Community Grant Program

Grant Applications Due April 30, 2024

The City of West Linn has a limited amount of funding available for community organizations’ requests for support for their yearly events, operations, and activities. Community organizations are asked to submit a standardized form (attached below) each Spring so all requests received by the City can be similarly evaluated during the community grant allocation process. The budget typically includes an allocation to qualifying organizations.

Neighborhood Associations are not eligible for the Community Grant Program. The grant request form is designed for community-based organizations that are interested in receiving grant funding for specific, planned events and activities occurring between July and June of the coming year. Although the City budgets on a biennial (two-year) basis, the request must be submitted for each of the fiscal years.

Submitted application forms (attached below) are evaluated by the citizen members of the Citizens' Budget Committee. This citizen group determines how best to allocate available funding based upon the criteria (also attached below), and develops their recommendations which are forwarded to the City Council for approval.

FY2025: Twenty-one (21) applications requesting $57,916 were received. The citizen group met in May 2024 and recommended nineteen (19) applications totaling $25,000 in funding.

FY2024: Fifteen (15) applications requesting $46,290 were received. The citizen group met in May 2023 and recommended twelve (12) applications totaling $25,000 in funding.

FY2023: Fourteen (14) applications requesting $42,480 were received. The citizen group met in May 2022 and recommended twelve (12) applications totaling $25,000 in funding.

FY2022: Thirteen (13) applications requesting $29,559 were received. The citizen group met in May 2021 and recommended thirteen (13) applications totaling $25,000 in funding.

FY2021: Twenty-five (25) applications requesting $98,260 were received. The citizen group met in May 2020 and recommended seventeen (17) applications totaling $25,000 in funding.

Questions about the grant request process can be directed to Lauren Breithaupt in the Finance Department at lbreithaupt@westlinnoregon.gov or through communitygrants@westlinnoregon.gov