Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    The Greater Gig Harbor Foundation serves a community of 70,000+. In 2020, we logged more than 5400 program hours. We raised funds to support diverse programs and provide grants, assistance, and services to our community throughout the pandemic through virtual programs and events as GHKP Band Together, Cider Swig, Senior Shelter in Place Meals program, Students of Distinction, Gig Harbor Basket Brigade, and The Green Gig. The Foundation also provided supporting services to Pierce County through its GGHF EnviroCorps program (now in its 16th year), which is dedicated to developing and fulfilling opportunities for community volunteers to engage in efforts to help maintain parks, trails, roads, and other public lands - keeping them safe, clean and litter free. Adopt-a-Road and trail sponsorship programs provided support to PenMet Parks through maintenance of area parks and trails, to the City of Gig Harbor through invasive species removal and other services to help maintain area parks, and to Pierce County through litter collection and removal along area roadways. As a community foundation, GGHF partners to provide services, a safe place for keeping funds in perpetuity to meet diverse community needs and acts as fiscal sponsor to a number of area groups, projects and programs, which engage in activities that are consistent with GGHF's mission. In 2020, we gave over 300 volunteer hours, collected more than 160 bags of litter, 70 bags of recyclables, provided 100 hours of Litter Patrol, and 158 hours of direct service to PenMet Park District. This work helped maintain 22 road sections within Gig Harbor's city limits and unincorporated areas of our Gig Harbor and Key peninsulas. Additionally, we cleared four sections of PenMet Parks' trails of invasive plants and trash. The Foundation raised $81,927 for future construction of the Community Campus classrooms, learning labs and gardens, and program office. Contributions to the Friends of Harbor Hill Environmental Sanctuary project totaled $62,731.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
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    $107.6K

  • Program 2 [2020]

    The Greater Gig Harbor Foundation operates the Curious by Nature School (CBNS), our community's nature-based early Learning Center which helps develop critical thinking skills to support a lifetime of success in math, science, language, and the arts. Since 2012, GGHF has supported early childhood education for children ages 2 to 6 and has offered tuition assistance grants to families in need to help close the access gap to early childhood education. In 2020, we served over 300 children ages 2 to 10 through environment focused camps and educational programs; awarded $4,500 in financial assistance grants to families through the Steward Scholarship Fund, expanded to a 100% outdoor immersion program to meet growth and demand, supported various community events with free hands on educational activities, and granted over $4,000 in support of professional development programs to address early learning priorities in math, literacy, social and emotional learning, and environmental stewardship. CBNS was one of only two early learning centers / pre-schools in our area that remained open throughout the pandemic by pivoting programs to virtual classrooms and developing active learning kits to ensure there was as little disruption as possible to our student's educational progress. CBNS also connected 300 plus children and families to community, nature, and environmental stewardship. External support for CBNS in 2020 was received through a Lu Windsor Memorial Environmental grant, Puyallup Tribe of Indians grant, and a Gig Harbor Garden Tour Association grant. The school was additionally supported by more than 1,950 volunteer hours from parents, grandparents' interns, scientists, and others.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
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    No populations provided
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    $221K

  • Program 3 [2020]

    The Greater Gig Harbor Foundation operates the Gig Harbor Senior Center (GHSC), the only community-based Center for active seniors in the Gig Harbor area. Organized in May 2019, the GHSC was forced to close its physical doors on March 13, 2020, due to the COVID-19 shelter in place mandate. To assure continued support for our community's seniors, we reimagined programs and services. Our dynamic team accomplished this in a variety of ways including website enhancements to include COVID-19 Programs & Resources, and Technology Tutorials; the delivery of nearly 10,000 SIP'M (Shelter in Place Meals) with a value of $61,077; delivery of 3,300 bags of fresh locally grown produce with a value of $13,629 and 250 bags of dry goods groceries and essentials valued at $8,750; facilitating nearly 300 area seniors 60+ to COVID-19 vaccination appointments; conducting weekly hospitality calls to ensure the well-being of area seniors; and, through the Silver Shopper Service developed to help keep area seniors safe by providing grocery and essential shopping and delivery service, free of charge. These programs and services were supported in part through membership and program fees, grants, sponsorships from local businesses, private donations, Pierce County, and CARES Act funding, with the balance of support provided by GGHF.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $90.6K