54Foundation, Coeur d'Alene, ID (2026)

07/01/2026

A tradition that continues each year. The 54Foundations support of our first responders during the busy 4th of July holiday. Two full cart loads going down to the command center in downtown CdA to keep our law enforcement and first responders fueled up and our community safe this holiday weekend #250

06/27/2026

Three weeks have passed since our 2026 Coeur54 Golf Tournament and we've tallied up all the donations from our 200+ supporters. We are extremely proud, and humbled, to have set another new fundraising record thanks to the efforts of our 16 golfers and their generous networks! While the Tournament itself is certainly a fun day, the best part of this annual event is when we get to start handing out checks to our beneficiaries.

Last week we met with representatives from Safe Passage and presented them with a check for $45,000 which will help them continue to provide prevention education to students, support children and families via their Children's Advocacy Center, and offer safe shelter for those experiencing violence or instability at home. Safe Passage's Developmental Director Nicole Hammons added:

"We are incredibly grateful to the Coeur 54 Foundation and its supporters for their commitment to strengthening our community. Their generosity supports not only Safe Passage, but so many hardworking nonprofits working to create brighter futures for local children and families. They are also setting a powerful example for the next generation by showing that a favorite hobby or passion can become a force for good and make a lasting impact on the community around them."

The CDA Press covered the event as well: https://cdapress.com/news/2026/jun/24/coeur54-raises-45k-for-safe-passage

We continue to support several other organizations in the community, as we presented donations to Coeur d'Alene Public Golf club, Avondale Golf CLub and Hayden Lake GC's junior golf programs. We know these are some of the best youth development programs around and we are excited at the prospect of a future Coeur54 player coming out of their ranks!

We'll continue to receive and review grant requests throughout the year and look forward to helping our community wherever we can. A BIG THANKS again to everyone who made this happen and supported 2026's Tournament!

06/09/2026

WHEW! It's taken a full week to recover and come back to our senses after an incredibly fun and successful Coeur54 Tournament. Donations are still trickling in and we are proud to say we have set a NEW FUNDRAISING RECORD, with more than 210 amazing members of our community contributing to the cause. We can't wait to tally up the final figure and start handing out checks to Safe Passage and other organizations!

On the golfing front, the 16 of us took to the courses last Tuesday and took a total of 3,823 shots over the course of 14+ hours. We had 94 birdies, 2 eagles and only a 'small handful' of 8s mixed in. The players earned 19 skins over the three courses and we averaged 239 shots a player from start to finish. As with any tournament, we had some winners as well...

Big Congrats to Austin Westphal who won the Low Gross category, becoming the only person other than Brennan Stillinger to claim this trophy in the seven year history of the event! Austin finished the day at +7 and averaged 74 across three rounds, rolling in 8 birdies along the way.

We crowned a new Low Net Champion this year as Stewart Kuespert claimed the title at -2 (net). Stewart had 7 gross birdies and clinched the title with a solid 32 (net) on the last 9 of the day at Hayden Lake Country Club.

Stewart's play was so good that he was able to lay claim to a second crown, snagging Team Low Net honors with playing partner Dylan Hill. The pair combined to finish -17 in the net best ball competition.

Last, but certainly not least, was the Low Gross category where Brian Longwell and John Hutchins rose to the top to snag the title. The Hayden CC members absolutely torched their home course, shooting a net 57!!!! Now that's how you finish off a 54 hole marathon boys!

Congrats again to everyone who played, and a big thank you once again to all our sponsors, donors and host courses. We'll have lots more info in the coming months as we begin the fun part - handing out checks and making an impact in the community!

05/29/2026

It's hard to believe we are less than a week away from the 7th Annual Coeur54 Tournament, and we are charging to the finish line in style. With 5 days to go before we tee it up bright and early at Coeur d'Alene Public, 169 supporters have donated a whopping $59,000+ dollars to the campaign - WOW! We are SO CLOSE to breaking last year's fundraising record and we've had a lot of help from the community, friends, family and more along the way. This past week we were ecstatic to have Sargent Law Firm sign on as an Event Sponsor and their generous donation pushed us further towards our goal - thank you!!

The Coeur d'Alene Press published an article today covering the event and its impact and we are very grateful for the coverage and help in getting the word out.

https://cdapress.com/news/2026/may/28/coeur54-swings-away-on-tuesday/

Don't worry C54 golfers, despite the headline we are still teeing it up on Tuesday as planned. Get that driver straightened out, short game sharpened up and be ready to roll.

We want to extend a BIG THANK YOU (won't be the last time) to everyone who has donated and helped make this event happen - we couldn't do it without you, and we are excited to finally get on the course(s) and celebrate helping Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center and others in our community.

05/23/2026

With a week until the tournament one Coeur54 golfer is struggling with his game...until he gets help from a special source...and our sponsors!

We had a lot of fun making this video and big thanks to Safe Passage for helping!

With some offline donations adding to our tally we crossed the $50,000 mark and are climbing towards our goal! Donate below to your favorite golfer:

https://givebutter.com/coeur54

05/17/2026

Big update - we just crossed $40,000 raised for Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center and counting! As of this post we have 107 donations from friends, family, co-workers and people in the community who love to help out. Thank you thank you! Next stop: the $50,000 barrier...

This week we completed the draw and are excited to announce the teams for the annual Couer 54 Golf Tournament - we do work just a little bit of golf into this event after all is said and done. This year we'll be awarding prizes to the top Gross and Net players (a side note is that due to defending champion Brennan Stillinger missing the tournament to practice his diapering skills we'll have a new Gross champ for the first time!), as well as Team Net and Team Gross awards. The teams this year with combined handicaps indicated in parenthesis will be...drumroll please....

Dustin Ainsworth/ Tyler Sanders(9.2)
Stewart Kuespert/ Dylan Hill(8.9)
Drew Dittman / Austin Westphal(9.5)
Mark Krell/ Tim Skelton(11.4)
Conor Hammons/ Zach Davis(11.4)
MichaelHamilton/ Ryan Deschryver(13.1)
Scott Kramer/ John McKeeman(11.9)
Brian Longwell/ John Hutchins(11.1)

Now that the teams (and handicaps) are set everyone will finally stop sandbagging their indexes and get down to sharpening their game. It should be a fun day of golf for a great cause - find your favorite player and donate to their page to support and cheer them on!

https://givebutter.com/EcOYdf

05/13/2026

It's now just 3 weeks until the 7th annual Coeur54 event tees off at Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Club at 6am sharp! As of today we have had 91 wonderful people contribute to our campaign and we have officially crossed the $30,000 mark and climbing! We wanted to highlight some of the ways that your donations can impact Safe Passage and their clients. Compare the following figures...

As of today, it costs $695 + $55 cart fee + $52.50 forecaddie fee to play Pebble Beach Golf course, an all in amount of $802.50. A round at Circling Raven here in Idaho costs between $199 and $249 depending on day of the week. The (in)famous Ponderosa Golf Course in Coeur d'Alene runs $20 for 9 holes, topping off at $35 if you pop for the replay to get in 18 holes.

For $1000, Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center is able to provide a full month of trauma-informed counseling sessions for multiple survivors.

For $500, a donation to Safe Passage provides 2 nights of emergency housing when their shelter reaches capacity.

$250 will give Safe Passage the ability to provide legal advocacy and court accompaniment for one survivor navigating the justice system.

Lastly, $100 allows Safe Passage to aid 4 survivors in obtaining their driver's licenses or birth certificates - both vital in starting over and rebuilding a future.

We highlighted these contrasting figures to show perspective. The same amounts that golfers can spend on a dream day on the course could help another person wake up from a nightmare.

Every dollar makes a difference - truly. Join us in aiding Safe Passage here: https://givebutter.com/EcOYdf

05/08/2026

We're thankful today, not only because it's Friday (TGIF) but also because we've had 73(!!!) supporters donate to our fundraising campaign for Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center! We're currently at over $27,000 raised and so close to being at 50% of our goal. Now is when we kick everything in high gear - three weeks and change until the big day.

We're also thankful that Safe Passage has shared some survivor stories with us to help remind everybody WHY raising money for them is so important. These are people in our community who experienced the most difficult situations and were able to turn to Safe Passage and receive much needed help. A few of these stories are shared here as well as the annual report for Safe Passage highlighting the tremendous impact they have.

We're fundraising to support survivors, join us here: https://givebutter.com/EcOYdf

05/04/2026

With less than 5 weeks to go we are picking up steam as we near $25,000 raised representing almost 40% of our $60,000+ goal! A quick glance at our GoodButter fundraising page shows that we have already received donations from 55 people as this awesome community continues to show up for us every year.

We are also blessed to have very generous sponsors once again in our corner. Chris Johnson from Custom Drywall and Brad Ward from Custom Insulation have returned in 2026 as Title Sponsors for our Coeur 54 event! Custom Drywall and Insulation is a 3rd generation, family owned local business with over 20 years experience serving the community. We are so grateful for their continued support, thank you!!

Please join Chris, Brad and the good folks at Custom Drywall and Custom Insulation in supporting our campaign using the link below. Find your favorite golfer and get involved in helping Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center continue their mission!

https://givebutter.com/EcOYdf

04/27/2026

There's a saying among golfers, "There are no pictures on the scorecard." It means that if you're playing the Floating Green here in Coeur d'Alene and put it on and two putt - it's a 3. If you hit one in the water then re-tee and dunk it in the hole - it's a 3. Either way the card has no pictures, only numbers, and numbers don't lie. That reality is true both on and off the golf course. When we met with Safe Passage Violence Prevention Center and learned about their mission, the numbers they shared with us were equally telling and were a call to action for the golfers here at the 54 Foundation. For example:

1 in 5 women in the United States experienced completed or attempted sexual violence in their lifetime.

1 in 4 male victims of completed or attempted r**e first experienced it between the ages of 11 and 17.

The numbers show some good as well, namely how big an impact donations to organizations like Safe Passage can make:

$500/month
Counseling for 2 clients weekly or
1 week in shelter for 1 person/family or
2 trips/month for outreach in schools

$750/month
Hotel room for 5 nights

$1000/month
helps pay "rent" on capacity, such as electricity, software, or utilities for our family friendly safe shelter

The data shows that these incidents aren't happening in a bubble, but unfortunately occur around us. These statistics could likely be referencing someone you know. Like Safe Passage, we at the 54 Foundation believe that everyone deserves a safe place to go. Find your favorite golfer on our Fundraising Page and help us make our community safer.

https://givebutter.com/EcOYdf

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