GCF is delighted to welcome our newest board member, Brad Schrick, who works as a patent agent at Insitu and brings a passion for community service through his work with organizations including the Gorge Tech Alliance and CASA.
On their recent campaign to raise funds for their endowment. They met their goal, raising over $50,000 from friends and supporters throughout the Gorge. UW executive director Jarrod Holmes says “Our endowment at the Gorge Community Foundation provides critical support. Our donors know that by giving to the endowment, they’re supporting United Way now and into the future.”
The Gorge Community Foundation is proud to announce that grants totaling over $87,000 have been made to regional non-profit organizations since January 2018. This is a record high for GCF grantmaking and demonstrates recent growth in the Foundation’s assets and the generosity of our donors. The list of grantees includes organizations providing health and human services, arts, youth, and animal welfare and reaches throughout the Columbia River Gorge and into eastern Oregon.