Heppner Community Foundation

12/23/2025

Shop Local for your last-minute gifts at Market 87 - Heppner today! Open from 10am - 3pm.

12/22/2025

Thank you, Oregon Community Foundation, for the opportunity to continue to build our entrepreneurial community! Heppner Chamber of Commerce Market 87 - Heppner

Small businesses power Oregon’s economy, but ideas alone aren’t enough to get to market.

This month, Oregon Community Foundation invested $903,000 through its Thriving Entrepreneurs program to support 42 nonprofits helping underrepresented and rural small business owners access capital, coaching, connections and markets.

Now in its fifth year, the program has awarded more than $3.5 million. This year, 79% of grants support organizations in or serving rural areas, including:

• Central Coast Food Web — helping local food businesses scale up and reach new markets

• Friends of Family Farmers — expanding services for Spanish, Swahili and Russian speakers in Junction City

• Heppner Community Foundation — managing a business innovation hub, commercial kitchen and retail store in Morrow County

• Oregon Entrepreneurs Network — expanding into rural Oregon with early-stage investment competitions

• Rural Development Initiatives — supporting people of color building agriculture and food businesses in rural areas

• REV Center — providing coaching, mentorship and technical assistance across Eastern Oregon

Entrepreneurs are already doing the hard work. These investments strengthen the systems that help businesses grow — and help communities thrive in every corner of Oregon.

Photo courtesy Heppner Community Foundation

12/17/2025

Heppner Chamber of Commerce Market 87 - Heppner

Four Eastern Oregon organizations that help grow businesses each received financial boosts those efforts from the Oregon Community Foundation’s Thriving Entrepreneurs program.

10/15/2025

09/24/2025

The Market 87 - Heppner project has been an incredible and successful addition to downtown Heppner, thanks to the hard work of the Heppner Chamber of Commerce and valuable partnerships with Reinventing Rural, Business Oregon, AWS InCommunities, and the Willow Creek Valley Economic Development Group (WCVEDG).

Please come join in celebrating the 1st anniversary!

07/16/2025

Applications are open! $10,000 Grants for Small Businesses!

The Backing Small Businesses grant program, supported by American Express, is now accepting applications. This summer, 400 eligible businesses will receive funding for projects that support their efforts to overcome economic hardship, grow, and drive community impact.

📌 Apply now until Thursday, July 31 at 11:59 p.m.

Learn more here: https://bit.ly/469c4I0

07/11/2025

Stop by to see our very own Gabrielle for a chance to answer all of your natural beef questions! 🥩

📍 Heppner, OR | 🕘 10am-3pm

06/17/2025

We are so excited to provide this opportunity to Morrow County School students! A big shoutout to Morrow County School District for sponsoring this event!

06/11/2025

Technical Assistance Program (TAP) funding supports our small business community right here in Heppner and has made projects like Heppner Chamber of Commerce Market 87 - Heppner, our CO.STARTERS bootcamps, and other small business training opportunities possible. Please show your support by signing the letter today so we can continue offering these vital resources to our business community.

06/11/2025

Thank you, South Morrow Art Center and Morrow County School District for hosting this great program this summer!

We are so excited to offer an Art & Literacy camp this summer! Thanks to the sponsorship of Morrow County School District.