October 3, 2025 Kathleen Sayce The 2025 edition of our annual Giving Catalog is open for donations at https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/list/grant The Giving Catalog is open for the month of October, closing on the 31st. As in past years, PCF awards $500 each week during the month to each organization that raises…

In late January our commercial fishing fleet and community suffered a major blow with a devastating fire at Ilwaco Landing. Spearheaded by the Tuna Club, the Columbia River Crabbers Association and others, an extraordinary community effort enabled all local crabbers to get their pots in the water at the start…

As our community reels from the catastrophic fire at Ilwaco Landing on January 22nd, many parties are working to address the impact of the devastation. While the full impact is not yet known, we know the need for relief ranges from urgently outfitting crabbers with replacement pots and gear to…

A few days ago, David Cottrell died after a bicycle accident. He farmed cranberries near Grayland, Washington, and his loss is still reverberating through the community. This fund was opened in his memory to support a unique beach protection project he started. The link for online donations is here: https://spccf.fcsuite.com/erp/donate/create/fund?funit_id=1357…

If you have taken a class hosted by Pacific Community Foundation, you’ve probably met Nancy Bacon, an instructor we’ve hosted several times. Our latest class on fundraising for nonprofits was held in early November 2022. Nancy Bacon and Sarah Brooks also co-host the Nonprofit Radio Show, online podcasts about all…

Pacific Community Foundation is adding two new features to this catalog: A new request—Give to All, where donors make one donation, to be divided up among all the other requests A Cash Bonus three times during the month, to the request that gets the most *new* donors in each period…

PCF wants everyone to put their best foot forward in the Grants Catalog. Donors reading the list for the first time should easily understand what is being asked for, and why it’s important. Visuals should synch up with the words. In 2022, we had a record number of requests submitted.…

Tell Pacific Community Foundation what your needs and concerns are for your nonprofit organization. There are only a few questions in the survey, the link is right here.  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PCFCommunity We’d like to say come by for cookies afterward, but you do have our thanks for taking the time to do…

Who likes being accosted in public for donations? There you are, looking for your spouse’s favorite chips, and wham, someone is in your face asking you to donate to. . .  The list of likely good causes is long. They are all good causes. That’s not the point. Their request…

Nancy Bacon led a class on November 10th through a better understanding of what fundraising is, and isn’t. More than thirty people gathered at Columbia Pacific Heritage Museum to learn about making fundraising plans, pitfalls to avoid, new ideas, and practiced talking about their organizations’ programs to each other. Most…