The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation held its 2026 Grant Awards at the Chilkat Center for the Arts on October 7th, where it formally announced this year’s grant recipients. The public was invited to share finger foods and desserts, and celebrate the recipients of this year’s grants. Representatives from several grantees spoke briefly and eloquently about their projects and plans for the coming year, and what the funding will mean for their organization and, ultimately, the community.
CVCF awarded grants to twenty-two community organizations serving the Chilkat Valley, with a total distribution of $96,419. In addition, CVCF was able to give out $10,000 matching funds from the Alaska Community Foundation’s Nourished Communities Fund, which is for projects that benefit local food security and sustainability.
This is the eighteenth annual grant cycle for CVCF. Twelve CVCF Advisory Board members and three volunteer community members read each application and scored them according to preestablished guidelines. The team of fifteen then met to discuss each application, considering community need and impact in making final decisions. CVCF strives to support efforts that have broad reach in the community, that support many age groups, and that enhance local well-being, opportunity, security, and health. Some grants are drawn from special-purpose endowments whose donors wish specifically to support environmental, medical/health, or fitness and wellness projects.
The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation is thankful for all of the nonprofits that provide important services and activities that help make ours a thriving community.
CVCF is also deeply grateful for its remarkable donors who make these grants to nonprofits possible, and whose generosity has steadily grown the amount that can be given out each year!
Here is our full list of 2026 Grantees:
