Sherwood Trust awards $102,000 to local organizations

WALLA WALLA — Sherwood Trust is awarding $102,000 in Impact Grants to eight organizations serving local communities, said CEO Brian Hunt. Impact Awards support youth, community outreach, and recovery programs. The competitive grants are available to organizations that have not recently received Sherwood Trust funding.

“To support equity in our grantmaking, we want to make sure we are learning from organizations that have not applied or received Sherwood Trust funding,” said Hunt. “This year’s Impact grants were an opportunity to focus on building new relationships.”

2023 Impact grants were awarded to the following:

• $15,000 to Abundant Life Childcare, http://www.abundantlifechildcare.com, to support its effort to establish licensed childcare in the Waitsburg area.

• $15,000 to Cardinals Nest, http://www.waitsburgsd.org/page/cardinal-nest, to support its growing after-school program in Waitsburg. 

• $15,000 to Citizens TV, http://citizenstvwwv.com, in Milton-Freewater to support technology upgrades for its affordable access to out-of-area television stations.

• $15,000 to Northwest Public Broadcasting to support its “Explore Together/Exploremos Juntos” for Walla Walla Valley youth.

• $10,000 to Rhizome, https://www.werhize.org, to support civic service fellowships for youth in area schools. 

• $12,000 to support organizational development for Rural Youth Enrichment Services (RYES) http://www.ruralyes.org, in rural Walla Walla County.

• $15,000 to Walla Walla Area Crime Watch, http://www.wwacw.com, to support its outreach, graffiti abatement, and community education programs.

• $5,000 to Walla Walla Community Change Team, https://www.wwcommunitychangeteam.com, to support art for recovery and resilience.

“Equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism are central to Sherwood Trust, and these grants support that work,” said Sherwood Trust Board President Kazi Joshua.

“We’re excited that in this round of grants, we’ve had applications from organizations we have not worked with in the past,” Joshua said. “It is our hope that this will encourage other organizations who have not worked with Sherwood Trust to consider doing so,” 

Sherwood Trust previously awarded $1 million in grants from its spring Core grant program. Its 2024 grant cycles will be announced in January.