Community Investment

With thanks to our members, we award $300,000 in grants annually to deserving organizations.

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Our Community Investment Program provides grants to local non-profit organizations twice per year. An employee committee reviews all applications and then makes recommendations to our Board of Directors who approves grant recipients. Grants ranging generally from $3,000 to $25,000 are awarded, up to a total of $150,000 in each round. See our recent recipients below!

Announcing our Fall 2023 grant recipients!

Check out the list below of the 20 organizations in Humboldt, Del Norte, and Trinity County who received a total of $150,000.  Thank you to the 112 local non-profits who submitted applications totaling $1.5 million.  We appreciate the impact you make in our communities.  Our Spring 2024 round opens February 1.

Grant Recipients

Fall 2023

Affordable Homeless Housing Alternatives
Hygiene products & showers
$15,000

Alderpoint Volunteer Fire Department
New PPE equipment
$15,000

Blue Lake Fire Department
New CPR equipment
$4,000

Coffee Creek Elementary School
New generator
$15,000

Cumbre Humboldt
Swim lessons for Latinx children
$6,880

Del Norte High Soccer
New goal posts and nets for boys and girls teams
$5,000

Del Norte Junior Livestock
New animal pens for children showing
$12,000

Ferndale Police Department
Upgrades to emergency communication
$7,500

Food for People
Emergency response vehicle
$25,000

Fort Dick Fire Protection District
New emergency lights for fire trucks
$4,800

Friends of the Dunes
Environmental education gear for children
$2,000

Hayfork Community Center
Warm weather clothing for youth
$2,000

HCAR
Yard equipment for developmentally disabled work crew
$2,600

Humboldt County CERT
First aid supplies for emergency response
$3,000

Humboldt Domestic Violence Services
Food gift cards for survivors
$5,000

North Coast Rape Crisis Team
Cell phones for survivors
$5,220

Pacout Green Team
Hygiene items, socks, and services
$5,000

Providence St. Joseph Hospital
Gas cards for cancer patients
$2,500

Trinity Jr. Wolves Youth Football & Cheer
Uniforms
$6,500

Willow Creek Volunteer Fire Department
New rescue rope system
$8,500

Spring 2023

211 Humboldt
Clothing for low income families
$7,000

Arcata House Partnership
Ceiling baffles & chairs for emergency shelter
$9,000

Big Lagoon Community Services
Generator for water supply
$6,800

Bridgeville Community Center
Van for food deliveries
$3,500

Clarke Historical Museum
Dehumidifier for mold prevention
$15,587

Coast Redwoods Art Association
Art workshops and kits for families
$3,775

Cutten Ridgewood Recreation Association
Snack shack repairs
$5,000

Del Norte Amateur Radio Club
Upgrades to emergency communication
$7,500

Dream Quest
New community youth center
$25,000

Free to Fly Foundation
Gift cards for school clothes/supplies
$5,000

Garberville Fire Protection
Slip-in unit for fire truck
$11,492

Hoopa Valley High School
Technology equipment for student competition
$3,400

Humboldt Bay Fire
Marine rescue equipment
$3,500

Humboldt Bridges to Success
Youth enrichment activities
$5,000

Humboldt Skatepark Collective
New McKinleyville skatepark
$9,330

Humboldt Spay & Neuter
Comfort room/supplies for families
$4,955

Lewiston Sparkies
Tools to clear flammable vegetation
$2,848

Lion’s Club of McKinleyville
Spot vision device
$3,500

North Coast Stand Down
Winter supplies for veterans
$4,000

Watershed Research and Training
Safety equipment for teen program
$2,670

Weaverville Fire Dept.
CPR training supplies
$5,143

Willow Creek Fire Safety Council
Storage unit for chipper and trailer
$6,000

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