Welcome to the new Whatcom Community Foundation website! We hope you find it easy to navigate and useful. Whether you are a donor, a potential donor, a nonprofit, a community partner or one of the many who love Whatcom County, we are your Community Foundation.
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We’ll be launching our bi-monthly e-news in March. If you’re not already on our e-mail list and would like to be, please let us know.

Your Whatcom Community Foundation recently awarded grants totaling $64,646 that benefit twenty community organizations as part of its annual competitive grant process.   In each grant round, the Foundation selects those proposals which we believe have the best possibility of building community connections and capacity.  Of the 81 organizations that submitted letters of interest, 35 were invited to submit full grant applications. Applications totaling $162,166 were evaluated; with $64,689 available for disbursement, we had to make some extremely difficult choices and many strong proposals remain unfunded. The Foundation invites you to review the remaining unfunded grant requests.  If you are interested in funding any of these organizations and would like a copy of the full grant application, please call us at 360-671-6463.

Northwest Radiologists was passionate about developing a means to become more involved with and connected to the good works in our local community. After researching several options, they found that the Whatcom Community Foundation is the perfect vehicle to help them achieve this laudable dream. They can focus on providing critical healthcare services, while the Foundation provides the services to help them realize their philanthropic goals.
“Looking forward, we are very excited about making positive impacts on the health and well-being of Whatcom County residents through our fund and the guidance of the Whatcom Community Foundation,” said Dr. Jason Stoane of Mt. Baker Imaging and a new board member of the Whatcom Community Foundation.
The Foundation is pleased to be able to support these notable local healthcare providers in their role as philanthropic leaders in the business community. Their commitment to Whatcom County beyond their own work is impressive and we are honored to be involved in this exciting new partnership.