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Press Releases (PDF)

New Matching Gift for Ferndale Library
May 7, 2013

Community Foundation Awards 2013 Competitive Grants
May 2, 2013

Ferndale Library Bond Passes!
April 24, 2013

New Ferndale Library Receives Support from Puget Sound Energy and Puget Sound Energy Foundation
January 23, 2013

Whatcom Community Foundation 2013 Competitive Grant Round Underway!
January 3, 2013

Extension of the IRA Charitable Rollover through December 31, 2013 is official!
Council on Foundations
Chronical of Philanthropy
January, 2013

Phillips 66 Gift Brings New Ferndale Library Closer to Fundraising Goal
December 18, 2012

New $1,000,000 Match Moves the New Ferndale Library Project Forward
October 31, 2012

Bellingham Donors Leave Major Gifts and Vote of Confidence to Local Nonprofits
September 19, 2012

Bellingham Dollars for Scholars 2012 Awards
June 29, 2012

Whatcom Community Foundation Recognized Outstanding Youth in 2012
June 27, 2012

2012 WCF Competitive Grant Awards Announced
June 19, 2012

GiveBIG on May 2, 2012!
April 27, 2012

Major Gift Given to Bellingham Public Library
April 16, 2012

Igniting Philanthropy Luncheon Series - please note the January 19th luncheon has been rescheduled to January 26th due to snow. Same time and venue.
January 3, 2012

Friends of the Ferndale Library Present $20,000 Gift to New Library Fund
December 27, 2011

Foundation Announces 2012 Competitive Grant Round
December 22, 2011

Grant, Yearend Giving Opportunity & New Energy Boost Library Campaign
December 20, 2011

Community Foundation Week
Governor's Proclomation of Community Foundation Week
November 15, 2011

Alcoa Receives Outstanding Philanthropic Award
November 14, 2011

Local Organizations get a Boost from Medina Foundation
October 6, 2011

Local Refresh Awards
September 9, 2011

Whatcom Community Foundation Included in Two Top 100 Lists
July 15, 2011

2011 Youth Scholarships and Awards
July 1, 2011

Memorial Fund Honors Linda Dorsett
June 21, 2011

Bellingham Dollars for Scholars Awards over $78,000 to Local Graduates
June 3, 2011

2011 WCF Competitive Grant Awards Announced
May 2, 2011

Nonprofit Network Comes Home
February 28, 2011

Foundation Grant Round Announced
January 27, 2011

Pitts Sportmen's Foundation transfers fund to continue their work
January 11, 2011

Ferndale Community Responds to Library Fundraising Challenge
December 7, 2010

Ferndale City Council Gift Match for Ferndale Library
November 16, 2010

A Good Life, A Simple Plan - a Remembrance of Earl Settlemyer
November 12, 2010

SSC Acts on Ferndale Library Match
November 3, 2010

Pepsi Refresh Project Awards
September 14, 2010

Foundation Match to New Ferndale Library Donations
September 14, 2010

Major Gift Given to New Ferndale Library Project
September 7, 2010

2010 Youth Scholarships and Awards
July 5, 2010 / view slide show below of 2010 Cole Students of the Year

 2010 Competitive Grant Awards
June 15, 2010 / to view a list of our competitive grantees click here

Grant to Help Local Farmers Extend Growing Season Using Hoop Technology May 4, 2010 / for more information listen to KGMI News Radio Podcast

Wood Family Scholarship Fund
December 15, 2009

Students Initiate Whatcom Middle School Fund Following Fire
November 9, 2009

Whatcom Community Foundation Partners with Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Help Whatcom County Families Get More Support in Difficult Economic Times
October 29, 2009

MBI Health Innovation Fund Provides Second Grant Round for Local Health Care Innovations
August 28, 2009

Community Foundation Grants $179,000 to Support Local Healthcare Innovations
July 8, 2009

Funding Opportunity to Boost Local Health Care Innovations
MAY 22, 2009

Whatcom Community Foundation Announces New Fund to Benefit Whatcom Farm Incubator Project
APRIL 22, 2009

Los Niños Fund to Provide Humanitarian Aid to Families With Children
APRIL 14, 2009

Mount Baker Imaging Health Innovation Fund
DECEMBER 15, 2008

Northwest Radiologists’ Fund Makes Grant to Whatcom Hospice Capital Campaign
NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Whatcom Community Foundation Receives Grant from Seattle Foundation
NOVEMBER 18, 2008

IRA Charitable Rollover Restored
NOVEMBER 18, 2008

Whatcom County honored with Outstanding Philanthropy Awards
OCTOBER 8, 2008

David Morse Family Donates $100,000 to Campaign for the Arts
JULY 30, 2008

WECU Donates $50,000 to the Campaign for the Arts
JULY 15, 2008

2008 Youth Scholarships and Awards
JUNE 27, 2008

People’s Bank and LeCocq Family Donate $100,000 to Campaign for the Arts
JUNE 23, 2008

Large Anonymous Donation Received
JUNE 08, 2008, 2008

2008 Competitive Grant Awards
MAY 14, 2008

New CEO for Whatcom Community Foundation
FEB 4, 2008

WCF Receives $1 Million Grant
JAN 25, 2008

Contribute to the Campaign for the Arts
JAN 01, 2008

WCF Announces Change in Competitive Grant Round Process
NOV 20, 2007

Congratulations to the Grantees funded by our 2007 Competitive Grant Round
JAN 25, 2007

Special Publications

Whatcom Community Foundation Brochure (PDF)

Whatcom Community Foundation Video click here

Whatcom Community Foundation and your Private Foundation Brochure (PDF)

Whatcom Prosperity Project 2011 - a study in poverty written by Greg Winter, Sponsored by United Way of Whatcom County, Whatcom Community Foundation, Island County, San Juan County and the Opportunity Council

Whatcom County Nonprofit Survey NOV, 2010

Whatcom County's Nonprofit Economy 2005: Public Charity Finances & Individual Giving Report from Cornerstone Strategies

Tax-deductible charitable contributions made in 2010 can offset taxable "income" created by converting to a ROTH IRA!  Read more

The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization and Job Creation Act of 2010 has extended the IRA Charitable Rollover for 2010 and 2011. read more..

Full Report (PDF)
Summary (PDF)

Click here to read "An Assessment of Capacity Building in Washington State" Prepared by – The Giving Practice, a consultancy of Philanthropy Northwest

Fund Brochures

Bellingham Public Library Funds (PDF)

Blaine Pavilion Fund (PDF)

Bellingham Dollars for Scholars Fund (PDF)

Whatcom Farm Incubator Fund (PDF)

The Los Niños Fund (PDF)

Mr. Wood & Family Scholarship Fund (PDF)

New Ferndale Library Project (PDF)

Alex Pempe Youth Runners' Fund (PDF)

Annual Reports

2011-12 Annual Report
2010-11 Annual Report
2009-10 Bi-Annual Report
2007-08 Annual Report
2006-07 Annual Report
2005-06 Annual Report
2004-05 Annual Report
2003-04 Annual Report
2002-03 Annual Report

Foundation Focus Archives

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Events (PDF)

Whatcom Council of Nonprofit's Peer Learning Brown Bag lunches at Whatcom Community Foundation, 119 Grand Avenue, Suite A, Bellingham, WA 98225 - first come seating

AFP Luncheons at Bellingham Golf and Country Club - to register online, visit AFP Washington's events calender

• AFP Luncheon: Major Donors Panel
  March 21, 2013 │ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

• Peer Learning Brown Bag Discussion: Big Picture Recruiting: The Right Person in the Right Job
  March 28, 2013 │ 11:30 – 1:30 pm

• AFP Luncheon: Using Film as a Fundraising Tool │ Presented by Max Kaiser April 18, 2013 │ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

• Peer Learning Brown Bag Discussion: Using FR Film in Social Media, Podcasts, Webinars, and more
  April 25, 2013 │ 12:00 – 1:30 pm

• Governance Symposium with Washington Nonprofits│Bellingham’s St. Luke’s Health Ed Center Room C
  June 27, 2013 │ 8am – noon

Check out the Whatcom Council of Nonprofit's Calendar for more nonprofit trainings, fundraisers and celebrations