# Oregon Community Foundation

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{{Infobox Non-profit
| founded       = 1973
| location      = [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland%2C_Oregon)
| region_served = [Oregon](/source/Oregon)
| key_people    = Lisa Mensah (CEO)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our Staff » Oregon Community Foundation |url=https://oregoncf.org/about/our-people/staff |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=Oregon Community Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref>
| endowment     = [US$](/source/United_States_dollar)1.04 billion (''2009'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oregoncf.org/Templates/media/files/financials/ocf_2009_financial_stmt.pdf|title=2009 Audited Financial Statement|author=[Deloitte](/source/Deloitte)|publisher=Oregon Community Foundation|date=2010-05-05|accessdate=2010-06-12}}</ref>
| method        = Donations and Grants
| website       = [http://www.oregoncf.org/ www.oregoncf.org]
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The '''Oregon Community Foundation''' was established in 1973 and its mission is to improve life in Oregon and promote effective philanthropy.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.oregoncf.org/about/history|title=History |author=Staff|publisher=Oregon Community Foundation|date=|accessdate=2010-03-05}}</ref> The OCF works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about. Through these funds, OCF awards more than $55 million annually in grants and scholarships.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/non-profits_feeling_the_financ.html|title=Nonprofits feeling the financial pinch in 2008 and 2009, but they are responding to the bad times |author=Foyston, John|publisher=[The Oregonian](/source/The_Oregonian)|date=2009-11-13|accessdate=2010-03-06}}</ref> According to the [Foundation Center](/source/Foundation_Center), it is currently the tenth largest [community foundation](/source/community_foundation) in the [United States](/source/United_States) as ranked by asset size in U.S. dollars.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/topfunders/top25assets.html|title=25 Largest Community Foundations by Asset Size |author=Staff|publisher=[Foundation Center](/source/Foundation_Center)|date=2010-02-11|accessdate=2010-03-06}}</ref>

==See also==
* [Community foundation](/source/Community_foundation)

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.oregoncf.org/ Oregon Community Foundation Official Site]

Category:Community foundations
Category:American organizations established in 1973
Category:Organizations based in Portland, Oregon
Category:1973 establishments in Oregon

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