Contributed by Erin Dwyer, Palmer Community Foundation Program Manager
Grantee, Connect Vets, constructs batting cages for the Palmer Little League.
Palmer Community Foundation (PCF), an affiliate of The Alaska Community Foundation, is pleased to announce the seven recipients of its 2021 competitive grant cycle. PCF uses proceeds from its permanent endowment to award grants that support charitable organizations and programs in Matanuska River communities. This year, grant awards focused on promoting health and wellness and economic development in the Palmer area.
PCF awarded a total of $20,850 in grant funding to the following 2021 competitive grant cycle recipients:
$6000 - Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers: Monkshood Descender mountain biking trails
$5000 - Hatcher Alpine Xperience: Skeetawk ski patrol building foundation
$3250 - Mat-Su Ski Club: Adult Learn to Ski program equipment
$2500 - Connect Vets: metal fabrication workshops
$2000 - Alaska Farmland Trust: Telling the Story of our Properties video
$1500 - Mat-Su Trails and Park Foundation: Palmer Outdoor Activity Guide.
$600 - Veterans Retirement Home: Outdoor walk sculptures
About the Palmer Community Foundation:
The Palmer Community Foundation (PCF) is a permanent charitable fund for the greater Palmer area and one of 10 Affiliate Community Foundations under the umbrella of The Alaska Community Foundation. PCF is committed to growing an endowment to strengthen the charitable nonprofits serving greater Palmer. Gifts to PCF help continue to foster philanthropy in Palmer by supporting nonprofits through grant distributions, working with local donors to help them support the causes they care about, and partnering with other organizations to improve the quality of life in Palmer. For more information, visit www.palmercf.org.
About The Alaska Community Foundation
Established in 1995, The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) is a statewide platform for philanthropy that connects people who care with causes that matter. Managing more than $165 million in assets and over 2000 funds for the benefit of Alaskans, ACF and their Affiliates grant $7 million to $10 million each year to charitable projects and nonprofit organizations across the state. ACF’s mission is to inspire the spirit of giving and connect people, organizations, and causes to strengthen Alaska’s communities now and forever. For more information, visit www.alaskacf.org or call 907-334-6700.
MEDIA CONTACT
Erin Dwyer
Palmer Community Foundation Program Manager
edwyer@alaskacf.org
Mariko Sarafin
Senior Program Officer of Affiliates
msarafin@alaskacf.org
907-334-6700