The Sweet Home Community Foundation is pleased to announce its second annual grant cycle.
Proposals will be accepted that benefit the Sweet Home community. The proposed grant recipient must be a 501(c)3 or other qualified tax-exempt organization, or the charitable or educational project must be implemented in affiliation with such an organization.
Successful projects will have the following characteristics:
— Improve the Quality of Life in Sweet Home, have broad community support and/or foster community involvement, and have a lasting, beneficial effect.
— Funding sources for the grants include Sweet Home Economic Development Group (SHEDG) contributions from the Oregon Jamboree, as well as individual tax-deductible donations from friends and neighbors in the Sweet Home community.
— Grants are available up to $2,500.00 each. Applications are available at the Chamber of Commerce (1575 Main Street, Sweet Home) and posted on the website “http://www.sweethomeoregon.org” Sweet Home Community Foundation.
The application period opened December 1 and closes January 16. Grant applications must be returned to the Sweet Home Chamber of Commerce by 5 p.m. January 16, 2004. Grant recipients will be announced on March 25 at the Sweet Home Breakfast Club.
Contact Tracii Hickman at 367-2249 for more information.