Oregon Cartoon Institute is now Oregon Cartoon Project. It was founded in 2007 by Anne Richardson and Dennis Nyback to promote a greater awareness of Oregon’s rich animation and cartooning history. Conceived as a colloquium of interested organizations and individuals, the Institute has no brick and mortar home, and always works in partnership with institutions and organizations which do. Oregon Cartoon Institute is fiscally sponsored by Oregon Cultural Heritage Commission, a 501 (c) (3) non profit organization.