South Whidbey Commons Grants
The SWC has received these major foundation gifts to date:
$750,000 from the WA Community Development Block Grant
$250,000 from the M.J. Murdoch Charitable Trust
$200,000 from the Youth Recreational Facilities Grant
$100,000 from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
$100,000 from the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
$40,000 from the D.V. & Ida J. McEachern Charitable Trust
$40,000 from the Glaser Foundation
$5,000 from the Pischa Foundation
$5,000 from the Elizabeth Lyon Foundation
There has also been $365,000 in local donations

Board Members Ready To Make Presentations To Service Organizations
South Whidbey Commons Board members are available to share the history and reasons for the Commons to your service club, church group, or company employees. Call us at 321-0789 to arrange for a presentation. We can also set up the SWC tabletop booth display at your organization to help get the word out.

Grant Deadline Met
The deadline for the Community Building Development Grant was met! This means that $750,000 in funding has been secured.

Something For All Ages
The Commons Board has two primary and interrelated goals: the completion of the Commons building, and the development of service programs that will improve the quality of life for local children, youth, families and seniors.

Multi-generational programming is one of our priorities, and the new Commons facility has been designed to bring people of all ages together in productive community-building and community-oriented activities and projects.

The community living room also provides an opportunity for community members of all ages to gather for social interaction, to participate in cooking classes, live music and drama, lectures, club meetings, games, people watching and much more.

Children from strong communities grow up strong and well. Elders with well-established community relationships live longer with lower levels of illness and depression. This project is a critical step toward a progressive, inclusive, and multi-generational community that will provide concrete benefits for all residents of the south Whidbey area.