COVID RELIEF GRANTS
The Community Foundation of NCW awarded a total of $1,759,157 in Covid relief for North Central Washington nonprofits.
Since the Spring of 2020, the foundation’s grant programming was retooled to focus on providing stability for nonprofits that have been impacted by Covid-19. The challenges nonprofits faced were parallel to those of small businesses, with some struggling to meet increased demand and others completely shuttered.
The grant funds were distributed to nonprofit organizations in Chelan, Douglas, and Okanogan counties through various grant programs at the Foundation, including the Helping Hands and Nonprofit Reemergence grants. Helping Hands grants were reviewed and awarded every month to help with immediate and critical safety-net needs such as food and housing, mental health, childcare, and most recently support for projects that address unfinished learning due to the pandemic for K-12 youth. The Reemergence grants were awarded quarterly and offered a maximum of $20,000 of flexible funding to help organizations remain viable through the pandemic.
COVID RELIEF GRANTS AWARDED
Chelan County CARES Nonprofit Assistance Awards – $500,000
This grant program is in partnership with Chelan County, who allocated $500,000 to the foundation to disburse as reimbursement grants to organizations in Chelan County who provide basic needs such as food security, housing, mental and physical health and childcare. All applicants who applied received funding.
ORGANIZATION | AWARD |
Hope Care Clinic | $25,500 |
SAGE (Safety, Advocacy, Growth, Empowerment) | $9,500 |
TEAMS Learning Center | $40,000 |
Upper Valley MEND | $100,000 |
Wenatchee River Institute | $45,000 |
Wenatchee Valley YMCA | $130,000 |
Women's Resource Center of NCW | $65,000 |
YWCA of NCW | $85,000 |
TOTAL | $500,000 |
Nonprofit Reemergence Grant – $550,000
This is a quarterly grant program by the Community Foundation providing general operating support. Applicants can apply for up to 10% of their current organizational budget with a maximum request of $20,000. This is the first of four grant cycles, with $100,000 available each quarter.
ORGANIZATION | AWARD |
49-degrees North Artists Association | $5,300 |
Action Health Partners | $16,500 |
Alatheia Riding Center | $15,750 |
Apple Hill Art Camps | $1,500 |
Beauty of Bronze | $6,000 |
CAFE: The Community for the Advancement of Family Education | $17,900 |
Cancer Care of NCW | $10,600 |
Cascade Columbia Fisheries Enhancement Group | $19,500 |
Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village | $14,000 |
Chelan Valley Housing Trust | $15,750 |
Chelan-Douglas Land Trust | $5,900 |
Community Cultural Center of Tonasket | $4,000 |
Greater Leavenworth Museum | $5,900 |
Grunewald Guild | $17,000 |
Hand in Hand Immigration Services | $11,000 |
Historic Downtown Chelan Association | $8,300 |
Holden Village | $17,900 |
Lake Chelan Bach Fest | $6,800 |
Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum | $4,400 |
Mansfield Museum & Historical Society | $1,900 |
NCW Tech Alliance | $19,500 |
Numerica Performing Arts Center | $17,000 |
Okanogan County Historical Society | $4,200 |
Okanogan Economic Alliance | $19,500 |
Okanogan Land Trust | $17,900 |
Okanogan Regional Humane | $19,500 |
Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus | $7,600 |
Our Valley Our Future | $14,200 |
Ridge 2 River Animal Haven and Humane Education | $5,000 |
Special Olympics Washington (NCW) | $12,000 |
Stage Kids WA | $17,900 |
Sustainable Wenatchee | $1,300 |
The First Tee Central Washington | $4,900 |
Thrive Chelan Valley | $12,000 |
Tierra Village | $20,000 |
Together For Drug Free Youth | $9,900 |
TREAD (Trails Recreation Education Advocacy and Development) | $9,400 |
Wellness Place | $12,800 |
Wenatchee FC Youth - Wenatchee Valley Inter Association Soccer | $16,600 |
Wenatchee Kennel Club | $14,300 |
Wenatchee Valley Humane Society | $19,500 |
Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center | $17,900 |
Wenatchee Valley Senior Activity Center | $15,750 |
Wenatchee Valley Symphony Association | $10,500 |
Wenatchee Valley United Soccer Club | $7,200 |
Wenatchee Valley YMCA | $15,750 |
Wenatchee Youth Circus | $2,000 |
TOTAL | $550,000 |
Helping Hands - Emergent Relief - $98,094
When the pandemic began in Spring 2020, we used our Helping Hands Grant - which provides funding for emergent needs - to support nonprofits through the onset of the pandemic.
ORGANIZATION | AWARD |
Action Health Partners | $2,000 |
Apple Hill Art Camps | $3,000 |
CAFE: The Community for the Advancement of Family Education | $3,000 |
Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington | $500 |
Chelan Valley Community Nurse (CVCN) | $3,000 |
Early Learning Collabortive | $3,000 |
Entiat Valley Community Services Food Bank | $3,000 |
Garden Terrace Senior Living | $1,600 |
Green Okanogan | $2,000 |
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts | $3,000 |
Ingalls Creek Enrichment Center | $1,230 |
Leavenworth Mountain Association | $1,000 |
Life Choices of Wenatchee Valley | $300 |
Methow Arts Alliance | $3,000 |
Methow At Home | $2,028 |
Methow Housing Trust | $1,500 |
Methow Valley Citizens Council | $800 |
Methow Valley Theatre | $2,225 |
Mobile Meals of Wenatchee | $1,700 |
North Valley Hospital District | $3,000 |
Numerica Performing Arts Center | $3,000 |
Office Moms & Dads | $1,804 |
Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare | $3,000 |
Okanogan County Child Development Association | $3,000 |
Okanogan Land Trust | $1,035 |
Okanogan Regional Humane | $2,560 |
Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus | $2,462 |
Omak Food Bank | $3,000 |
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho | $3,000 |
PowerHouse Ministries | $1,000 |
Pybus Market Charitable Foundation | $3,000 |
SAGE (Safety, Advocacy, Growth Empowerment) | $3,000 |
The Cove | $3,000 |
Thrive Chelan Valley | $3,000 |
Tonasket Food Bank | $3,000 |
TwispWorks Foundation | $3,000 |
Wellness Place | $3,000 |
Wenatchee for Immigrant Justice | $3,000 |
Wenatchee River Institute | $750 |
Wenatchee Valley Dispute Resolution Center | $1,000 |
Wenatchee Valley Humane Society | $3,000 |
Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center | $3,000 |
Wenatchee Valley Symphony Association | $1,600 |
TOTAL | $98,094 |
Helping Hands 2.0 Grant – $461,063
In this revised version of the foundation’s Helping Hands grant, which provides emergent support, organizations can apply for any amount to help with critical safety-net needs such as food security, housing, mental and physical health and childcare. Awards are made monthly.
ORGANIZATION | AWARD |
Alano Club of Wenatchee | $6,000 |
Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington | $5,000 |
Chelan Valley Hope | $25,000 |
Chelan-Douglas CASA | $5,000 |
Chelan-Douglas Community Action Council | $18,000 |
Children's Home Society of Washington | $10,000 |
Family Health Centers | $4,000 |
Foundation for Youth Resiliency and Engagement | $58,500 |
Friends of the Twisp Pool | $20,000 |
Garden Terrace Senior Living | $5,000 |
Heritage Heights At Lake Chelan | $30,000 |
Hope Care Clinic | $9,360 |
Lake Wenatchee Fire & Rescue Volunteer Firefighters Association | $16,500 |
Leavenworth Community United Methodist Church | $5,700 |
Lighthouse Christian Ministries | $15,000 |
Methow Housing Trust | $3,500 |
Mountain Sprouts Children's Community | $7,303 |
Nurse-Family Partnership | $2,000 |
Off The Streets Wenatchee Valley | $5,000 |
Okanogan Behavioral HealthCare | $12,000 |
Okanogan County Long Term Recovery Group | $50,000 |
Omak Food Bank | $8,500 |
Pateros Brewster Community Resource Center | $9,200 |
Pateros Treehouse Early Education Organization | $35,000 |
Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho | $10,000 |
Saddlerock Education Association | $10,000 |
Serve Wenatchee Valley | $5,500 |
TEAMS Learning Center | $5,000 |
Wenatchee for Immigrant Justice | $25,000 |
Wenatchee Rescue Mission | $15,000 |
Women's Resource Center of NCW | $25,000 |
TOTAL | $461,063 |
Helping Hands for Youth - $150,000
This program provided funding for unfinished learning for K-12 youth impacted by the pandemic.
ORGANIZATION | AWARD |
CAFÉ: The Community for the Avancement of Family Education | $18,000 |
Cascade School District | $9,000 |
Cashmere School District | $15,000 |
Foothills Middle School | $5,000 |
Manson School District | $15,000 |
Orchard Middle School | $15,000 |
Pinnacles Prep Charter School | $19,000 |
Tonasket School District | $15,000 |
Virginia Grainger Elementary School | $5,000 |
Waterville School District | $15,000 |
Westside High School | $19,000 |
TOTAL | $150,000 |