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
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.
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.
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.
The Arc of Benton County
Request: $1,250
Application Materials
We are requesting funding for emergency preparedness kits to keep at our program sites and in vehicles we use to transport program participants. These kits would be used by staff to ensure both their own safety and the safety of our program participants with disabilities. Attached is a cost estimate for 6 emergency preparedness kits and what we anticipate including in them. The kits will address the need for hygiene products, non-perishable food, and receiving updates from government entities.
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.
High Desert Partnership
Request: $55,000
Funding is requested to support a staffed coordinator to leverage and maximize the Collaborative’s impact, reach and resources. This request is urgent as fires burn, an increasing number of public sector agencies are needed in this work, an increased number of community organizations are engaged in this work, and the Rangeland Fire Protection Associations (RFPAs) - which almost exclusively serve Central and Eastern Oregon - face a daunting amount of increased response and resilience activity.
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.
Charity HQ dba First Nations Veterinary
Request: $1,747
First Nations Veterinary is requesting emergency funding to help offset the unexpected costs incurred while responding to an urgent animal evacuation situation during the July 2026 Hagen Fire in Umatilla County, Oregon. During the fire, we were contacted regarding a woman whose home and animals were located within the Hagen Fire evacuation zone. With rapidly changing conditions and the area placed under a Level 3 evacuation order, immediate action was needed to help protect her dogs.
Silver Creek RFPA
Request: $25,000
We are asking for a grant to support the purchase of a dozer and repairs to our other firefighting vehicles after battling the Second Flat Fire. We used our hummers and heavy trucks to the point we were having to rotate them out to ones that were running while someone ran to Boise for parts.
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.
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.
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.