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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vernonia Rural Fire Protection District
Request: $75,000
Application Materials
VRFPD is a combination fire department, maintaining one part-time Fire Chief and four full time firefighter personnel, while relying heavily on volunteer firefighters to answer the call of their neighbors. We respond to approximately 700 calls per year.
Last year we received a grant for brand-new SCBA's, which are currently in service. However, a major problem exists: We are unable to refill these airpacks locally after they have been expended. Six years ago our original refilling equipment failed, and in order for us to refill the tanks we must drive 25 minutes to the next closest fire department with a fill station. Each bottle takes about 5 minutes to fill, then we drive 25 minutes back to Vernonia. If we are filling 5-10 bottles, this takes away our ability to rapidly deploy into fire and/or rescue situations. A recent quote for a new machine is $130,000 which includes the unit, testing and installation.
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.
Ecosource Native Seed and Restoration
Request: $75,000
Application Materials
Eastern Oregon’s unprecedented wildfire impacts have created an urgent need for specialized expertise to understand what these fires have done to our landscapes and what successful recovery will require. EcoSource has established native-seed and restoration capacity, but we do not currently have dedicated wildfire ecology expertise to assess burned landscapes, identify restoration priorities, evaluate invasive-species threats, and translate those findings into native plant-material needs. EcoSource is seeking funding for a staff or contract employee, and has identified Trey Wall, an experienced local wildland fire and natural-resources professional, to provide this critical capacity.
Wallowa Band Nez Perce Trail Interpretive Center
Request: $29,713
Application Materials
This summer, Wallowa County experienced some of the worst wildfire and smoke conditions we have seen in years, forcing the cancellation of Saqáanma School, a six day program for Native youth. The program was scheduled for July 24–29: two days of land-based learning at the Homeland grounds followed by four days on the river.
Very few Nez Perce descendants live in Wallowa today, and social, economic, and logistical barriers make returning increasingly difficult. Yet in Nez Perce culture, homeland and identity are inseparable, and people carry a responsibility to know and care for this land. Programs like Saqáanma School create rare opportunities for Native youth to come back to wal’áwa, spend meaningful time on the land and water, and learn from Native educators.
Wasco Soil and Water Conservation District
Request: $30,000
Funding will support staff time, facilitation, and outreach to coordinate Grasshopper Fire recovery. The fire affected Badger Improvement District, Rock Creek District Improvement Company, portions of The Dalles Watershed, and high-use recreation sites and trails. SWCD and WCFC will convene agencies, irrigation providers, landowners, and recreation partners to identify priorities, clarify responsibilities, and connect needs with technical assistance and funding. Meetings, field tours, and expert presentations will address erosion, debris flow hazards, water supplies, and hazard tree removal along roads, campgrounds, and public access routes. Partners will develop a shared recovery work plan and funding proposals to protect infrastructure, restore safe access, support reforestation, and strengthen preparedness for future fire seasons.
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.
Long Tom Watershed Council
Request: $18,500
Chaa-lamali, TEIP's outdoor classroom, falls under Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) Protection Districts and the Western Lane Districts.
As the fire season in our area is predicted to become more extreme and longer, we should take decisive action this year. Acquiring a 300+-gallon firefighting water trailer for Chaa-lamali is a practical step, with an estimated cost of around $18,500. This will allow us to meet the on-site mobile water requirements for fire suppression, as required by ODF.