2018 Community Grants
In the fall of 2018, the Community Foundation of South Puget Sound awarded $468,850 to 87 nonprofit organizations through our Community Grants program. The program is made possible by generous donors who have contributed unrestricted and broadly defined area of interest gifts which allow the Community Foundation to respond to our communities’ changing opportunities and challenges over time.
This year, several generous individuals made gifts to our Community Grants Fund, which allowed us to award a greater number of grants. Through our Community Grants, the Community Foundation aims to build community capacity and support individual and community well-being. See below for a list of our 2018 Community Grants grantees. These grants were awarded in December 2018 and are for use in 2019.
ARTS AND CULTURE
Arbutus Folk School, Arts and Heritage Diversity Access
Ballet Northwest, Dance Access Initiative: Ballet Live, Dance Literacy, and Dance Learning Support
Earthbound Productions, The 2019 Procession of the Species Celebration
Emerald City Music, Thurston County Student Access to Classical Music
Fire Mountain Arts Council, OnStage Children's Theatre Education Program
Great Bend Center for Music, 2018-19 Season
Harlequin Productions, 2019 General Operating Support
Olympia Film Society, Building on the Legacy: The Capitol Theater in 21st Century Olympia
Olympia Symphony Orchestra, General Operating Support for Season 66: Highways & Byways
The Bridge Music Project, The Bridge Music Project
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Creative Connections: Arts Education for Youth and Young Adults
COMMUNITY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
CIELO, Website and Communications Support
Hispanic Roundtable of South Sound, Hispanic Roundtable General Operating Support
Master Gardener Foundation of Thurston County, Closed Loop Park Demonstration Garden
The Mockingbird Society, Mockingbird Youth Programs – Olympia Chapter
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY
Asset Building Coalition of Mason County, Support for AmeriCorps VISTA
Chehalis Tribal Loan Fund, Training, Technical Assistance, and Loan Fund Support
Sound Learning, Education for Adults and Out-of-School Youth: Pathways to Success
Thurston Economic Development Council Center for Business & Innovation, Washington Center for Women in Business - Scholarship & Rural Business Program
EDUCATION & YOUTH
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwest Washington, MentorU and MySTEAM (Mentoring Youth in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math)
Boys & Girls Club of Chehalis, 2018-2019 School Year Program
Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound, North Mason Teen Center Summer Program
Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County, Homeless Youth Assistance at the Olympia Boys & Girls Club
Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County, Youth Empowerment Services Sustainability Initiative, Year Two
FIRST Washington - Olympia Robotics Federation, Olympia Robotics Federation
Hands On Children's Museum, Nature Makers STEM Learning Program at the Hands On Children’s Museum
Kokua, LEAD (Literacy & Education for Adults with Disabilities)
Lewis County Early Learning Coalition, Early Learning Strengthens Families
Morningside, High School Transition Program for Students with Disabilities
Nature Nurtures Farm, The Resilience Project
Pizza Klatch, High School/Middle School Program Capacity Development & Program Maintenance
Reach Out and Read, Reach Out and Read in Thurston, Lewis, and Mason Counties
South Sound YMCA, Power Scholars Academy
Stonewall Youth, Stonewall Community Center
TOGETHER!, TOGETHER! Bilingual Program Expansion
United Way of Thurston County, The United Way Reading Buddy Program
YWCA of Olympia, Girls Circle
ENVIRONMENT AND ANIMALS
Black Hills Audubon Society, Library-Based Birding Backpacks
Capitol Land Trust, Building Tomorrow’s Conservation Leaders
Chehalis River Basin Land Trust, Let's Talk -- local issues, local voices
Concern for Animals, Adoption Program
Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group, Salmon in the Classroom Expansion Phase 3 - Mary M. Knight School District
Nisqually Land Trust, 2019 Nature Walks
Pacific Education Institute, FieldSTEM in Mason and Thurston Counties
Pacific Shellfish Institute, K-5 Marine Science Education for Students in the Shelton School District, Mason County
South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust, Renewing Our Commitment to Affordable Land Access for Farmers
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Child Care Action Council, Safe Kids Thurston County Home & Infant Safety
GRuB, Growing Health
Harmony Hill, Family Healing Circles
Health and Hope Medical Outreach, Support for Prescription, X-ray and Laboratory Tests for Uninsured Patients
HeartStrides Therapeutic Riding & Horsemanship, Equine Assisted Youth Peer Support Program
Lewis County Autism Coalition, Lewis County Autism Coalition
PARC Foundation of Thurston County, Public Health and Social Services: Thurston County Specialized Recreation
PCAF, HIV Mental Health Case Management
Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands, Teen Council Peer Education in Thurston and Mason Counties
South Sound Parent to Parent, Friendship Club
The Olympia Free Clinic, General Operating Support
Washington State Senior Games, Presentation of the Washington State Senior Games
Wild Grief, Teen Wilderness Hike Program
HOUSING AND HUMAN SERVICES
A Gift for Special Children, Funding for Families
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington,The Community Kitchen
Coastal Harvest, Hunger Relief in Mason County
Community Youth Services, Rosie's Place
Community Lifeline, Inclement Weather Shelter
Crossroads Housing, General Operating Support
Family Education and Support Services, Kinship Navigators Program
Family Support Center of South Sound, Pear Blossom Place: A Family Support Community
Habitat for Humanity of Mason County, Home Preservation Program
Homes First, Affordable Rental Housing for Those Who Need Them Most
Hood Canal Food Bank, Hood Canal Food Bank
Housing Resource Center of Lewis County, Coordinated Entry Lewis County
Interfaith Works, Interfaith Works Emergency Overnight Shelter
Mercy Housing Northwest, Service-Enriched Affordable Housing & Family Support Program
Quixote Communities, Quixote Village
Reliable Enterprises, Anderson House Emergent Foster Home
ROOF Community Services, ROOF Community Services General Operating Support
SafePlace, Residential Services Program
Senior Services for South Sound, Supportive Services for Elders and Families (SSEF)
SideWalk, Coordinated Entry for Thurston County Homeless
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Centrailia/Chehalis, 2019 Help with Basic Needs for Those We Serve
Society of St. Vincent de Paul Yelm, Preventing and/or alleviating poverty and homelessness in the region around Yelm
South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity, Habitat Homeownership Program - Financial Empowerment Coaching
The Mayday Foundation, Family Support Fund
The Saints' Pantry Food Bank, Backpack Program
Thurston County Food Bank, Lacey's Food Bank Farm Stand
Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services, Increasing Access to Pro Bono Legal Aid in Thurston and Mason Counties
United Way of Lewis County, Poverty to Possibilities