[OR_Archaeology] NIKE EMPLOYEE FUND SEEKS GRANT PROPOSALS

[Susan White]

NIKE EMPLOYEE FUND SEEKS GRANT PROPOSALS

The Nike Employee Grant Fund has been established at The Oregon Community Foundation. Through this fund, Nike employees will work with the foundation to award $500,000 per year to non-profits.

This is Nike's "backyard" program, engaging employees in aiding nonprofits in communities where local Nike employees live - Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington and Yamhill counties in Oregon and Clark County in Washington. Grants will be one-year awards, generally between $5,000 and $20,000.

Most grants will be awarded through the lens of sport, for projects that use sport or physical activity to leverage other community benefits, but some grants will be awarded for projects that address broader family and children's issues. The first applications are due June 15. For more information about the program - including specifics about priorities, eligibility requirements, and project competitiveness visit


http://www.oregoncf.org/Templates/media/files/grants/nike_grant_guidelines.pdf