Blue Mountain Community Foundation started in 1984 based on the idea that the area needed a place for donors who cared about the community to make long-term investments.
A group of 36 local citizens, under the guidance of Pete Peery and John Reese, were the initial corporate members that resolved to form a non-profit corporation. Since securing its first endowed fund, the Foundation has grown to over $20 million in 170 charitable funds.
In addition to the help from the church, the agency has received several grants from the Blue Mountain Community Foundation and the Art and Clara Bald Trust. Frasco said the community has also been...more
Blue Mountain Community Foundation has revised its 2018 grant guidelines and application for the annual Discretionary Grants program, said Executive Director Kari Isaacson in a release. ... The...more
Blue Mountain Community Foundation has revised its 2018 grant guidelines and application for the annual Discretionary Grants program, said Executive Director Kari Isaacson in a release. Two...more
Assets for the Blue Mountain Community Foundation have reached a new high, according to Executive Director Kari Isaacson. At the start of this year, assets had grown to $50.2 million as a result of...more
This is the Milton-Freewater Athena Weston Fund of the Blue Mountain Community Foundation in Walla Walla. The new entity is already active, and is managed by five to six local volunteers (including...more
She is the daughter of the late Maurice and Verda Isaacson. She is a graduate of Grant High School, Portland; Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, Wash., and The University of Oregon School of Law,...more
For people wishing to make charitable donations but uncertain how tax reform is going to affect them, all of us at Blue Mountain Community Foundation suggest looking into creating a donor-advised...more
Online applications are available on the Blue Mountain Community Foundation website at ubne.ws/2CDUbAl for the Walla Walla Columbia School Retirees application. Etcetera appears in daily and Sunday...more
Chief executive of HCT, Dai Powell, shares the experiences and practical lessons he learned along the way when teaming up with Ealing Community Transport to deliver site transport during the Olympic Park construction.