Strengthening individual and community health in Whatcom County.
Chuckanut Health Foundation is guided by our vision of a community where every child gets a healthy start and every person receives the care they need throughout their lifetime.
For over 40 years, we have focused on building bold and innovative solutions to build a better future for all.
Stretching the envelope of philanthropy through…
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Community-informed solutions
We elevate the voices and leadership of those directly affected by issues to inform and co-create the solutions. We build in-roads for community input to impact systems and policy.
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Rapid responses to immediate needs
We identify the gaps and who’s falling through them. Then we rally our community to create a safety net where there wasn’t one.
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Advocating for longterm solutions
We build cross-sector partnerships to collaborate on longterm solutions that shift the conditions and prevent the gaps from happening in the first place.
Our goal is to create a healthy community; one in which everyone has the opportunity to thrive. We do this work with optimism and positivity, believing we can make a difference; in relationship and through collaboration; and with a commitment to responsibility in sustaining partnerships and following through.
Impact
19+
Million Dollars Invested
Chuckanut Health Foundation has invested more than $19 million in direct grants to organizations focused on improving health in our community since 1983.
40+
Years Serving Whatcom County
Created through the sale of the St. Luke’s Hospital in 1983, the Chuckanut Health Foundation has been working to improve and advance community health for over 40 years.
280+
Partner Organizations
Over the years, we have worked with hundreds of non-profit partners in the community and through those investments, have impacted thousands of individual’s lives.
Strategic Initiatives
Sometimes the work calls for an organizing entity that doesn’t yet exist. To fill this gap, we launch strategic initiatives, typically lasting between 3-6 years, to organize around a given issue until a more permanent organization or strategy emerges.
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All Hands Whatcom
Fostering community and collaboration to address the opioid crisis.
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Connecting Care
Building collaborative approaches to caring for youth mental health within schools, homes, and neighborhoods.
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Every Child Initiative
Making sure every child gets a healthy start to build a strong trajectory into the future.
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Health Equity Zones
Supporting community-identified health equity projects in East County.
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Aging Well Whatcom
Shifting culture, and catalyzing infrastructure, and services to support aging well.
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ITA Listening Tour
Round table discussions and interviews to understand and inform improvements in the Involuntary Treatment Act.
