PORT ANGELES — More than 50 groups recently received funding from a Sequim philanthropist more than 30 years after his death.
Albert Haller Foundation board members awarded $350,000 to nonprofits and organizations across Clallam County at a special ceremony on Oct. 23 at the Lincoln Center in Port Angeles.
The Albert Haller Foundation started as a nonprofit organization in 1992 to help fund charitable programs throughout the county, primarily focused on education, family and medical services. It annually gives six-figure donations to community groups and efforts.
In the near three decades of giving, the foundation has donated about $10 million.
Born in Port Angeles in 1903 to Sequim Valley pioneers Max and Anna Haller, Albert Haller was a longtime logger who, with his wife, was at one time the largest independent land owner in Clallam County.
A five-member board — one that includes superintendents from Port Angeles and Sequim school districts — oversees the foundation’s funds, which started with about $9.2 million from Haller’s estate.
“He helped a lot of people when he was alive,” foundation president Gary Smith said of Haller, “and he’s helped a lot of people now that he’s gone. He had a lot of foresight.”
For more about the foundation, visit alberthallerfoundation.org.
Albert Haller Foundation grants
American Red Cross serving Olympics, South Puget Sound — $2,000, for financial assistance after disasters.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula — $5,000, for supplemental meals budget.
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula — $5,250, for Academic Enrichment and Learning Loss Prevention initiative.
Camp Beausite Northwest — $6,000, for full and partial scholarships for 20 campers.
Clallam County Juvenile and Family Services — $6,200, to fund resources for children in foster care.
Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers — $3,500, for rent, phone costs and Housing Justice Project.
Clallam Mosaic — $4,500, for day programming.
College Success Foundation — $5,000, for Rally for College program at Port Angeles High School, looking to inspire students to pursue education beyond high school.
Concerned Citizens — $7,500, for curriculum including field trips, a kids garden and other learning opportunities.
Cornerstone PEC of Clallam Bay-Sekiu/New Hope Food Bank — $10,500, for Thanksgiving and Christmas food boxes.
Crescent Cooperative Preschool — $2,210, for tuition assistance.
Crescent School District — $5,000, for various educational, vocational, emotional needs for students.
Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic — $3,750, for essential healthcare services.
Feiro Marine Life Center — $2,000, for Access For All, free youth passes.
First Step Family Support Center — $10,500, for food items at the newly operational community pantry/refrigerator; and to support healthy meals and snacks inside of the organization’s Resource Center.
First Congregational Church of Forks — $6,150, for snacks/meals.
First United Methodist Church — $10,500, for food costs.
Forks Community Food Bank — $9,974.38, for dairy products.
Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County — $2,500, for exterior home modifications.
Healthy Families of Clallam County — $10,500, for basic needs of housing clients and clients in general.
Joyce Community Education Foundation — $5,500, for food, academic supplies, clothing and more for students.
Kathleen Sutton Fund — $2,046.87, to reimburse transportation costs for women to get to cancer treatments.
Lower Elwha Housing Authority — $3,500, for places for families to meet, make traditional gifts and provide basic hygiene toiletries.
Lutheran Community Services Northwest-Clallam Community Resource Center — $9,500, for storage, hygiene and infant items for weekly distributions.
Makah Food Bank — $10,500, for food and essential items.
MANNA (Ministry Assisting Neighbors in Need) — $2,000, for utility assistance and other expenses.
Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County — $2,500, for creation of Accessible Garden.
Olympic Angels — $10,500, for expenses associated with supporting foster families.
Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) — $5,500, for low-income Encore! Adult Day Center operations.
Olympic Nature Experience — $4,818.75, for exploration of new sites, creation of seasonal staffing model, curriculum development, more.
Olympic Peninsula YMCA — $5,000, for Youth & Family Resource Navigator with an emphasis on teens, families.
Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship — $9,250, for Little Free Pantry food.
Peninsula Behavioral Health — $7,300, to help clients meet transportation costs.
Peninsula Pre-Three Cooperative — $3,000, for reduction of tuition costs, competitive teacher wages, family financial assistance.
Port Angeles Education Foundation — $4,000, for students’ clothes, shoes, eyeglasses, graduation gowns, class fees.
Port Angeles Fine Arts Center — $5,000, for Farm to School program (in partnership with WSU Clallam County Extension) to enhance outdoor garden classrooms for students.
Port Angeles Food Bank — $10,500, for Friday Food Bag Program.
Port Angeles Seventh-Day Adventist Church — $5,800, for miscellaneous trailer expenses.
Prevention Works! — $5,250, for series of community education opportunities focusing on substance abuse/misuse disorder and mental health supports.
Salvation Army-Port Angeles — $5,000, for food and needed supplies.
St. Andrew’s Place — $3,500, for replacement of laundry room floor.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church — $10,500, for Free Wednesday Night Dinner food, supplies.
Sarge’s Veteran Support — $3,000, for offset of utility costs at five properties.
Sequim Education Foundation — $10,000, for remaining balance of Teaching Grant application requests.
Serenity House of Clallam County — $5,000, for purchase of a new dishwasher.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul — $5,200, for helping residents pay bills.
Society of St. Vincent de Paul-St. Joseph’s Conference — $9,700, for rent assistance, utilities assistance, basic needs.
Soroptimist International of the Olympic Rain Forest — $6,000, for school backpack program for students and siblings in Quileute Valley School District schools.
Soroptimist International of the Olympic Rain Forest — $3,000, for travel expenses for persons seeing cancer treatment.
The Answer For Youth (TAFY) — $5,250, for Saturday night snack bags.
The Answer For Youth (TAFY) — $4,000, for Ticket To Health, providing meals.
United Way of Clallam County — $10,300, for annual campaign to distribute funds to partner agencies.
Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County — $10,500, for nursing supplies to support hospice and palliative patients.
Washington National Park Fund — $2,500, for Adventures in Your Big Backyard program reaching economically challenged youths in Sequim, Port Angeles.
West End Youth and Community Club — $2,500, for replacement of historic handrail, classroom windows.
West Olympic Betterment Association — $10,500, for nutritious meals.
