Support Blue Education and Preserve Our Maritime Heritage.

Your donation sustains vital educational programming, enhances our maritime heritage, and creates a diverse and equitable maritime sector. By contributing, you're investing in:

  • Career Development: Initiatives that prepare a diverse next generation of mariners, marine service technicians, and marine scientists for rewarding careers, with a focus on hands-on learning experiences.

  • Preservation of Maritime Heritage: Connect coastal communities with their maritime roots, foster environmental stewardship, and enhance diverse cultural contributions to our maritime history.

  • Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity Initiatives: Programs designed to increase representation and create opportunities for underrepresented groups in the maritime sector, including women, people of color, tribal communities, and individuals from various socioeconomic backgrounds.

Every contribution, no matter the size, makes a difference in our mission to educate, inspire, and build a more diverse and skilled maritime workforce.

Donate today and help us chart a course for a strong, inclusive maritime future!

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Select the amount you’d like to donate.

The Whatcom Working Waterfront Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization (EIN: 84-1917075), and your donation is tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

While we appreciate your support of the Foundation, we know you may wish to designate your donation to a particular activity. Currently, we offer a fund for Student Assistance on our donor form. If you have a specific activity to which you’d like to support, please contact us at information@waterfrontfoundation.org or 360-255-0447 option 1.

If you would prefer to make your gift by check:

  1. Payable to Whatcom Working Waterfront Foundation

  2. Gift designation in memo line

  3. Mail to 708 Coho Way, Bellingham, WA 98225

Giving FAQs

  • Whatcom Working Waterfront Foundation, a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization, ensures your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law. To claim a donation as a deduction on your federal taxes, please keep your email donation receipt as your official record. We’ll email you this IRS Donor Acknowledgement Letter upon successful completion of your donation

  • Yes. Your security and privacy is our highest priority. We use industry-standard security technology to ensure your information is safe and secure.

  • Yes. We’ll send a receipt to the email address you provide when donating. The Receipt includes your donation details (date, amount, and any beneficiary information).

  • No. We do not sell, trade, or share your personal information with anyone. Also, we do not send mailings on behalf of other organizations. Your information will be used only to contact you about your gift, if needed, provide tax receipts and/or send newsletter updates if you choose to opt in to receive emails from the Foundation and/or the Apprenticeship.

  • EIN: 84-1917075

  • We are happy to accept gifts of stock, contributions from your donor-advised fund, or via wire transfer. Please reach out toinformation@waterfrontfoundation.orgor call 360-255-0447, option 1 and we’re happy to provide the necessary information

  • Many companies offer gift matching opportunities for employees which allows your personal support of the Foundation to be matched by your employer. Please check with your company’s human resources department to learn more, or contact us directly at information@waterfrontfoundation.org

  • Yes, we currently have two funds your donation can be designated to on our donation check-out page. A General Fund to support the Foundation needs and a Student Assistance Fund to support our program participants. These student supports may include: tuition, tools, equipment, childcare, travel, housing, etc.

  • Please reach out to us at information@waterfrontfoundation.org. We will respond as quickly as possible to assist you!