June 30, 2023 4:30 p.m. 

The Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation has awarded eighty-five-non-profit organizations in the region a total of $928,991 in the most recent round of the foundations semi-annual giving.

A release said the organizations are in Douglas, Coos, Josephine, Jackson, Klamath, Lane and Deschutes counties.

Foundation Executive Director Carma Mornarich said, “We are privileged to distribute the largest amount of money we’ve ever had to give from the Foundation”. Mornarich said it is almost a million dollars – to be exact, its $928,991 – to be awarded.

The release said the level of giving is higher than previous rounds of giving, but nothing else has changed. Mornarich said the foundation still works to offer assistance in supporting the underpinnings of life. She said “…families, youth, education, shelter and food is what we’re about”.

The mission of the foundation is to offer assistance in youth education, strengthen youth and family, provide for positive youth development, and to add to the quality of life for people in southwestern Oregon. Increasing emphasis upon basic needs and feeding hungry people has been part of the CCUIF mission in recent years.

Fourteen grantees from Douglas County will receive a total of $140,446.

Cow Creek Umpqua Indian Foundation awards are made separately from and in addition to regular philanthropic decisions made by the Cow Creek Tribal Board.

More information about the foundation is at: https://www.cowcreekfoundation.org/