Who's Eligible?
We distribute grants to 501c3 nonprofit organizations in an 11-county service area, government agencies in Lane, Polk, Tillamook, and Yamhill County, and to the nine federally recognized Tribes of Oregon.
Who we fund
To be eligible for funding, you must be a registered 501c3 organization doing work in one or more of the following 11 counties in Northwest Oregon:
- Benton County
- Clackamas County
- Lane County
- Lincoln County
- Linn County
- Marion County
- Multnomah County
- Polk County
- Tillamook County
- Washington County
- Yamhill County
What We Fund
We strive to be flexible, adaptive and responsive in our grantmaking which is reflected in our seven broad programmatic areas. Historically our program areas were left undefined, but we recently added definitions to help people understand where their work best fits within our program areas.
Click links below for programmatic definitions.
Priority Funding
Within our six programmatic funding areas, our Board of Trustees has established priority areas that fall within the program areas of Education, Health and Environmental Preservation.
Although projects from all of our program areas are funded regularly, projects that fall within our priority areas receive special attention.
Priority Funding AreasMeet the Spirit Mountain Community Fund
Executive Director, Angie Sears, discusses who we are and who we fund in great detail. This video was created for the 2023 Conversations With Funders event hosted by Oregon Cultural Trust.
Ineligible Projects
As a relatively small funder, there are some projects that simply fall out of our funding scope and are generally not eligible for funding.
View our Ineligible Projects list