Gig Harbor, WA – The Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation on Monday announced it has received a major gift of $10,000 from First Fed Bank. The charitable foundation is dedicated to supporting Indigenous youth who want to study aquaculture and fisheries.
This year’s gift will be followed up with First Fed’s pledge to donate an additional $25,000 over the next five years.
Established in late 2021 as a 501c3 charitable organization, the foundation is named for Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe member Kurt Grinnell, a pioneer in the Tribe’s aquaculture program who dedicated his career to ensuring sustainable sources of native fish and shellfish species for the Tribe.
Grinnell died in a single car crash in April of 2021 east of Port Angeles.
Jaiden Grinnell Bosick, daughter of Kurt Grinnell and the foundation’s Scholarship Committee Chair, said the donation will help provide scholarships to Native American and Canadian First Nations students to study aquaculture and fisheries at an institution of higher learning or trade school.
(Photo courtesy of kurtgrinnellscholarship.org)