The Chilkat Valley Community Foundation last week awarded $15,500 to 14 local nonprofits, doubling the number of groups that received funding last year.
The foundation awarded $10,500 to seven nonprofits in 2013.
This year marked the foundation’s sixth grant cycle and saw several new applicants, including the Hammer Museum, Haines Hot Shots and Becky’s Place Haven of Hope.
“We were really glad to see organizations that hadn’t applied to us before apply, and…