Roundhouse Foundation Grants

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The Roundhouse Foundation offers grants focusing on arts and culture, education, the environment, and social services in rural Oregon. Funding opportunities include:

• Small grants: Supports innovative, grassroots work and offers opportunities to test new approaches that can be replicated for broader impact
• Open call: Supports projects that fit within the Roundhouse Foundation's focus areas
• Capital grants building maintenance or new construction: Supports repairs to existing facilities, construction or significant renovation of new facilities, and acquisition of a specialized vehicle to meet a community need and increase access to basic health or educational services
• Technical assistance and professional development grants: Supports access to professional development and technical assistance opportunities that strengthen skills, talents, and capacity of the nonprofit sector
• Local food purchase grants for food pantries, senior centers, gleaners, and backpack/summer meal programs:Supports food access through local purchasing to strengthen local food systems
• Library collection and programming grants: Supports programming and collection development for school or public libraries

Eligible applicants are 501(c)(3) nonprofits or their fiscal sponsors, government entities, or tribal governments. Detailed eligibility information for each grant program is available on the program website:

• Small grants
• Open call
• Capital grants building maintenance or new construction
• Technical assistance and professional development grants
• Local food purchase grants for food pantries, senior centers, gleaners, and backpack/summer meal programs
• Library collection and programming grants

• Small grants: Between $500 and $2,500
• Open call: Between $2,501 and $30,000 (median award is approximately $20,000)
• Capital grants building maintenance or new construction:
  • Building maintenance: Up to $25,000
  • New construction: Up to $100,000
  • Vehicle purchase: Up to $25,000
• Technical assistance and professional development grants: Up to $5,000
• Local food purchase grants for food pantries, senior centers, gleaners, and backpack/summer meal programs:
  • Food pantries, senior centers, and gleaners: Up to $6,000
  • Backpack/summer meals programs: Up to $2,500
• Library collection and programming grants: Supports programming and collection development for school or public libraries
  • Single school: Up to $2,000
  • School district: Up to $5,000

Links to additional guidance and the online application portal are available on the program website. Deadlines are:

• Small grants: November 30, 2026
• Open call
  • Spring: March 13, 2026
  • Fall: August 14, 2026
• Capital grants building maintenance or new construction: Letter of Inquiry due November 30, 2026 with select applicants invited to submit a full application
• Technical assistance and professional development grants: November 30, 2026
• Local food purchase grants for food pantries, senior centers, gleaners, and backpack/summer meal programs: November 30, 2026
• Library collection and programming grants: November 30, 2026