OJCF Announces 2026 Community Endowment Fund Grants
OJCF is thrilled to announce grants for 25 organizations across eight counties in Oregon and Washington. Each provides collaborative and innovative programs that serve and engage with the community.
The Oregon Jewish Community Foundation (OJCF) Community Endowment Fund awarded 25 grants totaling $218,200 for Fiscal Year 2026. The average grant size was approximately $8,700.
What is the Community Endowment Fund?
The Community Endowment Fund supports vital and impactful community organizations and initiatives in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The fund has been seeded largely through generous legacy gifts, with the goal of making a continued impact on the organizations that serve our community.
This year, the Community Endowment Fund focused on supporting collaborative and innovative programs that addressed one or more of the following categories:
- Dialogue and Discourse
- Antisemitism
- Jewish Continuity and Connection
Why is the Community Endowment Fund important?
Grants from the Community Endowment Fund provide organizations with additional funding to address issues they see as vital to the vibrancy and continuity of our community. The grants also help organizations pursue new opportunities and create new access points for those seeking to engage with our community.
2026 Community Endowment Fund Grant Awards
Art/Lab – To support the Fuchsberg – Art/Lab exchange, a Portland-Jerusalem arts and culture pipeline, supporting Jewish artists and musicians from both locales to exchange innovative art, music, and creative ritual.
BB360 – Supporting Youth Philanthropy program at Summer Overnight Camp that teaches campers about Tzedakah and provides grants to the local Lincoln County community
Camp Solomon Schechter – Supporting Ruach, a Jewish Collaborative Weekend that brings together participants from across Jewish organizations for immersive learning, shared ritual, and relationship building that strengthens regional Jewish connection.
Chabad of Northeast Portland – To support elementary school visits to educate students on the history and traditions of Jewish life.
Chabad of Oregon – To support the citywide Mega Challah Bake.
Congregation Shaarie Torah – For the second year of a multi-year grant to support the Jewish Learning Experience program for High School aged students
Eastside Jewish Commons – Supporting the 2027 Portland Jewish Music Festival, a celebration of Jewish culture and identity featuring outstanding local, national, and international artists working in traditions from across the Jewish diaspora
Jewish Community of Central Oregon – Supporting B’Yachad, Central Oregon Together program the offers gatherings to bring people together through arts, music, storytelling, and dance
Jewish Family & Child Service – For the second year of a multi-year grant to support Arts Generations Engage, intergenerational programming centered around arts and cultural experiences
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland – For Security Professional Services
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland – For the second year of the Reset & Refresh Program
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland – Supporting the 2026 Community Jewish Festival
Jewish Federation of Lane County – To support social and educational interaction for Jewish community seniors through Senior Lunches.
Jewlandia – An outdoor, hands-on learning experience, exploring the 39 melachos through agriculture, and craft and material practice.
Maayan Torah – To support intergenerational learning between Maayan Torah students and Cedar Sinai Park residents on parsha and holidays.
Makom Lev – For intergenerational and multigenerational nature-based Jewish programming experiences to engage you and families in Corvallis.
Mittleman Jewish Community Center, Eastside Jewish Commons, and Nehamah – To support workshops where participants can explore their Judaism through engagement with Jewish texts and transform their learning into original works of art.
Nehamah – To support Nehamah’s Support Groups, including Partners in Grief, Life Transitions, Loss of a Parent, and Jew Are Not Alone
Oregon Hillel – To support the Yom Ha’Atzmaut Shuk, focusing on bringing Jewish and non-Jewish students together with community members from Eugene and Springfield to celebrate Jewish/Israeli history and culture.
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education – Supporting the America 250 and Jewry in Oregon exhibit, which will explore how mid-1800s Jewish Oregonians shaped social, political, and cultural life while navigating antisemitism, exclusion, and inequities that also impacted other marginalized groups
PJ Library – Supporting growth of the PJ Library program for non-Portland metro area families
Temple Beth Israel – To support Project Habonim, that brings households into values-based pods rooted in Pirkei Avot, building community connection from within.
TischPDX – To support the Emerging Jewish Leadership Incubator, engaging young Jewish of color and other underrepresented leaders across Oregon and Southwest Washington to step into Jewish communal leadership.
TischPDX & OJMCHE – For the HyphenPDX Project, to support local Jew of Color to explore their personal Jewish identities and through documentation and preservation of their stories, uplifted through the creation of an oral history collection and visual anthology.
Tivnu – Supporting the Teens “Tikkun our Olam” program, supporting volunteer projects for Jewish teens supporting areas like houselessness
