Active Funding Requests
Last Updated: August 10th, 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
Oregon Environmental Council
Request: $20,000
Application Materials
This project will support community resilience and cleaner air for thousands of residents and school children in Deschutes County. Funds will provide air filters to two rural schools (both of which are also emergency shelters) in Sunriver and La Pine, creating a healthy indoor environment for students on smoky days and for wildfire evacuees. This grant will also enable OEC to do a statewide survey of schools in wildfire-prone areas to identify their need for similar investments, and we will share that information with state and local decision makers.
A Greater Applegate
Request: $50,000
Application Materials
A Greater Applegate is seeking funding to secure .65 FTE of staff time and some flexible funds to be used for travel and engagement events to continue the Applegate Wildfire Resilience Initiative and build out a larger network of support that connects hubs and neighborhoods across Williams, Applegate, Ruch, Murphy, and Wilderville (the five recognized but unincorporated communities of the Applegate Valley).
American Red Cross, Cascades Region
Request: $141,750
The Cascades Region of the Red Cross is requesting support for our response to the ongoing fires in Oregon. We are currently operating shelters in response to the following fires: Beachcomb & Bench Fires (Madras, Jefferson County), Grasshopper Fire (Maupin, Wasco County), Green Mountain Fire (Prineville, Crook County), Hagen Fire (Pendleton, Umatilla County), Second Flat Fire (Crane, OR, Harney County), and have a stand-by shelter prepared for the Shingle Fire (John Day, Grant County).
Jacksonville Fire Department
Request: $57,000
Application Materials
The Jacksonville Fire Department is seeking $57,000 to purchase a replacement command pickup truck. Our current vehicle has reached the end of its useful service life and no longer reliably meets the demands of emergency response, incident command, wildfire operations, inspections, and daily department operations.
Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue
Request: $35,000
Application Materials
Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue currently does not have water supply to 3 of our 4 subdivisions. Right now, it takes 30 - 35 minutes to shuttle water in our tender for any fire or need. This request would cover one of the three remaining 15,000-gallon water tanks for fire suppression in our district.
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).
Gilliam Soil & Water Conservation District: Water
Request: $90,200
Application Materials
Gilliam County is requesting funds to purchase 15 portable, aluminum drinking troughs (1,300 gallons each), and haul water to those troughs placed in emergency grazing pastures through the fall. The SWCD will own the troughs and be able to use them during future emergency situations, the livestock producers will move and place the troughs.
Jefferson County Public Health
Request: $11,800
Application Materials
2026 Jefferson County wildfire and smoke response. Jefferson County Public Health is seeking support for current wildfire smoke response efforts and to strengthen the county’s ability to deploy emergency supplies where they are needed most. The request focuses on immediate wildfire smoke needs, evacuation support, geographically isolated communities, and maintaining essential operations if power disruptions occur.
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.
The City of Weston
Request: $128,000
Application Materials
We are seeking grant funding to install a full-service generator at our main city well. Project bids and estimates total in at $425,000. This generator is vital for the City of Weston, Oregon, and the surrounding areas in East Umatilla County. Our local fire service areas extend east to the Union County line along Highway 204 and this whole area all heavily depends on the local rural fire district, EURFR, headquartered in Weston. The fire district is essential for both our community and neighboring towns.
The Wave Foundation
Request: $30,000
Application Materials
We will use funds to coordinate pick-up and delivery of food and water donations from the Portland Metro area. Transport (with refrigerated truck and/or van) and provide labor for all related activities. We will collaborate with Simnansho community members to provide food at longhouse and old school cafeteria, as well as boxed foods that will be delivered for those with limited mobility.
Oregon Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster
Request: $30,715
Application Materials
ORVOAD is requesting funding to support a coordinated, statewide approach to wildfire response and recovery through the activation of a Statewide Unmet Needs Roundtable. Funding would cover one paid staff position to lead statewide coordination, a small media and communications budget, and support for a communication and coordination platform.
Ashland Climate Collaborative
Request: $5,000
Application Materials
Ashland is in the 97th percentile of wildfire risk in the country. After an unusually dry winter, we are at extreme risk of wildfire. We applied for major funding from Oregon Health Authority to begin implementation of the city's newly approved Community Wildfire Protection Plan but this was unsuccessful. " To lower Ashland's risk profile, the residential area must become “a fuel break — not a fuel source,” according to the plan. So we are getting a modest (completely unfunded) start by initiating a grassroots peer-to-peer initiative to organize neighbors to reduce wildfire risks and improve evacuation safety.
Vernonia RFPD
Request: $35,000
Application Materials
Vernonia Fire lacks a second 4x4 small fire engine. With high-density forest areas, small, narrow driveways and many off-road areas, having a means to get firefighting equipment and water to a forest fire is crucial. A new 4WD "Type 6" fire engine costs around $300,000. For $35,000, we can convert a 10-year old truck into a small fire engine for rapid response. Our current wildland response rig is 23 years old.
Future Prairie
Request: $15,000
Future Prairie, an Oregon 501(c)(3) queer arts nonprofit, is in direct contact with 12 LGBTQIA+ working-class Oregon artists displaced by the current Central/Eastern Oregon wildfires (Gilliam, Wheeler, Wasco, Crook, and Jefferson counties) who need to relocate permanently. They are currently being temporarily sheltered in Portland by Femme Rising, a trans-led dance and jiu-jitsu studio. Funds requested would cover near-term relocation costs—housing deposits, moving/transportation costs, and first month's rent—to help these artists secure permanent housing.
BetAIR
Request: $1,750
We plan to buy filters, fans, and tape for 25 air filtration kits for Ashland Fire & Rescue who will use those resources to the community including BetAIR's educational pamphlets and information on how to build these simple filters The requested funds will cover the cost of materials for 25 kits, which are roughly ~$70 each (including shipping costs).
Community Counseling Solutions
Request: $3,000
We provide air purifiers to our aging population and individuals with medical conditions that are adversely impacted by poor air quality and have run out due to high need with surrounding wildfire. They are $60/unit, we would purchase 50.
Gilliam Soil & Water Conservation District
Request: $10,000
Application Materials
Gilliam Soil and Water Conservation District is requesting funding to pay the transportation costs needed to deliver donated hay to agricultural producers affected by the 2026 wildfires in Gilliam and Wheeler Counties. Approximately 100 tons of donated hay have been identified or requested; however, transportation remains the primary barrier to getting this resource to affected producers.
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.
Willamette Valley First Responder Chaplains
Request: $120,000
Application Materials
The project will upgrade an aging response vehicle to ensure terrain-capable, trauma-informed chaplaincy support during wildfires, floods, and other emergency responses.