GRAYS HARBOR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

WELCOME

Established by local residents in 1994, the Grays Harbor Community Foundation works with donors from all walks of life who want to create unique funds to improve local communities.  By helping donors help their communities through charitable giving, we are working to build a community endowment for the long-term benefit of Grays Harbor County.

NEW GIVING PRIORITIES

Read about the new Giving Priorities that have been developed to guide our Grant Applicants in developing applications that fit the goals and mission of the Community Foundation, and to guide our Grants Committee in choosing projects that support our goals and mission.

If you have any questions about our Giving Priorities, please contact us.

IN A NUTSHELL

The work of our community foundation is perhaps best told in the stories of those whose lives we've touched:

• Read why lifelong Aberdeen residents Don and Vera McCaw decided to set up a permanent endowment fund to support their favorite local charities, year after year. 

• Read why Lyle Lancaster of Central Park chose to leave his estate to the Grays Harbor Community Foundation to provide scholarships for local students. 

• Read how we helped Catholic Community Services make a smooth transition with their Feed the Hungry program. 

• Read how Harbor After School provides a safe place for local middle school students to learn and play after school is over, thanks in part to our support. 

These stories are but a few of the many we hope to tell in the years ahead.  By sharing them, we hope to inspire further acts of giving which, combined, will significantly help to improve our community. 

Our sole aim, now and always, is to improve the quality of life in this beautiful place we call home -- Grays Harbor.

LINKS

An introduction to community foundations

A history of community foundations

What is the Grays Harbor Community Foundation?

Mission

Stories

Grants

Scholarships

Board and staff

Frequently Asked Questions

Contact us

Ways You Can Give:

• Giving to an existing fund

• Establishing a new fund

• Learn more about unrestricted funds

• Learn more about area of interest funds

• Learn more about designated funds

• Learn more about donor advised funds

• Learn more about scholarship funds

Foundation Staff

Jim Daly became the Executive Director of the Grays Harbor Community Foundation on August 10, 2004.

Cassie Lentz became the Program Officer of the Grays Harbor Community Foundation on April 1, 2010.

Cari Jewell became the Administrative Assistant of the Grays Harbor Community Foundation on November 1, 2010, and was promoted to Office Manager on July 1, 2011.

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We thank Darrell Westmoreland, Kevin Hong, Ellen Pickell, and the Polson Museum for providing the photographs used in this website.  We'd like to showcase the work of more local photographers and artists on this website and in our publications.  Please contact us if you'd like to help. 

Mail:        705 J Street  |  P.O. Box 615  |  Hoquiam, WA  98550

Email:      info@gh-cf.org

Phone:     360.532.1600

Fax:         360.532.8111

Last modified: 10/17/2011