The Ford Family Foundation

SelectBooks delivers free books upon request to any resident of Oregon and Siskiyou County, California to foster a culture of learning and improving life for rural children and families. The Ford Family Foundation staff curate the SelectBooks collection with the goal of providing up-to-date resources about issues and topics of interest in rural communities. Books selected generally align with the values of The Ford Family Foundation and help readers explore current conversations, issues and ideas circulating in our region's rural communities.

In partnership with Oregon State University Extension Service, The Ford Family Foundation produces Oregon by the Numbers: Key Measures for Oregon and its Counties. This report, published annually and printed biannually, assembles and displays a suite of community measures in an easy-to-digest format including charts and infographics. It features compact county portraits for all 36 Oregon counties as well as corresponding measure profiles, with rankings whenever possible. Measures include demographics, community, education, the economy, health and infrastructure. The printed report is provided for free to all Oregon lawmakers and to local community and government leaders, and to all Oregon residents via the Foundation's free Select Books program and online. The Foundation dedicates an estimated 0.25 FTE to the publication. The Foundation also funds on-call support for rural communities to access the data engine behind the report, Rural Communities Explorer via OSU's Extension Service.