Palmer Community Foundation
/OVERVIEW: The Palmer Community Foundation supports health and wellness, education, the great outdoors, arts and culture, and community development efforts in the Palmer area of Alaska.
FUNDING AREAS: Health and wellness, education, the great outdoors, arts and culture, community development
IP TAKE: This is one of the newer affiliate foundations of the Alaska Community Foundation, and grantmaking is just getting started.
PROFILE: The Palmer Community Foundation (PCF) is an affiliate of the Alaska Community Foundation (ACF) and based in Palmer, Alaska. A grant from the Rasmuson Foundation helped establish the ACF Affiliate Program in 2008 to address the causes that are most important to local communities and inspire local philanthropy with the help of volunteer advisory boards. PCF is a long-term endowment for the local community. This funder “supports local resiliency and self-reliance, now and into the future.” The foundation funds local efforts related to health and wellness, education, the great outdoors, arts and culture, and community development.
The Palmer Community Foundation is committed to making this Alaskan town a healthy and vital place to live, work, retire, and raise families. It supports local organizations and projects with the help of individual, family, and business donors. Priorities are the region’s historical and environmental heritages, the arts, cultural and spiritual expression, and the education and economic prosperity of residents. PCF supports a broad range of community needs but prefers to support projects that affect many local residents and organizations that collaborate with other groups.
Grants vary in size but typically total approximately $5,000 per grant cycle. Learn more about this funder’s local giving in the grants section of the foundation website. Grantmaking focuses exclusively on the Palmer area of Alaska. Past local grantees will be featured in the news section of the PCF website.
This foundation accepts unsolicited grant applications from nonprofits. The annual competitive grant cycle is typically open in February and March each year. Grant seekers should submit applications to PCF via the online application system. Review the funder’s grant guidelines and an online grant application tutorial on the PCF website. Direct general questions to the staff at palmer@alaskacf.org or 855-336-6701.
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