Surprising, Generous Gifts

Thriving Communities Initiative

TCI business & organization donors

houLahan FoundaTion, The oPen CirCLe ComPany

TCI scholarship donors

Thomas bangasser, andrea CauPain, kaTe & biLL dussauLT, maggie Johns, anne miLLer, Jerry miLLhon, daLe nienow & rebeCCa brown-nienow, Pam sCheLL, david emeraLd womeLdorFF & donna zaJonC

TCI in honor of heaTher Johnson, Jerry miLLhon, gus newPorT TCI in memory of kay miLLhon

Business & Organization Donors

501 Commons / washingTon gives, amazonsmiLe FoundaTion, avanade, inC., beneviTy Fund maTChing giFTs, CenTer For sPiriTuaL Living beLLingham, d.a. davidson, edward Jones, FideLiTy ChariTabLe giFT Fund, FLoyd|snider sPC, goLdman saChs PhiLanThroPy Fund, goodenough CommuniTy, imPaCTasseTs, isLand duCTLess heaT PumPs, Jan hiveLy CommuniTy Fund, kindLing words, Employer Matching Gift Donors

knee deeP ComPany LLC, LPL FinanCiaL, morgan sTanLey, naTionaL PhiLanThroPiC TrusT, neTwork For good, organizaTion sysTems renewaL (osr) 1995, PaCiFiC inTegraL, raymond James ChariTabLe, renaissanCe ChariTabLe FoundaTion, sChwab ChariTabLe Fund, seaTTLe FoundaTion, The bLaCkbaud giving Fund / yourCause, whidbey audubon soCieTy, wiLkinson FamiLy invesTmenTs, worLd aFFairs CounCiL

avanade, inC., biLL & meLinda gaTes FoundaTion maTChing giFTs Program, boeing, brighTon Jones, LLC, inTeL FoundaTion, miCrosoFT maTChing giFTs Program, omron FoundaTion inC., saLesForCe FoundaTion

Foundation & Grant Support

m.J. murdoCk ChariTabLe TrusT, o.d. Fisher ChariTabLe FoundaTion

It’s such an uplift to know that our community of over 400 donors stands with the staff and board as we continue to care for this place, these programs, and the community of leaders and learners that calls the Whidbey Institute home. When a surprising, generous gift comes in it helps us lean into our bright future. We received such a gift in early 2021 when Nancy Nordhoff surprised us with a donation to build a long-needed maintanence shed for facilities steward Beno Kennedy, along with replacing roofs on the old shop and Farmhouse picnic shelter. Also in 2021, Paul Lippert gave a generous donation that allowed us to pay the remaining balance on our 30 acre Legacy Forest purchase and to invest in our Forest Stewardship plan. After a conversation in the Art Barn last spring, Penelope and Terry Bourk donated to support development of facilities near Storyhouse once our Youth Campus plans are finalized. Gifts like these, which often come after donors and community members visit the land and feel what their investment might make possilble here, take our breath away. Thank you!