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July is National Make a Difference to Children Month

Children's Justice AllianceIn honor of National Make a Difference to Children Month, this July Spirit Mountain Community Fund is highlighting the Children’s Justice Alliance (CJA), a non-profit organization that seeks to improve outcomes for children whose parents are involved in the criminal justice system. The Children’s Justice Alliance was formed in 2004 to take a programmatic and systemic approach to improving outcomes for children whose parents are involved in the criminal justice system. 

The primary impetus for creating the Children’s Justice Alliance was to give parents and families the tools they need to break the preventable cycle of intergenerational criminality. CJA accomplishes this mission through the following initiatives.

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Welcome to the Spirit Mountain Community Fund

Improving quality of life through community investments that provide a lasting benefit.

This website will tell you more about who we are, what types of programs we like to support, and how to best use our resources. We have also included links to other funding and grant writing resources to assist you in developing your valuable programs and services.

Spirit Mountain Community Fund donates about $5 million each year to local programs and services that benefit citizens striving for self-sufficiency. Like other funders, Spirit Mountain Community Fund would like to support programs that address the roots of problems rather than focusing on fixing symptoms. We are also very interested in creative solutions—new partnerships and new ways of addressing issues.

Spirit Mountain Community Fund is the philanthropic arm of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde. The fund was established as a way for the Tribe to give back to our neighbors and citizens and support our goal to be nurturing and supportive community citizens.

 

Our mission is:

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde through the Spirit Mountain Community Fund fulfills their Native tradition of potlatch, a ceremony at which good fortune is distributed. The Spirit Mountain Community Fund's focus is to improve the quality of life in Northwest Oregon through community investments that provide lasting benefits consistent with the Tribe's culture and values.


Upcoming Deadlines

Small Grants:

7/15/2009 - Letter of Inquiry Final Acceptance Date
July 2009 - Grant Review of grants received by 6/15/2009
7/15/2009 - Grant Final Acceptance Date for LOI's received by 6/15/2009

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Large Grants:

July 2009 - Grant Review of grants received by 5/15/2009
7/15/2009 - Letter of Inquiry Final Acceptance Date
8/14/2009 - Grant Final Acceptance Date for LOI's received by 7/15/2009

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Recent Grants

Soapstone - A Writing Retreat for Women
$5,000

Lincoln County CASA
$7,500

Juvenile Rights Project
$37,500

Beaverton Education Foundation
$20,000

The SMCF 2008 Annual Report has been published. Caution: the PDF file is large (2.33 MB) and may take a few minutes to download. Download the Report.