Notice: Due to the extenuating circumstance affecting all KPBSD students, the Homer Foundation has made a few changes to this years scholarship application. We have first extended the deadline by 5 days to accommodate the transition many students have had to make away from the school buildings. All scholarships are now due: Monday April 13th, 2020 by 4 pm Secondly, … Read More
(Wishing for) Spring Newsletter
Update from the Executive Director Happy March Everyone! Match Campaign: Big news from the Homer Foundation. We have an amazing generous donor who has provided an anonymous match of $25,000 for operating funds for the Homer Foundation. That means you can be part of this great gift. Between now and June 30, 2020 for every dollar donated to the Homer Foundation … Read More
Pay It Forward: Graceful Aging
They were teenagers when they walked through Ellis Island into a new life. She with her sewing machine and he with his masonry tools. They emigrated from Norway after WWI. Their parents believed each would have a better life in the United States. Both of them boarded a train headed west to the Dakotas where other Norwegians had settled. Many … Read More
Workshops
Fundraising for Nonprofits SOLD OUT! If you are still interested, contact the Homer Foundation to be added to the waitlist. Workshop Series The Homer Foundation is sponsoring two workshops presented by Ken Miller, CFRE (Certified Fund Raising Executive) with Denali Fundraising Consultants. These workshops are happening on Wednesday, April 8th, 2020. First Workshop: Fundraising 101 Best Practices- 8:15 am- 12 … Read More
YAC Grants now open!
Homer Foundation’s Youth Advisory Committee YAC Letter of Intent Deadline: Wednesday, March 11, 2020, at 4pm The Homer Foundation’s Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) announces their new grant application process. YAC is a committee of the Homer Foundation, and is comprised of the members of the National Junior Honor Society at Homer Middle School. YAC’s mission is to promote philanthropy … Read More
Pay It Forward: Charity doesn’t always have to be so conventional
Written by Dina Al-Shibeeb In a fast-paced world, one’s goals, needs and responsibility to pay bills take a central theme and charity somehow takes a backseat at least for some of us. Sometimes we remember how we need to be more charitable when Christmas is around the corner. This is something I have noticed as a journalist working for the … Read More
Remembering Gary Thomas
It is with great fondness that we remember the life of Gary Thomas. He was a leader in the Foundation community, serving as the very first chairman of the Homer Foundation, in addition to serving on our Community Grants Committee since our inception in 1991. He supported the Foundation in both word and deed. His loss will be felt by … Read More
Pay It Forward – Storyknife Edition
Sometimes a dream starts thirty years in the past. In 1989, Dana Stabenow was sending out her first novel to publishers in New York City. Back then, the process was pretty arduous and disheartening, all done by “snail mail” and the wait for acceptance (or rejection) was long. So, when Dana’s friend Katherine Gottlieb saw an article about Hedgebrook, a … Read More
Being Community Means Being ‘Like Lizzie’
Lizzy was a common prairie woman, daughter of Norwegian parents who immigrated with little to their name except knowledge of a small farm where they had lived in the fjords of Norway. She knew how to raise chickens. She grew a garden of flourishing vegetables. She was a superior cook of ordinary food, home baked bread, soups, fried chicken, and … Read More