COMMUNITY NEEDS
(formerly known as Gifting Opportunities)
Welcome to the Bainbridge Community Foundation's (BCF's) listing of local nonprofit organizations who have posted a grant request or funding need. As Bainbridge Island’s community foundation, BCF is committed to serving as a resource to both donors and nonprofit organizations.
Name of organization: Bainbridge Schools Foundation
Website: www.bainbridgeschoolsfoundation.org
Effective date of IRS tax determination letter confirming 501(c)(3):
Contact person: Kyanne Hawkins, Bainbridge Schools Foundation Board Member and Grants Committee Chair
Email address: KyanneHawkins@gmail.com
Phone: 206.842.5687
Organization mission statement: In support of the school district’s vision and mission, Bainbridge Schools Foundation raises funds, gathers resource and acts as a catalyst to involve the community in public education. Bainbridge Schools Foundation – “Bridging the Gap”.
Amount of grant or funding need: $12,874.74
Purpose of funds (200 words or less, please): Every year the Bainbridge Schools Foundation awards grants to teachers for creative, engaging teaching experiences and opportunities for their students. This year there were 44 grant requests totaling close to $42,000. However, our available funding for grants was only $30,000. This left many of our grant requests unfunded or only partially funded. Microscopes for a High School Science teacher, books for our elementary libraries, Sustainable Agriculture Field Trip Opportunities and experiences for our elementary students, a Wii System and games for special needs students for physical opportunities that they don’t normally have. These are just some of the grants that we couldn’t fulfill. Further details on each unfunded or partially funded grant can be provided upon request.
Nov. 29, 2009
Name of organization: Health, Housing & Human Services Council (HHHS)
Website: www.bihhhs.org
Effective date of IRS tax determination letter confirming 501(c)(3): 1994
Contact person: Jan Lambert
Email address: jlambert@bihhhs.org
Phone: 206.842.9335
Organization mission statement: The purpose of HHHS is to support services and foster improvements in the range and delivery of health, housing and human services programs provided on Bainbridge Island and to ensure access to all in need. HHHS is charged with implementing the Human Services Element of the City’s Comprehensive Plan. HHHS:
· Serves as an umbrella organization, linking BI human service non-profit agencies and offering agency capacity building services.
· Focuses on the entire human services network; providing long-range planning and coordination.
· Oversees City of Bainbridge Island funding to local health, housing and human service non-profits
· Develops holistic strategies fundamental to maintaining a healthy diverse community.
HHHS provides advocacy, cross-agency planning, needs assessment, data collection, community education, cross-agency training, and development and oversight of contract services with direct service agencies.
Amount of grant or funding need: $750
Purpose of funds (200 words or less, please):
Board Governance Workshop - Effective board governance is critical to ensuring the health and sustainability of our local human service non-profits. The 2009 Board Governance Workshop sponsored by HHHS was extremely well received by the 11 agencies and 4 partner organizations associated with HHHS. This prompted a request that HHHS offer this type of workshop on an annual basis.
The workshop would cover the role of the nonprofit board as well as best practices for creating a healthy, productive board culture. Participants will:
· Learn the basic roles and responsibilities of nonprofit boards
· Evaluate own board’s current performance of these responsibilities
· Understand how to organize and focus the board’s work
· Identify steps to take to improve board dynamics, board member satisfaction and retention
· Craft a customized action plan to strengthen board capacity
Nov. 8, 2009
Name of organization: Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council
Website: www.artshum.org
Effective date of IRS tax determination letter confirming 501(c)(3): 1988
Contact person: Morgan Smith, Executive Director
Email address: morgans@artshum.org
Phone: 206.842.7901
Organization mission statement: The mission of the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council is to create an environment on Bainbridge Island in which the arts and humanities flourish.
Amount of grant or funding need: Seeking 10 donors at $1,000 each
Purpose of funds (200 words or less, please): The Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council serves the Island’s cultural community. This includes advocating for arts education, cultural organizations, individual artists, the Island’s history and heritage, the humanities, public art, and promoting the economic vitality of the arts. Because of a drastic reduction in City funding in 2009, awards to community cultural groups were reduced by 57% compared to the prior year. At a time when they are needed most, the reduction in City funding and the economic downturn have also lead to a reduction in support services to our community’s cultural organizations and artists. Your gift will assist with rebuilding community cultural grant programs, support BIAHC’s own programs such as Celluloid Bainbridge and the Island Treasure Awards, and allow BIAHC to further its efforts in supporting organizational best practices and collaboration among the Island’s cultural organizations and artists.
Nov. 8, 2009
Name of organization: Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council
Website: www.artshum.org
Effective date of IRS tax determination letter confirming 501(c)(3): 1988
Contact person: Bonnie Showers, Program Coordinator
Email address: bonnies@artshum.org
Phone: 206.842.7901
Organization mission statement: The mission of the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council is to create an environment on Bainbridge Island in which the arts and humanities flourish.
Amount of grant or funding need: $400
This will fund an entire classroom for a residency with a professional teaching artist. These projects also function dynamically as part of the classroom teacher's professional development in arts integration within the academic curriculum. Currently there are 5 classrooms in need of funding at Blakely; 6 at Wilkes; 7 at Ordway, 8 at Sakai.
Purpose of funds (200 words or less, please): Now in its eleventh year, BI Arts Education Community Consortium is an award-winning innovative community program that mobilizes involvement of community arts organizations, businesses, professional artists, families, individuals, and government in support of the arts in our schools. The program is administered by BI Arts and Humanities Council. Programming in seven visual arts and performing arts media reaches 3,500 public school students on the Island, grades K-12. In over 10 years the program has grown from placing two teaching artists in four classrooms, to more than 35 professional teaching artists collaborating with over 50 classroom teachers to provide arts integrated into academic curricula for experiential, more meaningful learning opportunities for our students. (see www.artshum.org Click on Arts Education)
Nov. 8, 2009
If you are interested in connecting with any of the nonprofit organizations listed below, whether to assist with funding their grant request, to volunteer or just to get to know them better, we encourage you to contact the organization directly using the contact information provided.
If you are a nonprofit organization and would like to post your funding request on this page, please download the
Web Posting Authorization form here, and email it to info@bainbridgecommunityfoundation.org.
The views of these organizations do not necessarily reflect those of BCF, nor would these organizations necessarily meet BCF's funding criteria for community grants.
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