About Oregon Coast Community Action
We support communities by providing education and essential services to improve quality of life.
Focus Areas
Food securityEarly childhood educationHousing stability and homelessness preventionEnergy efficiency and utility assistanceVeteran servicesFamily support & child welfare
Funding Style
unrestricted / general operating supportcore supportflexible fundingmulti-sector / cross-cutting contributions
Topics
cross-sector general supportorganizational sustainability
About Oregon Coast Community Action
Oregon Coast Community Action’s recent grantmaking is shaped by direct support for local anti-poverty and community-service work in Coos and Curry counties. The largest grants in the file go to The Safe Project and Curry Homeless Coalition, both for general contributions, signaling a flexible approach to organizations addressing homelessness and related needs. The foundation also makes repeated general contributions to Nancy Devereux, another Coos Bay-based recipient, showing a pattern of ongoing support rather than isolated awards. That pattern fits the organization’s broader role as a community action agency: the existing program areas include food security, early childhood education, housing stability and homelessness prevention, energy efficiency and utility assistance, veteran services, and family support and child welfare. Its grantmaking also reaches education-related recipients such as South Coast ESD Region #7 and local school districts, alongside service providers and neighborhood-level nonprofits. The grants listed are all in Oregon, and many are centered in Coos Bay, Gold Beach, and North Bend, reinforcing a local service footprint. Across the record, the foundation appears to favor unrestricted or general operating support for organizations working across multiple needs at once.
What Oregon Coast Community Action Funds
Housing and homelessness support is a visible theme in the grants list. Oregon Coast Community Action gave $141,883 to Curry Homeless Coalition in 2023 and $109,532 in 2024, both as general contributions. Another major housing-related recipient is The Safe Project, which received $205,342 in 2024 and $94,000 in 2023. The foundation also backs family and youth-serving work. Alternative Youth Activities received $60,541 in 2024 and $53,500 in 2023 as general contributions, while Youth Era - Coos Group received $10,098 in 2023. Education appears through grants such as $47,250 to South Coast ESD Region #7, $23,432 to Coos Bay School District, and $7,151 to Reedsport School District 105. Energy-efficiency work is reflected in the Weatherization Assistance Program, one of the organization’s active programs serving Coos and Curry counties.
How Oregon Coast Community Action Gives
The grant size profile is moderate-to-large for a local funder: the 25th percentile is $12,000, the median is $50,375, and the 75th percentile is $105,649. The awards file shows repeated support to the same organizations across multiple years, including The Safe Project, Curry Homeless Coalition, Nancy Devereux, and Alternative Youth Activities, which points to ongoing relationships rather than one-time grants. The foundation’s giving is local and entirely within Oregon. The presence of “general contributions” across many awards, combined with the stated philosophy tags, indicates flexible support rather than tightly restricted project funding. The active program listings also show that some services accept unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$184K
Total Assets
$10.2M
Total Revenue
$17.5M
Total Expenses
$17.4M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $12K and $106K, with a median of $50K.
25th Percentile
$12K
Median
$50K
75th Percentile
$106K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
DREW FARMER
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