Saturday, April 20, 2024
Leavenworth - The Icicle Fund has awarded $2M through a series of grant programs in the arts, environment, and cultural and natural history.
Like many non-profits this year, Icicle Fund has experimented with ways to best play its role in the regional ecosystem of organizations that aim to enhance the quality of life in North Central Washington. The Fund’s Board of Directors, comprised primarily of non-profit representatives, decided to more than double the grant funding available in 2021 and provide creative new grant programs to meet the needs of our communities. This year, the Fund will support the region with over $2M in grants.
Through the Operating Support Grant Program, 32 organizations received unrestricted operating support, allowing them the flexibility to be strategic, nimble, and sustained during a year of high uncertainty while preparing for being viable and impactful post-COVID.
In partnership with Icicle Creek Center for the Arts and Methow Arts Alliance, Icicle Fund also provided 130 Covid Relief Grants as direct support for working artists in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan Counties. Artists have been particularly hard hit during the pandemic and their work is sorely needed as we build a post-COVID future together.
The Fund also increased support through its partner organizations to 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.
“We have heard from so many of our grantees that this support is coming at just the right time to get their programs restarted”, says Icicle Fund Executive Director, Christine J. Morgan.
Morgan continues, “A key question now is: How do we take the best of what was learned and created under the pandemic and integrate it into the future workings of our communities and region? I envision new partnerships with individuals, tribal and government entities, school districts, private businesses, and others as we carry out our shared mission of enhancing the quality of life for all life in our region.”
In 1998, the Icicle Fund was established by Harriet Bullitt and has since supported more than 100 non-profit organizations with $45 million dollars. 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.
Additional information can be found at www.iciclefund.org
2021 OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS
|
2021 OPERATING SUPPORT GRANT AWARD RECIPIENTS Organization |
Project |
Award |
|
Cascade Fisheries (CCFEG) |
Grassroots Salmon Recovery |
15,000 |
|
Cascadia Methow Music Association |
Cascadia Music requests matching funds for operational support |
10,000 |
|
Central Basin Community Concert Association |
Funding |
15,000 |
|
Classroom in Bloom |
Diversifying Outdoor Education with Classroom in Bloom |
15,000 |
|
Columbia Basin Allied Arts |
Capacity Building – Exploring New Venues |
7,500 |
|
Confluence Gallery and Art Center |
Operating Support |
15,000 |
|
Conservation Northwest |
Building resilient communities and ecosystems in North Central Washington (general support) |
15,000 |
|
Douglas County Historical Society |
Icicle Fund Grant requested to supplement 2021 operating expenses |
15,000 |
|
Holden Village |
Holden Village Operating Support: Funds to Augment Guest Registration Revenue Loss due to COVID-19 |
7,500 |
|
Leavenworth Summer Theater |
Bridge the Gap - Operating Support to Get Through the Pandemic |
15,000 |
|
Little Star Montessori School |
Little Star School Financial Aid and Operating Support Grant Request |
15,000 |
|
Mansfield Museum & Historical Society |
Stepping into the 21st Century |
8,000 |
|
Methow Recycles |
Adapting and Thriving in the time of Covid-19 |
15,000 |
|
Methow Valley Interpretive Center |
Methow Valley Interpretive Center – Promoting Indigenous cultural awareness and connection to place |
15,000 |
|
Mountain Sprouts Children’s Community |
Re-imagining Early Childhood Education |
15,000 |
|
Numerica Performing Arts Center |
Preserving the Performing Arts in NCW until the "Next Act" |
15,000 |
|
Okanogan Land Trust |
Okanogan Land Trust Forward |
15,000 |
|
Okanogan Valley Orchestra and Chorus |
OVOC's Season of Outreach/Music Is Vital! |
15,000 |
|
Stage Kids |
Keeping Musical Theater Alive for Local Youth |
15,000 |
|
Sustainable Wenatchee |
Core Mission Support for Sustainable Wenatchee |
1,500 |
|
The Merc Playhouse Society |
Help keep LIVE theater thriving in The Methow Valley! |
15,000 |
|
he Ripple Foundation |
Sharing the Elder Speak Experience by creating a manual and companion film |
7,500 |
|
Upper Valley Connection |
Upper Valley Connection Arts Programs |
9,500 |
|
Upper Valley Historical Society |
Greater Leavenworth Museum 2021 Operations Support |
15,000 |
|
Washington Association of Land Trusts |
WALT Community Operating Support Grant |
15,000 |
|
Washington Trails Association |
Mobilizing explorers, stewards, and champions in North-Central WA |
15,000 |
|
Washington Water Trust |
Ensuring a Sustainable Freshwater Future for North Central Washington |
12,000 |
|
Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition |
Building Equity for the Future of WA's Outdoors |
10,000 |
|
Washington's National Park Fund |
General Operations: Sustaining North Cascades National Park |
7,500 |
|
Wenatchee Valley Symphony |
WVSO 2021 Operating Support Grant |
15,000 |
|
Wenatchee Valley YMCA |
Lake Wenatchee YMCA Camp Environment Initiative |
15,000 |
|
WVMCC |
Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center |
15,000 |
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