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Give Local 2026

Give To What You Love Nov. 9 - 20.
Nonprofit Registration will open Late Summer 2026.

Photo Credit: Mt. Ellinor by Jenn Stone.

Growing a lasting culture of generosity and well-being in the South Puget Sound through connection, leadership, and investment.

The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound manages charitable gifts from individual donors and businesses. The proceeds from these funds generate grants and scholarships today, while preserving resources for tomorrow’s community priorities.

Here For Generations

Our Summer Photo Contest is back and open for submissions from June 15, 2026 - August 10, 2026. This year's theme Here for Generations, celebrates the moments that bring people together and the places that help define what it means to call this region home.

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2025 Annual Report

Community is Connection highlights a year of strengthening the relationships that make collective action possible. Together with our donors, nonprofit partners, and many neighbors across the South Sound, we supported community-driven solutions, encouraged civic participation, and strengthened the sense of belonging that helps communities thrive.

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Friends of the Foundation

Friends is a group of local community members who champion the Community Foundation's mission and ongoing work. Friends believe that when we invest in our community, we make more possible for our neighbors, our nonprofits, and the places we call home. Learn more and become a Friend today!

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Giving Guide

Join us in making more possible for the South Sound by giving back to the place you know and love. Whether you are want to donate to a fund, establish a charitable fund, or build a last community legacy this guide will provide you with the basics.

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This Place & the People Who Live Here

We believe in the exponential power of local generosity and investment.
We were founded in 1989 to build a permanent source of local funding. The South Puget Sound is our home, and the people here matter to us. More than 30 years later, we’re still here growing charitable resources and investing them back into our communities to strengthen Lewis, Mason, and Thurston counties.

We partner with nonprofits and communities to create lasting change for the South Puget Sound.

$32 M and Counting

Every year, we collaborate with our communities to strengthen our local nonprofit sector and champion students' continuing education.

148 Separate Funds

Our community entrusts us to steward $50 million in assets across 148 separate funds to support what matters most to them.

In Community

We are grateful for over 35 years of growing relationships, building trust, and practicing community leadership.

Support a Fund, Make a Gift

Support the causes that are important to you with a gift to the Community Foundation. Your generosity helps build a stronger community and effect lasting change where it's needed most.

Investing in Youth

Celebrating the Class of 2026

This year, 84 students received $310,500 in scholarship awards through the Community Foundation. Join us in celebrating this year’s graduates and meet two of this year's student scholars!

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Community Impact

Youth Mental Health Learning Cohort

Supporting young people takes strong, connected organizations. See how shared learning helped local partners build relationships, strengthen their work, and launch new collaborations.

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Community Impact

Announcing Capital City Marathon Grantees

From race day to year-round impact, see how the Capital City Marathon is investing in healthier, more connected communities—and meet the 2026 grant recipients.

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