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Community Foundation of Snohomish County
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About Community Foundation of Snohomish County
Strengthen community and thoughtfully change lives.
Focus Areas
Racial equity and systems changeNonprofit capacity buildingCommunity & economic developmentHealth and wellnessArts and cultureEnvironment and natural resourcesEducationViolence prevention and healingAsset building
Who They Fund
Snohomish County and Whidbey Island residents/local communitieschildren and youthseniors/older adultsfamilies in need (users of family resource centers)
About Community Foundation of Snohomish County
Community Foundation of Snohomish County channels large, repeated support into local arts, family services, and community funds across Snohomish County. One of the clearest signals in the recent record is the $2,870,900 grant to Stanwood Camano Arts Advocacy Commission for Stanwood Camano Arts Council, followed by another major award of $1,929,599 to Volunteers of America WWA for Family Resource Centers - Gates. Those grants sit alongside support for endowment-style and named funds such as the Rick Steves' Europe Fund, the Taylor Family Fund, and the Human Services Endowment. The foundation’s work touches arts and culture, human services, education, youth support, and community and economic development. Recent awards also show support for local infrastructure such as libraries, music projects, and mentoring programs. The result is a grantmaker that moves between high-dollar community investments and targeted support for organizations serving children, families, seniors, and residents throughout Snohomish County and nearby places.
What Community Foundation of Snohomish County Funds
In arts and culture, the foundation backed Stanwood Camano Arts Advocacy Commission with $2,870,900 for Stanwood Camano Arts Council, and later supported Snohomish County Music Project with $275,573 for the Snohomish County Music Project/Schack Endowment. For family support, it gave $1,929,599 to Volunteers of America WWA for Family Resource Centers - Gates, reflecting a direct investment in family resource centers. Youth-serving work also appears in grants such as $294,962 to Project Girl Mentoring Program for 15-50-5 and $302,667 to Millennia Ministries for 15-50-5, showing attention to mentoring and community-based support. The foundation also funds local civic and educational institutions, including $244,064 to Everett Public Library for the Koffski Fund.
How Community Foundation of Snohomish County Gives
Typical awards cluster in the middle range, with a p25 of $10,000, a median of $18,351, and a p75 of $50,000, while the recent list also includes several much larger community investments. The foundation operates as a mixed community foundation and makes both unrestricted-appearing support and program-specific or fund-based grants. Its recent grants show recurring relationships: Trinity Lutheran Church appears in multiple years through the Rick Steves' Europe Fund, and Bread for the World Institute also receives repeat support through that same fund. The foundation accepts unsolicited applications for the Human Services Fund, while the Community Reinvestment Project is a one-time initiative that does not accept unsolicited requests.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$9.7M
Total Assets
$55.7M
Total Revenue
$9.4M
Total Expenses
$13.2M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $50K, with a median of $18K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$18K
75th Percentile
$50K
Geographic Reach
Local17 states funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
KARRI MATAU
Accepts unsolicited proposals
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