Pacific Community Foundation: Midwinter News From PCF

December 28, 2019

Midwinter Newsletter—Some Firsts

It’s been a busy year for the Foundation. In late winter, we registered a new trade name, Pacific Community Foundation, to make it easier for all of us to remember. Our original name, South Pacific County Community Foundation, still works.

Other firsts:

Opened four new donor-advised funds.
In November more than $50k was donated to several funds by more than thirty donors.
Remodeled our logo, going back to a look that was first proposed by Laila Brown, Salt Hotel and Pub, in 2012.
Added on-line donation alternatives, including one-time and recurring (monthly or annual) options. As in the past, when you donate online, you can make several donations to different funds at the same time.
Tribute and Memorial options were also added, with a note field so that donors can tell us more about their donations.

This capacity is made possible by Community Suite, an accounting program that was purpose-written for community foundations. To learn more about Community Suite and its parent organization, Foundant, go to https://www.foundant.com/, which also offers online grants and scholarship management programs.

New Funds Opened in 2019:

Abundant Salmon Futures Fund
Sea Resources opened this fund to help finance salmon habitat and production far into the future. Right now the hatchery is busy refitting the incubation room and preparing for its first eggs in several years. For more about the Sea Resources Hatchery, see their website: Chinook Hatcher y
For donations: https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create?funit_id=1027

Sports Excellence Fund
A group of donors opened this fund to bring outstanding coaches to Ocean Beach School District to teach . . . coaches. When coaches learn improved coaching skills, their students do better.

We look forward to expanding this program from cross country and track programs to other sports, and supporting coach training throughout southwest Washington.
For donations: https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create?funit_id=1028

The Martha and Mya Afterschool Fund
The Boys and Girls Club of Long Beach Peninsula was hit by declining donations in 2018-19, and the Foundation enthusiastically supports a new fund that will promote multiyear funding.
For donations: https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create?funit_id=1060

Wellspring Community Network Fund
Wellspring Community Network is another important organization that helps provide services to families and children.

This fund will eventually become an endowment, and initially helps cover funding gaps between grants for a variety of programs. For donations: https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create?funit_id=1022

Spring Grants Catalog

In 2020 we will take a big step forward and open two grants catalogs, one in Spring, the other in Fall 2020.

Watch for a winter meeting in late February to review how to submit your organization’s grant request proposal to the Spring Grants Catalog. This process is online, and it helps to have all content ready when you start, so that you can complete this in one session. This meeting will help you get organized.

We will open the grant proposal process on line during March, review proposals in April, and open the list for donations during May 2020.

In Fall 2020, we will repeat this for the fall grant catalog, which will open for proposals from organizations in October, be reviewed in November, and open to take donations in December.

New Finances Support Group

What is the one board officer position that can be hardest to fill? Treasurer comes immediately to mind.

To help local nonprofit treasurers, we started a support group in December 2019.

Bring your questions, and we’ll discuss everything from budgeting and charts of accounts to line items.

Interested? Contact PCF Treasurer Kathleen Sayce, ksayce@willapabay.org or 360-665-5292.

Next Class—Grant Writing, March 27, 2020

By popular request, our next class will be Grant Writing, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., March 27, 2020, at Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum, Ilwaco, WA.

Washington Nonprofits provides the instructor, with a grant from the Medina Foundation. Medina has been a committed grantor for nonprofit education programs in Pacific County for many years. If you meet Jessica Case, program manager, Medina Foundation, please thank her for this support.

Also consider joining Washington Nonprofits to have access to
the great online content and the member’s rate for class fees.

https://washingtonnonprofits.org/membership/join-renew/

Officers for 2020 and a New Board Member

Our officers for the coming year are: Todd Wiegardt, President, Nansen Malin, Vice-President, Jerry Macy, Secretary, and Kathleen Sayce, Treasurer.

Jerry Macy is our newest board member, retired after jobs with U.S. Navy, school district, nonprofit management, and winery management in California. He and wife Sally still travel back and forth to California, but are here often enough that we were able to persuade him onto the board. They live on Willapa Bay south of Nahcotta.

Kathleen is thrilled to have another board member who likes numbers as much as she does!