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Healthy Children's Fund - Technical Assistance Initiative

Chuckanut Health Foundation

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foundation

Overview

Healthy Children's Fund - Technical Assistance Initiative

Purpose: Support current and potential child care providers and operators in Whatcom County to access Healthy Children's Fund resources and build their capacity to apply for and secure public funding.

Primary Goal: Enhance child and family well-being through diverse, accessible child care and early learning services.

Core Principle: Child care and early learning services should be diverse and tailored to meet the specific needs of children and families.

Target Providers:

  • Large and small centers

  • Licensed family homes

  • BIPOC-owned or rural programs

  • Service providers and child care operators across Whatcom County

  • Those currently lacking grant-writing resources
  • Services Provided:

  • Training and technical assistance

  • Consultation on project development

  • Grant writing assistance

  • Budgeting support

  • Technical assistance with county contracting

  • Project feasibility assessment

  • Grant application review and editing

  • Post-award management coaching

  • Contract negotiation and compliance support
  • Approach: Strengths-based support that honors and builds on providers' existing capabilities.

    Geographic Scope: Whatcom County, Washington

    Partners: Chuckanut Health Foundation and Whatcom Child Care Coalition

    Contact Information:

  • Email: Meredith@WhatcomChildCareCoalition.org (Whatcom Child Care Coalition Lead)

  • Email: info@chuckanuthealthfoundation.org

  • Phone: 360-671-3349

  • Address: 1500 Cornwall Ave, Bellingham, WA 98225
  • What Chuckanut Health Foundation actually gave

    Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024

    Grants in 2024
    20
    Total given
    $390K
    Median grant
    $15K
    Range
    $5,100–$65K
    • By dollars: Washington 100%. Top recipient cities: Bellingham, WA; Ferndale, WA.
    • 20% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.

    Example grants

    • Skookum Kids · Bellingham, WA

      Holiday cheer donation + match

      $65K

    • Vamos Outdoors Project · Bellingham, WA

      Community health legacy award

      $45K

    • Northwest Youth Services · Bellingham, WA

      Community health legacy award

      $33K

    • Bellingham Bay Rotary Foundation · Bellingham, WA

      Holiday cheer donation + match

      $30K

    • Nami of Whatcom County · Bellingham, WA

      Community health legacy award

      $25K

    IRS Form 990-PF, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

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