How are you funded?

At any given time on Bainbridge Island—a community of 25,000 residents as well as a large number of commuters and visitors—only three police officers and nine firefighters might be on duty. We have no hospital, and a large number of our first responders and essential workers live off island.

Although we appreciate our close strategic partnership with BIFD and COBI, we receive no direct funding from either entity, other than a $12,500 COBI Human Services Grant for both 2023 and 2024.

Your support of Bainbridge Prepares is integral to our citizen-led emergency response network that will keep our community safer and more connected in the event of a major disaster. 

2022 Funding Sources

We’ve now launched our Island Resilience Campaign to achieve even bigger objectives for 2024 and beyond:

  • Fully fund and equip our Child Reunification Center where we will keep children separated from their families during a major disaster safe until they can be reunified.  

  • Complete the build out of our Disaster Hubs, one of which is within walking distance of every resident, so that every Hub is equipped with an emergency radio kit, adequate medical supplies, nonperishable food and water, and other essentials.

  • Strengthen connections with nonprofit partners like the Bainbridge Island Senior Center and Island Volunteer Caregivers so that vulnerable residents are prepared and resilient during a disaster.

  • Build critical organizational infrastructure (including paid staff) that will allow us to remain a sustainable nonprofit organization for decades to come.

You can download a two-page flyer about this campaign to learn more, and if you’d like to make a gift, you can do so here. Thank you!