Maps Community Grants
The Maps Community Foundation invests in local nonprofits that are helping people build stability, access opportunity, and strengthen the communities we serve.
Through the Maps Community Grant program, we support larger capital projects that create lasting community impact, such as capital campaigns, facility renovations, building expansions, and major equipment or infrastructure needs. Maps Community Grants typically range from $10,000 to $50,000 and often help us build deeper partnerships with organizations whose work aligns with our focus areas of education, economic empowerment, and vibrant communities.
Know of a nonprofit capital project that may be a good fit? Encourage the organization to complete a Maps Community Grant application. Applications are reviewed quarterly by the Maps Community Foundation board.
2025 Community Grants
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Punx with Purpose
Punx with Purpose is a Salem-based nonprofit that supports at-risk youth ages 11 to 18 across Marion and Polk counties, including those who are LGBTQ+, unhoused, or living in rural…
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Church at the Park
Church at the Park is a Salem-based nonprofit that seeks to empower those experiencing homelessness with low-barrier shelter, transitional housing, and outreach services. The organization has spent nearly two decades…
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Marion Polk Food Share
Marion Polk Food Share is a Salem-based nonprofit working to bring people together to end hunger and address its root causes. Serving as the central food distribution hub for Marion…
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CASA of Marion County
CASA of Marion County is a Salem-based nonprofit that supports children and youth in foster care through trained volunteer advocates. CASA works to help ensure children in foster care are…
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Isaac’s Room
Isaac’s Room is a Salem-based nonprofit that helps divested youth and young adults build stability, purpose, and long-term self-sufficiency. Through mentoring, workforce development, service-learning, housing support, and social enterprise employment,…
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Wilsonville Community Sharing
Wilsonville Community Sharing is a local nonprofit that helps individuals and families facing hardship by providing food assistance and connecting them with essential resources. Through their community food bank and referral…
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Helping Hands Resources
Helping Hands Resources (HHR) is a volunteer-run nonprofit in Salem that provides clothing, bedding, household items, and other essentials to neighbors in need—completely free of charge. From interview outfits and…
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The Reading Nest
The Reading Nest was inspired by a love of books—and memories of not always having access to them growing up. Today, the organization travels throughout Polk County and surrounding communities,…
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Mano a Mano Family Center
For nearly 40 years, Mano a Mano Family Center has helped Latino and immigrant families in the Salem-Keizer area thrive through outreach, advocacy, and culturally responsive support. Each year, the…
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Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency
What an honor to partner with this long-standing nonprofit organization whose mission is empowering people to change their lives and exit poverty by providing vital services and community leadership. One…
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Soaring Heights Recovery Homes
Serving our community for six years, Soaring Heights provides safe, secure, and structured living for individuals transitioning to a substance free, self-supporting life. Our $25,000 grant supported the purchase of…
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Family Building Blocks
After leasing in 5 different locations over the past 14 years, and with the desire to increase their capacity to serve the 50+ children and families on their waitlist, Family…
2024 Community Grants
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Ella Curran Food Bank
For 45 years, the all-volunteer Ella Curran Food Bank has focused on providing food to those in need in the Monmouth, Independence, Polk, and Marion County areas; serving over 4,000…
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Capaces Leadership Institute – Anahuac Farm
Maps is proud to be a supporter of the Anahuac Farm project located in Turner. Anahuac Farm is a place where healthy, traditional crops are grown organically and ancestral cooking.…
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Polk Community Development Corporation
Our Maps team was excited to be part of a lovely afternoon ribbon cutting celebration for the new playground that Maps Community Foundation supported at the Polk Community Development Corporation’s…
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Salem Parks Foundation
The Eco-Earth Globe has been a key feature at Salem’s Riverfront Park since 2003. Our grant of $5,000 will contribute to the restoration of the 26-foot-diameter mosaic sculpture that was…
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DevNW – Evergreen Apartments
Funding supported a $25,000 grant for a new roof in an affordable housing development specifically for Veterans. Located in the heart of Salem’s Grant neighborhood, community partner DevNW renovated a…
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WOU Student Success Center
In December 2024, the Maps Community Foundation Board approved a $25,000 grant for the new Student Success Center at Western Oregon University. This new center is a key element in…
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Silverton Area Community Aid (SACA)
A second grant of $25,000 was made to SACA in 2024.Details on this impactful community project are included under the 2023 awards descriptions.
2023 Partnership Projects
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Horses Adaptive Riding & Therapy (HART)
A $25,000 grant was given to HART for their new arena and facility located off Highway 22 in Polk County. Founded in 2015, HART’s mission is to empower and strengthen…
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United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
A $25,000 grant was given to the first phase of United Way’sCottages United affordable senior housing community in NE Salem across from Swegle Elementary. Each cottage is 400 sq-feet and…
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Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center (CTEC)
With Maps roots as a Teacher’s Credit Union and our Foundation’s Education focus area, investing in the final program at CTEC was a perfect fit. CTEC prepares Salem-Keizer high school…
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Liberty House – Expansion to Woodburn
Liberty House’s team of trauma specialists serves over one thousand children every year, providing medical assessments, forensic interviews, family support, and trauma-focused therapy.
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Silverton Area Community Aid (SACA)
Since the 1950s, SACA has been improving lives by providing food, services, and access to resources for Silverton area residents. They currently operate out of a cramped basement in an…
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Perrydale School Inclusive Playground Project
Perrydale School, a K-12 school located in rural Polk County near Amity, is building a new, larger all-abilities playground. A variety of play opportunities will be available for both students…
2022 Partnership Projects
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United Way’s Good 360 Gifts In-Kind Project
Good 360 works with major retailers, including Amazon and Walmart, to source product donations that would otherwise end up in the landfill, and instead redistributes these goods to local nonprofits,…
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AWARE Food Bank
A $25,000 grant was provided to support the construction of Marion Polk Food Share’s new AWARE Food Bank facility to better serve Woodburn and outlying communities with hunger relief programs.
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Silverton All-Abilities Playground
Maps is proud to be the Title Sponsor of the Silverton Rotary’s new All-Abilities Park which will provide a safe, fun place to play and develop new skills for children…
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Boys and Girls Club – Epping Homestead Branch
An additional $25,000 grant was given to support the completion of the capital campaign for this new clubhouse in NE Salem across from our Chemeketa Branch. You can see more…
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Gilbert House Children’s Museum – Outdoor Discovery Play Area
MCF’s first Impact Partnership was given to the Gilbert House Children’s Museum in 2020 for their redesigned bubble exhibit—Bill’s Bubble Factory.