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Pacific Power Foundation Announces Grants To Support Rogue Valley Arts And Cultural Organizations - 03/12/24



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Media Hotline: 503-813-6018

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Pacific Power Foundation announces grants to support

Rogue Valley arts and cultural organizations

Funding helps organizations foster creative expression and enrich local culture in their communities 

MEDFORD, Ore. (March 12, 2024) — Local organizations that deliver music, theater, community festivals and connections to local history are essential to their communities. They create beauty, join people together across cultures, generate jobs and nurture the creativity needed to solve complex problems. To support this crucial work, the Pacific Power Foundation is donating more than $110,000 in new grant funding across the three states it serves. 

The grants will help fund a variety of projects, including free arts events and education; community celebrations of cultural heritage; multilingual performances for kids; and programs for Indigenous students, rural youth and incarcerated adults. 

“Local programs like these are fundamental to the vibrancy and resilience of the communities we serve, and they nourish and inspire all of us,” said Cooper Whitman, Pacific Power regional business manager. “We honor and appreciate these vitally important organizations.”

This recent round of grants focused on art and culture is one of the foundation’s four annual grant cycles. 

The following six grants, totaling $19,000, were given to local organizations supporting communities in the Rogue Valley region:

Grants Pass High School Band Boosters for props, trailer wraps and instruments. 

Grants Pass Museum of Art for a traveling exhibit of the artist Ezra Tucker's works depicting wildlife and the lives of African Americans during the formation of the Wild West. 

RG Rotary Foundation for the installation of a new community mural in downtown Grants Pass. 

Rogue Gallery & Art Center for the annual “Best of the Best” Student Art Show, featuring works by students from 13 high schools across Josephine and Jackson counties. 

Southern Oregon Historical Society to digitize, preserve and make publicly available over 6,000 glass plate negatives made by pioneering western U.S. photographer Peter Britt (1819 – 1905). 

Talent Historical Society for a celebration of Talent's cultural heritage through drama, music and arts events that showcase the area’s rich tapestry of artistic expression. 

About the Pacific Power Foundation:

The Pacific Power Foundation is part of the PacifiCorp Foundation, one of the largest utility-endowed foundations in the U.S. The foundation was created by PacifiCorp, an energy company that serves over 2 million customers across a diverse six-state region in the West as Rocky Mountain Power (Utah, Wyoming and Idaho) and Pacific Power (Oregon, Washington and California). The foundation’s mission, through charitable investments, is to support the growth and vitality of the communities served by Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power. Since it started in 1988, the PacifiCorp Foundation has awarded more than $60 million to nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.pacificpower.net/foundation.

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Pacific Power Foundation Announces Grants To Support Rogue Valley Arts And Cultural Organizations - 03/12/24



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Hotline: 503-813-6018

Newsroom

Pacific Power Foundation announces grants to support

Rogue Valley arts and cultural organizations

Funding helps organizations foster creative expression and enrich local culture in their communities 

MEDFORD, Ore. (March 12, 2024) — Local organizations that deliver music, theater, community festivals and connections to local history are essential to their communities. They create beauty, join people together across cultures, generate jobs and nurture the creativity needed to solve complex problems. To support this crucial work, the Pacific Power Foundation is donating more than $110,000 in new grant funding across the three states it serves. 

The grants will help fund a variety of projects, including free arts events and education; community celebrations of cultural heritage; multilingual performances for kids; and programs for Indigenous students, rural youth and incarcerated adults. 

“Local programs like these are fundamental to the vibrancy and resilience of the communities we serve, and they nourish and inspire all of us,” said Cooper Whitman, Pacific Power regional business manager. “We honor and appreciate these vitally important organizations.”

This recent round of grants focused on art and culture is one of the foundation’s four annual grant cycles. 

The following six grants, totaling $19,000, were given to local organizations supporting communities in the Rogue Valley region:

Grants Pass High School Band Boosters for props, trailer wraps and instruments. 

Grants Pass Museum of Art for a traveling exhibit of the artist Ezra Tucker's works depicting wildlife and the lives of African Americans during the formation of the Wild West. 

RG Rotary Foundation for the installation of a new community mural in downtown Grants Pass. 

Rogue Gallery & Art Center for the annual “Best of the Best” Student Art Show, featuring works by students from 13 high schools across Josephine and Jackson counties. 

Southern Oregon Historical Society to digitize, preserve and make publicly available over 6,000 glass plate negatives made by pioneering western U.S. photographer Peter Britt (1819 – 1905). 

Talent Historical Society for a celebration of Talent's cultural heritage through drama, music and arts events that showcase the area’s rich tapestry of artistic expression. 

About the Pacific Power Foundation:

The Pacific Power Foundation is part of the PacifiCorp Foundation, one of the largest utility-endowed foundations in the U.S. The foundation was created by PacifiCorp, an energy company that serves over 2 million customers across a diverse six-state region in the West as Rocky Mountain Power (Utah, Wyoming and Idaho) and Pacific Power (Oregon, Washington and California). The foundation’s mission, through charitable investments, is to support the growth and vitality of the communities served by Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power. Since it started in 1988, the PacifiCorp Foundation has awarded more than $60 million to nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.pacificpower.net/foundation.

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