Come learn more about Donor Advised Funds and if starting a fund with BMCF is right for you.
Seminar Dates:
Tuesday, June 19th, 8:30 a.m.
Wednesday, June 20th, 3:30 p.m.
Location:
BMCF Resource Room
Baker Building
8 South 2nd Ave, Suite 618
Please send us an email or call the Foundation Office at (509) 529-4371 to RSVP.
We look forward to sharing with you how a Donor Advised Fund can simplify your giving.
Recent First Fruits Grantee Lincoln High School has been featured on the Huffington Post.
It is always so wonderful to see one of our local organizations being recognized for the great work they are doing. This article highlights the drop in suspension rates at the school and the creative techniques being used to handle student behavior. To read the article, click here.
Blue Mountain Community Foundation welcomes you to its 2012-13 Grant Year. It is our goal to make the grant application process easy for the grant seeker and also greener for our environment, requiring much less paperwork. Please read the Guidelines for Grant Applications carefully before submitting an application to determine if your organization is eligible and if the Foundation’s funding timeline suits the needs of your program.
Submit the following items to Blue Mountain Community Foundation by JULY 2, 2012:
Do not use a binder. Staple each application and program/project description sheet together in the upper-left hand corner. Upon review of your submission, BMCF may request additional information, including but not limited to financial statements, project budgets and a list of members of your governing board.
All grant applications must be postmarked or received in the BMCF office at 8 South 2nd Avenue, Suite 618, Walla Walla, WA 99362, by JULY 2, 2012
Grant awards will be announced at the Foundation’s annual meeting in October, 2012. Declined proposals will be notified in writing by or before the annual meeting.
The following eleven grants represents Blue Mountain Community Foundation‘s recent awards from its First Fruits Fund.
The 2012 First Fruits Grantees:
The First Fruits Fund was established in 2008 with a generous grant from the Vista Hermosa Foundation. Since that time, the Fund has made 66 grants exceeding $550,000.
The stated goal of the First Fruits Fund is to “encourage collaborative and innovative approaches to building self-sufficiency for the most under-served in our communities, including improved access to such basic needs as housing, food, education and livable wages.” Founders believe that the most impactful way to achieve that goal is to support community-based initiatives that empower people themselves to identify their needs and collectively own the process of change.
Blue Mountain Community Foundation recently awarded grants from the First Fruits Fund, a component fund of BMCF. As promised, we are announcing grant awards over the next few weeks.
Commitment to Community, a grassroots movement, commonly known as C2C, serves four Walla Walla neighborhoods, namely Blue Ridge, Edith Carrie, Jefferson Park and Washington Park. The residents of these neighborhoods are predominantly low-income and roughly 60% of the residents are white and 40% are Latino.
The goal of C2C is to develop a sense of ownership among neighbors through ongoing relationship building and project activity, based on the neighbors’ priorities and initiatives. C2C also seeks to build relationships with new and existing major stakeholders, including funders and service providers.
The neighborhoods recently identified goals specific to their area. Examples are a Spring graffiti clean-up and Summer trash clean-up in the Blue Ridge area, organizing the fourth season of the community garden in the Edith Carrie neighborhood, Spring clean-up, Summer BBQ and December Tree Lighting at Jefferson Park and the 6th Dia de los Ninos (Children’s Day) held in Washington Park.
Funds from this grant will provide ongoing program support for C2C.
The First Fruits Fund
The First Fruits Fund was established in 2008 with a generous grant from the Vista Hermosa Foundation. Since that time, the Fund has made 66 grants exceeding $550,000.
The stated goal of the First Fruits Fund is to “encourage collaborative and innovative approaches to building self-sufficiency for the most under-served in our communities, including improved access to such basic needs as housing, food, education and livable wages.” Founders believe that the most impactful way to achieve that goal is to support community-based initiatives that empower people themselves to identify their needs and collectively own the process of change.
2012 First Fruits Grantees:
In 2011, State of the State for Washington Latinos, a community based research project led by Whitman College Professor Paul Apostolidis, received a First Fruits Grant. The project goal was to carry out research on the social and economic problems facing Latinos and others in the Walla Walla Valley.
A side project of the State of the State initiative was the painting of a mural at Garrison Middle School. The official unveiling of the new (massive!) mural painted by project artist Pedro “Adream” de Valdivia will be held this Thursday evening.
Pozole will be served followed by a bilingual performance of a storytelling event produced through a collaboration with students and faculty from Heritage University in Toppenish, called Stories from Washington’s Indigenous, Latino & Immigrant Communities.
Plan to join the Garrison Middle School Community and State of the State in celebrating this exciting event!
Thursday, May 3rd Garrison Middle School, Walla Walla 6 – 8 pmFor more information about the artist and the mural follow this link to a recent article in the Union Bulletin.
Blue Mountain Community Foundation recently awarded grants from the First Fruits Fund, a component fund of BMCF. As promised, we are announcing grant awards over the next few weeks.
The effort of faculty and staff at Lincoln High School continues to impact positively the lives of students. Funds from this First Fruits grant will support the school in ways that Lincoln Principal Jim Sporleder decides. This is the fourth grant from the First Fruits Fund, totaling $68,000.
During the time that Blue Mountain Community Foundation has been making grants to the school, Lincoln’s faculty and staff implemented an innovative approach to discipline, the result of which has yielded an 85% drop in suspensions. The changes began in the classroom.
“Teachers started becoming detectives,” says Erik Gordon, Lincoln High School Science Teacher. “We began focusing our concern on what we know that’s going on that might be causing behavior in a kid,” versus what type of punishment to mete out.
Read more about the work that the staff at Lincoln is doing by following this link. The article details the impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACES) on a child’s ability to learn. Much of the work that is being done with the students at Lincoln is in conjunction with 2012 First Fruits Grantee, Children’s Resilience Initiative.
The work at Lincoln is changing the climate of the school. Past grants supported the Boy’s Basketball program, Girl’s Volleyball team and a weekend retreat for students. These are programs that build students’ pride in their school and build community within the student body.
The First Fruits Fund was established in 2008 with a generous grant from the Vista Hermosa Foundation. Since that time, the Fund has made 66 grants exceeding $550,000.
The stated goal of the First Fruits Fund is to “encourage collaborative and innovative approaches to building self-sufficiency for the most under-served in our communities, including improved access to such basic needs as housing, food, education and livable wages.” Founders believe that the most impactful way to achieve that goal is to support community-based initiatives that empower people themselves to identify their needs and collectively own the process of change.
2012 First Fruits Grantees:
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