grant funding

The Wenatchee Valley YMCA is receiving $460,000 in grant funding from a Seattle-based investment company. The Ballmer Group was founded in 2015 to manage the financial wealth of former Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer, and makes philanthropic contributions to numerous causes in Washington State...

The Chelan County Sheriff's Office has acquired grant funding to assist with communications upgrades for its helicopter. The $55,752.24 grant was provided through the Communications Tax Shared Funding Assistance Program and will go towards new radios and audio panels that help helicopter crews stay in contact with ground units and other aircraft...

Wenatchee Valley College (WVC) has been awarded almost $800,000 in Career Launch equipment grants. The Career Launch program is part of the Career Connect Washington initiative, which provides students with real-life work experience in the classroom, and the grants allow schools to purchase necessary equipment for in-class use...

The new arrangement replaces a system where the foundation's 28 members of its board of trustees distributed the money on a regional basis.

The County's Lodging Tax Advisory Committee accepted applications and the grants are awarded based on recommendations by the committee

Wenatchee city council were asked to extend these grants for Columbia River Local Homeless Housing Task Force, from June 30, 2023 to through Dec. 31, 2024.