Our 2026 Giving Catalog is now open. Please click on the Donate button to go to the list. Every request is from an organization doing important work in our community. Thank you for supporting our community’s many organizations.
People Who Care, Working Together
The Pacific Community Foundation is adding community members to our Board of Directors.
IF YOU ARE: ready to share your acquired skills; a good listener and active participant; an ambassador for organizations you believe in; and, eager to help enrich the lives of people who live in our region…
…We’d love to hear from you!
Please scroll down to the bottom of this page for our contact information – thank you for your interest!.
Latest News
Saying Thank You
PCF wants to thank the several hundred donors who made donations to PCF’s 2025 Fall Giving Catalog and Giving Tuesday. You made a huge difference for many local organizations. As chaos ramps up around all of us, helping provide basic support to a wide variety of local organizations gives our…
More Giving
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…
Ilwaco Crabbers Relief Fund – A quick update
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…
Join Us Today in Supporting Ilwaco!
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…
PCF’s Newest Fund: David Cottrell Memorial Fund
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…
Give To All–the power of sharing donations
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…
New Features In The 2022 Grants Catalog
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…
Grants Catalog Requests: Your Best Foot Forward
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.…
What Are You Thinking About PCF?
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 Is That Masked Donor? Why Donor Anonymity Is Important
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…
Ilwaco Crabbers Relief Fund – A quick update
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...
Join Us Today in Supporting Ilwaco!
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...