UCCC recent Grantees
2022 Recipients
2021 Recipients
2020 Recipients
2019 Grant Awards:
2018 Grant Awards:
2017 Grant Awards:
2015 Grant Awards
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2014 Grant Awards
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2013 Grant Awards
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2012 Grant Awards
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2011 Grant Awards
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- Athena Caledonian Games
- Athena Main Street
- Frazier Farmstead Museum
- Helix High School
- Heritage Station Museum
- Inland Northwest Musicians
- Oregon East Symphony
- Arts Council of Pendleton
- Adams Public Library
- EOCI
- Umatilla County Historical Society
- Helix Library
2021 Recipients
- Frazier Farmstead
- Arts Council of Pendleton
- Adams Library
- Athena Library
- Pendleton Library
- Hermiston Library
- Heritage Station Museum
2020 Recipients
- Arts Council of Pendleton
- Athena Caledonian Games Association
- Athena Chamber of Commerce and Athena Mainstreet Association
- Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution (EOCI)
- Echo Heritage Association
- Frazier Farmstead Museum
- Friends of Weston Library
- Helix High School History Day
- Inland Northwest Musicians
- Oregon East Symphony (OES) Playing for Keeps
- Weston Middle School
2019 Grant Awards:
- Milton-Freewater Central Middle School: Ceramic Tile Project - $900
- Inland Northwest Musicians: Young Artist Competition - $1000
- Heritage Station: 5th grade Heritage Adventure - $1700
- Pendleton Public Library: Books to Art - $800
- Athena Caledonian Games: Caledonian Metal Art - $500
- Athena Public Library: Tenn Craft Nights - $300
- Frazier Farmstead Museum: 2019 Family Festival - $600
- Oregon East Symphony: A Sharp Players & Preludes Prep Orchestra Spring Series - $1100
- Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution: Getting Out by Going In - $1000
- Helix High School: National History Day Film Project - $1450
- College Community Theatre: 2019 Summer Youth Theatre Camp - $1600
- Athena GEM: Saloon Art Restoration - $800
- Betty Feves Art Gallery: Educational Display - $465
- Echo Heritage Association/St. Peters Catholic Church: Preservation of Priest Vestments $530 & Preservation of 2 Chasubles - $1140
- Pendleton Cultural Foundation: Sister City Exchange - $500
2018 Grant Awards:
- Desert Arts Council: ArtWalk Event Brochure - $1180
- Pilot Rock Elementary School: Fiddler Artist in Residence - $381
- Milton-Freewater Harvest Time Fine Art Show - $1000
- Art Council of Pendleton: Art Classes - $1000
- Athena Public Library: Local History Materials - $600
- Crow's Shadow Institute of Arts: Traditional Arts Masters Workshop - $1200
- Umatilla County Historical Society: The Automobile Comes to Umatilla County - $500
- Umatilla County Pioneers Association/Weston Historical Society: Weston Cataloging of Local Artifacts & Oral Histories Project - $696
2017 Grant Awards:
- Pendleton High School Foreign Language Club: attend University of Oregon Foreign Language & International Studies Day in Eugene - $350
- Pendleton Public Library: Women in Music program - $650
- Ukiah School District: 2017 Art Show - $475
- Helix High School: National History Day film project - $2,000
- Armand Larive Middle School Choir: tickets Desert Arts performance - $770
- Betty Feves Memorial Art Gallery: shipping costs for two exhibits - $650
- BMCC College Community Theatre: Summer Youth Theatre Camp - $2,000
- Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution: Oregon Humanities program - $1,000
- Echo High School Choir: attend Phantom of the Opera - $1080
- Echo Middle School: tickets Portland Art Museum & Chinese Gardens - $180
- Grove Elementary: The Condor musicians play/teach each grade - $1055
- Inland Northwest Musicians: Young Artist Competition - $500
- Milton-Freewater Public Library: adult art classes - $800
- Oregon East Symphony & Chorale: A Sharp Players spring concert - $1,000
2015 Grant Awards
Full Funding
- Eastern Oregon Correctional Institute - Performing Arts - $1000
- Echo High School - Echo to Ashland - $1200
- Athena Caledonian Games Association - Brrring on the Games - $1000
- Children's Museum of Eastern Oregon - Music from Around the World - $1500
- Oregon East Symphony - Youth Program Instruments - $1000
- Stanfield Public Library - Youth Program - $1200
- College Community Theater, Blue Mountain Community College - Summer Theater Camp - $2000
- Hermiston High School - Choral Library Update - $700
- Inland Northwest Musicians - Young Artists Competition - $400
- Echo High School Choir - "Cinderella" - $1000
- Weston-McEwen High School - Portland Trip - $1000
2014 Grant Awards
Full Funding
- Eastern Oregon Correctional Institute - Arts & Humanities for Inmates - $1000
- Arts Council of Pendleton - Art Zoom - $750
- Sandstone Middle School, Hermiston - Continuous Clarinets - $1796
- Echo Secondary School - Echo to Ashland - $1498
- Pilot Rock Theater Department - Sound Equipment - $500
- Ukiah School - Ukiah Art Show - $550
- Inland Northwest Musicians - Young Artists Competition - $400
- Echo High School, Echo - Echo to Broadway - $1500
- Athena Caledonian Games Association - Promoting Scottish Experience - $500
- Echo School 6th/7th grade - Oregon Children's Theater - $189
- College Community Theater, Blue Mountain Community College - Summer Youth Camp - $1750
- Oregon East Symphony - Raising the Bar - $1000
- Hermiston Public Library - Library Centennial - $475
2013 Grant Awards
Full Funding
- Caledonian Games Crest Project - Athena Caledonia Games - $155
- Elementary Strings Program - Oregon East Symphony - $1,263
- Fun Fridays - Stanfield Public Library - $990
- Milton-Freewater History Video - Milton-Freewater Historical Society - $950
- Ukiah students to student writers workshop - $700
- Votes for Women - Umatilla County Historical Society - $832
- Weston Cataloguing Historical Multimedia Project - Umatilla County Pioneers Association / Weston Historical Society - $333
- Workshops by Community Artists - Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution - $400
- Desert Arts Council - Art-in-Action - $700
- Author Visit - McKay Creek Elementary - $900
- Echo to Ashland III - Echo High School - $602)
- Pacific Science Center - King Tut - Echo Middle School - $610
- Traditional Arts Masters - Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts - $1200
- “Westside Story” at Windermere Theater - Armand Larive Middle School Choir - $1,545
- Youth Outreach Program for Umatilla County - Inland Northwest Musicians - $400 (not $800)
2012 Grant Awards
Full Funding
- Details ArtWalk Brochure - Desert Arts Council - $1180
- Fiddler Artist in Residence - Pilot Rock Elementary School - $381
- "Our Main Street" - A Community Mapping Field Trip - Sherwood
- Elementary - $693
- Puppets as Learning Tool To Enhance Imagination - $722.02
- Harvest Time Fine Art Show - Milton-Freewater - $1,000
- Arts Have Class - Arts Council of Pendleton - $1,000
- Athena Public Library Local History Materials - $600
- Exploratory Field Trip - Clara Brownell Middle School - $732
- Echo to Ashland II - Echo Drama Club - $1012
- Artist in Residence - McKay Creek Elementary School - $750
- A-Sharp Players Scholarship Fund - Oregon East Symphony - $480
- Music Purchase - Sherwood and McKay School Choirs - $240
- PAM Field Trip - Stanfield Seconday School - $800
- Exhibit Enhancement "The Automobile Comes to Umatilla County" - Umatilla County Historical Society - $500
- Weston Cataloguing Local Artifacts and Oral Histories Project - Umatilla Counties Pioneers Association/Weston Historical Society- $696
2011 Grant Awards
Full funding
- $200 - Athena Caledonian games – Archival book project.
- $750 - Athena’s Gem Inc. – Gem Theatre architectural model.
- $462 – Echo High School – Echo to Ashland theatre trip.
- $1,086 – Echo Elementary – “Dear Edwina” sets.
- $1,000 – Fort Henrietta Foundation – Vintage farm equipment display.
- $800 – Hermiston Public Library – Children’s murals.
- $935 – Mac-Hi Drama Club / Frogtown Frolickers – Benefit melodrama.
- $1383 – McKay Creek Elementary – Eastern Oregon Writing Festival.
- $800 – Oregon East Symphony – Musician master class program.
- $3,000 – Pilot Rock High School – Theater Sound System
- $1,175 – Umatilla County 4-H Youth Program – A Palette of Fun art program.
- $1,352 – Umatilla County Historical Society – Inventory and Digitalization of the UCHS object collection.
- $1,164 – Umatilla County Pioneers Association / Weston Historical Society – Weston Oral History Project.
- $500 - Children’s Museum of Eastern Oregon – Art room enhancement.
- $200 – City of Echo – Creative Echoes arts show.