The Oregon Community Foundation
Amy Drake is a seasoned professional in the museum and nonprofit sectors, currently serving as a Program Officer at The Oregon Community Foundation since January 2019. Previously, Amy held the position of Executive Director at the Jackson County Library Foundation and worked as a Research Assistant for the Coming Out Project. Amy's extensive experience at the Southern Oregon Historical Society included roles as Director of Exhibitions and Community Engagement, Exhibitions Curator, and Curator of Special Projects. Academic credentials include a Master of Arts in History Museum Studies from the Cooperstown Graduate Program and a Bachelor of Arts in History from Grinnell College. Additional experiences encompass roles at various museums and organizations, including digitizing technician at The Farmers' Museum & Fenimore Art Museum and collections intern at Mystic Seaport.
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The Oregon Community Foundation
The mission of Oregon Community Foundation is to improve lives for all Oregonians through the power of philanthropy. OCF works with individuals, families, businesses and organizations to create charitable funds to support the community causes they care about. Through these funds, in 2020 OCF awarded more than $230 million in grants and scholarships. Thousands of citizens have created a permanent endowment for Oregon through OCF – an endowment that will help Oregonians today and for generations to come. Who We Are: OCF's endowment come from thousands of Oregonians who have invested with us to help our state. OCF manages more than 3,000 individual funds of various sizes. From these funds, grants are distributed to support the critical work that nonprofit organizations are doing around Oregon. OCF is governed by a volunteer board of directors. They provide leadership to the Foundation and have the responsibility to ensure that the endowment is managed in an efficient, thoughtful way. We rely on more than 1,600 local volunteers who give us deep-rooted knowledge of community needs. Our professional staff helps donors realize their charitable goals and nonprofit organizations become stronger. What We Do: The Oregon Community Foundation is committed to improving life and uniting Oregonians through philanthropy. Thanks to thousands of donors and hundreds of individual funds, OCF is the leader in Oregon philanthropy, strengthening communities across the state.