wlcf

In 1974, The Florence Rotary Club envisioned growth and
prosperity for western Lane County over the ensuing years. These
visionaries also recognized a future opportunity to serve the
community through philanthropic support. This was the motivation
from which the Western Lane Community Foundation was born.

Western Lane Community Foundation is a nonprofit organization
chartered for the purpose of receiving, administering and
distributing charitable funds for the benefit of residents in western
Lane County, Oregon. Resources come from individuals,
businesses and other organizations. WLCF selects qualified
recipients for funding, based on need, in the form of grants,
scholarships and donations for specific projects. The area served
by the Foundation is Florence, Mapleton, Dunes City and
Deadwood, Oregon.

The Foundation's mission is to improve life throughout Western
Lane County by encouraging and maintaining philanthropic
activity. WLCF focuses its giving in four major areas: culture,
medicine and science, education, and social and civic services.
WLCF also manages funds designated for use by other nonprofit
organizations.

As a privately supported philanthropic organization with 501(c)(3)
status, WLCF provieds federal and state tax advantages to
individual and corporate donors. The Foundation has built a solid
reputation over the past thirty-five years as a prudent and
effective manager and investor of charitable funds.