Portland, Oregon (July, Date, 2023) – The Sundt Foundation recently awarded $15,000 to two charities in the Northwest that provide resources and support for disadvantaged children.
A check for $7,500 was given to Gilbert House Children’s Museum in Salem, Oregon. The grant will be used to help construct Priority: Play – Outdoor Discovery Area, an accessible playscape designed to engage children in intellectual, emotional and physical interactive play using applications of math, science and engineering in an outdoor setting. This new space will replace the 23-year-old play structure with six new outdoor exhibits and enhance existing areas. The renovations will add new safety features and provide accommodations for children or adults with disabilities or physical impairments.
UKANDU in Portland was also given $7,500. This organization offers camp programming for families battling childhood and adolescent cancer in Oregon. UKANDU aims to provide activities that support the mental and emotional health of children with cancer who may be missing out on formative childhood experiences due to their diagnosis. Children with cancer and their siblings are invited to participate in these camps. The grant funds will go directly towards camp programming, which can then be provided to families 100% free of charge.
The Sundt Foundation awards quarterly grants to local Northwest charities that support disadvantaged children and families. Nonprofits are selected through an application and review process led by a committee of local Sundt employee-owners.
About the Sundt Foundation
Sundt’s purpose is to build environments where its clients, employee-owners, and communities prosper. The Sundt Foundation was established in 1999 as a way for employee-owners to give back to the communities in which they live and work. The organization is funded primarily by contributions from Sundt employees, which are matched by the company. To date, the Foundation has awarded more than $13 million in donations. Nonprofit organizations interested in applying for a grant may call (480) 293-3000 or visit www.sundtfoundation.org for more information. Sundt has offices in Tempe and Tucson, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Charlotte, N.C., San Antonio, Dallas, and El Paso, Texas; Sacramento, San Diego, and Irvine, California; Vancouver, Washington; and Tampa, Florida.
About Sundt
Sundt Construction, Inc. (www.sundt.com) is one of the country’s largest and most respected general contractors. The 133-year-old firm specializes in transportation, industrial, building, concrete and renewable power work and is owned entirely by its approximately 2,000-plus employees. Sundt is distinguished by its diverse capabilities and experience, unique employee-ownership culture and depth of self-perform expertise in nine major trades. Much of Sundt’s workforce is comprised of skilled craft professionals who, together with the company’s administrative employees, enable Sundt to fulfill its mission to be the most skilled builder in America. Sundt has 12 offices throughout California, Arizona, North Carolina, Texas and Utah and is currently ranked the country’s 62nd largest construction company by ENR, the industry’s principal trade magazine.
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