Supporting Our Community

The Coupeville Arts and Crafts Festival shows how people unite to benefit their community. Organization, management, and operation of this festival is carried out solely by local volunteers. All proceeds generated by exhibitor fees and commissions go back into the community. Since its inception, the Festival has provided over $1,000,000 in grants and scholarships to the Coupeville area and Island residents.

Grants

Art is how we tell stories, and as one of the oldest settler communities in Coupeville, we have a lot of stories to tell. The Coupeville Festival Association funds grants to local organizations in the Coupeville area that promote quality handcrafts and arts, ensure the cultural enrichment of our 98239 residents, and/or beautify and preserve the unique historical qualities of Coupeville.

As of 2023, we have given away $1,012,005.06 in grants since 1969.

Grants have helped preserve historic structures such as the Admiralty Lighthouse, funded important community events such as the Memorial Day parade and art tours, purchased supplies and teachers for youth art classes, and a wide variety of other projects that help make our town the beautiful place it is.

4-H Video Club
4-L Shires
Admiralty Light House
Artists Spring Tour
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Island County
BSA Troop 58
Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue
Central Whidbey Hearts and Hammers
Central Whidbey Youth Coalition
Committee to Restore Wurlitzer Organ
Concerts on the Cove
Coupeville Art and Antique Walk
Coupeville Boys and Girls Club
Coupeville Chamber of Commerce
Coupeville Elementary
Coupeville Farm to School
Coupeville Farmers Market
Coupeville Garden Club
Coupeville High School
Coupeville Historic Waterfront Association
Coupeville Library
Coupeville Middle School

Coupeville High School Spirit Team
Coupeville Parks and Recreation
Coupeville Rainbow Girls
Coupeville Schools Juvenile Detention Center Education Program
Coupeville Scout Troop 4058
Earth Teens
Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve
Friends of Ebey's
Giant Pumpkin Contest
Gifts from the Heart Food Bank
Greenbank Farm
Historic Whidbey
Island Arts for Veterans
Island County Historical Society
Island County Museum
Island County Sheriff
Island Gift Foundation
Island Tree Ranch
KWPA Radio
Learning Connections
Linda Lee's Hospital Gowns

NW Crafts Coalition
Pacific Northwest Art School
Pacific Rim Institute
Penn Cove Water Festival
Peoples Bank
Readiness to Learn
Saratoga Orchestra
Sea Scouts Whidbey
Shifty Sailors
Soccer Booster Club
Soroptimist International Coupeville
Sound Waters
Town of Coupeville
Whale Wheel at Warf
Whidbey Allied Artists Association
Whidbey Camano Land Trust
WhidbeyHealth Hospital
Whidbey Island Conservation District
Whidbey Island Kite Festival
WSU Beachwatchers
WSU Coop Extension
Youth Dynamics

Scholarships

Each year, a designated portion of proceeds are awarded to volunteers who give their time to the Festival. Students of any age may apply, and funds can go towards any post high school educational institutions, be it college or university, trade school, apprenticeship, etc. There are four scholarships of $2,000 awarded each year.

As of 2022, we have given away $93,048.65 since 1991.