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Deschutes County staff and commissioners divide $12,000 in discretionary VLF grants among 40 applicants
Summary
The board reviewed 40 eligible discretionary grant applications requesting $110,561; commissioners allocated the available $12,000 from video-lottery funds across multiple community organizations, discussed routing arts and culture requests to the Deschutes Cultural Coalition, and noted carryover and returned funds.
Deschutes County considered its annual discretionary grant round funded by video-lottery funds (VLF) and allocated available FY26 funds to local nonprofit applicants.
Strategic initiatives manager Jen Patterson told the board that 43 applications were received and 40 were eligible, requesting a combined $110,561; the FY26 discretionary pool contains $12,000, or $4,000 in allocations…
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