• Charitable, nonprofit, tax-exempt organizations classified as 501 (c) (3) by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) or those with a qualifying equivalent.
• Organizations based in Oregon and serving Oregonians.

• Education
• Healthy Families
• Arts and Culture

• Bridge grants, debt retirement or operational deficits,
• endowment funds,
• general fund drives or annual appeals,
• requests to support political entities, ballot measure campaigns or candidates for political office,
• requests from organizations that discriminate based on race, religion, creed, national origin, marital status, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation or color,
• requests from fraternal, sectarian and religious organizations if the grant is intended for the principal benefit of the organization's own members or adherents,
• any activities or organizations for which support would violate IRS regulations for private foundations,
• direct grants to individuals,
• travel expenses,
• conferences, symposiums, festivals, events, team sponsorships or user fees,

Please note: the PGE Foundation considers just one request per year from an organization.