Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund Fuels Reduction Grant: $90,000
2021 – 2023, $30,000/year: UDRC Defensible Space Reimbursement program for property owners in South Deschutes County.
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund Low-income Senior or Disabled Fuels Reduction grant: $150,000
2019: The Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund has awarded a grant of $150,000 to the UDRC. The grant will provide up to $1000 for fuels reduction services for low-income senior or disabled homeowners in South Deschutes County. A portion of the grant provides funds for the Defensible Space Reimbursement program.
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund Fuels Reduction matching grant: $25,000
2016 – 2020, $5,000/year: Fuels reduction projects in UDRC neighborhoods.
First Interstate Bank Foundation grant: $3,000
2021: The UDRC was awarded $3,000 from First Interstate Bank Foundation for the Defensible Space Reimbursement program.
First Interstate Bank Foundation grant: $3,000
2018 – 2020: The UDRC was awarded $3,000 from First Interstate Bank Foundation for the Low-income Senior Defensible Space program.
BNSF Railway Foundation Fuels Reduction grant: $10,000
2021: The URDC has received a $10,000 grant from the BNSF Railway to fund the Defensible Space Reimbursement Program. Funds will be used for fuels reduction in communities within two miles of the BNSF railway corridor.
BNSF Railway Foundation Fuels Reduction grant: $5,000
2017 – 2020: The URDC has received a $5000 grant from the BNSF Railway to fund the Defensible Space Reimbursement Program. Funds will be used for fuels reduction in communities within two miles of the BNSF railway corridor.
BNSF Railway Foundation Fish Tagging grant: $5,000
2015 – 2016: The Upper Deschutes River Coalition is supporting the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife’s Redband and native Trout radio and PIT tracking program for 2015 and 2016. The BNSF Railway grant of $5,000 was used to purchase 1,720 PIT tags which are used to track the movement Trout in rivers in Central Oregon
International Association of Fire Chiefs Ready, Set, Go! Program: $4,750
2019 – 2020: Funding for the UDRC Defensible Space Reimbursement program
Healy Foundation: $2500
2018: Fuels reduction projects in UDRC neighborhoods.
US Forest Service Participating Agreement matching grant: $7500
2014 – 2018 (phase 1 completed): Cooperative agreement between the US Forest Service and Upper Deschutes River Coalition for planning and implementing fuels reduction projects in UDRC neighborhoods and adjacent USFS land.
2018 – 2020 (Phase 2): Community outreach and communications.
National Forest Foundation Benham Falls Trail Maintenance grant: $11,470
2014: Resurface trails, repaint vault toilets, repaint trail signs.