The following agencies are the 2009 recipients of the Sagebrush Classic Grants:
Bend's Community Center
Bethlehem Inn
Caldera
CASA
Family Resource Center
Grandma's House
Healthy Beginnings
Jericho Road
Saving Grace
St. Vincent de Paul
A total of $47,892 was given to these nonprofits through a request for proposal process. This year the Sagebrush committee asked for requests specifically for operating funds, to help ease the burden on nonprofits since the downturn in the economy.
Sagebrush Classic proceeds historically supported Deschutes Children's Foundation exclusively, earmarked for mortgage payments at the Rosie Bareis Community Campus. In 1998 after paying off the mortgage five years early, we celebrated with a mortgage burning ceremony.
After this momentous occasion, for the first time in 1999 Deschutes Children's Foundation solicited letters of interest from local groups to request funding from Sagebrush Classic. Now each year Deschutes Children’s Foundation serves as a grant maker, disbursing funds raised at the event to other non-profit organizations that serve children and families in Deschutes County. To date over $1.5 million has been distributed.
For more information, call 388.3101 or you can visit the Sagebrush Website: http://www.sagebrush.org/