Recent Grants You helped make a difference in your community! See how your support has impacted the world around you… Civil Air Patrol – Homer CAP was awarded a $1,577 Quick Response Grant supporting the program’s aviation/aerospace education objective involving multi-month builds of remote-controlled planes. The activities teach many engineering and technology principles, reinforce teamwork, and encourage the reaching of … Read More
February Newsletter: Planned Giving
Recent Grants You helped make a difference in your community! See how your support has impacted the world around you: South Peninsula Hospital Foundation In an effort to build a broad coalition to tackle the local housing shortage, a group of organizers are working together to create a public forum intended to listen to residents and empower them to participate … Read More
January Newsletter: Resolutions
Recent Grants You helped make a difference in your community! See how your support has impacted the world around you: Homer Flex School Given the small nature of this alternative program and limited staff expertise, they are restricted in the number of opportunities to offer students that promote personal artistic expression. For this reason, and because they recognize the importance … Read More
December Newsletter: End of Year Giving
Recent Grants You helped make a difference in your community! See how your support has impacted the world around you: Paul Banks Elementary The Non-Fiction books within the Paul Banks Library were quite aged. To be precise, the average age was 1986. Though the students were highly interested in learning about the world around them, the information was outdated. The … Read More
Annual Meeting
Join us: This Wednesday November 16th, 2022 5:30 pm Islands & Ocean Visitor Center Please join us this week for our Annual Meeting! The meeting features the presentation of our latest annual report, including investment performance review, highlights from our grant programs, and stories of how you, the donors, are strengthening our community. In addition, you have a chance to … Read More
September Newsletter: Watching the News
Update from the Executive Director I am plagued by a lifelong interest in current affairs. Since I was a young boy I read newspapers and magazines in an effort by my young, immature mind to know and understand what was happening nationally and in far-flung corners of the globe. I was not afraid of these happenings, I just ….wanted to … Read More
August Newsletter: Halibut Cove Live- many thanks!
Update from the Executive Director Halibut Cove Live 2022 is in the books! After a three-year break, we had a wonderful weekend of events at Quiet Place Lodge. These two special evenings of music, food and fun have been a key support for the Homer Foundation’s grants, scholarships and operations since 2012. Saturday evening was made more meaningful thanks to … Read More
July 2022 Newsletter: Introducing Jonathan Hamilton
From the Executive Director Introducing Jonathon Hamilton. Welcome to our new team member, Jonathan Hamilton. Jonathan is our new Director of Development and Marketing. Jonathan’s position is funded by a capacity-building grant from the MJ Murdock Charitable Trust. Jonathan’s first day is today, July 11th. Amongst other experiences, Jonathan was Director of Corporate Sales and Marketing at Michigan Technological University, … Read More
Quick Response Grant Guideline Updates
As part of their annual review of policies, the Homer Foundation Board of Trustees has made some changes to the Community Grants Policy. The Quick Response Grants program operates under some specific guidance approved by the Board of Trustees. This guidance is set forth both in policy and through the grant application process. The guidelines set out in policy are: … Read More
June 2022 Newsletter: Happenings in Kachemak City
If you’ve not been past there recently, you really should swing past the City of Kachemak park project. The improvements are amazing! The court is paved and fenced, the Pump Track is looking good and the new playground equipment is going in. Hats off to the committee overseeing this project and Mayor Overway and the city council for their vision. … Read More