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Deschutes River Alliance

The Clabough Foundation grant supported Deschutes River Alliance and their ongoing scientific research of the river. Their objective is to bring the river back to a healthy state.About Deschutes River Alliance The Deschutes River Alliance is a science-based advocacy...

Central Oregon Locavore

Environmental, Oregon

The Clabough Foundation grant supported Farm Kids an educational program that collaborates with teachers to educate school-aged children about where their food comes from through experiential, curriculum-based activities including field-trips to local farms and...

Scalehouse

Cultural, Oregon

The Clabough Foundation grant provided funding for Scalehouse's annual programming. About Scalehouse Scalehouse is a multidisciplinary contemporary arts center convening diverse thinkers for in-depth discussions, artistic collaborations, exhibitions and events,...

Upper Deschutes Watershed Council

Environmental, Oregon

The Upstream Project An amazing day along Tumalo Creek! Highland Elementary students came out in full force... We kicked off a ten-week river study project with Highland Elementary School today. A whole school project!! As part of their Deschutes Riverkeepers...

High Country Conservancy

Environmental, North Carolina

Robinson Farm Conservation Easement (57 acres), Creston, Ashe County, NC Located along Three Top Creek in Creston, the Robinson Farm is 57 acres of active farmland. It is currently being used to graze cattle and grow hay. The farm also has historic importance as the...

Southern Environmental Law Center

Environmental, North Carolina

Watauga County, NC $25,000 to sustain the SELC model growth project focused on Watauga County. Phase III Clabough Foundation gave continuation funding to the Southern Environmental Law Center on the managing growth project, during which SELC used the maps and survey...

Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust

Environmental, North Carolina

Greta Lee / Hugh Criswell Tract, Wilkes County, NC Greta Lee and Hugh Criswell approached the former Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust Executive Director, James Coman III about land protection opportunities; specifically, regarding their beautiful 52.6 acre tract within...

Foothills Conservancy

Environmental, North Carolina

Wilson Creek, NC The scenic Wilson Creek watershed – from Grandfather Mountain to the Johns River below Collettsville -- has been a Foothills Conservancy focus area since the inception of a water quality conservation plan by our organization in 2006. Since then,...

Blue Ridge Conservancy

Environmental, North Carolina

Over a number of years the Clabough Foundation has supported both the Blue Ridge Rural Land Trust and the High Country Conservancy. After the merger of the two groups in May 2010, a single organization known as the Blue Ridge Conservancy was brought into being....

Mariam and Robert Hayes Performing Arts Center

Cultural, North Carolina

Blowing Rock Community Arts Center Foundation The Blowing Rock Community Arts Center Foundation, Inc. was formed in December 2000 by community members to promote the advancement of cultural arts and humanities in Blowing Rock and the North Carolina High Country...

“Sweet Solitude” A Commissioned sculpture by Ronnie Walker

Cultural, North Carolina

Kay Borkowski Sculpture Garden-Turchin Center for the Visual Arts The cast bronze sculpture was commissioned specially for the Appalachian State University's permanent collection by the Clabough Foundation. "Sweet Solitude" depicts a young woman, sitting on the...

Mountain Home Music

Cultural, North Carolina

In 2003, the Clabough Foundation awarded a grant to Mountain Home Music, Inc. to purchase sound and recording equipment. The equipment purchased with this grant enabled Mountain Home Music to improve the sound quality for every concert and capture the audio sound...