cardiac event.
Families First Parent Resource Center
Request: $20,000
Application Materials
We are requesting funding to replace a very old heating/cooling system that continues to malfunction. We have been advised that the next time it happens, it may never work again. Our goal is to have the ability to serve as a warming center for children and families in the winter, a cooling center for children and families in the summer, and a smoke free zone during wildfire season. This is a priority because there are very few places in our county that are set up to accommodate families with children of all ages.
Jordan Valley Rangeland Fire Protection Association
Request: $25,000
Requesting funds to partially cover the cost of a low boy trailer to tow a dozer to fire lines. This RFPA serves specifically Jordan Valley, Rome, Arock, Burns Junction, Rockville, and is comprised of volunteer fire fighters who intially respond to all to range fires in our area. Because volunteers are the initial attack to range fires before government resources arrive, it is crucial to have adequate equipment.
Queer Enough (part of Oregon Synod, ELCA)
Request: $30,000
We are currently using a microgrant of $5000 to help distribute materials for ~150 folks to assemble emergency bags (including first aid, cold weather protection, household plans, water and sanitation safety, and other survival gear), receive cold weather first aid training, and participate in a supply swap to continue redistributing supplies to make sure more of our community has access to what is needed to survive or be prepared in case of a disaster.
Kids Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center (KIDS Center)
Request: $27,927
KIDS Center requests funding to support our immediate response and ongoing care for children and families affected by the Silver Rail Elementary School shooting. Funding will cover:
Crisis support provided by our therapy team (Director or Client Programs and two therapists) during the three-day family access center event, October 18–20, which connected affected community members with resources and services.
Materials and supplies used to create a welcoming, supportive space at the family access center.
Staff time for administrative support and coordination of care with community partners.
Ongoing trauma-informed therapy for affected children and family members over approximately the next 120 days (17 weeks) to support coping, restore a sense of safety, and promote healing.
Alliance for a Safe Oregon
Request: $50,000
Following the Silver Rail shooting in Bend, we are requesting funding to:
Expand our secure storage device distribution. We currently distribute high-quality biometric lock boxes to healthcare clinics, and we will be expanding this work to school districts across Oregon, who can then provide them to parents in need.
Bring FIPE, our free one-hour, physician-led health class presentation, to more high schools. Firearms are the leading cause of death for ages 1-19, yet Oregon high schools provide virtually no firearm injury prevention instruction.
Grow our trauma-informed care and civic engagement pathways for youth who have experienced gun violence.
City of Seneca Fire Department
Request: $40,000
Application Materials
The City of Seneca seeks funding to improve an existing Fire Hall and bay to protect its fire engines and water tender during severe winter conditions. Currently, the tender must be drained to prevent freezing, limiting its ability to remain fully prepared for emergency response.
The project will relocate and reuse an existing interior wall to enclose the bay, add insulation and heating, install an electric overhead door and two ventilation fans, and complete necessary electrical improvements.
Columbia Land Trust
Request: $50,000
Application Materials
This summer the Grasshopper Fire burned through more than 90,000 acres of habitat in Wasco County, including a nearly 2,000-acre conservation property, “Mt. Hood Oaks,” that provides critical wildlife habitat and recreational connectivity. Without action, non-native annual grasses will proliferate, outcompeting trees and native vegetation, decreasing biodiversity, and permanently altering fire cycles. Funds will directly support the tree planting component of this fire recovery effort, uplifting ecosystem health, resources for wildlife, and wildfire resilience.
World Forestry Center
Request: $25,000
Application Materials
World Forestry Center seeks support for its Public Forum and Toolkit on Wildfire & Respiratory Health, which will bring approximately 120 residents, community organizations, public health practitioners, and forestry professionals together in Portland, Talent, and Redmond, Oregon, in 2027.
These facilitated, scenario-based forums will help communities understand wildfire smoke risks, identify practical ways to reduce exposure, and strengthen coordination between public health and forest management before disasters occur.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Central Oregon
Request: $23,625
Seeking funding in staffing costs to support club services which have been opened for free full-day services 7:30am-2:30pm during the school days for up to 150 Silver Rail Elementary Students each day that they are no longer in school until they will re-open. This service has already been for the past 6 school days and we have been told the need will extend for at least another 9 school days.
THE BEAM
Request: $50,000
BEAM is seeking $50,000 toward two months of continued programming following displacement from Silver Rail Elementary after the October 15 shooting. Our children need familiar faces, trusted relationships and opportunities to learn, play and begin to heal together.
Funding would help retain four current staff, add part-time support as resources allow, secure accessible temporary space, and cover supplies and transportation. Programming remains free for families through November.
LatinX Recovery Center Inc
Request: $18,000
We are requesting this funding to provide culturally specific direct services for grief, process groups, direct post-traumatic stress therapy, and community support and education groups for suicide prevention.
At LatinX Recovery Center, our hearts are with the Bend community and everyone navigating pain, loss, or uncertainty. A key priority is providing safe, supportive spaces for individuals affected by the shooting in Bend—particularly those facing mental health challenges, isolation, or cultural and linguistic barriers. This $18,000 investment will support the development of a trauma-informed support group focused on suicide prevention, community connection, and timely access to resources.
Jefferson Rural Fire Protection District
Request: $26,000
We are requesting funds to purchase portable radios. These radios are critical in the communication of our crews. Our current radios are old, outdated and unreliable. The new radios have a higher transmitting wattage and create better communications. This funding is critical is allowing our personnel to communicate with each other, our dispatch center, and other responding agencies. The purchase of these radio will be a huge safety relief to our orgainizations.
South Santiam Watershed Council
Request: $40,000
Application Materials
Linn County contains an extensive network of gravel and forestry roads across a checkerboard of private industrial and federal timberlands. Through Wildfire Ready Linn County, SSWC is coordinating a roadside fuels and access inventory covering approximately 3,500 miles of forest roads. A suitable high-clearance, four-wheel-drive truck is essential to safely and efficiently reach remote roads and complete this fieldwork. We are requesting $40,000 to purchase a used vehicle that will enable this critical wildfire preparedness project.
Greater Douglas United Way
Request: $50,000
Application Materials
The COAD program allows us to go out to the community with training in First Aid, CPR, in addition to the State of Oregon program, Be2Weeks Ready. There have been 17 large declared disasters in Douglas County alone over the past 50 years. This year, we are making a concerted effort to have people prepared to survive if they are not able to get to a grocery store, have no power or water, and are not able to get emergency services due to an increased need.
The budget for our program is $157,500.00 this will provide the opportunity for us to continue our COAD (Community Organizations Active in Disaster) program. This program provides vital First Aid, CPR, and Be2Weeks Ready training in our community at no cost to the attendee. To sustain this high impact program, $40,000 will cover program wages, with $10,000 providing essential training materials and supplies.
Adair Rural Fire Protection District
Request: $10,000
Application Materials
Adair RFPD is a small rural fire department dedicated to the service of our community, neighboring communities, and the state of Oregon at large. We provide fire and EMS services to our district and mutual aid partners. Adair RFPD is an active participant in statewide conflagrations during wildfire season and throughout the year. We are requesting funding for two radios, which will improve communications in radio "shadowed" spots.
Central Oregon Disability Support Network
Request: $25,000
Application Materials
CODSN is seeking funding for Ready & Recover: Rural Disability Disaster Resilience, supporting rural families of children and young adults with disabilities who are recovering from wildfires and preparing for winter storms, extended power outages, and other emergencies. Disasters can create additional challenges for families who rely on disability-related supplies, communication supports, medications, transportation, electricity, or consistent routines and services.
Funding will provide approximately 50-60 families with individualized emergency preparedness and recovery supplies, peer support to develop practical family emergency plans, and two accessible CPR/First Aid trainings for family members and individuals with disabilities. Priority will be given to wildfire-impacted families, geographically isolated households, and families for whom disability-related needs create additional barriers during emergencies.