Washington · Public charity
Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation
Provide grants to nonprofits in the local community and scholarships for local students.
- $193k
- Granted FY2026(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2026
- 3
- Organizations funded FY2025
- 67%
- First-time grantees FY2025
- Itemized, FY2026
- $160k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2026
- $8,648
- Largest grant, FY2026
- $70,785
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 5
- FY2018 to FY2025
- States reached, FY2026
- 1
- Total assets, FY2026
- $2.1M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2025, 67% of the organizations Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 96% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2025, 4% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $175k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026still arriving | 3 | $86k | 67% |
| FY2025 | 3 | $182k | 67% |
| FY2023 | 1 | $75k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 3 | $38k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 5 | $143k | 80% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $123k | 100% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $102k | 33% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $121k | 100% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2026, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Mission Ministries | $165,036 | 1 | n/a |
| Max Higbee Community Recreation Center | $107,751 | 1 | 15% |
| Sun Community Service | $105,794 | 1 | 22% |
| Lydia Place | $102,908 | 1 | 4% |
| Opportunity Council | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition | $86,221 | 1 | 16% |
| Bellingham Bay Community Boating Center | $74,802 | 1 | 6% |
| Skookum Kids | $70,785 | 1 | n/a |
| Ipa Foundation | $45,514 | 4 | 6% |
| Mercy Housing Northwest | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse Mission Ministries | $165,036 | 1 | n/a |
| Max Higbee Community Recreation Center | $107,751 | 1 | 15% |
| Sun Community Service | $105,794 | 1 | 22% |
| Lydia Place | $102,908 | 1 | 4% |
| Opportunity Council | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition | $86,221 | 1 | 16% |
| Bellingham Bay Community Boating Center | $74,802 | 1 | 6% |
| Skookum Kids | $70,785 | 1 | n/a |
| Ipa Foundation | $45,514 | 4 | 6% |
| Mercy Housing Northwest | $21,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Rise Against Hunger Inc | $11,241 | 2 | 0% |
| Bellingham Technical College | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Children of the Nations | $6,611 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 5 recipients with no EIN on record ($79k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Each grantee by its size and the share of its budget Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation supplied at peak.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Whatcom Community Foundation · Mount Baker Foundation · Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation · Puget Sound Energy Foundation · United Way of Whatcom County · Chuckanut Health Foundation · First Fed Foundation · North Sound Accountable Community of Health · Thomas & Martina Horn Foundation · Alternatives to Hunger Bellingham Food Bank · Little Family Legacy Foundation · Jerry H Walton Foundation
How this is measured
Compare Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation with peer funders
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About Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation
- How much does Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation give?
- Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation reported 5 itemized grants totaling $160,068, out of $193,095 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2026 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 5 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2025.
- What does Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2026, its largest causes are Education (39%), Recreation & Sports (18%), Housing & Shelter (15%).
- Who are Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2026: Lighthouse Mission Ministries ($165k), Max Higbee Community Recreation Center ($108k), Sun Community Service ($106k).
- Does Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2025, 67% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Whatcom Community Foundation, Mount Baker Foundation, Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation.
- Where is Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation based?
- Rotary Club of Bellingham Foundation is based in WA.
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