PENDLETON, OR – The Wildhorse Foundation, a community fund established by the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), has awarded grants for the first quarter of 2023.
The Wildhorse Foundation received 69 applications in the first quarter of 2023 with total requests nearing $1 million. A total of 38 organizations were awarded grants ranging from $1,000 to $16,000 for projects in the areas of public health, public safety, arts, education, salmon restoration, historic preservation, environmental protection, and cultural activities. Total funding awarded was $387,841.60.
In 2022, the Wildhorse Foundation awarded $1,383,347 in grant funding to eligible government, tribal and charitable organizations.
The organizations and the grant amount awarded to each for the first quarter of 2023 were:
| Organization Name | City | State | Project Title | Amount | |||||
| Alpenfest | Enterprise | OR | Alpenfest 2023 | $9,600.00 | |||||
| Blue Mountain Community Foundation | Walla Walla | WA | Walla Walla Public Schools Field Trips | $8,000.00 | |||||
| Blue Mountains Conservancy | La Grande | OR | Wild School Education Classes and Habitat Enhancement | $5,940.80 | |||||
| Boardman Fire Rescue District | Boardman | OR | Airway Management Project | $14,324.00 | |||||
| Cardinals Nest | Waitsburg | WA | What’s Fishy About Your Local Environment? | $1,742.40 | |||||
| Children of the Setting Sun Productions | Bellingham | WA | When Salmon Come Home | $16,000.00 | |||||
| City of Union Fire and EMS | Union | OR | Mobile Radio Updating | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Color Our Community on Awareness | Walla Walla | WA | Juneteenth Jubilee 2023 | $1,000.00 | |||||
| Columbia County Sheriff’s Office | Dayton | WA | Emergency Response for Patrol | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Confluence Project | Vancouver | WA | “Voices of the River” Traveling Exhibit/Museum Project | $8,000.00 | |||||
| Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts | Pendleton | OR | Traditional Arts Workshop Funding | $8,000.00 | |||||
| CTUIR Department of Education | Pendleton | OR | Feathers for Our Future | $8,800.00 | |||||
| CTUIR Department of Public Safety | Pendleton | OR | Prevent Homeless Pets | $8,000.00 | |||||
| Eastern Oregon Regional Arts Council, Inc. (DBA Art Center East) | La Grande | OR | Gallery Program | $8,432.00 | |||||
| Friends of Joseph Fire Fighters | Joseph | OR | SCUBA Rescue Equipment | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Friends of The Historic Union Community Hall | Union | OR | Historic Stained-Glass Window Repair | $10,000.00 | |||||
| Grande Ronde Hospital Foundation | LaGrande | OR | Grande Ronde Hospital Campus Expansion Project | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Grande Ronde Model Watershed Foundation | La Grande | OR | Restoration Monitoring and Evaluation of Fish Use and Movement in the Upper Grande Ronde River and Meadow Creek Watersheds | $15,704.00 | |||||
| Happy Canyon Foundation, Inc. | Pendleton | OR | Happy Canyon Metal Scenery Wings Repaint Project | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Hurricane Creek GraNGE #608 | Joseph | OR | sewer replacement and upgrade | $12,000.00 | |||||
| Imbler School District | Imbler | OR | Imbler High School Track and Field Program/Imbler High School Football Program | $7,450.00 | |||||
| Kennewick Grid Kids | Kennewick | WA | Kennewick Grid Kids 2023 Cheer/flag/ tackle football season | $12,000.00 | |||||
| Little League Baseball Inc. – Triangle Little League | Adams | OR | Outdoor lighting and fencing | $11,094.40 | |||||
| Meadowood Springs Speech & Hearing Camp | Pendleton | OR | 2023 Meadowood Speech Therapy Camp | $7,600.00 | |||||
| Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program | Seattle | WA | Story Leaders | $4,000.00 | |||||
| Pioneer Relief Nursery | Pendleton | OR | Pioneer Relief Nursery Expansion | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Powder Basin Watershed Council | Baker City | OR | Powder Basin Watershed Council Macroinvertebrate Surveys | $4,293.60 | |||||
| Salvation Army Pendleton Corps | Pendleton | OR | Community Hunger, Thirst and Utility Support | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Special Olympics Oregon Union County | Elgin | OR | Special Olympics Union County Uniform Replacement Project | $4,500.00 | |||||
| Stepping Stones Alliance | Hermiston | OR | Transportation | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Two Rivers CDC | NORTH BEND | WA | Veteran Stress Reduction | $5,000.00 | |||||
| Umatilla County Cemetery Maintenance District 2 | Weston | OR | Security gate and cameras | $4,000.00 | |||||
| Umatilla County Soil and Water Conservation District | Pendleton | OR | Umatilla County Bank Restoration and River Resiliency Guidebook | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Umatilla Tribal Fire Department | Pendleton | OR | Fire & EMS Training Equipment | $16,000.00 | |||||
| Union County Emergency Services | La Grande | OR | Union County Swiftwater Rescue Capability Enhancement | $9,206.40 | |||||
| Walla Walla Symphony | Walla Walla | WA | Rock Camp 2023 | $2,000.00 | |||||
| Walla Walla Valley Bands | College Place | WA | Walla Walla Valley Band Sound and Video Equipment Purchase | $5,154.00 | |||||
| Willow Creek Park District | Heppner | OR | Willow Creek Water Park Rehabilitation | $16,000.00 |
In addition to the Wildhorse Foundation, there are five other tribal community funds and foundations in Oregon. Collectively, these organizations gave out nearly $11 million in grant funding in 2022. The other tribal philanthropic organizations are Spirit Mountain Community Fund, Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund, 3 Rivers Community Foundation, Coquille Tribal Community Fund, and Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation.
