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Community Foundations: Washington
Community Foundations are nonprofit, tax-exempt, publicly-supported grantmaking organizations. These foundations are public charities, since they develop broad support from many unrelated donors with a wide range of charitable interests in a specific community. A community foundation has an independent board that is broadly representative of the public interest and it maintains a diverse grants program that is not limited in scope. In addition to making grants, these foundations often play a leadership role in their communities, serve as a resource for grant information and broker training and technical assistance for local nonprofits.
Community Foundations that give in the state of Washington:
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Foundation Name
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Geographic Focus
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| Bainbridge Community Foundation | Bainbridge Island, WA |
| Blue Mountain Community Foundation | Umatilla County, OR; (Milton-Freewater, Weston and Athena, OR); Columbia, Garfield and Walla Walla Counties, WA |
| Columbia Basin Foundation | Columbia Basin, WA |
| Community Foundation for Southwest Washington | Cowlitz, Clark, and Skamania Counties of Washington; La Center, WA |
| Community Foundation of North Central Washington | Chelan, Douglas and Okanogan Counties, WA |
| The Community Foundation of South Puget Sound | Thurston, Mason and Lewis Counties, WA |
| Grays Harbor Community Foundation | Grays Harbor County, WA |
| Greater Everett Community Foundation | Everett and Snohomish County communities, WA; |
| The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation | Pierce County, WA; Tacoma, WA |
| Inland Northwest Community Foundation | Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, and Shoshone Counties of Idaho; Adams, Asotin, Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, Stevens, and Whitman Counties of Washington |
| Jefferson County Community Foundation | Jefferson County, WA |
| Kitsap Community Foundation | Kitsap County, WA |
| Northwest Health Foundation | Oregon; southwest Washington counties of Clark, Cowlitz, Pacific, Skamania, Wahkiakum |
| Orcas Island Community Foundation | Orcas Island, WA |
| Oregon Jewish Community Foundation | Oregon; southwest Washington |
| San Juan Island Community Foundation | San Juan Island, WA |
| The Seattle Foundation | King County, WA |
| Sequim Community Foundation | Sequim-Dungeness Valley, WA |
| The Skagit Community Foundation | Skagit County, WA |
| Stanwood-Camano Area Foundation (SCAF) | Camano Island and Stanwood WA |
| Three Rivers Community Foundation | Benton and Franklin Counties, WA |
| Whatcom Community Foundation | Whatcom County, WA |
| Yakima Valley Community Foundation | Yakima Valley area, WA |