The Puget Sound Energy Foundation has given a total of $3,500 to two organizations in Jefferson County.
Friends of the Port Townsend Library received $2,000 and Jefferson County Community Foundation was given $1,500, said Allison Stanford, spokeswoman.
The grants were part of more than $640,000 given to 161 nonprofit organizations in Washington state in 2010, the PSE Foundation said.
In December, as part of the year’s second round of grants, $202,500 was given to 84 organizations statewide.
The December round of funding, the ninth since the foundation’s inception in 2006, supports community programs in environmental stewardship, education, the arts and culture, with a particular emphasis on human services.
The foundation’s first round of 2010 funding, announced in June, distributed $155,000 to 61 local organizations in Washington.
The 2010 second-round of Puget Sound Energy Foundation grants were also given to organizations in Columbia, Garfield, Island, King, Kitsap, Kittitas, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Thurston and Whatcom counties.
PSE serves more than 1 million electric customers in 11 counties, including East Jefferson County.
