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SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY
Our Grantees | 2007
Our grantees are the groups that make sure that services are available to those in need, our environment is protected and that the arts are a vital part of our community. These groups receive funds from the Foundation through the funds we manage for our donors as well as through our competitive grant round.
- North Cascades Institute
- Northwest Youth Services
North Cascades Institute is a 21-year old local conservation organization that is nationally renowned for educational excellence. The mission of the Institute is to conserve and restore Northwest environments through education. The Institute operates many of its programs at North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, a new $11-million residential facility located on the shores of Diablo Lake in Whatcom County.
Mountain School, the Institute’s award-winning environmental education program for 4th through 12th grade students, takes place at this stunning wilderness campus. Since 1989, over 12,000 local students have participated in Mountain School, making it a rite of passage shared by many area residents. In this unique program, students spend three days and two nights with their class, teacher and parent chaperones, learning about biology, geology and the natural and cultural history of the area. Students spend time outside, experiencing these lessons close-up and hands-on, making the experience meaningful and memorable in a way that complements and enhances standard classroom learning.
The Whatcom Community Foundation made a commitment to support the participation of Whatcom County schools in Mountain School. This commitment to the community ensures that a new generation of residents grow up knowing more, and therefore caring more, about the natural world around them. This support is critical to the important work North Cascades Institute does, and helps us to achieve the goal that all students in Whatcom County receive high quality environmental education, regardless of their income level and resources.
Northwest Youth Services’ Transitional Living Program (TLP) provides supportive housing to formerly homeless youth for up to 18 months. Some of the youth served have “aged out” of the State’s foster care system at the required age of 18, but are not yet ready to live independently. In addition to housing, TLP provides case management, educational support, life skills instruction, employment support and access to medical, dental and behavioral health services, including drug and alcohol interventions. The agency currently has 16 slots in its Whatcom County program and generally has a waiting list for beds.
TLP uses a positive youth development approach. Youth feel a sense of belonging, master key tasks, followed by incremental steps to independence and, finally, generosity, and a commitment to giving back to the community based on their strengths. Many TLP youth are socially isolated upon arrival. Some have only had those paid to be with them in their life.
With support from the Foundation, NWYS is implementing a “Life Skills through Service” project that engages TLP participants in both individualized service learning and group project work to give back to others. One youth, for example, is serving on Whatcom County’s Homeless Youth Task Force that will shape the County’s 10-year plan revisions. Group projects in world health and environmental improvements are being designed. A “life coach” mentoring component is envisioned for phase two of the project, since most mentoring programs will not match with older youth.
2007 | Grantees Over $1,000
Allied Arts of Whatcom County $18,229.90
American Museum of Radio & Electricity $1,000.00
American Red Cross $3,600.00
Animals as Natural Therapy $2,366.00
Bellingham Festival of Music $5,512.00
Bellingham Public Library $9,344.63
Blue Skies for Children $2,700.00
Boy Scouts of America -
Mt Baker Council $1,100.00
Boys and Girls Club of Ferndale $6,000.00
Boys and Girls Clubs of Whatcom County $7,000.00
Brigadoon Assistance Dogs $5,000.00
Explorations Academy $1,500.00
Ferndale Band Boosters $5,484.00
Ferndale Dollars for Scholars Foundation $1,000.00
Ferndale Food Bank $6,000.00
Ferndale Heritage Society $2,500.00
First Christian Church $2,000.00
Home Port Learning Center $3,000.00
Intercommunity Mercy Housing $3,000.00
Laurendeau Foundation for Cancer Care $2,442.63
LAW Advocates $5,000.00
Lighthouse Mission $7,250.00
Lummi Island Heritage Trust $54,668.26
Lydia Place $2,149.00
Merlin Falcon Foundation $1,500.00
Mount Baker Theatre $1,000.00
New Way Ministries, a program of
Christian Hope Association $2,205.00
Nooksack Salmon
Enhancement Association $6,278.00
North Cascades Institute $8,000.00
Northwest Youth Services $4,544.00
Pacific Arts Association $2,500.00
Project Hope, a program of
Christian Hope Association $2,205.00
Puget Sound Guitar Workshop $9,623.36
RE Sources $2,800.00
Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation $2,500.00
Salvation Army $5,850.00
Sardis Raptor Center $2,442.63
Senior Services -
Whatcom County Council on Aging $2,042.63
St. Paul’s Episcopal School $2,943.00
The Amadeus Project $1,950.00
The Sound Essence Project $2,500.00
The Western Foundation $7,000.00
United Way of Whatcom County $2,500.00
Van Zandt Community Hall Association $3,500.00
Western Washington University Foundation $1,260.00
Whatcom Center for Early Learning $1,500.00
Whatcom Coalition for Healthy Communities $3,311.98
Whatcom Community College Foundation $5,000.00
Whatcom County Agriculture
Preservation Committee $4,000.00
Whatcom Family and Community Network $3,500.00
Whatcom Film Association $10,900.00
Whatcom Hispanic Organization $3,000.00
Whatcom Hospice Foundation $1,200.00
Whatcom Land Trust $6,917.63
Whatcom Museum of History & Art $4,692.63
Whatcom Parks and Recreation Foundation $1,135.00
Whatcom Rotary Foundation $2,500.00
Whatcom Sports Commission $6,000.00
Whatcom Symphony Orchestra $2,729.63
Y W C A $1,100.00
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