The BottleDrop Fund

Annual Grantmaking

Through both an endowment fund and an annual grantmaking process, the BottleDrop Fund at Oregon Community Foundation supports larger nonprofit organizations in Oregon that are operating in the spirit of the Bottle Bill. The Fund’s priorities include litter and waste reduction, environmental conservation, environmental education, recycling, public-private partnerships that work to solve a community problem in Oregon, and skill-building and job training for low-income residents.

The BottleDrop Fund is staffed and administered by Oregon Community Foundation. Fund applicants are identified through an invitation-only process, in an effort to target groups working within the Fund’s specific priority areas and to ensure the Fund benefits communities across the state. Grant recipients are selected at the beginning of each year.

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In 2025, the BottleDrop Fund supported 13 outstanding grant recipients:

AntFarm Youth & Family Services, expanding their Planet365 sustainability initiative by adding two new collection trailers and two new recycling processing locations in Estacada and Molalla.

Elakha Alliance, enhancing their coastal community outreach, public education and youth education programs and activities.

Friends of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, strengthening their ability to offer accessible place-based education, expand community participation and maintain a consistent stewardship presence.

Friends of the Children – Central Oregon, aiding their environmental education and hands-on agriculture program that engages underrepresented youth in grades K-8.

Heart of Oregon Corps, supporting their Stewardship program to engage local youth in paid job skills training and hands-on projects that empower them to transform their lives and their community.

Illinois Valley Community Development Organization, strengthening and sustaining their Cans for Kids program, which collects redeemable beverage containers at a community donation station with all proceeds being donated to local youth groups.

Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, supporting their education and engagement efforts to protect and restore waterways and aquatic ecosystems through cleanups and events.

Lomakatsi Restoration Project, extending their Indian Youth Service Corps training module centered on stewardship with the U.S. Forest Service Mt. Hood National Forest, where youth will receive hands-on training for ecosystem restoration.

North Coast Watershed Association, supporting their work to educate and integrate local people in the process of restoration by identifying, mapping, and removing invasive species and replacing them with native plants.

Spruce Up Warrenton, supporting their revitalization, beautification and environmental stewardship projects in downtown Warrenton that improve environmental health and strengthen community pride.

Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, enhancing their education program, The UpStream Project, to educate 500 elementary students from rural schools in Sunriver and La Pine.

Wallowa Resources, expanding hands-on training, mentoring and logistical support for the Wallowa Mountain Institute’s HAWK program’s summer internship cohort.

Willamette Riverkeeper, increasing their capacity to engage diverse communities – rural, urban, Tribal, underserved and river-dependent residents – in their hands-on stewardship programs.