NEWS
ICICLE FUND AWARDS $134,696 IN GRANTS TO NONPROFITS PROVIDING IMPACT IN NORTH CENTRAL WASHINGTON
August 20, 2019
The Icicle Fund has awarded $134,696 in grants to 13 nonprofits through its Initiative Grants and Strategic Project Grants programs.
The Fund values projects and initiatives that foster a collaborative atmosphere, connect people to place, and are aligned with the Icicle Fund mission to support art, environment and history in North Central Washington. The Fund believes that strong connections to the land and the communities in which we live are nurtured through artistic expression and imagination, an understanding of our past, and experience in and love for our natural landscapes and wildlife.
“In recent years, I have seen a remarkable increase in the quality of the applications and strategic abilities of the organizations that connect with the Fund. North Central Washington’s non-profit organizations are very impressive and together they build community and truly enhance the quality of life in our region” said Christine Morgan, Executive Director.
Twenty years ago, the Icicle Fund was established by Harriet Bullitt and has since awarded $40 million dollars to over 100 non-profit organizations. In 2019, Bullitt gifted her ownership of Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort to the Icicle Fund. As locals and guests visit Sleeping Lady, the Fund will be able to award even more grants to community organizations.
Initiative Grants are single-year grants of up to $7,500 for smaller organizations’ ability to fill gaps in the community and Strategic Project grants are one or two-year grants of $15,000 or more given to innovative, inspiring, and impactful organizations. All grants are awarded for projects in the areas of arts, environment, and history in NCW.
Grant Recipients:
Stage Kids - Building Infrastructure for Building Character $30,000
Washington Association of Land Trusts - Elevating Wildland Conservation and Advocacy in North Central Washington $18,800
Classroom in Bloom - Growing Solutions: Classroom in Bloom’s Youth Leadership in Farm to School Expansion $30,833
Upper Valley Connection - UVC Theater Camp $7,500
Team Naturaleza - Inviting more Diversity to the Outdoors $5,113
Cascade School District - Wenatchee Arts Education Consortium: K Art $4,000
HawkWatch - Chelan Ridge Raptor Migration Festival and Education Program $4,000
The Merc Playhouse Society - Fall Production of Lend Me a Tenor $3,500
Methow Valley Interpretive Center - Gathering Foods, Gathering Together – Traditional Foods, People and Place in the Methow Valley $7,500
Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival - 25th Anniversary Season $7,500
Cascades Carnivore Project - Conserving Rare Carnivores in the Cascade Range $3,450
Methow Recycles - Reducing Waste in the Methow Valley $5,000
Upper Valley Historical Society - Relocation and Redesign Project $7,500