2026 Community Grant Opportunity

The CareOregon Foundation is excited to share a new grant opportunity for 2026! This opportunity is focused on helping communities thrive by supporting the work of local leaders, organizations, and coalitions. Of particular interest is support for youth and young people within immigrant and refugee, LGBTQ+, and Tribal/Indigenous communities, and the ways in which they reimagine leadership, livelihood, and governance.

This 2026 Grant making process marks CareOregon Foundation’s first open grant making. This year, we will ensure a process that:

  • Engages trust-based philanthropy approaches through a Community Grantmaking Committee (CGC).

  • Serves communities throughout the state.

  • Allows the Foundation to learn and grow its grant making and related efforts.

Key Communities

  • Youth and young people within immigrant and refugee, LGBTQ+, and Tribal and Indigenous communities

  • Non-citizens

  • LGBTQ+

  • Tribal & Indigenous

Community Advisors

Five Community Advisors will serve on the CGC and make recommendations on who to fund. These trusted community members bring:

  • Knowledge and/or lived experience of youth-focused and led efforts to bring about change.

  • Knowledge and/or lived experience supporting immigrants and refugees, LGBTQ+ and Tribal/Native communities.

Grant Focus

We invite proposals that:

  • Focus on youth, young people and our other key communities.

  • Bridge differences and create connections.

  • Reimagine approaches to community-centered work, including leadership, livelihood, and governance.

Grant Type

Applicants can submit general operating support proposals for up to $300,000 over a maximum of three years.

Important Dates & Application Process

June 8: Letter of Inquiry (LOI) opens

Link to application using ZoomGrants.

Please note that this is the unique link to apply (you can not access the application through the general ZoomGrants website). If you are new to ZoomGrants, please follow the prompts to set up an account.

For general assistance setting up an account, please visit this link.

June 15, 12pm: Info session

June 17, 9am: Info session

Watch a replay of the June 17 info session.

Friday, June 26: All LOIs are due (at 11:59pm)

July 13

Selected applicants are notified to submit a full proposal

July 31: Full proposals due

Early September

All applicants are notified whether or not they will receive a grant

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