Inspiring Works From Rural Farms, Forests, & Charming Villages on the Salish Sea
Guild Funding & Beneficiaries
San Juan Islands Makers Guild Program Funding, 2019-current
COMMUNITY MATCHING The largest start-up investment being made to date in developing and delivering the Makers Guild programs is coming from VOLUNTEERS. Calculating the amount of donated time and effort our volunteers have provided, more than 8,000 hours of un-paid, volunteer time has been invested between all of the Guild’s volunteers, 2019-2024. At an average of $40 an hour, that is a $320,000 in-kind investment. These efforts include project development and administration, photography, travel, materials and supplies.
GRANT and CONTRACT FUNDING The second circle of funding is GRANT and CONTRACT funding. 100% of grant funding is invested directly into community services including team time, materials, venue rentals, advertising and supplies. Contract funds are likewise tied to specific line item deliverables.
To date, the Guild’s fiscal sponsor has received the following funding that has assisted the Makers Guild in completing its tasks:
- USDA Rural Business Development Grant 2020, $40,000 for asset mapping, needs assessment, market study; in-kind matching $ 29,622.25
- San Juan County LTAC 2022, $25,000 for Guild and partner organization tourism promotion, events and materials on three islands; in kind-matching of $25,578.54.
- San Juan Islands Conservation District 2022, $14,945 for LTAC tourism promotion services, events and materials for Farm and Food events, cash and in-kind matching $6,800.
- WA State Dept of Commerce 2022, $50,000. Pandemic funds for program costs
- San Juan County LTAC for Guild and partner organization tourism promotion 2023, $35,000 for events and materials on three islands; in-kind matching of $15,000
- San Juan Islands Conservation District 2023, $16,000 for LTAC tourism promotion services featuring Food Heroes
- Community Accelerator, Paul Allen Foundation 2024 $17,500 general operating
- Washington State Parks Folk and Traditional Arts 2024, $6,000
- San Juan County LTAC 2024 for Guild cultural events and marketing, $30,000 for events serving makers on three islands; in kind matching $15,000
- San Juan Islands Conservation District 2024, $10,000 for LTAC tourism promotion services including the Island Grown in the San Juans film production.
- Family Tides Farm for Fall Festival Makers stipends, $3,500
- San Juan County LTAC 2025 for Guild cultural events and marketing, $30,000 for events serving makers on three islands
Total Grants and Contracts to date: $273, 445
100% of grants, contracts and matching is invested in community benefit programs.
Program & Funding Beneficiaries
Small Business Level Two Beneficiaries:
Cadre #1 – Incubator & marketing services
San Juan Island Distillery
Printshop Northwest printed textiles
Ula Botanic bodycare
Chicaoji sauces
Madrone Cellars wines and ciders
Zacharya Leck public art sculpture
Orcas Island Distillery
Arbordoun Farm and Bodycare
Aurora Farm
Pelindaba Lavender Farm
Blacktail Bass and Beef
Swamp Sticks Baskets
Blooming Mind Media
Orcas Video
Treehouse Digital Services
San Juan Islands Innovation Center
Imagine Music and Arts Festival
The Kitchen
Cadre# 2 – Marketing services
Orcas Artists Studio Tour
Satya Curcio Photography
True Grace Photography
Mama Bird Farm
Sweet Earth Farm
Paula West Pottery
Nixon Art Glass
Girl Meets Dirt value added foods
San Juan Island Sea Salt
Heather Arps textiles
West Beach Farm
Sheila Metcalf weaver
Sunnyfield Farm goat cheese
Barn Owl Bakery heritage island grown bread
Bruce Richardson sculptor
Midnight’s Farm
Watmough Bay Farm
Taproot community kitchen
Lopez Artists Guild
Ayame and Yuriko Bullock Studio
S&S Homestead
Sweet Earth Farm
Warm Valley Farm
Swamp Sticks Baskets
Warm Valley Orchard
Level One Beneficiaries – Organizations
(have participated in exhibits, events, fairs, research studies,
sponsorships, funding, collaborations or marketing services)
Alchemy Arts Center
Bullocks Permaculture Homestead
Cider Festival / Orcas Senior Center
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Family Tides Farm
Fidelis Circle
Friends of the San Juans
Funhouse Commons
Island Stewards
Kaleidoscope
Lopez Community Land Trust
Lopez Grange
Lopez History Museum
Lopez Island Artist Guild and Studio Tours
Lopez Locavores
Northwest Agriculture Business Service
Northwest Innovation Resource Center
Odd Fellows Hall
OPAL Community Land Trust
OPALCO
Orcas Center Visual Arts Committee
Orcas Community Food Cooperative
Orcas Community Participatory Agriculture
Orcas Exchange
Orcas Island Artist Studio Tour
Orcas Island Chamber of Commerce
Orcas Island Community Foundation
Orcas Island Garden Club
Orcas Island Lit Fest
Orcas Island Yacht Club
Orcas Library
Orcas Lions Club
Orcas Senior Center
San Juan County Arts Council
San Juan County Community Development
San Juan County Food System Team
San Juan County Land Bank
San Juan Island Chamber of Commerce
San Juan Island Grange
San Juan Island Home Trust
San Juan Island Studio Tour
San Juan Islands Agricultural Guild
San Juan Islands Conservation District
San Juan Islands Visitors Bureau
SeaDoc
SJC Master Gardeners
Source-paper and Leaping Fool
The Fellowshop
Transition Lopez
Transition San Juan
Washington State Parks
Washington State Parks Folk and Traditional Arts
West Sound Community Club
Western Washington University, Salish Sea Institute Fellows
WSU Extension
Level One Beneficiaries – Small Businesses, Artists and Authors
(have participated in exhibits, events, fairs, research studies,
sponsorships, collaborations or marketing services)
WA State Poet Laureat, Rena Priest
13 Moons
Abigail Prout
Allysa
Anna Campbell
Bad Bee fine jewelry
Barn Owl Pottery
Boat House Cider
Brook Meinhardt
Bruce Halabisky
Burke Mulvaney
Caldera Glass
Caller Amy
Candis Susol
Carol A Anderson
Carolyn Cruso
Cascadia Homestead Builders
Cathy Vierthaler
Chai and Yarn
Chandelle Anderson Ceramics
Charlie MacPherson
Chuck Silva Jewelry
Cisco Woodworking
Clint McCune
Darvill’s Bookstore
David Densmore painter
Davis Limbach
Deborah Sparks
Debra Lee Babcock
Delmy’s Café
Derek Eisel, Music
Earth Ball
Earthlingz Music
Earthrise
Edee Kulper
Elise Cope Jewelry
Elizabeth Herbert
Emmes Furniture
Emmett Pearsons
Fabled Flora
Farm to Ferry Cafe
Farm to Ferry café
Felt + Clay Gallery
Feral Mary
Fisher Dickens
Flower Moon
Forest Ceramics
Friday Harbor Atelier
George Post
Glenn Hendrick
Greene Atelier
Griffin Bay Adventures
Guiseppi Spadafora
Hailey Shannon
Hannah Boehm
Hannah Mason
Hepheastus woodworking
Ibis Element jewelry
Indigo Jewelry
Inese Westcott, painter
Inspired Earth Tea
Iris Graville
Irthlingz, Sharon Abrea and Michale Hurwicz
Island Bound Books
Island Fibers yarn and weaving
Island Knitwear
Island Thyme bodycare
Islands Sounder
Jamie Arnold, Tulalip
Janet Gadallah
Jeffry Steele
Jill Bliss
Jill McCabe Johnson
Jodi Spitalli
Joel Gamble, Music
John Bellows
John Fletcher woodworking
John Raymond Barry painter
Joshua Alber
Josie Dow
Joy Hughes
Julia Mira
Karyn Lindquist
Kate Wood
Katey Rissi
Keith Chatham jewelry
Kiel Sloper
Kim Middleton
Land Sea Gomasio
Larry Paluzzi photography
Laura Yeats Woodworking
Limbaugh Marimba
Linda Ransley
Lisa Mira
Little Farm on Olga Road
Lopez Locavores
Lopez Soap and Body Care
Lucky Ewe Farm
Maria Michaelson
Maria Nutt
Maria Root
Mary Jane Elgin ceramics
Matia Indigo Jones
Matt O’Brien
Menacho Indigo Textiles
Mermaid Botanicals
Michelle Hamon
Minnow Creek
Monaghan Consulting
Morning Star Farm
Nathan Donnelly
Nic Coldren
Northstar Farm
Olga Rising café
Orcas Farm
Orcas Food Coop
Orcas Island Market
Orcas Mom
Orcas Wildflower
Orcas Winery
Pat Boehm
Petal and Clay ceramics
Peter C Fisher Photography
Peter Oleson
Queen Bee Baking
Quinn Baliey
Rafe Pearlman
Rafe Pearlman, Music
Rainshadow Solar
Ravenswood Art
Rebecca Cohen
Reishi Strauss
Rick Waldron woodworking
Robert Dash Photography
Rock Roots Art
Rosie Cayou James
Rubie Eclipse Floral
Sabu
San Juan Island Journal
San Juan Vineyard
Schultz Papercraft
Sea Starling Jewelry
Shannon Belthor Sculpture
Shannon Borg
Sharon Abreau, Music
Sheila Metcalf
SMRU
Stanley and Kip Greenthal
Steven Hill Painter
Stephanie Clair
Studio 45 glass
Studio Wylde
Sweet Craft Bakeshop
Sweet Pea Cookie Company
Swift Meadow Farm Quilts
Taja Wicks
Tangled Tides
Tara Craig
The Barnacle
The Bubblery
The Orcasonian
Victoria Parker Tea and Herbs
Vincent Jacques
Vortex Café
Warm Valley Farm
Warm Valley Orchard yarns and weaving
Whidbey Island Candles
Wicked Otter knives
Wind Water Rock
Woodsia printed textiles
Zackarya Leck
Zoe Osenbach
partial list
Photography by Edee Kulper and Satya Curcio