Active Funding Requests
Last Updated: September 9th, 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
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.
North Pendleton RFPA
Request: $75,000
We request $75,000 to finance a new-to-us Brush truck purchase and associated pumps, hoses and fittings. So far in 2026, North Pendleton RFPA has responded to one large fire at over 8,000 acres, and two mutual aid requests that were less than 10 acres. No structures were lost thus far. Response vehicles to fires this year have all been farmer or rancher owned vehicles or tractors, which are not equipped for fighting fires.
Warner Valley RFPA
Request: $30,000
Application Materials
The Warner Valley Rural Fire Protection Association is requesting funding to purchase a Caterpillar D5 or D6 high-drive, enclosed-cab bulldozer to increase safety and strengthen wildfire response across more than 1.3 million acres surrounding the communities of Adel and Plush in southeastern Oregon.
Jackson County Community LTRG / Rogue Valley COAD
Request: $30,000
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Jackson County Community Long Term Recovery Group requests $30,000 in bridge funding to sustain staff and operating expenses that support Rogue Valley Community Organizations Active in Disaster, RV COAD. RV COAD staff support member organizations before disasters by providing training, tools, planning support, partner coordination, and shared resources.
Prospect Rural Fire District
Request: $20,000
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We have leads on used water tenders from other fire districts, and would love to find a new or nearly new vehicle that could be customized to fit our particular need, rugged gravel roads, steep forest roads with little access or egress. Without the Prospect RFPD, the nearest fire response would be 30–45 minutes away, placing the community at even greater risk.
Fields/Andrews RFPA
Request: $20,000
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We are requesting funds to purchase a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV, similar to a side-by-side or SxS) and trailer for accessing remote fires within our district. Currently we have several engines that are not capable of getting to these hard to reach places. South East Oregon has some very remote areas with challenging terrain.
South Gilliam County RFPD
Request: $79,295
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Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue is currently operating with outdated radio communications equipment. These outdated radios make interoperability with mutual aid partners extremely difficult. Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue often has catastrophic wildfire requiring extensive mutual aid with local, state and federal partners.
Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue
Request: $62,123
Application Materials
Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue is currently operating with outdated radio communications equipment. These outdated radios make interoperability with mutual aid partners extremely difficult. Lake Chinook Fire and Rescue often has catastrophic wildfire requiring extensive mutual aid with local, state and federal partners.
Elsie-Vinemaple RFPD
Request: $135,000
Our district operates on just over $100,000 in annual tax revenue, responding to just shy of 300 calls for service per year and operating brush rigs that are 18 and 32 years old. This grant fund would allow our district to purchase a newer, safer, better equipped wildland fire apparatus to protect both our community and our neighboring forest land.
Vale Rangeland Fire Protection District
Request: $42,000
The Vale Rangeland Fire Protection Association (RFPA) is requesting disaster‑resilience funding to purchase and outfit a road grader that will be used to create and maintain fire breaks across rangeland protection area. The region faces increasingly severe wildfire seasons, and the ability to rapidly construct and reinforce fire breaks is one of the most effective tools we have to keep rangeland fires small, protect rural communities, and prevent large‑scale disasters.
Climate and Wildfire Institute
Request: $25,000
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Climate & Wildfire Institute (CWI) and Grassroots Wildland Firefighters (GWF) propose the Wildland Fire Workforce Capacity Analysis Project—a first-of-its-kind effort to assess the wildfire workforce in Oregon and provide necessary data- and expert insight-driven policy recommendations to re-envision its future.
Oregon Livestock Council
Request: $60,000
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Oregon Livestock Council is fundraising for an evacuation and sheltering equipment Points of Distribution (POD) for each side of the mountains–Eastern Oregon and Western Oregon. Each POD costs about $200,000. This request would provide for the 24' enclosed Shelter/Command trailer for the Western Oregon POD, and (156) 12' corral panels to complete the 45' Corral Panel trailer setup for the Eastern Oregon POD.
St. Vincent de Paul - St Matthew Conference
Request: $20,000
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The St. Vincent de Paul St. Matthew Conference is seeking funding to purchase and install a backup generator for the Hertel Center in Hillsboro, Oregon. The Hertel Center serves as a critical community resource, providing food assistance, rent and utility assistance, personal care items, and other essential services to individuals and families experiencing hardship throughout Washington County.
Medical Teams International
Request: $190,000
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While continuing to invest in community preparedness work, the near-term objective is to respond to disasters in the Pacific Northwest. Their goal is to alleviate suffering and mitigate the healthcare impact of disasters on displaced populations, and response work will focus on meeting the needs of medically fragile and AFN populations
Seaside School District
Request: $81,950
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This grant request is to fund the purchase of a mobile water purification unit, which could be used by the School District after a natural disaster to ensure that any persons taking shelter on the campus will have clean drinking water. The unit in question has the ability to clean up to 3,000 gallons of water per day, and will be delivered to the School District in a fully contained and enclosed trailer that can be towed to any water source and used to fill clean water containers.
Rockwood Common
Request: $80,000
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There is no community space for residents and unhoused neighbors to seek refuge. Rockwood Common Tool Library is renovating 2,600 sq ft as a resilience site and lending library to provide relief, resources, and preparedness education in this community.
City of Cascade Locks
Request: $400,000
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A landslide occurred near Ruckel Falls that is blocking the Historic Highway State Trail, and no agency has the funding to address.
During the December rain event, the hillside above the Historic Highway State Trail slid and covered the Trail in ~12 feet of material (mud, rocks, trees) over 100 yards wide.
Wheeler County Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD)
Request: $45,000
Wheeler County had an unprecedented wildfire season in 2024, like many other areas. A total of approximately 147,675ac burned (~14%) amongst 7 separate mega-fire incidents, not including the smaller fires responded solely by local volunteers. Funding through this proposal will be used for the high-priority need of purchasing forty Bendix King (BK) Radios to be immediately used across fire response agencies in Wheeler County.
Village of Rowena, Inc
Request: $100,000
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They are planning a large-scale hazard tree mitigation effort in partnership with Team Rubicon, with deployment scheduled for early April. This effort is a critical first step toward enabling safe rebuilding, as many properties remain inaccessible or unsafe due to fire-damaged trees.