Oregon Community Foundation is accepting applications for 2026 Black Student Success Capacity Building Grants for Black-led, Black-serving organizations across Oregon. The current application window is September 14 through October 5, 2026. OCF states that applications close at 5:00 PM on October 5, but the controlling opportunity page does not state the time zone. The program provides $525,000 in capacity-building funding with a maximum request of $50,000 for a one-year award period. Eligible applicants must meet OCF’s Black-led/Black-serving criteria and be a 501(c)(3) public charity, public entity, or use a qualified fiscal sponsor. Applications are submitted through MyOCF. This record is fail-closed in Draft until the deadline time zone and any match/cost-share requirement are authoritatively resolved.
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OR-OCF-BSS-CAPACITY-2026Oregon
Oregon Community Foundation Black Student Success Capacity Building Grants 2026
Funding$525,000 total capacity-building pool; maximum request $50,000 per organization; one-year award period
DeadlineOctober 5, 2026 at 5:00 PM; controlling OCF opportunity page does not state the time zone
Last verifiedSeptember 23, 2026
Required next actionFAIL CLOSED. Verify the authoritative deadline time zone and whether any match or cost-share requirement applies before publication or ORIGINAL outreach. Do not infer the time zone from other OCF programs.
Broad Eligibility
Black-led, Black-serving organizations or coalitions across Oregon that meet OCF's program criteria and have 501(c)(3) public-charity status, are a public entity, or use a qualified fiscal sponsor; applicants must serve Black students in specified birth-through-postsecondary focus areas.
Atlas Analysis
Current statewide Oregon capacity-building opportunity with strong nonprofit and public-entity relevance. Ordinary N9+ promotion is not appropriate. Fail-closed because the controlling page does not identify the deadline time zone and does not plainly establish a match/cost-share requirement.
Source verificationReferenced source · oregoncf.orgAtlas last verified this record September 23, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗