News From the Foundation



  • In the first quarter of 2010, the PGE Foundation gave top priority to providing educational opportunities to students with two grants to public universities — Portland State and Oregon State — and a large award to the Community 101 student grant-making program. Altogether, 49 nonprofits received grants totalling more than half a million dollars.


  • Resiliency, tenacity, community, compassion — add a big dose of frugality and flexibility. These are the qualities that come to mind when we think about 2009 and how Oregon’s nonprofits weathered the worst economy in many decades. Read more about PGE Foundation’s 2009 grantmaking in our Annual Report (PDF).


  • PGE and Portland State University have formed a long-term strategic partnership to promote the economic, environmental and social sustainability of the Portland metro area. In support of this partnership, the PGE Foundation has committed $50,000 over two years to establish the PGEFoundation Renewable Energy Research Laboratory. Read more»


  • PGE Foundation makes $10K emergency grant to Mercy Corps’ Haiti relief. Read more»


  • Education and outreach are key to preventing domestic violence. Read more»


  • The PGE Foundation awarded grants totaling $332,000 to 52 nonprofits in second and third quarters of 2009. Read more»


  • Carole Morse, president of the PGE Foundation and chairwoman of the Regional Arts & Culture Council, recently wrote an article featured in the Oregonian about the importance of the arts during tough economic times. She notes that Oregonian’s continued support of the arts may hold the key to our economic recovery. Read the full article, In Need of the Arts, Now More than Ever in the Oregonian.


  • The PGE Foundation awarded nearly $500,000 to Oregon nonprofits in the first quarter of 2009. Read more»


  • Download the PGE Foundation’s 2008 Annual Report (PDF).


  • PGE Foundation and The Oregon Community Foundation signed a formal agreement to collaborate on the award-winning Community 101 student leadership and grantmaking program created by the PGE Foundation. A promise to continue to generously fund the successful statewide program brings the two foundations together in a partnership that will yield a ripple-effect of benefits. Read more»


  • Download the PGE Foundation 2008 990-T Federal Form (PDF).


  • Download the PGE Foundation 2007 990-T Federal Form (PDF).


  • Download the PGE Foundation 2006 990-T Federal Form (PDF).


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