Puget Sound Energy Foundation Will Award More Than $600,000 to 73 Nonprofits Throughout Washington This Year
11 Décembre 2008 - 5:00PM
Business Wire
The Puget Sound Energy Foundation today announced that it will
distribute more than $600,000 to local charitable organizations in
Washington this year, directing $120,000 this month to 24
organizations throughout the state as part of the foundation�s
second round of 2008 grants. �During these times of economic
hardship, the Puget Sound Energy Foundation is pleased to be able
to offer another round of grants this year, particularly to
organizations that serve those in need,� said Phil Bussey, chairman
of the Puget Sound Energy Foundation and senior vice president of
Corporate Affairs for Puget Sound Energy. This round of funding,
the fifth 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.
Half of the grants in this round are allocated to organizations
that respond to the needs of vulnerable populations. Grants
totaling $60,000 are being given to organizations to help fund
their programs. Another $60,000 will contribute to the construction
and building of institutions. Ranging in size from $1,000 to
$30,000, the grants are awarded based on a competitive review
process to qualifying 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in Puget
Sound Energy�s 11-county service and broader operations area. The
Puget Sound Energy Foundation�s first round of 2008 funding
distributed nearly $130,000 in charitable grants to more than 30
local organizations in Washington. Another $59,000 was disbursed
this year as grants made outside the funding rounds to meet
requests for immediate needs. Funding from the foundation also went
to support PSE�s United Way and ArtsFund campaigns and employee
matching program. Puget Energy, the parent company of PSE, created
the foundation in 2006 with a $15 million endowment to ensure that
the utility�s support of community initiatives remains strong
regardless of business or economic conditions, and that its history
of community involvement will continue for generations. None of the
foundation�s funds come from PSE�s utility customers. The 2008
second-round Puget Sound Energy Foundation grant recipients
include: Columbia County: Blue Mountain Heritage/Columbia County
Veteran�s of Foreign Wars Memorial Island County: Senior Services
of Island County Whidbey Island Center for the Arts Jefferson
County: Jefferson Land Trust Peninsula College Foundation King
County: Eastside Domestic Violence Program First Place Friends of
Youth Maple Valley Food Bank & Emergency Services Medical Teams
International National Parks Conservation Association Northwest
Burn Foundation Northwest Harvest Rotary First Harvest Washington
Trails Association Kitsap County: Society of St. Vincent De Paul
St. Olaf & St. Peter's Churches Kittitas County: Central
Washington University Foundation Pierce County: Helping Hand House
Resource Distribution Council Urban Waters Skagit County: Page
Ahead Children�s Literacy Program Skagit Land Trust Snohomish
County: St. Vincent de Paul of Snohomish County Thurston County:
ROOF Community Services For additional information on PSE�s
community investment and programs, visit PSE.com. About the Puget
Sound Energy Foundation Puget Energy, the parent company of Puget
Sound Energy, created the Puget Sound Energy Foundation in 2006 to
continue its legacy of leadership and support of worthy,
community-based programs. The foundation makes charitable
contributions to qualifying 501(c)(3) nonprofits to help support a
broad range of community programs, with a special focus on
initiatives that promote economic and environmental sustainability
within PSE�s service territory and in other areas where the utility
produces or purchases energy in the Pacific Northwest. None of the
Puget Sound Energy Foundation funds come from utility customers.
Visit PSEFoundation.org for more information. About Puget Sound
Energy Washington state�s oldest and largest energy utility, with a
6,000-square-mile service area stretching across 11 counties, Puget
Sound Energy serves more than 1 million electric customers and
nearly 750,000 natural gas customers. PSE, a subsidiary of Puget
Energy (NYSE:PSD), meets the energy needs of its growing customer
base primarily in Western Washington through incremental,
cost-effective energy conservation, procurement of sustainable
energy resources, and far-sighted investment in the energy-delivery
infrastructure. PSE employees are dedicated to providing great
customer service to deliver energy that is safe, reliable,
reasonably priced, and environmentally responsible. For more
information, visit PSE.com.
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