2022 Grant Recipients
Program: ACT & Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestra Joint Concert
Agency: Academy of Children’s Theatre
Academy of Children’s Theatre and the Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestra provide educational opportunities in the creative environment of theater and musical sphere.
The collaboration of the Joint Concert production of Into the Woods at Southridge High School in March 2023 will celebrate and elevate the musical talents of 50+ symphony students and 50+ theatre students from all across the greater mid-Columbia. Not only will these students present this show to the general public but will also have a field trip opportunity for area elementary students to witness, in a peer-to-peer experience, the artistic talents of the youth in our community.
Program: Reentry Gap Funding Program
Agency: Columbia Basin College Foundation
Columbia Basin College Foundation is dedicated to promoting student success programs through raising funds, building partnerships, and advocating for students and the college.
The CBC Reentry program will serve to support women learning skills to change the course of their lives for themselves and their dependents. The idea is to provide intensive, targeted assistance to a small number of women to help overcome barriers, so their justice status no longer defines them. This program will help women change how they identify from an individual with a criminal history to an educated and employed member of the community.
Program: Empowerment Place
Agency: Columbia Industries
Columbia Industries is a mission-based organization committed to supporting and empowering individuals with disabilities and other challenges, in order to help them achieve personal success and community engagement. We champion the development of essential vocational and life skills, meaningful social involvement and access to critical resources.
Empowerment Place is a walk-in resource center where individuals are connected to various support services. Staff either directly provide services or connect individuals to specific resources provided by partner agencies. Services include: access to job boards, resume/job application assistance, Basic Food application, low-income housing search, rent/utility assistance, mental health counseling, transportation, health care, recovery treatment, immediate needs such as food, clothing and toiletries, domestic violence resources and more. We provide vital services to empower clients on their journey to stability and independence.
Program: Transition To Success
Agency: Elijah Family Homes
Elijah Family Homes provides supportive services to those not eligible for public housing because of activities during their time of active addiction. The Transition To Success program assists families currently in the EFH housing program and those on the waiting list. Families have been in recovery from substance abuse addiction for at least one year upon program entry, have children under 18, and do not qualify for public housing. Case management includes home visits, Positive Parenting Program, goal setting, compliance monitoring (drug tests and recovery meeting documentation), EFH community meetings, and family activities.
Program: Experience Partners Program
Agency: Forge Youth Mentoring
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 Experience Partners program aims to break the poverty cycle and reduce the opportunity gap for our mentees by encouraging them to explore their possibilities and by providing them the guidance and support to pursue their interests.
FORGE Youth Mentoring plans to develop a network of “Experience Partners” that will share their expertise with FORGE Youth Mentor matches by providing guided activities or tours related to their unique skills, talents, or careers.
Program: Go-Getter Outreach Troops Program
Agency: Girl Scouts of Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho
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.
Program: Grace Kitchen Program
Agency: 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.
Program: Blooming Hearts Children’s Grief Program
Agency: Heartlinks Hospice & Palliative Care
Heartlinks Hospice & Palliative Care enriches the quality of life for individuals and their families in need of comprehensive end-of-life care.
Children grieve differently than adults and need specific care. The Blooming Hearts Children’s Grief program will take that into consideration as we meet those needs. We are touching on tangible resources as well as counseling geared toward youth and their unique needs during a tragic time of mourning.
Program: Tri-Cities School-Based Mental Health Program
Agency: Lutheran Community Services Northwest
Lutheran Community Services Northwest partners with individuals, families, and communities for health, justice, and hope.
The Tri-Cities School-Based Mental Health program collaborates with the Richland School District to provide early intervention and support for students with mild or emerging mental health needs. Services are provided by a Program Supervisor, Mental Health Clinicians, and a Case Manager who collaborate with teachers, parents, and the district’s mental health team to promote healthy social and emotional well-being, teach coping skills, and foster the best possible outcomes for students.
Program: Esther’s Home Therapeutic Services and Life Skills Program
Agency: Mirror Ministries
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.
Esther’s Home Therapeutic Services and Life Skills will be the first restoration home for minor victims of sex trafficking in Washington. A place of refuge with consistent loving care from well trained staff in a home environment specific to their trauma. The girls will have onsite counseling and therapeutic activities including equine therapy. They will do online school with trauma informed tutors onsite and have a variety of life skills and enrichment opportunities for fun and growth. They will get to be a kid while preparing to be a healthy adult.
Program: Down Payment/Closing Cost Assistance
Agency: Tri-County Partners Habitat for Humanity
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 Down Payment/Closing Cost Assistance program will help ten future homeowners. During the program, they will be completing sweat equity, saving for closing costs, taking care of their families, and working full-time jobs. This program is not a free pass to homeownership and our families work very hard to achieve homeownership and the peace of mind that comes with it. Habitat aims to make sure that affordable homeownership is accessible for these families. Habitat ensures that their mortgage is no more than 30% of the household’s income.
Program: Adaptive Riding Program
Agency: Therapeutic Riding of Tri-Cities (TROT)
Therapeutic Riding of Tri-Cities (TROT) promotes the physical, psychological, and social well-being through therapeutic horseback riding and equine-oriented activities to people of all ages living with disabilities in the Tri-Cities and throughout the Mid-Columbia.
TROT’s Adaptive Riding program teaches horseback riding skills to people ages 4 and up, with special physical and developmental disabilities. Potential students are evaluated by our certified Instructors of Riders with Disabilities and specially trained therapists to determine appropriate placement in the various level of classes. Utilizing adaptive tack, assistive devices, modified lesson plans and instruction, volunteers and the rhythm and symmetry of the horse’s movement to improve a disabled rider’s posture, balance, coordination, flexibility, verbal communication, muscle control, concentration, memory, and sequential though processing which helps the rider reach their fullest potential.
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