MCDD and its companion drainage districts work to enhance community safety, support the region’s vitality, and reduce flood risk by maintaining the flood protection and levee systems along the Columbia River, and by preparing for and responding to emergencies. Our investments and preparedness support the region’s economic, environmental, recreational, and community needs.
Sponsorship Program
Sponsorship Program
As an agency, we emphasize collaboration, prioritize partnership building, and work to advance equity. To advance our mission and support the needs of the community, the drainage districts have a small budget each year to support local non-profit organizations doing important and related work in the community.
Small sponsorships are available to organizations that provide clean-up, houseless outreach, or other services in the managed floodplain, increase local awareness of flood risk and preparedness for flooding, and/or provide support to vulnerable or historically marginalized communities.
If you have a project, program or event that meets our goals, please apply for a Sponsorship for up to $6,000! Please view our criteria to learn more about how applications are scored.
From July 1st 2023, to June 30th 2024, the drainage districts have $40,900 available for sponsorships. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, and we will preserve at least $15,000 for events or projects that occur in the latter half of the year (January 2024 – June 2024). We will respond with a decision within 3-4 weeks of when we receive an application.
Organizations are welcome to submit applications for more than one project or event per fiscal year. However, if an organization has already received a sponsorship earlier in the year, a subsequent application will be less competitive than applications from organizations who have not previously been awarded a sponsorship in that fiscal year.
The following types of organizations are eligible to apply:
- Non-profit 501(c)(3) organizations
- Non-profit groups without 501(c)(3) status (for example, community groups, neighborhood groups, etc.) with a fiscal sponsor
- Educational institutions
- Native American tribes
If you have any questions about our Sponsorship Program, please contact Aster Moulton at [email protected].
Please let us know if you need the application in a different format.
Background on Sponsorship Program:
Starting on July 1st, 2022, the drainage districts started distributing sponsorship funds based on an application process and an established set of criteria. This process was established based on recommendations from drainage district board members and staff, and the wider community. This process helps to ensure that sponsorship decisions made in a more transparent way, and are relevant to the drainage districts’ mission, vision and values, and MCDD’s equity policy.
Conflict of Interest Policy:
If you are a Drainage District Board member or staff as well as a representative of an organization that wishes to apply for sponsorship funding, we ask that someone else in your organization submit a sponsorship application. This will help eliminate any appearance of a conflict of interest.