- June 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
The Umpqua Bank Charitable Foundation has awarded 120 community grants totaling nearly $425,000 to nonprofit organizations in the five states in which Umpqua Bank is located — Oregon, Washington, California, Idaho and Nevada. Umpqua Bank is headquartered in Roseburg. It is a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corp.
Nonprofits receiving money in Douglas County included the Winston Area Community Partnership and St Vincent De Paul Society of Myrtle Creek.
Nonprofits were selected from hundreds of applicants who demonstrated a strong commitment to serving their communities, particularly those focused on reaching low-to-moderate income or under-resourced populations in one of the following eight categories: family engagement and resiliency; financial competency; housing stability and home ownership; college, career or technical readiness; entrepreneurship and business expansion; vibrant and equitable neighborhoods; technical and…