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Associated General Contractors’ Oregon-Columbia chapter last month announced the totaling $230,000.

It’s the most the organization has donated in recent history, and $13,000 more than it gave last year.

Oregon State University received the largest sum, with $67,600 going to its School of Civil and Construction and Engineering.

The Oregon Building Congress got $35,000 for workforce development, primarily at local schools. The Northwest College of Construction received $25,000 for its Construction Career Pipeline program, to support 130 students becoming journeymen. Constructing Hope’s pre-apprenticeship program received $15,000 for a no-cost, nine-week pre-apprenticeship course for 125 disadvantaged people. The Clark College Foundation received $10,000 for support materials for the second year of the Professional Edge for Construction program for 50-60 high school graduates and their families.

Other grant recipients include Business Education Compact, Impact NW, Portland Youth Builders, Oregon Tradeswomen Inc., Oregon Institute of Technology, Portland Workforce Alliance and the Willamette Education Service District.