NWIC Weavers Teaching Weavers event awarded grant
Filed on 31. Jan, 2012 in News & Features
Weavers Teaching Weavers, an annual event hosted by Northwest Indian College, has received a $14,000 grant from the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation. The event helps to preserve the art of weaving by providing a space where novice apprentice weavers can learn from master weavers. It will next be held in April on the NWIC [...]
RE Store awarded $20,000 Alcoa Foundation grant
Filed on 11. Jan, 2012 in News & Features, Nonprofits
The RE Store has been awarded a $20,000 grant by Alcoa Foundation as recognition for the nonprofit’s work on salvaging and repurposing used building materials. The store’s REvision Division will use the money to further develop its repurposing program in Whatcom County. In 2011, the store saved 2,390 tons of building supplies, according to a [...]
KulshanCLT awarded state and federal housing grants
Filed on 15. Nov, 2011 in Nonprofits
Kulshan Community Land Trust was recently awarded state and federal grants totaling $462,500 to invest in permanently affordable homes in 2012. The funds will be used to help income-qualified homebuyers purchase affordable homes and bring seven or more new properties into the trust through new construction and site acquisition. These grant funds, when combined with [...]
BTC awarded $573,767 grant for worker retraining program
Filed on 07. Nov, 2011 in News & Features
Bellingham Technical College was awarded $573, 767 for the Hospital Employee Education and Training (HEET) Program Grant for the Moving Forward project allocated by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. This is the third consecutive year BTC and its partners have received this grant. Specifically, this new grant promotes the combination of [...]
Whatcom Asset Building Coalition receives $8,000 grant
Filed on 24. Oct, 2011 in Nonprofits
United Way of Whatcom County recently awarded a grant of $8,000 to the Whatcom Asset Building Coalition (WABC) to support income growth in Whatcom County. WABC is a community collaboration supporting financial self-sufficiency through education and advocacy. Like United Way of Whatcom County, WABC promotes financial stability and independence in Whatcom County by helping individuals [...]
WTA receives $2.8 million grant for hybrid electric buses
Filed on 20. Oct, 2011 in News & Features
Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) has been awarded $2.8 million to replace five of its 18-year-old diesel fueled buses with hybrid electric buses. The grant will be funded by the Federal Transit Administration through its State of Good Repair bus initiative. This initiative will grant up to $750 million in bus and bus facilities program funds for transit [...]
Whatcom domestic violence commission receives federal grants
Filed on 19. Oct, 2011 in Nonprofits
The Bellingham-Whatcom County Commission Against Domestic Violence (DV Commission) recently received two federal grants totaling nearly $1 million from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women to enhance community response to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The DV Commission, in partnership with the city of Bellingham, received its fourth [...]
Medina Foundation awards capacity-building grants to Whatcom nonprofits
Filed on 14. Oct, 2011 in Nonprofits
The Medina Foundation recently announced grant awards of $200,350 to nonprofit organizations in Whatcom and Skagit counties. These capacity-building grants are intended to further strengthen nonprofits by helping these organizations undertake activities such as purchasing a new database, hiring a grant writer, or engaging in a strategic planning process. “By making this additional investment in [...]
Walton Beverage, Whatcom Community Foundation give $39,000 to charities
Filed on 09. Sep, 2011 in Nonprofits
Walton Beverage, a local Pepsi distributor, and Whatcom Community Foundation teamed up for the 2nd annual Local Pepsi Refresh Project to give away $39,000 in charitable grants to refresh and improve the local community. Local nonprofit organizations from Whatcom and Skagit counties submitted proposals to the Local Pepsi Refresh Project online earlier this summer. The [...]
Industrial Credit Union awarded $1.5 million federal grant
Filed on 27. Jul, 2011 in News & Features
Industrial Credit Union, headquartered in Bellingham, was recently awarded $1.5 million through the U.S. Department of Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The funding is a part of a nationwide round of awards totaling $142.3 million for 155 Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) serving struggling communities in states across the country. ICU was one of [...]
