Whatcom Community Foundation

The millworks is a mixed-use, brownfield redevelopment project in a federally qualified opportunity zone that will include 100+ residential housing units focused on workforce housing, a nonprofit office hub, and a food campus supporting local argiculture and food based businesses.

Emergency food assistance program - the foundation became a washington state department of agriculture (wsda) contractor in 2018, coordinating payments to local vendors for food purchases made by local food banks and food pantries, or reimbursing food banks for their direct purchases. The wsda contract ran through june 2025.

Various projects and programs, including: an equity/anti-racism initiative, the washington center for employee ownership, the youth philanthropy project, and strengthening nonprofits work.