Resilience Fund
The Resilience Fund is here to help anyone and everyone recover from a community crisis or disaster through a combination of emergency preparedness investments and response funding. We are honored to partner with the Lhaq’temish Foundation in raising and distributing funding from the Resilience Fund to care for and support the social, emotional, health and economic needs of the Lummi people for the duration of the pandemic. The Whatcom Community Foundation acknowledges we are on the ancestral homelands of the Coast Salish Peoples, who have lived in the Salish Sea basin, throughout the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades watershed, from time immemorial. We ask you to join us in expressing our deepest respect and gratitude for our indigenous neighbors, the Lummi Nation and Nooksack Tribe, for their enduring care and protection of our shared lands and waterways.
So far, we’ve deployed more than $1,089,550 to address urgent crisis impacts. We are grateful to live in a place with strong community partners that stepped up and pivoted services to meet the dual disasters of a pandemic and economic crisis. Grant funding supported their exceptionally rapid and caring responses here in Whatcom County, including:
Food Security- Alleviating hunger, increasing local food supply and addressing access to healthy food
Food Banks/Pantries: Bellingham, Blaine, Ferndale, Project Hope, Salvation Army, and Nooksack Valley
Common Threads Farm
Whatcom County Council on Aging
Housing – Stable, safe, supportive housing for people in crisis or facing financial hardship
Interfaith Coalition
Lydia Place
Mercy Housing Northwest
Northwest Youth Services
YWCA Bellingham
Real Change for Whatcom County
Mental and Physical Health – Affordable, accessible, safe, and comprehensive care during COVID-19 and beyond
Compass Health
Lifeline Connections
SeaMar Community Health Center
Unity Care Northwest
Alzheimer Society of Washington/Dementia Northwest
ARC of Whatcom County
Max Higbee Center
Pioneer Human Services
Hearing Speech and Deaf Center
Whatcom Family and Community Network
Essential Workers – Assisting farmworkers in meeting housing, safety, health, food and basic needs
Institute for Washington’s Future/Community to Community Development
Catholic Community Services
Washington Immigration Solidarity Network
Colectiva Legal Del Pueblo
Safety, Violence and Abuse Prevention – Preventing violence, addressing conflict, and providing resources, referrals and assistance during crisis
Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault Services
Law Advocates
Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center
Brigid Collins House
Office Moms and Dads
Economic, Employment and Education Supports – Addressing growing barriers and stresses of students, workers, businesses and job-seekers
Downtown Bellingham Partnership
Seattle Goodwill Industries
Whatcom Literacy Council
Northwest Alliance for College Access/Futures Northwest
Ferndale Community Service Cooperative
Learning Assistance Program through Lummi Youth Academy
Childcare – Safe, caring, supportive learning and engagement for our younger community members
Whatcom Center for Early Learning
Whatcom Family YMCA
Opportunity Council
Whatcom Coalition for Environmental Education in partnership with Blaine, Mt. Baker and Bellingham Public School Districts
