The Oregon Community Foundation was established in 1973 and its mission is to improve life in Oregon and promote effective philanthropy. The OCF works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about. Through these funds, OCF awards more than $55 million annually in grants and scholarships. According to the Foundation Center

Foundation Center

The Foundation Center is a 501 nonprofit organization headquartered in New York City. The Center’s stated mission is "to strengthen the social sector by advancing knowledge about philanthropy in the U.S...

, it is currently the tenth largest community foundation

Community foundation

Community foundations are instruments of civil society designed to pool donations into a coordinated investment and grant making facility dedicated primarily to the social improvement of a given place...

 in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

as ranked by asset size in U.S. dollars.