Community Grants
***OCT. 1 DEADLINE HAS PASSED – NO MORE APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED***
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2024 Community Grants applications due Oct. 1
Got a great project for your favorite park or trail? Get a Community Grant and make it happen!
The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation’s 2024 Community Grants program is now open, with applications due by 5 p.m. Oct. 1.
Apply at the grant application portal here or through the button below.
Grants of up to $3,000 are available for qualifying park and trail projects.
Community Grants are awarded to capital improvement projects that enhance our parks, trails and recreational opportunities. Since 1998, the Parks & Trails Foundation has awarded Community Grants totaling more than $894,000 supporting youth and adult park and recreation programs and facilities on Bainbridge Island.
Individuals or clubs that are not nonprofit organizations but want to apply must partner with Bainbridge Metro Parks on their project. Contact the Parks & Trails Foundation for assistance in presenting your project idea – email Mary Meier, mary@biparksfoundation.org, information on the Community Grants program.
2023 Community Grants
The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation in 2023 awarded Community Grants totaling $15,000 to six park and recreation clubs and programs. Grants were awarded to purchase new kayaks for the Bainbridge Metro Park & Recreation District; tools and equipment for Gear Grinders youth bicycle club, for their volunteer work on public trails; new sculling oars for Bainbridge Island Rowing; educational signage for a heron rookery along the Charles Schmid Waterfront Trail in Winslow; educational signage for dog owners in local parks; and support for future tennis courts at Sakai Park.
Past Community Grant Awards
Projects funded
Sailing program sailboat fleet • Gymnastics water fountains • Diving platforms • Moritani Preserve forest stewardship • Owen’s Playground playground equipment and Caregiver sculpture • Summer Trails Crew • Hidden Cove Park dock • Hawley Cove Park boardwalks • IslandWood trail • Student Conservation Corps • Summer outdoor program • Mountain Bike Club coaching certification • Rowing ergometers • Soccer goals • ADA trail improvements • Sound To Olympics trail enhancements • Trail construction auger machine • Sailing program safety boat • Blakely Harbor Park environmental restoration • Swim meet timing system • Rowing Club sculling oars • Aquatic Center lane lines • Swim Club yoga mats • Pottery studio kiln • Community Hall restoration • Fay Bainbridge sand volleyball courts • Rotary Field covered practice facility • Gymnastics vault apparatus • Water polo goals • Trailhead boot brushes • Community chess board at Battle Point Park • New clay recycling “pug mill” at Eagledale Pottery Studio
Organizations funded
Bainbridge Metro Parks • Bainbridge Island Swim Club • Bainbridge Island Land Trust • Bainbridge Island Rowing • Bainbridge Island Water Polo Club • Friends of Fort Ward • Port Madison Yacht Club • Bainbridge Island Mountain Bike Club • Bainbridge Island Football Club • Fort Ward Neighborhood Association • Housing Resources Board • Friends of the Sound To Olympics Trail • Bainbridge Island Little League • Bainbridge Island Sand Volleyball • Friends of BHS Sailing • Friends of the Farms • Kitsap Historical Society • Owen’s Playground • Lynwood Community Market • Sustainable Bainbridge • BHS Swim Dive Team • Bainbridge Island Historical Museum • IslandWood