Community Stories

2021 Community Grants

In 2021, we were honored to support 76 grants for a total of $341,515. Thank you, everyone, for working together to keep our communities strong!

Grants to Strengthen Communities

The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound awarded 76 grants for a total of $341,515 through our 2021 Community Grants Program. We are grateful for every local nonprofit partner who is transforming these funds into care for our communities and for every donor whose trust and generosity make these grants possible. Thank you all for partnering with the Community Foundation to respond to the challenges and opportunities faced by our communities each year.

The goal of the Community Grants Program is to support a broad range of organizations contributing to individual and community well-being in Thurston, Mason, and Lewis counties. We are honored to partner with so many nonprofit grantees working in diverse and beautiful ways to improve the physical, social, and environmental well-being of our communities across a variety of focus areas.  

Together, we are a strong and generous community!

Below, you will find links to all the nonprofit partners who received 2021 Community Grant funding. We welcome you to learn more about the many ways people across our region are caring for each this place and the people who live here.

ARTS & CULTURE

Arbutus Folk School

Ballet Northwest

Fire Mountain Arts Council

Great Bend Center for Music

Harlequin Productions

Indigenous Performance Productions

Olympia Arts & Heritage Alliance

Olympia Symphony Orchestra

Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia

The Bridge Music Project  

Washington Center for the Performing Arts

Window Seat Media

COMMUNITY & CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

The Mockingbird Society

Thurston Community Television

ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY

ASHHO  

Morningside

Northwest Cooperative Development Center

Olympia Community Solar

Sound Learning

Thurston Asset Building Coalition  

EDUCATION & YOUTH

Boys & Girls Club of Chehalis

Boys & Girls Clubs of South Puget Sound

Boys & Girls Clubs of Thurston County

Child Care Action Council

Community Youth Services

Family Education and Support Services

Garden-Raised Bounty

Girls on the Run West Sound

Hands On Children's Museum

Pacific Education Institute

Reach Out and Read, Inc.

South Sound Reading Foundation

South Sound GREEN TOGETHER!

Washington Trafficking Prevention

YWCA of Olympia

ENVIRONMENT & ANIMAL WELFARE

Chehalis River Basin Land Trust

Concern for Animals

Friends of Schafer and Lake Sylvia State Parks (FOSLS)

Humane Society of Mason County

Nisqually Land Trust

Olympia Coalition for Ecosystems Preservation

South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group

South Sound Estuary Association

Thurston Climate Action Team

HEALTH & WELLNESS

A Gift for Special Children

Bounty for Families

Lewis County Autism Coalition

Pierce County AIDS Foundation (PCAF)

South Sound YMCA

Tenino Community Service Center

The Noel Cole Fish & Wildlife Project

The Olympia Free Clinic

Wild Grief

HOUSING & HUMAN SERVICES

Catholic Community Services of Western Washington

CIELO

Faith In Action West Sound

Family Support Center of South Sound

Habitat for Humanity of Mason County

Homes First

Innovations HTC

Olympia Mutual Aid Partners

Panza

Partners in Prevention Education

Rebuilding Together Thurston County

Shelton Youth Connection

SideWalk

South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity

The Crisis Clinic of Thurston and Mason Counties

The Mayday Foundation

The Moore Wright Group

The Saints' Pantry Food Bank

Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services

Thurston Housing Land Trust

Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center

Union Gospel Mission Association of Olympia

Celebrating Philanthropy

Make-A-Will Month and the Power of Planned Giving

Learn more about this yearly reminder to create or update your will and how you can give back to your loved ones & your community through your will.

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Investing in Youth

Celebrating The Class of 2024

This year, 73 local students were awarded $200,500 in Community Foundation scholarships. Join us in celebrating this year's scholars!

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News & Updates

Community Conversation with Mónica Guzmán

Join us for a fireside chat with Mónica Guzmán on May 22 at the Washington Center.

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