FERNDALE
COMMUNITY FUND

The Whatcom Community Foundation has opened a $10,000 fund for the people of Ferndale, including Custer.

Now you and your neighbors can give as close to home as possible, and then help decide where the money goes!

Whatcom Community Foundation in Ferndale

Did You Know?

Pioneer Park in Ferndale preserves over a dozen original cedar‑slab log cabins relocated from homesteads across Whatcom County, forming the largest collection of pioneer-era log buildings in Washington and serving as a rare, living museum of Northwest pioneer life. 

Volunteers from the Whatcom County Master Gardeners Foundation, whose endowment is housed at the Whatcom Community Foundation, maintain demonstration gardens at Homestead Heritage Park, harvesting over 2,000 pounds of vegetables, herbs, and other produce each year for the local food bank.

Incorporated in 1907, Ferndale was originally known as “Jam” — because it developed next to a large log‑jam on the Nooksack River. Later, a schoolteacher renamed it “Ferndale,” inspired by the ferns growing around the first schoolhouse.  

30 YEARS
of community building
in Whatcom County

0:

scholarships provided to Whatcom County highschoolers.

$86M:

invested in Whatcom County since 1996.

0:

local organizations supported to help fulfill their missions.

10K+:

grants and loans made to support mission driven work.

0:

Project Neighborly grants made to connect neighbors and build community.

$8.5M:

impact investment loans made in Whatcom County since 2015.

30 YEARS
of community building
in Whatcom County

0:

scholarships provided to Whatcom County highschoolers.

$86M:

invested in Whatcom County since 1996.

0:

local organizations supported to help fulfill their missions.

10K+:

grants and loans made to support mission driven work.

0:

Project Neighborly grants made to connect neighbors and build community.

$8.5M:

impact investment loans made in Whatcom County since 2015.