December Grant Giveaway
As 2021 drew to a close, the Seward Community Foundation held an end-of-the-year donation drive with an incentive for those who donated between December 1-20 a chance to name one nonprofit to receive a $1,000…
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Dan Seavey Establishes a Fund with SCF Seavey Fund will support outdoor education and recreation.
Seward Community Foundation is excited to announce a new fund: The Seavey Fund for Outdoor Education and Recreation. Dan Seavey established the fund with an initial $25,000 donation and plans to match that amount again…
Giving Change to Make Change Ukanuzit's change jar is supporting local nonprofits!
Have you wondered if your spare change can make a big difference? We are here to tell you that it does! Local thrift and consignment store, Ukanuzit recently donated $1,200 to the Seward Senior Center's…
Nonprofit Highlight: Iditarod Trail Blazers
The Iditarod Trail Blazers was originally conceived back in the late '70s then became a bonafide 501c3 nonprofit in 1982. Dan Seavey, along with Lee Poleski, Bill Hightower, and a bunch of the teachers, created…
Grantee Highlight: Bunnell Street Arts Center Seavey Fund will support outdoor education and recreation.
Bunnell Street Arts Center received a $1,000 mini-grant for their Seward Artists in the Schools Program. The program places professional artists in K-12 classrooms for residencies in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD) schools. It…
SCF Receives $210,000! Rasmuson Foundation and Alaska Community Foundation Provide Affiliate Support
SCF earned a generous 1:1 match from the Rasmuson Foundation and Alaska Community Foundation as part of the Affiliate Program between 2017 and 2020. The match was designed to encourage ACF's state-wide Affiliate Program fundraising…
Grantee Highlight: Voice of Moose Pass
The Moose Pass Public Library received a $3,241 Major Grant from SCF's Unrestricted Fund to help produce two videos chronicling the Moose Pass community's history. The two videos tell of Moose Pass, an Alaska frontier…
Seward Community Foundation Summer Newsletter
Seward Community Foundation Advisory Board is happy to share all the good news surrounding grants, grantees, and SCF's COVID-19 response in our summer newsletter.
Grantee Highlight: Seward Area Hospice Seward Area Hospice receives grant from the Seward Community Foundation
Seward Area Hospice received a $12,500 major grant to help hire a volunteer coordinator. The volunteer coordinator will recruit, train, and support volunteers, as well as assist the Director with increasing donor support and organizing…
Seward Nonprofits Receive AK Can Do Response Funding
AK Can Do partners, The Alaska Community Foundation (ACF), and United Way of Anchorage with the support of Rasmuson Foundation announce the second-round of AK Can Do grants to the nonprofit sector. The grants provide…