community grants
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Grants Awarded
We are thrilled to announce the Foundation’s most recent Community Grant recipients. In all, we have awarded grants worth more than $3.5 million over the years.
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Gifts That Build on Our Mission
When you donate to the Foundation, you don’t just ensure we have the funds for restoration work, but you are also ensuring that educational and conservation programs receive funding from our Community Grants.
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Fostering Outdoor Inclusion
The Foundation’s Grants committee is actively weighing a variety applications requesting funding for projects and programs.
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Resources for Education Programming on the Preserve
Yes, it’s still technically winter, but we are all dreaming about the great spring and summer days ahead. That’s why now is a good time to explore the education resources page on the website. These activities include those suitable for any age from preschoolers to high schoolers. Many of the activities are easily adapted for…
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Community Grants Support Students
The Foundation awarded three grants this fall to groups committed to providing outdoor educational opportunities for school students in the region. In the fall, the Foundation normally awards two grants of roughly $15,000 each
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Investing in the future
While we invest in the “ground work” of the Preserve’s health, we have not lost focus on our work to invest in the future stewards of our lands and waters.
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Community Grant Applications are Open
Organizations are currently writing grants to be submitted for the Foundations regular Community Grants, as well as the new the Norm Winn grants.
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2024 Spring Grants Awarded
This spring, the grants committee reviewed 15 Community Grant applications that represented nearly $84,000 in requests for funding.
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Nature Inspires Us
The Rhododendron Preserve inspires us.
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A Look Back and Ahead
We are never short on big plans for the Preserve, whether it’s formalizing our intern program or restoring our creeks and landscapes. With the help of volunteers, we had a great 2023!
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Community Grants Support Positive Change
Over our 55 years of the Community Grants program, we’ve allocated $3.5 million to groups that align with our work to preserve and protect the Salish Sea region.
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Community Grants Foster Resiliency
The Foundation plays an active role in supporting conservation-focused non-profit organizations that have programs and activities that protect and restore landscapes and waterways in the Salish Sea region through the Community Grants program.