Maps Community Foundation

About Maps Community Foundation

A $50,000 gift to Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center for constructing and equipping a behavioral services program for students interested in mental health captures how Maps Community Foundation gives: local, capacity-building support tied to community services. The foundation’s recent grants also include another $50,000 pledge to Center for Hope & Safety for a community outreach capital campaign, showing a pattern of backing infrastructure as well as direct service needs. Across the sample, its support reaches schools, family-service organizations, food-access groups, and nonprofits serving people affected by trauma, disability, and housing or recovery needs. Salem-area institutions appear repeatedly, including Gilbert House Children’s Museum, The Family YMCA of Marion and Polk Counties, and United Way of the Mid Willamette Valley. The foundation also extends to organizations outside Salem when the project fits its local priorities, such as Silverton Area Community Aid and Horses Adaptive Riding and Therapy. Its giving profile is place-based, with most grants landing in Oregon and a strong emphasis on building or equipping facilities, funding campaigns, and supporting service capacity rather than routine unrestricted support.

What Maps Community Foundation Funds

Behavioral health is a clear theme in the foundation’s grantmaking. It gave $50,000 to Salem-Keizer Career Technical Education Center to construct and equip a behavioral services program for students interested in mental health, linking workforce preparation with school-based services. Trauma and survivor services are another focus. The foundation awarded $25,000 to Liberty House for build-out and equipment for its Woodburn location serving children suffering from trauma, abuse, and neglect. It also supports disability-access and therapeutic programming. One $25,000 grant went to Horses Adaptive Riding and Therapy for a new arena to provide equine therapy to children and adults with disabilities, and another $25,000 went to Perrydale School District for an inclusive playground usable by people of all abilities. Food and housing needs appear in the portfolio as well, including $25,000 to Silverton Area Community Aid for a new facility to provide food and community resources and $25,000 to United Way of the Mid Willamette Valley for the Cottage United affordable housing project serving low-income seniors.

How Maps Community Foundation Gives