2019 Grants

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Cascade Forest Conservancy

Project: Young Friends of the Forest program

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $12,000 Location: Portland, OR
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This program brings under-served middle and high school students on exciting stewardship trips in the Cascades. In 2020, we aim to lead 15 field days with 9 schools and community organizations, serving at least 220 students.

On one- or two-day outings, students in our program learn about forest ecology, take part in restoration projects, and collect information that is used for real forest and wildlife management efforts of Cascade Forest Conservancy and the U.S. Forest Service.



Community Works

Project: Youth & Family Services - Transitional Living Program

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $15,000 Location: Medford, OR
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Provides transitional housing up to 24 months coupled with supportive services, case management, life skills training and resources to anyone 16-26 years and their children, who are homeless or at serious risk of chronic homelessness.



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Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council Inc, dba Art Center East

Project: Access to the Arts for Rural Youth

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $15,000 Location: LaGrande, OR
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Art Center East will provide high-quality arts experiences to schools and other venues where rural children have access to art without cost to families: 3,000 K-8 students in 10 counties, 200 children attending Farmers’ Market, 100 youth receiving class scholarships, 900 arts contact hours to teens affiliated with the Juvenile Department.

             



Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA)

Project: Feed the People

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $13,000 Location: Portland, OR
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Supports the community by expanding the services of the food pantry that serves all NAYA programs.



Lincoln County Child and Family Day Treatment dba Olalla Center

Project: Olalla Center Relief Nursery Start-up

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $15,000 Location: Toledo, OR
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Start-up funds will help to prepare the first therapeutic classroom in the new Olalla Center Relief Nursery, estimated in the first year to impact an estimated 60 families in Lincoln Co. with young children at high risk of abuse and/or neglect due to multiple stressors.

We have moved forward from “Emerging Relief Nursery” status to “Provisional Relief Nursery”. The Replication process takes 2 to 3 Years to reach full “Mature status with a therapeutic classroom.  Preparing the classroom is the next step in this process.



Ophelia's Place

Project: Rural School Partnerships to Empower Youth

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $15,000 Location: Eugene, OR
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Delivers a holistic program of prevention-based services for underserved female and male youth in the rural Lane County, Oregon communities of Junction City, Harrisburg, Cottage Grove, Elmira and Mapleton.



p:ear

Project: Arts & Culture Program + General Operations

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $$15,000 Location: Portland, OR
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p:ear’s Arts and Culture Program strives to bring art, music, theater and literature into the lives of over 300 homeless youth yearly. Academic studies note the important role art can play in coping with the stresses accompanying homelessness.



Pacific Rivers

Project: Salmon-Safe Timber

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $15,000 Location: Portland, OR
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Funding will support development of the land management standards, a market analysis, and outreach and coordination with tribes, the Forest Stewardship Council and other forest management groups to create a Salmon-Safe Timber Certification program.

Our goal is to expand sustainable forest management practices by creating a green label for wood products that appeal to landowners, builders, manufacturers, retailers and consumers.



Philanthropy Northwest

Project: Census Equity Fund 2020

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $37,500 Location: Seattle, WA
About:

This is an unusually large grant for Lamb Foundation.  The directors felt that it was important enough that they devoted a large portion of Fall 2019 grants to join with fellow philanthropists to support this effort.  Census 2020 is extremely important because an accurate count of citizens determines many factors, including how much money is available to states for social services.  By supporting an accurate count, especially among those most in need of these services, funds will have an impact of further reach.

The Census Equity Fund is designed to concentrate funding and services for those who are hardest to count.  Among others, these include people living in rural, tribal or non traditional tracts, homeless people, people with language barriers, people without adequate internet connection or skills, and young children.  Philanthropy Northwest is managing this fund to serve the entire state of Washington.



Pioneer Relief Nursery

Project: Wheels of Hope

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $17,000 Location: Pendleton, OR
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Enables therapeutic classes at least twice as often per week, reduces the number of taxi vouchers issued (and therefore expense) for respite services, and creates access to crucial Relief Nursery services in other areas of Umatilla County.



Portland Homeless Family Solutions

Project: Homeless Prevention Program

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $10,000 Location: Portland, OR
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Allows families with 72-hour eviction notices to get help keeping their homes and never having to experience homelessness at all. PHFS pays back rent and utilities for families during times of emergency and serves 67 families with children.



Portland Public Schools

Project: Safety Patrol Picnic Ride Bracelets

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $10,000 Location: Portland, OR
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Roughly 2400 students from over 70 public and private Portland area schools facilitate the safe crossing for thousands more students who walk and bike to school each day. Each year Portland Public Schools Security Services Department throws a picnic at Oaks Park, which includes tickets for the rides.  This is a huge incentive and thank you to those students.

The cost has recently become prohibitive for many schools.  This grant is intended to allow some of the schools who could not participate this year to afford to participate in 2020.



Technology Access Foundation

Project: College and Career Readiness

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $5,000 Location: Seattle, WA
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TAF’s mission is to equip students (of color) for success in college and in life through the power of an interdisciplinary STEM education and supportive relationships. This program serves 150 high school students + events that serve 700 6-12 graders.



United Way of the Columbia-Willamette

Project: Census Equity Fund 2020

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $37,500 Location: Portland, OR
About:

This is an unusually large grant for Lamb Foundation.  The directors felt that it was important enough that they devoted a large portion of Fall 2019 grants to join with fellow philanthropists to support this effort.  Census 2020 is extremely important because an accurate count of citizens determines many factors, including how much money is available to states for social services.  By supporting an accurate count, especially among those most in need of these services, funds will have an impact of further reach.

The Census Equity Fund is designed to concentrate funding and services for those who are hardest to count.  Among others, these include people living in rural, tribal or non traditional tracts, homeless people, people with language barriers, people without adequate internet connection or skills, and young children.  United Way of the Columbia Willamette is managing this fund to serve the entire state of Oregon.




YouthCare

Project: YouthCare's YouthBuild

Year: 2019 Grant Amount: $15,000 Location: Seattle, WA
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The YouthBuild program is a six-month, cohort-based, construction pre-apprenticeship program that supports 15-20 students per cohort in completing their GED and obtaining stable employment.