2023 APPLICATIONS OPEN MAY 2023.

PAST RECIPIENTS

2022 Foundation Recipients

• West Coast Grant Winners:

1st Place: Rosemary Whitson — Fountain Valley, CA

2nd Place: Deanna Joy — Spokane, WA

3rd Place: Katie Jensen – Seattle / Portland

4th Place: Linda Molder — Tigard, OR

5th Place: Sara Lee Conners — Bend, OR

• National Grant Winners:

1st Place: Sarah-Jean Kolarik — SC

2nd Place: Juan S. Aguirre — Scottsdale, AZ

3rd Place: Madison Morris — Austin, TX

4th Place/5th Place: Diego Rivera and Taylor Linahan — Frisco, TX

6th Place: Alex Robles — Austin, TX

2019 Foundation Recipients

• West Coast Grant Winners:

1st Place: Mahala Fedor — Spokane, WA

2nd Place: Marie-Pascale Cote – Seattle, WA

3rd Place: Chantal Guzman – Salem, OR

4th Place: Steve Michael — Portland, OR

5th Place: Nic Manuel — Portland, OR

• National Grant Winners:

1st Place: Ben Phung

2nd Place: Frank Blakemore

• West Coast Honorable Mentions:

Kate Garboden – Seattle, WA

Melissa Smith – Bend, OR

Jann Peterson – Spokane, WA

2018 Foundation Recipients:

West Coast Grant

• 1st Place Female: Brittany Schiro

• 2nd Place Female: Lani Kim

• 1st Place Male: Jason Abner

National Grant

• 1st Place Female: Claire Adams

• 2nd Place Female: Adrianna Liggins

• 3rd Place Female: Ariel Navarro

• 1st Place Male: Hunter Hobbs

• 2nd Place Male: Ricky Barfield

• 3rd Place Male: Jasper LaFortune

2017 Foundation Recipients:

• West Coast Male Recipient: David Carrington – Seattle, WA

• West Coast Female Recipient: Danae Cardenas – Santa Barbara, CA

• West Coast Male Runner Up: Ben Byler – Redding, CA

• West Coast Male 2nd Runner Up: Paul Gudeman – Chico, CA

• West Coast Female Runner Up: Ekaterina Rar – Lynwood, WA

• West Coast Female 2nd Runner Up: Jenny Cooper – Redmond, OR

• West Coast Female 3rd Runner Up: Melba Adamson – Lake Oswego, OR

• National Male Recipient: Aris DeMarco – Tucson, AZ

• National Female Recipient: Raquel Safra – Coral Springs, FL

• National Female Runner Up: Ariel Penu – Clearwater, FL

• National Female 2nd Runner Up: Ellen Dudley – Denver, CO

2016 Foundation Recipients:

• West Coast Male Recipient: Maxwell Thew – OR

• West Coast Female Recipient: Kat Katterman – OR

• West Coast Male Runner Up: Paul Nuñez – CA

• West Coast Female Runner Up: Kim Martin – OR

• National Male Recipient: Gabe Toepel – Denver, CO

• National Female Recipient: Ashley Ledner – Tucson, AZ

2015 Foundation Recipients:

• West Coast Male Recipient: Shawn Mahmood – Portland, OR

• West Coast Female Recipient: D’Leene Peet – Salem, OR

2014 Foundation Recipients:

• West Coast Male Recipient:  David Hemmerich – Eugene, OR

• West Coast Female Recipient:  Jan Tamble – Garden Grove, CA