Foundation Funds

*denotes a new fund

  • Carson Akre Endowment Fund
  • Athena Civic Memorial Endowment Fund
  • Blue Mountain Cystic Fibrosis Endowment Fund
  • Blue Mountain Cystic Fibrosis Special Projects Fund
  • Bruce House Museum Reserves Fund
  • Camp Kiwanis Foundation Fund
  • Carnegie Art Center Endowment Fund
  • Carnegie Art Center Facilities Fund
  • Christian Aid Center Endowment Fund
  • Christian Aid Center Board Operating Reserves Fund
  • Christian Aid Center Building Expansion Fund
  • Christian Aid Center - Bill Roach Endowment Fund
  • Peggy Cummins Memorial Endowment Fund for Carnegie Art Center
  • Dayton Historical Depot Society, Inc., Endowment Fund
  • Downtown Walla Walla Foundation Endowment Fund
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Church Capital Improvement Fund
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Church Foundation Endowment Fund
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Church - Christina Eggers Fund
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Church - Cindy Norby Library Fund
  • Emmanuel Lutheran Church - Rodger Paetel Memorial Scholarship Fund
  • Jean Ferguson Endowment Fund
  • First Congregational Church Endowment Fund
  • First Congregational Church - Marcus Whitman Homes Proceeds Special Project Fund
  • First Congregational Church Memorials Fund
  • First Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund
  • First Presbyterian Church Special Projects Fund
  • Friends of Children of Walla Walla Endowment Fund
  • Friends of Fort Walla Walla Museum Fund
  • Friends of the Library of Walla Walla Endowment Fund
  • Frontier Days Foundation Fund
  • Helpline Endowment Fund
  • Italian Farmstead Endowment Fund
  • Kids' Place Endowment Fund
  • Kirkman House Endowment Fund
  • Lillie Rice Center Endowment Fund
  • Lillie Rice Center Special Projects Fund
  • Little Theatre of Walla Walla Endowment Fund
  • Little Theatre of Walla Walla Maintenance Fund
  • Mary Mayberry Orchard Nursing Heritage Fund
  • Pavilion Preservation Foundation Endowment Fund
  • George Peery Cemetery Association Endowment Fund
  • Planned Parenthood of Walla Walla Fund
  • Rogers Adventist School Worthy Student Endowment Fund
  • Rotary Club of Walla Walla Don Sherwood Endowment Fund
  • St. Mary Medical Center Endowment Fund
  • St. Paul's Episcopal Church Collier Camp Cross Endowment Fund
  • Touchet Educational Foundation Scholarship Fund
  • Touchet Educational Foundation-Eileen Collier Fund
  • Touchet Educational Foundation-Gun Club Fund
  • Waitsburg Presbyterian Church Bickelhaupt Fund
  • Waitsburg Presbyterian Church Memorials Fund
  • Waitsburg Presbyterian Church Reserves Fund
  • Waitsburg Presbyterian Church Scholarship Fund
  • Walla Walla-Columbia School Retirees Association
  • Walla Walla Community College Foundation Fund
  • Walla Walla Community Hospice Endowment Fund
  • Walla Walla County 4-H Leaders' Council Endowment Fund
  • Walla Walla Exchange Club Endowment Fund
  • Walla Walla General Hospital Library and Education Fund
  • Walla Walla Senior Citizens Center Endowment Fund
  • Walla Walla Symphony Endowment Fund
  • Walla Walla University Student Aid Fund
  • Walla Walla YMCA Swim Team Endowment Fund
  • Washington Odd Fellows Home Fund
  • Whitman Mission National Historic Site Fund
  • YWCA of Walla Walla Endowment Fund

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  • Anderson Family Endowment Fund for Central Christian Church of Walla Walla
  • Otto W. Anderson Scholarship established by Beta Theta Pi Alumni for Whitman College members of Gamma Zeta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
  • Anonymous Fund #5 for Frazier Farmstead Museum and Children's Museum of Walla Walla
  • Archer Ranch Fund for Dayton/Columbia County, Washington Fund
  • Gordon and Edna Arthurs Fund for Walla Walla YMCA and Lutheran Church Missouri Senate Joint Seminary Fund of St. Louis, Missouri*
  • Athena Library Friends Endowment Fund for Athena Library Friends Association
  • Parker Barrett Testamentary Trust for Pioneer Methodist Church of Walla Walla
  • Althadel Beamer Memorial Scholarship Fund for Weston-McEwen High School graduates with a record of achievement or aptitude in music
  • Blue Mountain Humane Society Endowment Fund
  • Booker Annex Nursing Home Endowment Fund
  • Boy Scout Trust Fund
  • Lester M. Bruce Memorial Endowment Fund for Dayton High School
  • Columbia County Ambulance Endowment Fund
  • Dayton Cemetery Endowment Fund
  • Dayton Great Strides Award Fund
  • Dixie Cemetery Fund
  • Donald Duncan Memorial Fund for support of bagpiping activities at Weston-McEwen High School
  • Karen J. Earle Endowment Fund for YWCA's My Friends' House
  • Elks Lodge No. 287 Endowment Fund
  • Endowment for Strings for Strings Programs at Rogers Adventist School and Walla Walla Valley Academy
  • William E. and Mary G. Falconer Endowment Fund
    for American Red Cross
    for Pioneer United Methodist Church
    for YMCA and YWCA Building Funds
  • Earl and Jane Ferguson Endowment Fund
    for Umatilla County Pioneers Association
    for Christian Aid Center
    for Gordon Cemetery near Dobson, North Carolina
  • Frazier Farmstead Museum Endowment Fund
  • Friends of Dayton Memorial Library Endowment Fund
  • Friends of Sheldon King Fund for graduating senior of Weston-McEwen High School
  • Friends of the Waitsburg Pool Fund for City of Waitsburg Pool Fund
  • Pierre & Margaret Ganguet Fund
    for Catholic Charities of Spokane
    for Christian Aid Center
    for the Dayton/Columbia County, Washington Fund
    for St. Patrick Church of Walla Walla
    for the Walla Walla Senior Citizens Center (now known as Center at the Park)
  • Garrison Middle School Track Maintenance Fund for construction and maintenance of running track at Garrison Middle School
  • Goodwill Industries of Walla Walla Endowment Fund
  • Ora V. & E. Frances Grubbe Endowment Fund
    for Prescott Community Church
    for Prescott Presbyterian Church
    for Waitsburg Masonic Lodge
    for Walla Walla Masonic Temple Association
    for Walla Walla Valley Historical Society
  • Hardy E. Hamm Endowment Fund for Dayton Public Library
  • Herring House Endowment Fund
  • Hevel Waitsburg Fund
    for Friends of the Weller Library
    for the Waitsburg Commercial Club
    for the Waitsburg First Presbyterian Church
    for the Waitsburg Historical Society
  • Dorothy Hockett Kappa Alpha Theta Scholarship Fund for Kappa Alpha Theta members
  • Jazzing Up Jefferson Fund for construction of playground and Life Trail System at Jefferson Park
  • Johnson/Lehmann Junior Club Scholarship Fund for nursing students
  • Marylou and Vernon Kegley Endowment Fund for the Blue Mountain Community Foundation Sustaining Endowment Fund and the YMCA
  • Kegley-Mayo Memorial Endowment Fund for First Presbyterian Church of Walla Walla
  • Wesley D. Kessler and Otto W. Anderson Endowment Fund for St. Paul's Episcopal Church of Walla Walla
  • James N. Lamar Foundation Fund for West Platte High School graduates in Weston, MO and for Whitman College
  • Anna Magallon Fund for Walla Walla Council on Child Abuse
  • Darrel and Nadine Marks Memorial Fund for charitable purposes as recommended by the Dayton/Columbia County, Washington Fund
  • Charles McCune Endowment Fund
    for Blue Mountain Humane Society
    for Camp Fire USA
    for Christian Aid Center
    for the YWCA of Walla Walla
  • Lee and Mary McMurtrey Endowment Fund
    for Blue Mountain Humane Society
    for First Congregational Church
    for Goodwill Industries of Walla Walla
    for Little Theatre of Walla Walla
    for Whitman College
  • Betty C. Medlar Memorial Scholarship Fund administered by Ed Freepons Scholarship Fund, c/o College Place Presbyterian Church
  • Pete and Dolores Peery Student Loan Fund administered by Blue Mountain Community College Foundation for Milton-Freewater students
  • Carl and Laura Peterson Endowment Fund for Walla Walla Valley Historical Society
  • Pioneer United Methodist Church Capital Projects Endowment Fund
  • Prescott Presbyterian Church Capital Fund
  • Project Read Endowment Fund for Blue Mountain Action Council Adult Literacy Program
  • St. Mary Cancer Treatment Center Endowment
  • Clarence B. Smith Fund*
    for Blue Mountain Community Foundation Discretionary Grant Program
    for Blue Mountain Community Foundation Sustaining Endowment Fund
    for Christian Aid Center
    for Walla Walla Community Hospice
    for Walla Walla Senior Center (now known as Center at the Park)
  • Freeman Cornwall Smitten Endowment Fund for St. Paul's Episcopal Church
  • Norah Timm Charitable Endowment Fund
    for Christian Aid Center
    for St. Paul's Episcopal Church
  • Donna Underman Humane Society Endowment Fund for Blue Mountain Humane Society
  • Peter Venneri Youth Scholarship Fund for DeSales High School students
  • Walla Walla 59ers Endowment Fund for the 4-H Western Games at the Walla Walla County Fair
  • Walla Walla Credit Bureau Fund for United Way of Walla Walla
  • Walla Walla Family YMCA Endowment Fund
  • Walla Walla Sheltered Workshops Fund for Goodwill Industries of Walla Walla
  • Walla Walla Valley Academy Scholarship Fund for scholarships for students with financial need attending Walla Walla Valley Academy
  • Nels Winter Park Manor Memorial Trust Fund for Blue Mountain Action Council Ombudsman Program

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  • Eileen Cummins Collier Fund
  • Frances Edmonson Fund
  • Velma W. Egan Fund
  • Claudina Keen Trust Fund
  • Frank and Sally Mitchell Fund
  • Larry and Debora Zalaznik Endowment Fund

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These funds allow fund donors/advisors to recommend grants to charitable organizations, addressing the issues and needs they care about most.

  • Ken and Dorothy Bjorklund Family Fund
  • Kenneth M. Dean - Quixote Fund *
  • Cecil and Verdie Hart Fund
  • Leonard and Shirley Isaacs Fund
  • Morasch Family Fund
  • Ruth and Dick Thomassen Fund
  • Walla Walla Valley Care Net
  • Wolf Healy Family Fund
  • Wujek Family Fund

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  • ends of Menlo Park for purchase and installation of a playground structure in Walla Walla's Menlo Park*

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  • David Bashore Relief Fund for needy Walla Walla County residents
  • Paul Bjorklund Firefighter Development Fund for professional development opportunities to firefighters in the Athena, Oregon, Volunteer Fire Department, Pendleton Fire Department and the Benton County Fire District #1
  • Earl and Lucille Blake Endowment Fund for discretionary grants in Walla Walla County
  • Columbia County Hospital District Fund for charitable purposes as recommended by the Columbia County Hospital District Board
  • Dayton/Columbia County, Washington Fund for grants to citizens of Columbia County
  • First Fruits Fund for grants encouraging collaborative and innovative approaches to building self-sufficiency for the most underserved in the community*
  • Margaret A. Ganguet Charitable Trust*
    for City of Dayton Cemetery Endowment Fund
    for Dayton/Columbia County, Washington Fund
    for Dayton Historical Depot Society Endowment Fund
    for St. Joseph's Catholic Church of Dayton
    for St. Mark's Catholic Church of Waitsburg
    for Waitsburg Historical Society; and
    for other charities at the discretion of Blue Mountain Community Foundation
  • Ann P. Kibler Memorial Fund for the benefit of the developmentally disabled
  • Deloris Dickenson King Memorial Fund for homeless persons aid and support
  • Ed and Gloria Lawrence Fund for Music and the Arts for support and enhancement of music programs in the Waitsburg area*
  • Louis B. and Genevieve P. Perry Fund for general charitable purposes
  • Donald C. & Ruth F. Roff Fund for discretionary grants in Walla Walla County
  • Donna Underman Abuse Prevention Fund for Walla Walla City programs and women and children abuse prevention
  • Ann Weatherill Memorial Fund for bicycle safety efforts in Walla Walla County and activities related to youth sports
  • Jack Yantis Integrative Arts in Classroom Fund for support of innovative approaches to integrating the arts by classroom teachers

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  • Robert Jackson and Dolores Jackson Flip Charitable Remainder Unitrust
  • Robert Jackson and Dolores Jackson Charitable Remainder Unitrust*
  • James B. Owsley Charitable Remainder Unitrust
  • Kathleen M. Owsley Charitable Remainder Unitrust
  • Richard S. and Vera T. Perry Charitable Remainder Unitrust
  • Clarence B. Smith Charitable Remainder Annuity Trust
  • Marion S. White Charitable Remainder Annuity

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  • John P. and Anna Anderson and Family Scholarship for Washington State University agriculture students
  • Archer Ranch Scholarship Fund for Dayton High School graduates
  • Amalia Greenwald Baker/Peggy Baker Henry Nursing Scholarship for Walla Walla Community College nursing students
  • Bayne Family Scholarship for Walla Walla High School graduates who are active in student government
  • Ralph R. and Mary Ellen Bennett Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla County students
  • Benton City Wranglers Educational Trust for Kiona-Benton High School graduates
  • Ted Berry Memorial Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla and Columbia County students pursuing careers in emergency medical services
  • Paul Bjorklund Memorial Scholarship Fund for Weston-McEwen High School male graduate exhibiting outstanding citizenship
  • Mick Blackburn Memorial Basketball Scholarship Fund for most worthy graduating basketball player from Walla Walla High School boys or girls basketball teams
  • Earl and Lucille Blake Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla County students
  • Larry Jay Brittain Memorial Scholarship Fund for graduates of Walla Walla County high schools who were active in youth baseball*
  • Bob and Eleanor Burgess Scholarship Fund for students returning to school after a break in their educational career at Walla Walla Community College
  • Howard and Pearl Burgess Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla County 4-H members
  • Clarkston High School Memorial Scholarship Fund for Clarkston High School graduates
  • Terry Copple Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla High School graduates who major in fine arts at the college level
  • Bobby Cox Memorial Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla County or Milton-Freewater, Oregon, high school senior of Latino descent
  • John Eagon Scholar-Athlete Award Fund for Walla Walla High School graduates demonstrating academic and athletic strengths with the ability to face and rise above personal trials
  • T.B. Elliott Student Scholarship & Loan Fund for Walla Walla County students
  • Ralph and Elsa Emigh Scholarship Fund for graduates of high schools in Columbia, Garfield and Walla Walla Counties in Washington and the communities of Milton-Freewater, Weston and Athena in Oregon*
  • William E. and Mary G. Falconer Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla County students
  • Keith P. and Helen C. Fenner Scholarship Fund for Columbia, Umatilla or Walla Walla County high school graduates
  • Earl and Jane Ferguson Scholarship Fund for Weston-McEwen High School graduates
  • Edward F. Fields Memorial Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla County 4-H or FFA graduates attending WSU with interest in livestock, veterinary medicine or extension services
  • Don and Nancy Fix Scholarship Fund for Dayton High School graduates
  • Kenneth Garner Non-Endowed Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla County students*
  • Dayl and Doris Graves Scholarship Fund for auto technician/body training at WWCC and general scholarships
  • Katherine Guinn Memorial Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla High School graduates with accomplishment in work and co-curricular activities
  • William and Delora Harpe Scholarship Fund for Columbia-Burbank, Prescott, Touchet and Waitsburg High School graduates with priority to those in field of education
  • Hevel Waitsburg Scholarship Fund for the Waitsburg Memorial School Scholarship Fund
  • Ward and Vera Hoskins Memorial Scholarship Fund for Dayton High School graduates
  • John Israel Scholarship Trust Fund for Dayton High School graduates
  • Wesley D. Kessler Scholarship Fund for WSU pharmacy students
  • Jim Kibler Agriculture Scholarship Fund for Washington, Oregon and Idaho students with farming or cattle raising backgrounds seeking careers in farming, animal sciences, natural resources management, technology, marketing or ag-management*
  • Roberta Bell Kraemer Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla County students
  • John W. McGillis, Jr., Memorial Scholarship Fund for merit awards for Walla Walla Valley graduates
  • McJunkin Family Scholarship Fund for Hermiston High School graduates
  • Charlotte Mikkelson Scholarship Fund for Waitsburg High School graduates
  • Merwin F. and Alethea M. Neace Family Memorial Fund for Dayton High School graduates
  • Walt Roloff Scholarship Fund for meritorious students with academic achievement in the Foundation's service area
  • Sacred Heart Catholic Church Scholarship Fund for Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Athena, OR, members
  • Lawrence Slater Scholarship Fund for Pomeroy High School graduates
  • Tichi-Groom Scholarship Fund for children of firefighters or law enforcement officers in Walla Walla County, WA and Athena and Milton-Freewater, OR
  • Ann Weatherill Memorial Scholarship Fund for graduates of Garrison Middle School pursuing higher education who have demonstrated academic excellence and with financial need
  • O. A. and Marion S. White 4-H Scholarship Fund for Walla Walla Valley 4-H members

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These funds support the operating costs of the Blue Mountain Community Foundation

  • Baker Boyer Bank Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Blue Mountain Community Foundation Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Velma Egan Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Mike and Sue Gillespie Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Arthur and Norma Griff Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Winston and Virginia Heacock Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Eva and Cal Iverson Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Eleanor S. Kane Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Otto Bismark Michel Sustaining Endowment
  • Pete and Dolores Peery Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Laura and Carl Peterson Sustaining Endowment Fund
  • Norah Timm Sustaining Endowment Fund

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