Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center receives over $363,000 for new program staff

LA GRANDE โ€“ The M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust, a nonprofit foundation based in the Pacific Northwest, recently announced the recipients of its 2025 summer grants program. In total, 34 nonprofits across Oregon will receive a combined $6,302,500. Locally, one Eastern Oregon nonprofit made the list. 

The Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center, based in La Grande, will receive $363,500 dollars as part of the Education and Leadership Development category. The funds will go toward new program staff to, as written in the grant report, โ€œincrease health career pathways seekers, staffing hard-to-reach rural regions.