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Grant Highlights
Cedar River and Bridge
GRANT HIGHLIGHTS
The Renton Community Foundation makes grants throughout the year, both from its donor-advised and agency funds. In January of each year, RCF also awards its Circle of Giving grants to a variety of worthwhile organizations. Here are just a few of the highlights from 2007:
Shannon Parker Scholarship Fund: Every year, this fund makes a grant to Renton Technical College Foundation scholarship program to help students find their potential and prepare for a successful career.
Budkis Fund for Senior Emergency Pet Care: This fund helps seniors living on fixed incomes. Sometimes they’re faced with difficult choices, such as possibly losing their beloved pet or paying the rent. Grants help defray the cost of surgeries, euthanasia, or necessary treatments. Recently, we were notified about an eighty-year old man who had to relinquish ownership of a small dog, his only companion, because he didn’t have the money to pay for a necessary surgery. The dog was sent to another veterinarian for care and would have been given up for adoption. Fortunately, his daughter contacted us. We paid for the surgery and the dog was reunited with his loving owner.
Maxwell Fund for Youth & Families: Steve & Marcie Maxwell are active in the community supporting a variety of worthy causes. Each year, they give thousands of dollars away to individual teachers, programs and organizations that serve children and families. In 2007, Steve & Marcie awarded $6,500 to support everything from literacy & diversity programs, to preschool programs, to the nationally ranked Hazen High School Stacking Team.
Sam Chastain Memorial Scholarship Fund: Annually, this fund makes a grant to the City of Renton Recreation Program to provide scholarships for low-income families so their children can participate in a variety of recreational programs. In 2007, approx. 27 young people received assistance for program fees through the city’s Recreation Division. This would include week long day camps, T-ball, Youth Basketball, Ballet classes, preschool classes and more.
Beth Donofrio Memorial Endowment Fund: Interest off of this fund is used to support the Special Olympics program through our local Soroptimist Club.
Renton High School "Excellence in Education Fund": Volunteers raise money through an annual golf tournament. In 2007, they launched a program to celebrate Renton High School’s 100th anniversary by supporting and following incoming sophomores who would be in the graduating class of 2011. In addition, funds were used to pay fees for seven deserving students to play football, to purchase trophy cases for the school and buy food and supplies for the graduation party.
Harper Engineering Children’s Needs Fund: Funds purchased scientific calculators, compasses, graph paper and math supplies for low-income students at Renton High School. Funds also provided a trumpet for a needy student and a grant to the Renton Clothes Bank.
Custer Fund for the Renton Historical Society: : A $50,000 grant was awarded to help pay operating expenses for the Renton History Museum.
Searing Family Fund: A $1,000 grant was awarded to St. Anthony School’s “Making a Difference” campaign.
Hazen "Beyond the Basics" Fund: Funds were raised and distributed to help pay for a new weight room at Hazen High School, along with books and supplies for the art department.
Sister Cities Fund: Funds were used to support the visit of a delegation from our sister city in Cuautla, Mexico.
Circle of Giving: In 2007, Circle of Giving raised $41,800 to be distributed through thirteen different organizations, including our own RCF General Fund. Recipients included Communities in Schools, Renton Clothes Bank, Skyway Boys & Girls Club, Renton Salvation Army Food Bank, Allied Arts of Renton, Pediatric Interim Care Center, and King County Sexual Assault Resource Center.
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