Legacy Endowment Program
In support of the City of Hillsboro’s Community Action Plan, the Hillsboro Community Foundation (HCF) has assumed a leadership role in helping to translate the vision into action by establishing the Legacy Endowment Program.
Through the HCF Legacy Endowment Program, you can create a charitable fund or contribute to an established fund for the enduring benefit of the organizations and causes that matter most to you. To contribute to an established fund, please click on the hyperlinks below. If a Fund is not hyperlinked, it’s because the fund does not wish to receive donations from the public.
Legacy Endowment Program
ANIMAL WELFARE
ARTS, CULTURE & HUMANITIES
- Baker Family Fund/Baker Rock Resources Fund
- Hillsboro Arts & Culture Endowment
- Grant T. Johnson & Peggy Pipes-Johnson Memorial Fund
- Helzerman Family Fund
CHILDREN/YOUTH
- Cummings Family Fund
- Hillsboro Hops Fund
- Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals Endowment
- Van Beveren Family Fund
EMERGENCY FUND
ENVIRONMENT
- Baker Family Fund/Baker Rock Resources Fund
- Cummings Family Fund
- Hillsboro Community Enhancement Fund
- Rosebay Fund
GENERAL
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
- Baker Family Fund/Baker Rock Resources Fund
- Hillsboro Hope Fund
SENIORS
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
- Black Advisory Business Council Scholarship Fund
- Jimmie Darr Scholarship Fund
- LaGood Family Scholarship Fund
- The Leonard Gratteri & Hillsboro Rotary Scholarship Fund
- Robert & Brenda Herb Family Scholarship Fund
- Hillsboro Rotary Club Foundation Endowment Fund
- Bernie Kuehn Scholarship Fund
- Gordon Faber Scholarship Fund
- Hillsboro Hops Fund
- Pacific Landscape Management Scholarship Fund
- Timothy J. Varela Memorial Manufacturing Scholarship Fund
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ADULTS
Washington County Chamber of Commerce Hillsboro Leadership Scholarship Fund
Description of HCF Funds & PayPal Donation Links
Baker Family/Baker Rock Resources supports charitable programs to advance education and social welfare, environmental research and protection, the arts and humanities, and health and human services.
Bernie Kuehn Scholarship for Music Education supports Hillsboro high school graduating seniors with tuition for higher education in music.
Black Advisory Business Council Scholarship supports Hillsboro and Beaverton high school graduating seniors with tuition to an accredited college, university, vocational, or trade school.
Cornerstone Fund supports the work of the Hillsboro Community Foundation to enhance the quality of life in Hillsboro. Donations of any size are welcome and will help shape the future of our community.
Cummings Family Fund supports endeavors that benefit children and youth, the environment, and emergency relief efforts.
Jimmie Darr Scholarship Fund honors graduating seniors of Hillsboro high schools to pursue higher education in any field of interest/course of study at either a nonprofit community college (associate degree) or 4-year college/university (Bachelor’s degree). Jimmie strongly believed that students should work and pursue higher education because they will better appreciate the value of their investment in themselves as they pursue their degree in higher education.
Gordon Faber Scholarship Fund supports Hillsboro high school graduating seniors pursuing higher education in the field of health education.
Hillsboro Arts and Culture Endowment supports local arts and culture organizations.
Hillsboro Community Enhancement Fund supports projects that improve and beautify our parks, trails and open spaces, and expand and improve afterschool and recreational programs in order to make Hillsboro a more vibrant place to live, work & play.
Hillsboro Community Relief Fund provides critical real-time infusions of money necessary to address urgent and pressing welfare needs caused by community crisis.
Hillsboro Hops Fund promotes, fosters and supports education, health, culture and youth activities, including activities for underprivileged youth, in the Greater Hillsboro area.
Grant T. Johnson & Peggy-Pipes Johnson Memorial Fund enhances the quality of life in Hillsboro through community building and passionate promotion and support of arts and culture.
Latino Business Advisory Council Scholarship Fund supports Hillsboro and Beaverton high school graduating seniors with tuition to an accredited college, university, vocational, or trade school.
Living Legacy Endowment supports the Hillsboro Community Senior Center’s life enrichment programs that promote community involvement, peer to peer and intergenerational connections, and lifelong learning for Hillsboro’s older adults.
Rice Museum of Rocks and Minerals Endowment supports the Museum’s earth sciences education and outreach programs to show the connections between geology, mineralogy, and technology. Contributions of any amount benefit our ability to reach underserved populations in the Portland Metro area.
The Rosebay Fund supports efforts to enhance the natural environment and animal welfare in the greater Hillsboro area
Timothy J. Varela Memorial Manufacturing Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to seniors from Beaverton or Hillsboro high schools who are interested in pursuing an Associate’s degree in a manufacturing related area of study.
Washington County Chamber of Commerce Hillsboro Leadership Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to candidates of the WCCC Hillsboro Leadership program.