Daily Featured Foundation - 11/22/2025

11/22/2025

Here is today’s daily featured foundation.

Icicle Fund

Website: https://iciclefund.org/

Mission & Purpose: To support the environment, the arts, and history in North Central Washington. The fund is dedicated to fostering a region where these three elements encourage appreciation, understanding, and stewardship of the place.

Broad Funding Guidelines: Grantmaking is strictly limited to North Central Washington (specifically Chelan, Douglas, Grant, and Okanogan counties). They support nonprofits that have arts, history, or the environment as a core component of their mission. They have an annual competitive grant cycle that typically opens in December/January.

Featured Opportunity: The Community Grants program is their primary vehicle for funding. It provides unrestricted, flexible support to organizations in the region. Unlike many funders who restrict grants to specific projects, Icicle Fund often allows these grants to be used for general operations, capacity building, or salaries, which is rare and highly valuable.

Recommendation: Small-to-mid-sized nonprofits in the NCW region (like a local historical society or a land trust) that need "unrestricted" funding to keep the lights on or retain staff, rather than funding for a new, flashy project.