(TILLAMOOK, OR – March 25, 2025) – Tillamook PUD is pleased to announce the local organizations selected to receive funding through the Community Support Grant Program in 2025.
Upon a comprehensive review process by the Tillamook PUD Board of Directors, the following not-for-profit entities were awarded funds for their community projects this year:
• Bay City Boosters Club for the Welcome Garden.
• Cape Meares Community Association for medical equipment for the Cape Meares AllDisaster Emergency Preparedness.
• Helping Hands Reentry Outreach Centers for the Tillamook Hope Center dormer and roofing renovations.
• Marie Mills Center, Inc. for computer replacements.
• Neah-Kah-Nie Coast Arts Music and Cultural Foundation for investment in the NCAM’s arts programs, education & events.
• Neah-Kah-Nie School District for safety lighting enhancements outside the middle and high school.
• Nehalem Bay Health Center & Pharmacy for furnishing in the waiting area.
• Neskowin Valley School for the NVS STEM robotics program.
• Oceanside Protection Society for power sources for the OVERT Emergency Assistance Center.
• Oregon Coast Children’s Theatre- Oregon Coast Children’s Center for the Arts for restoration work at the Fairview Grange.
• Pine Grove Community House for lighting and improvement projects.
• Sitka Center for Art and Ecology for Energy Enhancement Upgrades.
• Tillamook Association for the Performing Arts (TAPA) for new stage lighting.
• Tillamook Beekeepers Association for a pavilion at the Apiary and Garden Center.
• Tillamook County Charities DBA The Hope Chest Thrift Store for outdoor lighting improvements.
• Tillamook County Composite Squadron (Civil Air Patrol) for the construction of a compass rose at the Tillamook Municipal Airport.
• Tillamook County Pioneer Association (TCPA) for new flooring at the TCPA building at the Tillamook County Fairgrounds.
• Tillamook Gun Club for Trap #4 repairs.
• Tillamook Softball Association for building a new home for Tillamook Softball and expanding fields for youth and the community.
• Tillamook Swiss Society for a new heat pump.
• White Clover Grange #784 for a water system upgrade.
A total of 37 applications requesting a combined amount of over $292,000 in funding were received this year. With so many valuable community projects and limited funds budgeted towards the program, the grant selection decision was very difficult for the Tillamook PUD Board of Directors.
Tillamook PUD is excited to support these outstanding organizations and looks forward to the positive impact each project will have within the community.
The Tillamook PUD Community Support Grant Program was developed in 2003 to assist local not-for-profit organizations in funding projects that promote economic growth and enhance community livability in Tillamook County. The Board of Directors budgets funds for the program annually, the amount budgeted for the program in 2025 was $100,000.
