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Tom Banse

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Pickleball is growing fast, with pros, prize money and business opportunities

Apr 11, 2022
Sponsors have opened their checkbooks, and Washington state, where it was invented, named pickleball its official sport.
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee takes a turn on the pickleball court on Bainbridge Island, the  birthplace of the sport, after he signed a bill to make pickleball the official state sport on March 28.
Courtesy Office of Gov. Jay Inslee

Native-led nonprofit shows how pandemic is changing philanthropy

Aug 9, 2021
The fund aims to minimize paperwork and get grants out the door quickly to support community members.
Nez Perce tribal members paddle on the Snake River in a canoe they carved as part of a culture and environmental learning project supported by the Potlatch Fund.
Courtesy of Potlatch Fund