Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation Grant
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Jamie Goldman, Co-Executive Director
541-355-5660, info@blpedfoundation.org
Britta Pells, Grantwriter
grants@blpedfoundation.org
EDUCATION FOUNDATION RECEIVES $5,000 GRANT TO SUPPORT CLASSROOM ENRICHMENTS
July 2025 - The Bend-LaPine Education Foundation is proud to announce recent awards from the Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation. The $5,000 in award will help to fund the Foundation’s Classroom Enrichment projects and provide Activity Fee Scholarships for middle and high school athletics and OSAA-sanctioned activities.
“We are grateful for these generous grants that will support teaching and learning in our schools,” said Michele Emery, Education Foundation board president. “Last year, we were able to fund 130 teacher requests, and this award helps us continue to encourage classroom innovation. We appreciate our local grantmakers and look forward to putting these resources directly into classrooms.
The Cow Creek Band of the Umpqua Tribe of Indians has a long time-honored tradition of giving to their communities. In 1997 the Tribe formalized this tradition of philanthropy by establishing a grant making Foundation. The Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation makes grants to nonprofit organizations for the benefit of the public within Coos, Deschutes, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, and Lane counties. Primary categories of support include basic needs, abuse prevention and intervention, education, health and wellness, and community support.
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Started in 1988, the Bend-La Pine Education Foundation is an independent, 501(c)(3) non-profit composed of parents, community leaders, educators, and citizens who share the belief that a vibrant public school system is essential to the social and economic well-being of our community. The Foundation mobilizes community resources to fund innovative academic, STEAM, CTE, art, music and wellness programs that go beyond normal school funding at the 33 schools within the Bend-La Pine School District. Other programs include Activity Fee Scholarships and Perseverance Scholarships.
Learn more about the Education Foundation on our website: https://www.blpedfoundation.org