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.
Desert Sky Montessori
Request: $125,000
Application Materials
We need security upgrades and a counselor.
We are hosting our community meeting November 3 to hear ideas and recommendations from families, we will at least need facility improvements that include:
vestibule (we believe we are the only school in BLS system without one)
intercom system across three buildings
door and window upgrades
fencing adjustments
To support student crisis management and prevention, we need a school counselor, at least part time to start (about $40,000 for the rest of this year) until we can strategize on how to sustain a counselor position.
Silver Rail Children's Fund
Request: $100,000
Our children need to be together, with trauma-informed care, now. We request support for the next six months (November 2026 to April 2027):
Special education first: small sensory-friendly gatherings, trained aides, adaptive equipment and quiet rooms
Licensed and bilingual counselors and therapy dog teams at every event
Healing groups for Spanish-speaking families, dads and parents, including meeting space at $150 an hour
Monthly family gatherings, classmate meetups and outings that give children new memories beside October 15
Help for families and local providers to apply for Crime Victims' Compensation, so therapy is covered for years
Our events fill within hours. Funding lets us book venues and counselors weeks ahead, not days, so no family is turned away.
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.
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
Request: $60,100
Application Materials
The requested items are not part of the capital or operation budgets. If funded, any of the following items would assist La Pine Fire is serving 22,000 residents and visitors:
1000 feet of 5 inch hose $9,500 for 1000 feet or $950 per 100 feet
Portable/mobile radios Portables $5000 mobiles $15000
Task Force Tip Nozzles $1300 per nozzle - five units
Thermal Imager Replacement/Addition for squirt $6000
EMS Training Mannequin $7000
Update station security camera system $5000
Replacement PPE, $500 per structural helmet, $5000 for full bunker gear, $100 per wildland helmet, $400 boots, $550 wildland pant and coat, $100 for gloves, and $700 for wildland shelters.
Happy Trails Horse Rescue
Request: $23,625
Happy Trails Horse Rescue & Sanctuary is located in a wildfire-prone area of Central Oregon, where wildfire poses a significant risk to our horses, facilities, and surrounding community. Grant funding would allow us to create and improve defensible space by removing hazardous vegetation and reducing combustible materials around our property. These improvements are essential to protecting vulnerable rescue horses, safeguarding our facilities, and improving emergency preparedness. As a nonprofit, our resources are primarily dedicated to horse care, rehabilitation, and helping local owners keep their horses during financial hardship. Grant assistance would allow us to address critical wildfire risks while preserving our ability to provide sanctuary for horses in need and temporary refuge for horses displaced by wildfires.
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.
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
Request: $216,945
Application Materials
La Pine Fire lacks sufficient number of portable radios. Portable radios are a fundamental piece of equipment for firefighters, essential for ensuring their safety, coordinating operations, and ultimately saving lives and property.
Solution: Obtain 33 multiband portable radios and 13 replacement radios for the Legacy VHF radios. The 13 Legacy radios will replace radios that cannot be serviced. The 33 radios cost $4,665 or $153,945. The 13 replacement radios cost $6,000 or $78,000.
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.
Willamette Partnership
Request: $51,966
Application Materials
For the last two years, Willamette Partnership has been facilitating the La Pine Basin All-Lands Partnership, dedicated to reducing wildfire risk in southern Deschutes and northern Klamath counties. This summer, we were notified that the federal government would not be fulfilling its last two years for our award, meaning our funding will run out by the end of 2026. We are requesting funds for six months of facilitation while we wait to learn if the group was awarded a BLM grant that would cover our next five years' worth of facilitation.
La Pine Rural Fire Protection District
Request: $259,830
Requesting multiband portable radios and replacement of Legacy VHF radios. Total funding request. La Pine Fire lacks sufficient mobile and portable radios. Portable radios are a fundamental piece of equipment for firefighters, essential for ensuring their safety, coordinating operations, and ultimately saving lives and property.
Latino Community Association
Request: $20,000
Application Materials
Latino Community Association is requesting funds for accessible emergency preparedness resources, clean air solutions, essential supplies, and culturally and linguistically appropriate communication to support vulnerable community members during wildfire smoke events and other emergencies. Specifically, LCA will provide portable air purifiers, emergency preparedness kits, and distribute essential supplies (canned food, grocery gift cards, infant formula, hygiene items, pet food).
Oregon State University Extension & Engagement
Request: $27,000
Application Materials
We want to supply box fan filters to improve air quality for smoke impacted people. We are working with local red cross organizations, fire districts, county emergency managers. We are the local trusted technical expertise and can provide education on building these fans.