Local Nonprofits Receive Grant Awards

WALLA WALLA – Each year the Blue Mountain Community Foundation awards grant money to a wide variety of organizations to help support programs that benefit local communities. Several organizations in Waitsburg, Prescott, and Dayton were the recipients of the foundation’s recently awarded 2015-16 discretionary grants.

The City of Waitsburg received $1,200 for its sesquicentennial celebration.

Waitsburg’s Cardinal’s Nest after-school program, received $5,000.

The Waitsburg Historical society received $1,000 toward a new security alarm system.

The Waitsburg School District was awarded $1,500 toward the purchase of ban instruments.

Waitsburg’s Rural Youth Enrichment Services was awarded $3,400 to be used for the Touchet Valley Acoustic Music project and the Waitsburg Youth Giant Pumpkin Growers project.

The Prescott Joint Park & Recreation District received $3,500 for new playground equipment at Field View Park.

The Prescott School District was awarded $5,000 for their after-school program.

Dayton’s Touchet Valley Arts Council was awarded $2,500 towards opera and children’s theater projects.

The next grant cycle will begin with applications made available in May of 2016 and due in July. Tax-exempt 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in Columbia, Garfield, Walla Walla, and Umatilla counties are invited to apply. Grant awards generally range from $1,000 to $10,000. Learn more at http://www.bluemountainfoundation.org.