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Grant Programs

Recreation Grants

More than $13 million of grant funding is awarded each year to Oregon communities to support recreation on public lands. The grants help acquire, develop, improve and maintain public recreation and facilities.

  • Land and Water Conservation Fund: For public outdoor facilities including trails, sports fields, playgrounds, picnic facilities, campgrounds, and park support facilities such as parking or restrooms.
  • County Opportunity: Awarded to counties to develop, improve or plan county-operated camping facilities.
  • Local Government: For public outdoor facilities including trails, sports fields, playgrounds, picnic facilities, campgrounds, and park support facilities such as parking or restrooms.
  • Recreational Trails: For motorized and non-motorized trail development and restoration projects.
  • All-Terrain Vehicle: For motorized trails including operations and maintenance, law enforcement, development, planning, emergency medical, and land acquisition.

Oregon Heritage Grants

  • Diamonds in the Rough: For restoring or reconstructing the facades of buildings heavily altered through the years and return them to their historic appearance.
  • Oregon Heritage: Awarded for projects that conserve, develop or interpret Oregon's heritage.
  • Historic Cemeteries: Awarded for a variety of projects to preserve historic cemeteries
  • Museum: For projects for the collection and management of heritage collections, heritage-related tourism, and heritage education and interpretation.
  • Oregon Main Street Revitalization: Supports downtown projects for communities participating the Oregon Main Street Network.
  • Preserving Oregon: For rehabilitation work of historic resources listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
  • Veterans and War Memorials: Available to local governments for building and restoring veteran's and war memorials.
  • Certified Local Government: For "certified" historic preservation partners supporting a wide-range of preservation projects.

Endangered Invertebrates Grant

 

Contacts:

Recreation Grants

Michele Scalise
Grants & Community Programs Manager
725 Summer St. NE Suite C
Salem, OR 97301
503-507-2249

Oregon Heritage Grants

Kuri Gill
Heritage Grants & Outreach Manager
725 Summer St. NE Suite C
Salem, OR 97301
503-986-0685

Endangered Invertebrates Grant

Noel Bacheller
725 Summer St. NE Suite C
Salem, OR 97301