Community Sustaining Fund of Thurston County

04/29/2026

Board members Keith and Cynthia tabling at Procession of the Species last weekend.

09/29/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT
Calling all Changemakers! The Community Sustaining Fund of Thurston County (CSF) is accepting Fall 2025 grant applications beginning September 29 through November 10 for creative and impactful applications that meet our grant criteria. Funding criteria and applications available at https://thurstoncsf.org/.

COMMUNITY SUSTAINING FUNDof Thurston County building community one grant at a time “Your grant galvanized this project!”– Thurston Housing Land Trust &Community Farms Land Trust, 2023 Our story The Community Sustaining Fund (CSF) of Thurston County is a local, grassroots grant fund. It was bir...

11/09/2024

Have you been working on an idea for a policy, program, or project that benefits the people or lands in Thurston County?? Check out the application for the CSF grant fund!!

Have an idea but haven't figured out the details? Good news! Our grassroots grant fund opens every Spring and Fall. Check out the application for the CSF grant fund to get a jump start.

Details and application: https://oly-wa.us/csf/

11/03/2024

The Fall Grant Round is open for one more week! Submit your applications by 11:59pm on 11.11.

We can't wait to see more of the great programs and projects community members are working on!

Details and application: https://oly-wa.us/csf/

10/15/2024

It's that time again! The Fall Grant Cycle of the Community Sustaining Fund opened Oct. 1 and runs through Nov. 11 at midnight. Submit your worthy projects for consideration. Details and application forms available at: https://oly-wa.us/csf/Resources.php

04/21/2024

Don't Miss Out! Apply for CSF Grant Funds by April 24th! See comments for how to apply.

10/30/2023

CSF Fall 2023 Grant Round Ends in One Week!

Show us your great ideas -- deadline for grant submissions is Monday, November 6.

04/01/2023

CSF Spring 2023 Grant Round Opens Today
We can't wait to see the amazing projects you are working on and seeking support for!

April 1: Grant Round Opens
May 8: Grant Applications Due by midnight
May 20: Grant Applicant Interviews
*Info & Applications at: https://oly-wa.us/csf/index.php

03/26/2023

CSF Spring 2023 Grant Round Announced!

April 1: Grant Round Opens
May 8: Grant Applications Due by midnight
May 20: Grant Applicant Interviews

*Info & Application at: https://oly-wa.us/csf/index.php

03/15/2023

Round-Up today to fund May 2023 grassroots grant applications!

If you rounded up in 2022, your pennies funded:
>Lab equipment for Nisqually Reach Nature Center

>Community Nature Foundation's work to purchase and preserve local forests

>Thurston Climate Action Team's Art in the Forest Workshop series

>Critical tech support for South Sound Community Farmland Trust

>Supporting local news reporting via Journal of Olympia Lacey & Tumwater

**100% of Donations Awarded to Local Grant Applicants**

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Other ways to contribute:
>Talk to peers, friends, & family about CSF grants. Discover again and again how CSF funding helped start or sustain your favorite local programs and organizations.

>Talk to others about how to donate to CSF's grassroots grant fund - and how to apply for funds. Word of mouth & action are what feed the circle of donations (funding) and applications (grants).

>Donate via paypal, debit, or credit card

>Help Spread the Good Word via social media

>Sign up for the CSF Newsletter

>>Apply for CSF funding for your project!

We're stoked and honored to facilitate a local grant round that supports the people moving the needle for positive social and environmental change in our Communities. Details to donate and connect with each grant round at: https://oly-wa.us/csf

03/05/2023

Spring Grant Round is just around the corner! Round-Up today to fund May 2023 grant applications!

If you rounded up in 2022, your spare change funded:
>Lab equipment for Nisqually Reach Nature Center

>Community Nature Foundation's work to purchase and preserve local forests

>Thurston Climate Action Team's Art in the Forest Workshop series

>Critical tech support for South of the Sound Community Farm Land Trust

>Supporting local news reporting via Journal of Olympia Lacey & Tumwater

**100% of Donations Awarded to Local Grant Applicants**

*****
Other ways to contribute:
>Talk to peers, friends, & family about CSF grants. Discover again and again how CSF funding helped start or sustain your favorite local programs and organizations.

>Talk to others about how to donate to CSF's grassroots grant fund - and how to apply for funds. Word of mouth & action are what feed the circle of donations (funding) and applications (grants).

>Donate via paypal, debit, or credit card

>Help Spread the Good Word via social media

>Sign up for the CSF Newsletter

>>Apply for CSF funding for your project!

We're stoked and honored to facilitate a local grant round that supports the people moving the needle for positive social and environmental change in our Communities. Details to donate and connect with each grant round at: https://oly-wa.us/csf/index.php