Community Grants

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2024 Community Grant  Awards

The City of Sisters Community Grants provide assistance to non-profits and for-profit organizations who serve the Sisters community.
Over the past two decades the City Council has awarded $321,770 in grants to 68 organizations with an average award of $1,500.

See the Grant Process here.

Name of Organization

Purpose

Amount Awarded

Age Friendly Sisters Country

2 Events - "Sing Your Heart Out" & "What Do You Do with an Idea?"

$610

Camp Polk Pioneer Cemetary Preservation Committee

State licensing fees

$750

Citizens4Community

Community engagement databases and resources

$2,200

Commonplace Homeschool Cooperative

Keyboards for music education

$500

Family Kitchen

Executive Director search 

$400

Furry Friends Foundation

Seniors - pet food and pet-related services

$940

Habitat for Humanity

 Camping fees for visiting volunteers 

$688

Heart of Oregon Corp

 Leadership Wednesdays Luncheons 

$1,240

Living Well with Dementia

 Cyber Safety Seminar for Seniors/Vulnerable Adults  

$776

Romeo's Joy (Age Friendly)

Animatronic pets to improve quality of life for residents

$800

Rotary Club

 Books for Kids Project 

$1,000

Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire District/Fire Corps

 32 Evenflo Convertible Car Seats 

$1,400

Sisters Community Leadership Initiative (SCLI)

 Extraction/disposal of abandoned vehicles in Deschutes Nat'l Forest 

$1,060

Sisters Cold Weather Shelter

 Food and supplies 

$1,400

Sisters Farmers Market

Mornings at the Market (Community Connections)

$1,500

Sisters Festival of Books

Annual Book Festival - September 2024

$1,300

Sisters Makers

Launch Young Makers - Youth Business Education Program

$2,200

Sisters Outdoor Quilt Show

Equipment and safety signage for citywide event

$1,600

SPRD

Bike Park 242 new front entrance pavillion

$1,620

Sisters Science Club

Frontiers in Science Lecture Series

$1,290

Sisters VFW Post 8138

Replacement of US flags citywide

$950

SMART Reading

SMART Reading in Sisters

$500

SOLE - Sisters Outdoor Leadership Experience

Outdoor education and recreation for middle school students

$1,500

STARS

Volunteer driver mileage reimbursement

$2,300

Three Sisters Historical Society

Videographer services for Fireside Chat presentations

$1,476

For more information on community grants please contact Rebecca Green at  recorder@ci.sisters.or.us  or 541-323-5206