OLYMPIA, WASH. – More than 100 area agencies and organizations will receive $841,000 in vital operational funding from the 2017 Nisqually Indian Tribe Charitable and Local Government Program. Grant recipients were announced by the Tribe at a Dec. 28, 2016, award banquet.
“The Nisqually Tribe is fully committed to building success in many facets of our community life,” said Farron McCloud, Tribal chairman. “We are committed to working with our government partners in the counties and state to move forward together.
“We invest a portion of casino gaming revenues in meeting day-to-day needs in the area and in providing a strong foundation of support services for future generations of our families and neighbors. Nisqually people are a giving people, and it’s a special time of year when the Tribe can give back to our communities and people in need,” McCloud said.
The program includes three types of funding. Financial support is awarded to 501(c)3 tax-exempt organizations dedicated to public safety, children’s services, community health, cultural preservation, veteran’s support and environmental protection; these recipients are selected in a competitive application process. Scholarship funds and community groups also participate in the program. Local government funding provides for police, fire, emergency services and other public safety needs.
The Nisqually Indian Tribe Charitable and Local Government Program has awarded an estimated $5 million over the past five years, demonstrating the Tribe’s important role in supporting the community.
“I am honored and proud our Tribe can work with and give back to our surrounding communities and governments,” said Julie Palm, Nisqually Tribal Council member and treasurer. “This benefits a wide range of residents in Thurston, Mason and Pierce Counties.”
A list of 2017 funding recipients and a photo cutline follow. A photo is attached. To learn more about the Nisqually Indian Tribe, its people and programs, visit www.nisqually-nsn.gov. Nisqually Red Wind Casino is located 15 minutes east of Olympia. For more information, visit www.redwindcasino.com.
(Photo: Sheila McCloud, Nisqually Tribal Council secretary, addresses Nisqually Indian Tribe Charitable and Local Government Program 2017 grant recipients.)
Nisqually Tribe 2017 Charitable Fund Recipients
- Air Force Association, McChord Chapter
- Amtrak Depot Committee
- Anderson Athletics
- Arbutus
- Ballet Northwest
- Behavioral Health Resources
- Big Brothers/Big Sisters of SW WA
- Black Hills Junior Football
- Boys and Girls Club of Thurston County
- Chief Seattle Club
- Child Care Action Council
- CHOICE Regional Health Network
- City of Yelm Police Department
- CIELO
- Community Action Council
- Crazy Faith
- Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team
- Dispute Resolution Center of Thurston County
- DuPont Historical Society & Museum
- Emergency Food Network
- Evergreen State College Foundation
- Evergreen Forest Elementary
- Exceptional Families Network
- Family Education and Support Services
- Family Support Center of South Sound
- Family Ties Relay for Life Team
- Filipino American Community of SPS
- Fish Food Banks of Pierce County
- Friends of Lacey Timberland Library
- Friends of Nisqually National Wildlife
- God’s Portion
- Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare
- Hands on Children’s Museum
- Harlequin Productions
- Harmony Hill Retreat
- Homes First
- Hooved Animal Rescue of Thurston County
- Hospice Without Borders
- Ibsen Adoption Network
- Inter-Tribal Warrior Society
- It Takes a Village
- Kiwanis Law Enforcement Youth Camp
- L.P. Brown PTA
- Lacey Firefighters Charity
- Lacey Fire District
- Lacey Police Department
- Lacey Sunrise Lions
- Ladies Auxiliary of the Rainier Fire
- Lake Quinault School
- Lakes Elementary School-Physical Ed.
- Lakewood Historical Society and Museum
- LASA
- Lighthouse Fellowship Church
- Lions Project New Hope Northwest
- Long Live the Kings
- Lummi CEDAR Project
- Lydia Hawk Elementary School
- Makah Language Program
- Media Island International
- Mockingbird Society, The
- Morningside
- Narrows Baseball Club
- National Alliance on Mental Illness NAM
- Native Action Network
- Native Journey Women Inc.
- Native Women in Need
- NIK-SO-KO-WAAKS
- Nisqually Land Trust
- Northwest Harvest
- Northwest Indian College
- Northwest Lions Eyeglass Recycling Center
- NTHS Booster Club – Fast pitch
- Olympia School District Education Fund
- Olympia Thurston County Crime Stoppers
- Pacific Education Institute
- PARC Foundation of Thurston County
- Partners in Education (P.I.E.)
- Pizza Klatch
- Pope John Paul II
- Port Gamble S’Klallam Foundation
- Potlatch Fund
- POWER Parents Organizing for Welfare & Economics Rights
- Providence St. Peters Foundation/Sexual Assault
- Puget Sound Veterans Hope Center
- Rainier Education foundation
- Rainier Lions Club Foundation
- Rainier School District
- Regional Athletic Complex (RAC)
- Rex Animals Resources & Education
- Ridgeline Middle School
- River Ridge High School
- Roy Elementary PTA
- Sacred Heart Emergency Outreach
- SafePlace
- Saint Martin’s University
- Saint’s Pantry Food Bank
- Salmon Defense
- Salmon Homecoming Alliance
- Salvation Army, The – Olympia Corps
- Senior Services for South sound
- SideWalk
- Society of ST. Vincent de Paul
- Sound Learning
- South of the Sound Comm. Farm Land Trust
- South Puget Intertribal Planning Agency
- South Puget Intertribal Community College
- South Puget Sound Habitat for Humanity
- South Puget Sound Mobile Search & Rescue
- South Sound Alzheimer’s Council
- South Sound Estuary Association
- South Sound Parent to Parent
- South Sound Reading Foundation
- South Sound YMCA
- Southworth Booster Club
- Stonewall Youth
- Strophy Foundation, The
- Studio West Dance Booster Club
- Suquamish Museum
- TABU
- Tacoma/Pierce City Habitat for Humanity
- Tenino Community Service Food Bank Plus
- Thurston 911 Communications
- Thurston County Emergency Mgt.
- Thurston County Fair
- Thurston County Fair Foundation
- Thurston County Food Bank
- Thurston County Medic One
- Thurston County Narcotics Task Force
- Thurston County Volunteer Legal Service
- Thurston County Sheriff’s Office
- Timberline High School
- Treehouse The (Thurston/Pierce)
- Truly Motivated Transitional Living
- United Way of Thurston County
- Urban American Indian Alaska Native ED.
- WA HE LUT Indian School
- Washington DECA
- Washington Indian Civil Rights Comm.
- Washington School Principles ED. Foundation
- Washington State Patrol
- Washington State Senior Games
- Willapa Harbor Youth Football
- Wrinkles of Washington
- Yelm Community Services
- Yelm and Rainier Fire Department
