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Bainbridge Community Foundation
ActivePhilanthropy & Voluntarism
About Bainbridge Community Foundation
To encourage, inspire, and provide meaningful ways for people to enhance and sustain the quality of life on Bainbridge Island.
Focus Areas
arts and cultureanimal welfareeducationenvironmenthealth and human servicesrecreationnonprofit capacity buildingscholarships
Funding Style
general operating supportunrestricted supportflexible/core support
Topics
general nonprofit supportorganizational capacity (operations)
About Bainbridge Community Foundation
Bainbridge Community Foundation uses its grantmaking to support Bainbridge Island’s quality of life through a mix of general support, scholarships, and community programs. In the recent grants list, the largest award is $1,004,000 to Common Power Future in Seattle for general support, showing that its reach extends beyond the island even as most grants stay local. The foundation also made a $208,650 general-support grant to Helpline House and a $145,250 grant to Islandwood, both in Bainbridge Island, alongside sizable awards to organizations tied to arts, parks, housing, and human services. The foundation’s portfolio includes community grants, capacity building, scholarship programs, and donor-advised fund grant requests. Its active programs point to a structure that funds both immediate community needs and longer-term organizational strengthening. Recent grants also include support for Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation, Northwest African American Museum, Housing Resources Bainbridge, and Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, indicating a broad local civic mix rather than a single-program strategy. General support appears frequently across the recent awards, suggesting flexible funding is an important part of how the foundation operates.
What Bainbridge Community Foundation Funds
Arts and culture is a visible part of the foundation’s portfolio. It awarded $78,250 to Bainbridge Island Museum of Art in 2024 and $67,142 to Bainbridge Performing Arts in 2025, both as general support. The recent grants list also includes $74,500 to Northwest Film Forum in Seattle, tying cultural support to organizations inside and outside Bainbridge Island. Environmental and conservation work appears through grants to Islandwood for general support, including $145,250 in 2025 and $88,200 in 2024, plus $75,655 to Bainbridge Island Land Trust in 2025. In housing and human services, the foundation gave $81,750 to Housing Resources Bainbridge in 2025 and $60,050 to Kitsap Immigrant Assistance Center in 2023. Education-related support includes $150,000 to University of Washington Foundation in 2025 and $60,000 to Lakeside School in 2024.
How Bainbridge Community Foundation Gives
Typical grant size centers in the low five figures: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $12,500, and the 75th percentile is $27,000. That distribution sits alongside a smaller number of very large awards, including seven-figure and six-figure grants in the recent list. The pattern also shows repeated support for some recipients across multiple years, including Common Power Future, University of Washington Foundation, Helpline House, Islandwood, and Northwest African American Museum. Bainbridge Community Foundation is a mixed community foundation and uses several vehicles: community grants, capacity-building grants, scholarships, area-of-interest funds, donor-advised fund grant requests, and a community response fund. The Capacity Building Grants Program and Community Grants Cycle both accept unsolicited applications, while the Community Response Fund does not.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.2M
Total Assets
$28.3M
Total Revenue
$6.7M
Total Expenses
$5.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $27K, with a median of $13K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$13K
75th Percentile
$27K
Geographic Reach
Local18 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
JAMES HOPPER
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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