2024 Grant Recipients
B5 Learning Center together with The Children’s Reading Foundation
Program: Team Read for B5 Students
B5 supports refugees and immigrants through education, relationships, and community so they can thrive in their new home.
The Children’s Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia ensures that every child learns to read early and well. Thereby reaching their full potential in school and in life.
Through the Team Read™ program, trained volunteers and staff are partnered with students who need help developing their literacy skills. These coaches provide one-on-one tutoring twice a week after school.
Unfortunately, after 2nd grade, students do not have the opportunity to learn to read, they are now expected to read to learn. Many school-aged refugee students begin their education in our schools after second grade. Team Read gives them the opportunity to develop needed reading skills. After an initial assessment, the CRFMC Team Read staff recommend where each student should begin their individualized instruction based on their current reading level. With the help of Team Read tutors, many students make great strides, gaining reading skills, language development, and confidence.
Children’s Developmental Center
Program: Applied Behavior Analysis Services
Children’s Developmental Center empowers families and improve children’s lives through early intervention services, education, and therapeutic services.
Applied Behavior Analysis Services is the science of changing socially significant behavior. Whether or not your child has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ABA can help. ABA is geared towards children 2-6, is highly structured and includes an individual treatment plan and therapies to address the uniqueness of your child’s needs.
Columbia Ability Alliance
Program: Opportunity Kitchen
Columbia Ability Alliance is dedicated to supporting and empowering individuals with unique abilities and life barriers, in order to foster their independence and help them achieve personal success.
Opportunity Kitchen is a 12-week food service training program for adults facing employment barriers in which they gain hands-on experience in a commercial kitchen. The goal is for all participants to gain skills needed to thrive in community-based food service or hospitality jobs. Many of the students experience homelessness, or unstable housing, lack of employment or skills to gain employment, mental health issues, single parenthood, and many other barriers that make maintaining employment difficult.
Columbia Basin College Foundation
Program: Family Study Area
Columbia Basin College Foundation is dedicated to promoting student success programs through raising funds, building partnerships, and advocating for students and the college.
The Family Study Area in the renovated library on the CBC campus will create a “family friendly” space including child sized furniture, colorful displays, activity kits, children’s technology and books. The space will provide an optimal place for CBC students to study while children in their care have a safe place to play.
Domestic Violence Service of Benton and Franklin Counties
Program: Empowered Workforce
Domestic Violence Services of Benton and Franklin Counties is dedicated to create a healthy community free from all forms of domestic violence.
The Empowered Workforce program aims to provide training and employment opportunities for domestic violence survivors, and vulnerable youth ages 16-24 helping them regain their independence and become financially self-sufficient. Overall, the program aims to help survivors of domestic violence break the cycle of abuse and vulnerable youth build a brighter future for themselves and their families.
Elijah Family Homes
Program: Parent-Child Assistance
Elijah Family Homes fosters hope, dignity, and self-sufficiency through stable housing and supportive services for families seeking recovery.
The Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) is an evidence-informed home visitation case-management model for pregnant and parenting women with substance use disorders. The home visitation case management model was created to help mother who abuse alcohol or drugs during their pregnancy. The primary goal is PCAP is to prevent future births of alcohol and/or drug exposed children through our three-year case management program. Our case managers work closely with clients on a one-on-one basis with regular home visitation linking women and their families with a comprehensive array of existing community resources to address health care, housing, child welfare, and other issues.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Program: Go-Getter Outreach Troops
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Go-Getter Outreach Troops support mental well-being in girls between 5-18. Half of all mental health conditions begin by age 14, but most go undetected and untreated. Girl Scouts has continued to adjust its structure to
flexibly meet girls needs while emphasizing four overlapping areas that are crucial to girls success today and tomorrow: supporting their mental and physical well-being, reducing their learning loss, promoting equity and social justice, and developing a workforce with more talented women leaders. Maintaining our focus on our four core “pillars” of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), Outdoors, Life Skills, and Entrepreneurship.
FORGE Youth Mentoring
Program: Kid’s Crave Connections
FORGE Youth Mentoring is passionate about connecting generations to restore hope in communities and help young people discover their God-given potential. They serve young people aged 7-18 throughout the Tri-Cities area, from all racial/ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, targeting those in single parent homes.
The Kid’s Crave Connections program offers hope and a life-changing impact for youth who feel lost. Mentored youth are more likely to hold leadership positions, attend college, volunteer in their communities, and participate in sports or extracurricular activities. It also helps address struggles reducing poverty, truancy, substance use, violence, and high school dropout rates while increasing economic mobility, workforce productivity, college completion rates, and healthy decision-making. Nine out of ten mentees desire to be a mentor to others, creating generational change.
Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Program: Go-Getter Outreach Troops
Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, confidence, and character, who make the world a better place.
Go-Getter Outreach Troops support mental well-being in girls between 5-18. Half of all mental health conditions begin by age 14, but most go undetected and untreated. Girl Scouts has continued to adjust its structure to flexibly meet girls needs while emphasizing four overlapping areas that are crucial to girls success today and tomorrow: supporting their mental and physical well-being, reducing their learning loss, promoting equity and social justice, and developing a workforce with more talented women leaders. Maintaining our focus on our four core “pillars” of STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math), Outdoors, Life Skills, and Entrepreneurship.
Grace Kitchen
Program: Grace Kitchen
Grace Kitchen is a ministry that exists to empower and employ women out of poverty in the Tri-Cities area, through mentoring, job training, employment, and friendship.
Through the production and sales of gourmet dried food products, women can earn a fair wage as they learn business skillsets that make them more employable. With time we plan to launch a catering business and a barista training program. Upon completion of our training program, women will be able to support themselves and their children.
Many of the women Grace Kitchen serves have been through some type of trauma such as adverse childhood experiences, spousal abuse, rape, prostitution, or death of a child. Others have been previously incarcerated, making transportation and employment a challenge.
Heartlinks Hospice & Palliative Care
Program: Faces of Pediatric Palliative Care
Heartlinks Hospice & Palliative Care serves to enrich the quality of one’s life and recognize its worth by providing comfort, care, and support on life’s journey.
The Faces of Pediatric Palliative Care addresses the critical gap in awareness surrounding pediatric palliative care services and aims to humanize the experiences of families facing these challenges. The program seeks to evoke empathy, break down barriers, and foster a supportive community network by showcasing real stories and insights from patients, caregivers, and healthcare professionals. Through targeted public service announcements and educational content, Heartlinks aims to empower families with the knowledge and resources they need to navigate their journey with confidence, dignity, and unwavering support.
Mid-Columbia Mastersingers
Program: Treble Choir and Columbia Chorale
Mid-Columbia Mastersingers transforms lives through the power of choral music. We envision a world where choral music is valued and supported by the community and is accessible to people of all ages and cultures.
MCM’s Treble Choir offers an annual concert to the public featuring an all-women ensemble from our singer roster. The repertoire for this program features works by women composers and highlights the distinctive vocal experiences of women.
Columbia Chorale is our “come just as you are” ensemble that is open to anyone seeking a choral community without requiring an audience. The Chorale is 80% female and
offers an intergenerational group singing experience, led by a woman director and rehearsal accompanist.
Mirror Ministries
Program: Survivor Support Groups for Trafficking Victims and Their Families
Mirror Ministries’ mission is to respond to domestic minor sex trafficking with the love of Christ through local education, intervention, restoration, and aftercare. Our vision is to see local victims of sex trafficking become survivors who have hope, healing, and restoration.
Survivor Support Groups for Trafficking Victims and Their Families is a series of support groups designed specifically for victims of trafficking utilizing psycho-education to bring healing from extreme complex trauma. These support groups are filled with others that have had similar traumas and are able to understand the complexities of one another’s issues. As we have seen how the trauma impacts the whole family, we have groups for the parents of victims, and a continued safety and stability to all survivors in our community.
Safe Harbor Support Center
Program: Safe Harbor C.A.R.E.S.
Safe Harbor Support Center is dedicated to creating a safe nurturing environment, helping children and families heal from trauma and recover from abuse and neglect.
Safe Harbor C.A.R.E.S. (cultivating adaptability and resilience through emotional self-regulation) is an evidence-based program aiding children and families in managing challenging behaviors impacting a child’s success at school, daycare, and home. Our parenting program supports families, addressing factors contributing to negative behaviors while enhancing positive parenting skills. Staff guide children to develop adaptability, resilience, and emotional regulation skills, optimizing their learning time in educational settings. This alleviates the burden on working mothers, enabling them to concentrate on employment and advancement opportunities, fostering financial security, and diminishing the need for harsh physical discipline.
Second Harvest Inland Northwest
Program: Mobile Market
Fighting hunger, feeding hope: Second Harvest brings community resources together to feed people in need through empowerment, education, and partnerships.
The Mobile Market helps increase food access to underserved population across the Inland Northwest, including the Tri-Cities. The market brings a refrigerated truck carrying up to 10,000 pounds of food, including fresh produce, dairy, meat products, bread, cereal, and other staples to sites in high-need communities. Anyone can access food through a Mobile Market. Second Harvest distributes food directly to families of all sizes at no cost.
Therapeutic Riding of Tri-Cities
Program: Path to Success
TROT seeks to promote the psychological, physical, and social well-being of individuals using animal-assisted therapies and activities.
The unique Path to Success program, launched in 2018, teaches horsemanship fundamentals while fostering relationships, responsibility, and communication. Evolving from a pilot for special needs, it now serves a growing demand from community agencies that help diverse groups, i.e. foster children, veterans, trafficking victims, eating disorder victims, etc. We adapt the curriculum to meet specific needs, aiming to double participation and expand class offerings. By fostering purpose, we in turn build and strengthen a sense of community. Our purpose is to Empower, Engage, and Educate by tailoring experiences and leveraging the healing power of horses to enrich lives.
Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity
Program: Women Build
Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity focuses on ensuring that all residents of Benton, Franklin, and Walla Walla Counties have the opportunity for a decent and affordable place to live; Habitat for Humanity seeks to put God’s love into action by bringing people together to build homes, communities, and hope.
The Women’s Build scheduled for the first full week of March, will feature workshops and home builds, aimed at teaching basic home-repair and construction skills to community members, with a focus on empowering women.
WSU Tri-Cities
Program: STEM Discovery for Elementary Schools
WSU-TC strives to advance knowledge through creative research and scholarship across a wide range of academic disciplines. To extend knowledge through innovative educational programs in which emerging scholars are mentored to realize their highest potential and assume roles of leadership, responsibility, and service to society. To apply knowledge through local and global engagement that will improve quality of life and enhance the economy of the state, nation, and world.
WSU-TC STEM Discovery is a program focused on providing underserved elementary school students with opportunities to receive hands on STEM instruction from WSU research faculty. Our goal is to create learning opportunities that create a sense of belonging in STEM as well as providing exciting, joyful opportunities for students from all backgrounds to participate and find success in discovery and investigation.
2023 Grant Recipients
Workforce Readiness: Boys & Girls Club of Benton and Franklin Counties Refugee Youth Educational Support: B5 Learning Center Cork’s Place Kids Grief Center: Chaplaincy Health Care
Columbia Ability Alliance: Opportunity Kitchen
Family Study Area: Columbia Basin College Foundation
Empowered Workforce: Domestic Violence Services of Benton and Franklin Counties
Transition To Success: Elijah Family Homes
Kid’s Crave Connections: FORGE Youth Mentoring
Go-Getter Outreach Troops: Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Norther Idaho
Grace Kitchen: Grace Collective
Trafficking Prevention/Intervention for Vulnerable Youth: Mirror Ministries
Restoration Market: Restoration Community Impact Affordable Homeownership: Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity Parent Mentorship Program: You Medical
2022 Grant Recipients
ACT & Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestra Joint Concert: Academy of Children’s Theatre
Empowerment Place: Columbia Industries
Transition To Success: Elijah Family Homes
Experience Partners Program: FORGE Youth Mentoring
Go-Getters Outreach Troops: Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Grace Kitchen: Grace Kitchen
Blooming Hearts Children’s Grief Program: Heartlinks Hospice & Palliative Care
Tri-Cities School-Based Mental Health Program: Lutheran Community Services Northwest
Esther’s Home Therapeutic Services & Life Skills Program: Mirror Ministries
Down Payment/Closing Cost Assistance Program: Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity
Adaptive Riding Program: Therapeutic Riding of Tri-Cities (TROT)
2021 Grant Recipients
Women Who WOW: Boys and Girls Clubs of Benton & Franklin Counties
Applied Behavioral Analysis: Children’s Developmental Center
Scholarship Support for Elementary Education: Columbia Basin College Foundation
Opportunity Kitchen: Columbia Industries
Emergency Food/Assistance Program: Domestic Violence Services of Benton & Franklin Counties
Amigo Mentor Hispanic Outreach Program: FORGE Youth Mentoring
Pathfinder Troops Program: Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho Grace Kitchen: Grace Kitchen
Mastersingers Youth Program: Mid-Columbia Mastersingers
Restorative Therapeutic Mental Services for Sex Trafficking Victims: Mirror Ministries
Mobile Market: Second Harvest
Human Trafficking Program: Support, Advocacy, & Resource Center
Down Payment/Closing Cost Assistance Program: Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity
2020 Grant Recipients
Emerging needs funding for women in Trio/Student Support Services: Columbia Basin College Foundation
Expanding Mental Health access by Increasing Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners: Grace Clinic
Pediatric Palliative Care: Heartlinks Hospice & Palliative Care
Camp Memory Bags, and Club Mentoring: Royal Family KIDS, Pasco
Human Trafficking Program: Support, Advocacy, and Resource Center
READY! For Kindergarten Mobile Outreach: The Children’s Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia
Path To Success: Therapeutic Riding of Tri-Cities
2019 Grant Recipients
Applied Behavioral Analysis Program: Children’s Developmental Center
College & Career Readiness with CISBF: Communities In Schools of Benton Franklin
Youth Outreach & Prevention Program: Domestic Violence Services of Benton & Franklin Counties
Transition To Success Program: Elijah Family Homes
ESL Childcare Program: Family Learning Center
Pursuing Potential: FORGE Youth Mentoring
Outreach & Intervention for Victims of Sex Trafficking: Mirror Ministries
Homeowners Down Payment Assistance: Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity
Education Field Trips to the REACH Museum: REACH Foundation
2018 Grant Recipients
In School Grief Support Program: Chaplaincy Health Center
Fueling Kids Futures: Communities In Schools of Benton Franklin
Youth Prevention in Schools: Domestic Violence Services of Benton & Franklin Counties
Pediatric Palliative Care: Heartlinks Hospice & Palliative Care
INCLUDE (Inspiring, with No Challenges or Limitations, the University of Dance Experience): Mid-Columbia Ballet
Restorative Therapeutic Services for Victims of Sex Trafficking: Mirror Ministries
Respite and Art Program for Developmentally Disabled: Modern Living Services
Leadership ANSIL (A New Start in Life): River of Life MCC
Camp Memory Bags and Clubs/Mentoring Program: Royal Family Kids, Pasco
Women-On-A-Roll: Wheelhouse Community Bike Shop
Women Helping Women Become Citizens: World Relief Tri-Cities
2017 Grant Recipients
Girls on the Run: Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties
READY! For Kindergarten for Childcare Providers: The Children’s Reading Foundation of the Mid-Columbia
Support Women in Worker Retraining: Columbia Basin College Foundation
Transition To Success: Elijah Family Homes
Women’s and Boy’s Choir presentation of Gonzales Cantata Performance: Mid-Columbia Mastersingers
Mid-Columbia Junior Strings Ensemble: Mid-Columbia Symphony
Increasing Access to Food and Nutrition Education: Second Harvest Inland Northwest
Leadership for Benton City Youth: Life & Business Skills for Marginalized Girls & Boys: Perfect Image Leadership Foundation
The Incredible Years Parenting Plan: Safe Harbor Support Center
2016 Grant Recipients
Second Chance Center Rapid Engagement and Empowerment Project: Benton-Franklin Community Action Connections
Transition To Success: Elijah Family Homes
B4Stage4: Grace Clinic
Lunch Buddies: Ignite Youth Mentoring
Mid-Columbia Women’s Choir and Mid-Columbia Boys’ Choir: Mid-Columbia Mastersingers
Specialized Human Trafficking Advocate: Mirror Ministries
Royal Family KIDS Camp, Pasco Mentoring Program: Royal Family Kids Camp, Pasco WA
2015 Grant Recipients
Children’s Summer Day Program: Lourdes Foundation/Lourdes Counseling Center
Domestic Violence Housing First: Domestic Violence Services of Benton-Franklin Counties
Food for Hungry Schoolchildren: Second Harvest Inland Northwest
Mid-Columbia Youth Symphony: Mid-Columbia Symphony
Pathways to Literacy and Community Engagement: Washington State University Foundation
REACH: Creating Access to the Under served: REACH Foundation
SMART Girls: Boys & Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties
Step-Up: Safe Harbor Support Center partnered with Domestic Violence Services of Benton & Franklin Counties and Benton Franklin Juvenile Justice Center
Specialized Human Trafficking Advocate: Mirror Ministries
Transition To Success: Elijah Family Homes
2014 Grant Recipients
After School Matters/Community Liaison Component: Tri-Cities Community Connections
Development of Varied Experiences: The ARC of Tri-Cities
Education of Wheels: REACH Foundation
First-Generation Scholarships: Washington State University, Tri-Cities
Food for Hungry Schoolchildren: Second Harvest Inland Northwest
Girls on the Run: Girls on the Run Southeast WA
“Mission: Ignition: Recruiting and Training Campaign: Ignite Youth Mentoring
Pathways to Literacy and Community Engagement (PTL): Washington State University Foundation
Royal Family KIDS Camp, Club Mentors: Royal Family KIDS, Pasco
Spectrum on Stage: Academy of Children’s Theatre
Tri-Cities Diaper Bank: Adventist Community Services
2013 Grant Recipients
After School Matters: Tri-Cities Community Connections
Be a Friend First (BFF): Anti-bullying/relational aggression program – Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
CARE (Complete Autism Response & Evaluation) Team: Carson Kolzig Foundation
First Generation Scholarships: Washington State University, Tri-Cities
Homegrown Help Produce Distribution: Second Harvest
Tri-Cities Diaper Bank: Adventist Community Services
2012 Grant Recipients
At-Risk Youth Chaplain: The Chaplaincy
Education on Wheels: Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science & Technology (CREHST)
The Children’s Program: Domestic Violence Services of Benton and Franklin Counties
Safe Families for Children (SFFC): Olive Crest
Royal Family Kids Camp (RFKC), Pasco/Royal Family KIDS, Club & Mentor Program: Royal Family Kids Camp
The Counseling Program: Support, Advocacy & Resource Center (SARC)
First Generation Scholarships: Washington State University, Tri-Cities
2011 Grant Recipients
Grace Clinic Fund for Dental Hygiene, Therapy for Grace Clinic Patients: Columbia Basin College/CBC Foundation
“Money Matters”: Financial Literacy – Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
Women Build 2012: Habitat for Humanity Tri-Cities
“Pass the Torch”: Ignite Youth Mentoring
BodyWorks: Lourdes Health Network
Tri-Cities Diaper Bank: Adventist Community Services
First Generation Scholarships: WSU Tri-Cities/WSU Foundation
2010 Grant Recipients
Cork’s Place: The Tri-Cities Chaplaincy
Hope Home / Bonding Right from the Start & TEAM HOPE Groups: Catholic Family and Child Service
Royal Family Kids’ Camp, Pasco: Royal Family Kids’ Camp
Tri-Cities Kids Café: Second Harvest Tri-Cities
Women Success Program: WSU Tri-Cities/WSU Foundation
2009 Grant Recipients
Beads Behind Bars: Allied Arts Association
Girls on the Run: YMCA of the Greater Tri-Cities
Guardianship Monitoring Program: Family Court Services Division Benton/Franklin Superior Court
Hospice Guide to Caregiving: The Chaplaincy
Kids Café: Second Harvest Tri-Cities
Loving Homes for Abused Children Program: Olive Crest
(Mentoring Girls in Construction) MAGIC Camp: National Association of Women in Construction
Taming the Dragons: Safe Harbor Crisis Nursery
Women in History and Science: Columbia River Exhibition of History, Science & Technology (CREHST)
Women Success Program: Washington State University, Tri-Cities/WSU Foundation
2008 Grant Recipients
Family Enrichment: Elijah Family Homes
Pathway to Success: Columbia Industries
Royal Family Kids’ Camp: Royal Family Kids’ Camp
Teen Council: Planned Parenthood of Central Washington
Educational and Character Building Services to Refugees, Migrant Workers, and the Poor in Tri-Cities: Skills Development Mission
2007 Grant Recipients
Partners N Pals Jr. Pilot Program Summer Camp: Arc of Tri-Cities
Spanish Literacy Project (Phase 2): Washington State University Extension
Body and Mind: Salvation Army
Growing Up: Safe, Healthy, and Happy: Vista Youth Center
Increase Direct Medical Service to Uninsured: Grace Clinic
Children’s Summer Day Treatment Program: Lourdes Counseling Center
2006 Grant Recipients
Teen Dating Violence: Love Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Planned Parenthood of Central Washington
Don’t Quit Workshop: Columbia Basin College Resource Center
Project Backpack: Second Harvest Food Bank
Spanish Literacy Project: Washington State University Extension
Domestic Violence Awareness Project: Domestic Violence Services of Benton & Franklin Counties
2005 Grant Recipients
Project Backpack: Second Harvest Food Bank
Cork’s Place: Tri-Cities Chaplaincy
Girls Are Great: Mid-Columbia Girl Scouts
Choices: Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee
Autism Intervention: Children’s Developmental Center
Don’t Quit Workshop: Columbia Basin College Resource Center
2004 Grant Recipients
The “What’s Life Worth…?” and “Drop Dead Gorgeous” Program: Benton Franklin Substance Abuse Council
The Pregnant and Parenting Outreach Support Program: Hope Home
The Supervised Visitation and Exchange Services Program: Mid-Columbia Coalition for Children
Cork’s Place: Tri-Cities Chaplaincy
2003 Grant Recipients
Skills, Mastery and Resistance Training (SMART) Girls!: Boys and Girls Clubs of Benton and Franklin Counties
Children’s Day Program: Lourdes Counseling Center
Youth Employment Support Services (YESS): Columbia Industries
Amigas Unidas Community Organizing and Outreach: Consejo
Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training: Contact
2002 Grant Recipients
Women Helping Women Build One House: Tri-County Partners – Habitat for Humanity
Crisis Program: Sexual Assault Response Center
Project Hand-Up: Second Harvest Food Bank
All Newborns Given Legal Seats: A.N.G.L.S. Network
2001 Grant Recipients
Non-Traditional and Weekend Hours Child Care: Benton-Franklin Community Action Committee
Mentoring to Overcome Barriers to Success: Safe Harbor Crisis Nursery