It's Your Turn
The community decides on a second Impact Grant winner.
The Peoples Choice $10,000 Impact Grant Voting is Now Open!
Last month, Peoples Bank conducted our annual Impact Grant application where we choose one 501(c)3 non-profit to recieve a $25,000 grant. The winner of the $25,000 grant is Alatheia Therapeutic Riding Center.
We had so many great applicants this year that we want to reward another applicant of your choice with a $10,000 grant! Be sure to review the nominees and the projects this grant will help fund before you cast your vote.
Ballard Food Bank
Community Resources Hub
Bellingham Arts Academy for Youth
Updated Theater Stage
A new modular stage will provide a safe, stable, durable surface for our students, staff, volunteers and guests. It will also enhance our ability to reconfigure the size, shape and location of our performance space as BAAY grows and seeks to accommodate a variety of different programs and needs, including better access for mobility impaired students. The sturdy aluminum units are weatherproof and transportable, making them ideal for off-site or outdoor performances. Moreover, as BAAY’s growing enrollment makes it increasingly likely that we will be looking for a larger venue in the not-too-distant future, the fact that these units are not fixed in place means they can move with us. In short, investment in a high-quality modular staging system would support not just a short-term replacement of BAAY’s creaky, uneven plywood stage, but a long-term investment in the organization’s growth and ability to better serve our community for years to come.
County Serviced: Whatcom County
Ferndale Food Bank
Culturally Relevant Food Purchasing Program
Culturally Relevant Food Purchasing program aims to provide culturally relevant food offerings to underserved populations within our community, including Latinx, Northern European (Russian/Ukrainian), Iranian, and Indian individuals and families. Folks that identify as BIPOC and individuals that primarily speak a language other than English are overrepresented in our client base when compared to Whatcom County’s demographics as a whole. This signifies the reality that food insecurity, poverty, and other resource insecurities affect underrepresented communities at a higher rate. By providing food that is culturally relevant and familiar to the minority groups that utilize the food bank, we aim to not only increase the accessibility and inclusivity of our services to these groups, but also build trust and rapport for their continued access to our services.
County Serviced: Whatcom County
Homage Senior Services
Thanksgiving Meal Delivery
Thanksgiving Day meal delivery to seniors in Snohomish County. Orchestrated by Homage’s Meals on Wheels Program, this effort is focused on bringing holiday cheer to older adults and adults with disabilities in Snohomish County on a day that many of Homage’s clients spend alone. This year 470+ people will receive homemade turkey dinners and pumpkin pie – leftovers are included!
County Serviced: Snohomish County
Housing Hope
Madrona Highlands Playground Project
Providing children and youth with a safe, engaging place to play see positive health, social, and developmental benefits. Madrona Highlands, Housing Hope’s newest affordable housing community in Edmonds, has been intentionally designed to support families while building a sense of belonging and trust using on-site community spaces. These areas will create opportunities for resident gatherings, resource fairs, and classes for Madrona’s residents. The play area is the focal point of this property and will have seating and additional enrichment activities like hopscotch, obstacle course, and tic-tac-toe stenciling.
Support from Peoples Bank would assist Housing Hope in the purchase and installation of a slide, see-saw, and wood fiber safety surfacing for the playground.
County Serviced: Snohomish County
North Whidbey Hearts & Hammers
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
North Whidbey Hearts and Hammers plans on repairing and rehabilitating homes of the elderly, disabled, and low income families.
County Serviced: Island County
The People's Foundation
People Helping People
The Peoples Foundation is looking to provide sleeping bags, food and drinks, backpacks, luggage and other homeless shelter supplies for the winter.
County Serviced: Chelan County
The Salish Sea School
Beaches Without Borders
Beaches Without Borders is committed to providing transformative education experiences for underserved students in grades 3-12, who may have never touched sand or had access to marine environments. This program ensures full accessibility and aims to ignite a lasting passion for marine science and environmental stewardship among these marginalized youth, as well as a personal connection to the Salish Sea.
County Serviced: Skagit County
Skagit Valley Neighbors in Need
The 2024-25 Backpack Program
The 2024-25 Backpack Program, aimed at addressing food insecurity among children in the Mount Vernon School District, plays a crucial role in ensuring they have access to nutritious meals. If granted funds for this program, we will procure essential food items and cover other associated expenses necessary for the effective implementation of the program.
County Serviced: Skagit County
The Whatcom Dream
Whatcom Dream
Provide micro-grants to graduates of the Whatcom Dream Program to start savings / investing accounts that will further their financial literacy and well-being.
County serviced: Whatcom County
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