Solicited Grants (2011-Current)

Pacific Rivers Council

Informing the public debate regarding the potential negative effects from reductions in river protections, building support for addressing restoration needs and funding, and establishing permanent protection for rivers in our most treasured watersheds.  These efforts serve all Oregonians who either derive their drinking water from many of Oregon’s most iconic watersheds, or who value these rivers for the immeasurable benefits they provide.

Pacific Youth Choir

PYC’s neighborhood choir program is designed to help bridge the equity gap for students and families in low-income neighborhoods, while continuing to build the diversity of PYC itself.

Philanthropy Northwest

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

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.

Playwrite, Inc.

PlayWrite’s mission is to use the power of performance in art to transform the lives of youth at the edge. This grant is intended to continue involvement of program graduates and support their graduation from high school.

Portland Baroque Orchestra

Renowned conductor and early music specialist Richard Egarr from England (called the Leonard Bernstein of early music) will spend a week in February 2014 with Portland Baroque Orchestra educating youth through a dedicated Young People’s Concert and serving a broad audience with three subscription performances.  Performing on instruments of the period (ca. 1760), specialists from across North America and the UK will be brought to Portland to collaborate with PBO’s local musicians, providing cultural experiences for young people and adults found in only a few regions. The Saturday performance includes  instrument demonstrations and explanations from Maestro Egarr.  Note: Unfortunately Maestro Egarr was unable to participate due to a family emergency, but Monica Huggett  flew back from the UK to conduct the program as planned.  In addition, two of four concerts had to be cancelled due to snow and ice, so two substitute education/outreach projects were offered in May.

Portland Fruit Tree Project

Increase harvesting events that involve children, by establishing where there is the greatest need and food insecurity and partnering with organizations that serve those neighborhoods.  An estimated 3000 families with young children received fruit in their emergency food boxes in 2012 due to Portland Fruit Tree Project.  Over 50 children from low-income households also participated in harvest events.

Portland Fruit Tree Project

This grant continues the successful work started in 2012 to increase harvesting events that involve children, and distribute more fresh fruit to children.

Portland Homeless Family Solutions

This project will help 80 homeless families with children under 18 in Portland either prevent or end their homelessness.

Portland Homeless Family Solutions

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

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.

Portland Rescue Mission

The comprehensive security system allows families to be safe within Shepherd’s Door Women’s and Children’s Shelter, which offers an opportunity to build a new life while fleeing domestic violence.  The system allows only people who are authorized to enter and to gain access only to appropriate areas of the building.

Portland State University Foundation - Center for Women's Leadership

The GOALS program works collaboratively with a Teen Council of 30+ teen girl leaders from approximately 15 high schools to host an all-day educational Leadership Summit for 300+ girls from approximately 40 Portland Metro Area high schools.

Project Lemonade

This grant will support Project Lemonade’s 3 programs in 2022. It will help us reach our goal to assist 2500 foster youth with 1) clothing needs, 2)provide paid job training to 15 youth interns, and 3) grant 100 youth WISHes.

Click here to watch a five-minute video about Project Lemonade from youth served.

Relief Nursery

To keep between 10-20 children under age 6 free from abuse and neglect, by providing therapeutic early intervention and comprehensive family services to them and their families, as part of the established Relief Nursery Outreach Connections program.  This program is designed to address urgent needs of those waiting to be admitted to regular programming.