Foundation Overview

Established in 1987 as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, Bellingham Technical College Foundation is governed by a volunteer board of directors. The Foundation began small, with no staff and only a handful of board members. Early on, the primary function was to serve as a conduit for scholarship awards and gifts of in-kind equipment. Since 1997, when staff was first hired, the BTC Foundation has played an increasingly important role in helping Bellingham Technical College reach its larger organizational goals.

Today, with 3 staff members and roughly 20 Board Members, the Foundation is meeting the needs of the College to a much larger extent. Our mission is to champion student success by securing gifts that support student scholarships, faculty and staff development, key college initiatives, and capital projects or campaigns. (See the Current Campaigns page fro more detail). With the help of our Board of Directors and community partners, the Foundation achieves this mission through fundraising and friend-raising activities and events with individuals, businesses, alumni, grant-making institutions and other community organizations.

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