Community Grants
The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation’s 2025 Community Grants program opens Sept. 1, with applications due by 5 p.m. Oct. 1. Grants of up to $3,000 are available for qualifying park, trail and recreation projects.
2025 Community Grants applications now open – due Oct. 1
The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation’s 2025 Community Grants program opens Sept. 1, with applications due by 5 p.m. Oct. 1. Grants of up to $3,000 are available for qualifying park, trail and recreation 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 $912,000 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 or City of Bainbridge Island on their project.
Contact the Parks & Trails Foundation for assistance in presenting your project idea. Email Heidi Urish, heidi@biparksfoundation.org for information on the Community Grants program.
2024 Community Grants
The Bainbridge Island Parks & Trails Foundation in 2024 awarded Community Grants totaling $18,000 to eight park and recreation clubs and programs.
Grants were awarded to Bainbridge Island Rowing (racing shell purchase); Bainbridge Island Water Polo (training equipment); Bainbridge Island Pickleball (court drier at Founders Courts facility); Bainbridge Island Roller Hockey (materials for court repairs, Battle Point Park); Girls Softball through Bainbridge Island Little League (batting cages at Strawberry Hill Park); Bainbridge Youth Services (Nature Therapy in Parks program); Eagledale Pottery studio (table and pottery wheel, Eagledale Park); Friends of the Farms (Welcome and Gathering Shelter, Native Food Forest),
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