DESCHUTES COUNTY
OREGON NATURAL DESERT ASSOCIATION
Total: $50,000+
NewSun awarded funding in 2020 and 2024 to support ONDA’s Tribal Stewards program supporting tribal youth to work on restoration and stewardship projects across ancestral lands in central and eastern Oregon. We also awarded a matching grant the Pine and Robinson Creek River Restoration project.
BENDFILM FESTIVAL
Total: $36,500
NewSun donates annually to the BIPOC women filmmaker grant program that funds the work of new and experienced artists. We also sponsor the Environmental / Outdoor film program featuring films that highlight the complex connection between humans and nature.
CENTRAL OREGON AVALANCHE CENTER
Total: $24,000
The Moon Mountain Weather Station, adjacent to the popular Tumalo Mountain backcountry terrain, provides weather data used to publish avalanche forecasts. The data is also available to state and federal agencies responsible for assessing fire danger and creating weather forecasts. Additional funding awarded for avalanche forecasting during the 2023/2024 winter season.
THE ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
Total: $50,000+
NewSun supports environmental education programming in Deschutes and Crook counties, including multi-year funding to pay for a Crook County outreach coordinator position and garden boxes for the Garden for Every School program.
DESCHUTES COUNTY 4H / FFA AUCTION
Total: $30,000
NewSun proudly supports the Deschutes County 4H / FFA Auction through annual add-on donations.
CENTRAL OREGON TRAIL ALLIANCE
Total: $10,000
Donation for pump track improvements at the popular Phil’s Trails network.
SAVING GRACE
Total: $10,000
Saving Grace offers safety, hope, and healing to survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault and engages Central Oregon to build life free from violence. NewSun awarded a matching grant for the Fall 2023 fundraising campaign.
All Deschutes County Donations
2024
BendFilm Festival
Central Oregon Avalanche Center
Central Oregon Trail Alliance
4H/FFA Auction Add-on Donation
Giving Plate
Oregon Natural Desert Association
The Environmental Center
2023
BendFilm Festival
Central Oregon Avalanche Center
Central Oregon Trail Alliance
4H/FFA Auction Add-on Donation
Oregon Natural Desert Association
Saving Grace
The Environmental Center
The Giving Plate
2016-2022
4H/FFA Auction Add-on Donation
BendFilm Festival
Central Oregon Avalanche Center
Central Oregon Trail Alliance
The Conservation Alliance
The Environmental Center
Family Kitchen
J Youth Science
Oregon Natural Desert Association
World Muse