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Blog: Impact Stories
Sharing how JCF makes a difference in Jefferson County.
Creating Space for Change
In community work, we often focus on programs, projects, and outcomes. Yet one of the most important ingredients for meaningful change is something more fundamental and often very hard to obtain: space. Not just physical space, although that is a precursor, but also...
Peninsula Food Coalition Grows Local Pathways to Strengthen Regional Food Access
Food access organizations from across Jefferson and Clallam Counties gather monthly for the Peninsula Food Coalition (PFC) meeting, a collaborative regional network now co-hosted by Clallam County WSU and Jefferson Community Foundation. The PFC has been working since...
You’ll Never Walk Alone
OWL360 walks alongside Jefferson County’s disconnected youth — providing housing, mentorship, education, and the quiet, steady belief that no one is too broken.
Human Services Collaborate for Community Health and Well Being.
Over 50 members of the community's social services sector gathered in person on April 28th for the quarterly Human Service Collaborative, co-hosted throughout the year by Jefferson Community Foundation and Olympic Peninsula YMCA. Started around 2020 and emerging out...
Trust in our Community.
“Trust is the most valuable currency in the work we do.” — Kate Roosevelt, JCF Board Chair ?
Giving Back to the Earth
Wednesday, April 22 is Earth Day, an opportunity to consider our relationship to the planet that sustains us and to find ways to love the land where we live. There is plenty we can each do to celebrate life on earth, to practice sustainability and to contribute to...
Parks and Rec Center Fund Reaches Goal
The Future of Recreation, a group of local community members, established the Support Parks & Rec Fund at Jefferson Community Foundation to raise the $85,000 needed to keep the doors open. Jefferson Community Foundation’s role in supporting this effort was to provide the technology and processing systems they needed to move quickly. Read More….
¿Cómo podemos ayudarle a sentirse segura?
JCIRA mission is to help those in the immigrant community who are at risk, materially, psychologically, and existentially. JCIRA offers a wide range of services in support of immigrants in need.
Community Funds 101: Top 5 Ways to fund a DAF
In honor of our friends at the Wooden Boat Festival (and all those awesome boats!), here a quick update on the “nautical vehicle” that lifts the giving tide around here in Jefferson County – our Donor Advised funds!
4 Planned Giving Strategies for Leaving a Legacy in Jefferson County.
Tina Podlodowski is a board member of the Jefferson Community Foundation. Each month, Tina will be sharing some of the different ways a that a Community Foundation works to build resilience and bring together the financial resources of individuals, families, and...
Community Foundations 101: DAFs (Donor Advised Funds)
Tina Podlodowski was a board member of the Jefferson Community Foundation in 2025. Tina will be sharing some of the different ways a that a Community Foundation works to build resilience and bring together the financial resources of individuals, families, and...
The Longhouse For the People Project gets funds to begin building!
The Longhouse For The People is an Indigenous-led project of cultural revitalization and land sovereignty on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state. Envisioned and led by Naiome Dawn Kreinke, a Chemakum matriarch with Quinault tribal enrollment, the project is rooted on 12 acres of land in Quilcene acquired in the summer of 2022 to fulfill a lifetime dream of restoring traditional longhouses to this land and to her lineage.
Photo credit: Jon Kaplan
Facing Change, Compassionately
Welcome. It’s September, and this month we’re talking about change: how it is necessary and how difficult it can be to navigate.
Joining me in conversation are three nonprofit leaders from Jefferson County: Executive Director Claudia Coppola from Olympic Neighbors, Director Brent Bellamy from Community Boat Project, and Board President Cynthia Osterman from The Benji Project.