Time is running out! You have just 17 days left to deliver or mail your scholarship application to Blue Mountain Community Foundation. The deadline for delivery or postmark is March 1, 2013.
The BMCF Scholarship program is available to both undergraduate and graduate level study. There are two types of scholarships offered: Need Based and Special Requirement.
To read more about the requirements and to print an application please click here.
by Mari Sanders,
Assistant Director of Donor Services
I did some filing today. Now normally I couldn’t admit getting excited about filing, but today was a different story.
Here at the Foundation we have files for each of our funds where we file deposit slips and any fund specific documents. Today I am proud to say that I filed the first ever deposit slips for our Impact! Funds.
Why is this exciting you ask? Because these were the first ever gifts to our Impact! Funds. These gifts go directly into our grants program! Direct to local non-profits!
The Foundation categorizes all of our grants by Impact! area, for example Arts or Education. A gift to an Impact! Fund is a way that you could make a gift to an array of local non-profits, knowing that BMCF is evaluating grant requests and grants are being made to support work that is valuable to our communities.
If you’d like to make a gift to an Impact! Fund, click here. There’s still time to avoid some taxes and also to make a positive impact on the communities you care about. And also to make me a smile the next time I get to file gifts to Impact! Funds!
To read more about Impact! Funds and our 2012 grantees click here.
This year give a gift that continues giving throughout the year. Join us in making a gift to a Blue Mountain Community Foundation Impact! Fund. Your gift will go directly to local non-profits working to strengthen our communities.
Blue Mountain Community Foundation has launched our first ever year-end giving campaign!
Blue Mountain Community Foundation held it’s Annual Meeting on October 18th where it announced the grantees for it’s 2012 grant cycle. There were approximately 130 people in attendance which included, Grantees, Volunteers and Donors.
Lawson announced the grants by Impact! Area which include:
Arts!
Needs!
Economy!
Education!
Health!
Earth!
Neighbors!
Over $233,000 in grants were awarded.
To read more about the grants or to see a list of grantees please click here.
The Foundation’s Annual Report is also available on our website.
Come learn more about Donor Advised Funds and if starting a fund with BMCF is right for you.
Seminar Dates:
Wednesday, September 5th, 2:00 pm – Professional Advisor Webinar
Wednesday, September 19th, 3:00 pm – Webinar
Location:
ONLINE
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.
Blue Mountain Community Foundation has awarded two additional grants from the First Fruits Fund, a component fund of the Foundation.
Community Council, a citizen led group that brings people together to study regional issues and follow up with actions, was awarded $3,395.00 which helped them meet their $80K fundraising goal for the fiscal year and receive a Sherwood Trust matching grant. Community Council has completed three community studies in the four years since the organization was founded on the following topics:
Links to the study reports can be found here. A new study on Effective Communication between Citizens and Government will begin this fall. Visit Community Council’s website at www.communitycouncil.org to learn more about the work Community Council is doing and the process used to study issues.
Walla Walla Public Schools’ Farm to School Program was awarded $6,200.00 to help establish a program that will bring more local farm fresh produce to school lunches and will expand the school garden programs and curriculum. This effort led by Beth Thiel has already been able to bring local farm fresh asparagus to Sharpstein and Blue Ridge this spring. Click this link to read an article in the Union Bulletin about the program.
The First Fruits Fund was established in 2008 with a generous grant from the Vista Hermosa Foundation. Since that time, the Fund has made 69 grants exceeding $567,000.
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.
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.
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:
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