Because students know students best.
Mission
Oregon Students Foundation seeks to bring together student communities from across the state enabling students to directly support each other through the funding of student-run initiatives.
Vision
Oregon Students Foundation envisions a future where student organizations and clubs have the financial support to achieve their goals through grants.
Values
Respect: We respect all students across Oregon.
Learning: We support the development and growth of students through clubs, teams, organizations and leadership.
Inclusion: All students are welcome and diverse perspectives and backgrounds are prioritized.
Who we are
The Oregon Students Foundation, of the Oregon Community Foundation, is a group of students from across Oregon dedicated to financially supporting student-run initiatives. The student advisory board hopes to represent the many perspectives throughout Oregon.
How are we different?
Oregon Students Foundation is created by students for students.
Oregon Students Foundation seeks to change the dynamic where school funding and extracurricular programming are determined and often limited by adults, large school budgets, and competing resources. Our organization has a student advisory board from across the state representing a broad range of schools and students, so our work reflects the needs of students within Oregon schools and student-run programs. With this student-focused approach, we emphasize leadership opportunities for students who will be the next generation of leaders. Our work is simple; students representing a student initiative will apply for grant funding from the Oregon Students Foundation. A student-run grant-making committee will review and approve grants in support of their fellow students.
Why?
Typically student organizations are the last to receive funding in a school budget. A lack of funding limits students’ potential and does not let students capitalize on their goals. As students, we have faced this many times and have been frustrated when we could not achieve our goals because of financial limitations. To combat this issue we were inspired to establish a program to give students financial resources.
Oregon Community Foundation
The Oregon Schools Foundation is a donor-advised fund within the Oregon Community Foundation (OCF). Since 1973, OCF has invested $2.2 billion in Oregon communities statewide, including 54,000 scholarships.
Mission: To improve the lives of all Oregonians through the
power of philanthropy.
Vision: A healthy, thriving, sustainable Oregon
Values: Collaborative action, Wise stewardship, Equity, diversity, inclusion, and Spirit of community.