Donations

This year the Snoqualmie Tribe celebrated 2019’s donation recipients and donated nearly $1 million to non-profit charitable organizations. The Tribe will begin accepting donations again during its annual process on January 1st, 2021. Deadline to apply will be March 31st, 2021.

Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Donates Nearly $1 Million in Charitable Donations

Tribe’s Charitable Donation Recipient Organizations of 2020

On Friday, June 26th, the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe will send out checks nearing $1 million total to organizations that have been hit the hardest during the Pandemic. More than 200 different organizations applied for the funding.

Snoqualmie Chairman Robert de los Angeles stated, “the Snoqualmie Tribe prides itself on giving back to the community, because it is a cultural value of ours. The Snoqualmie People have always been here and will always be here. We are committed to investing in this community and lifting each other up during these times.”

This year’s recipient organizations applied in the Winter of 2020 for projects and initiatives focused on specific categories including Veterans, Arts & Culture, Native Services, Family Services, Salmon Habitat Restoration & Protection, Environmental Education, and the Snoqualmie Valley.

Tribal Councilmember, Christopher Castleberry said, “It is vital to the Snoqualmie Tribe that these organizations are supported and able to continue to serve those in need. Providing resources to these organizations should be a priority to us all.”

Some of the organizations receiving donations this year included Wild Fish Conservancy, Compass Housing Alliance, Operation Military Family Cares, Alpha Supported Living Services, Compass Health, Food Lifeline, Friends of Youth, Making a Difference Foundation, Northshore Senior Center, Tavon Learning Center, Environmental Science Center, Pacific Science Center Foundation, and the Duwamish Tribe.

For all 501c3 organizations both awarded, and not awarded this year, the 2021 application cycle will open on January 1st 2021 and close March 31st, 2021. To learn more, visit www.snoqualmietribedonations.us.

Snoqualmie Tribe donates over $1 million to Washington nonprofits, hosts gala to celebrate recipients

On Saturday, October 19th, the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe hosted its first ever Snoqualmie Tribe Charitable Donations Gala to celebrate the nonprofits it donated funds to this year. In 2019 the Tribe donated a whopping $1.1 million to over 70 Washington State nonprofit organizations.

“This year the Tribe is celebrating the 20-year anniversary since achieving federal recognition, and reaching that milestone has given us a great opportunity to self-reflect as a tribal community,” Snoqualmie Chairman Robert de los Angeles said at the event.

He added, “The Snoqualmie Tribe prides itself on giving back to the community, because it is a cultural value of ours. The Snoqualmie People have always been here, and will always be here. We are committed to investing in this community.”

The King County Library System Foundation, the Chief Seattle Club, the Environmental Science Center, and Encompass presented at the event, and the Tribe shared its new “Sacred Connections” film, which celebrates the Tribe’s 20th anniversary of achieving federal re-recognition.

“We are excited each year when so many organizations apply to receive these funds,” said Snoqualmie Vice Chair, Steve De Los Angeles. “We typically have over 250 organizations apply each year, and we’re honored to be able to provide funding to over 70 this year and to support them in the work they are doing for the community.”

Recipient organizations applied in the winter of 2019 for donations awarded to projects and initiatives focused on specific categories including: Veterans, Arts & Culture, Native Services, Family Services, Salmon Habitat Restoration & Protection, Environmental Education, and the Snoqualmie Valley.

“These nonprofit organizations make the Snoqualmie Valley, and greater King County, a better place to live. Our hands go up to these organizations and all of their hard work,” said Snoqualmie Council Member, Christopher Castleberry.