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
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.
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.
Town of Bonanza
Request: $102,000
Application Materials
The Town of Bonanza seeks funding to strengthen community resilience and maintain essential public services during wildfires, severe winter storms, extended power outages, and other emergencies. Funding will be used to purchase a mobile backup generator for the Town's wastewater system, install backup power for Town Hall to support continuity of government and emergency coordination, and deploy a digital emergency notification sign to provide real-time public safety information, evacuation notices, road closure updates, and emergency alerts.
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.
Tayas Yawks
Request: $50,000
The Wrights Spring Fire is creating an urgent need for coordinated outreach and assistance, particularly for families and individuals who already face barriers to transportation, healthcare, behavioral health services, stable housing, and disaster recovery resources. Tayas Yawks, a culturally responsive community-based organization serving Native American, rural, low-income, justice-impacted, and other historically underserved residents, is prepared to help meet these needs, but additional emergency funding is necessary to expand our response safely and effectively.
Central Cascades Fire & EMS
Request: $85,000
We are in need of a 4wd, 4 dr, crew cab pickup with tool boxes and water tank for Community Risk Reduction efforts, Fuels Reduction/Mitigation and Crew/Staff use. Capable of towing our Fuels Reduction Trailer throughout the community and region as we continue to work to reduce wildfire risks, improved response and recovery capabilities through community education and hands on efforts. We have limited vehicles for staff use and currently our only similar vehicle is being used on a wildfire conflagration supporting firefighters.
Walker Range Forest Protection Association
Request: $30,000
Our headquarters are older and our current heating system is wood heat. Adequate heating and cooling are not something we currently have. This project completes the third phase of our resiliency plan by providing uninterrupted electrical service at our headquarters, ensuring continuous emergency communications and agency operations during power outages and disasters.