Celebrating who we are & what we can be together.

Presented by the Kitsap Community Foundation, the Celebration of Philanthropy is an annual event that brings our community together to celebrate the spirit of generosity that makes Kitsap a place we are all proud to call home. 

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On Friday, May 20, we celebrated our deserving honorees and enjoyed the riffs of our award-winning keynote speaker Tom Skerritt, who has had a lifetime of memories to pull from. You could feel our guests' energy in the room and hear their joy at being able to finally gather again in community. 

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Thank you to the generosity of our guests; we raised nearly $165,000 to support our place-based mission to serve as a catalyst for the greater good in our community. If you didn't get a chance to support us, you still can. As we learned from Tom Kilbane, our Spirit of Philanthropy honoree, "The investments we make in our community is the rent we pay to call this exceptional place our home." In the end, community is the gift we give to one another. 

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THANK YOU TO OUR AMAZING PREMIER SPONSOR

Honor Your Community Hero

If you know a person or business that you feel should be honored with a philanthropy award, please submit a nomination by clicking the buttons below at any time. Be sure to have supporting documents to help the planning committee make the best choice. You can also view past honorees to ensure you don't nominate someone who has already received the award.