Satterberg Foundation

Summer 2010 Capacity Building Awards

Amara: $3,000

Amara Parenting & Adoption Services is committed to finding stable and nurturing families for children. They say "We believe all are entitled to be raised in stable and nurturing families. Working toward this goal , we begin with an inclusive philosophy toward prospective parents, with our primary consideration being what they have to offer a child." This award was given to help support two full-day, off-site retreats for the Amara strategic planning task force.

Bike Works:  $3,000

The mission of Bike Works is to build sustainable communities by educating youth and promoting bicycling. The Satterberg award will allow Bike Works to dedicate staff and consultant resources to the improvement efforts in financial management.

Bird Note:  $3,000

Bird Note educates and inspires people to care about the future of the natural world, by producing and distributing BirdNote - remarkable stories about the lives of birds. (They) focus on birds as the harbingers of environmental change and how, if we (the listeners) understand, feel connected to, and help them, we contribute to our own environmental health.  This award will help fund formal board and fundraising raining for new and existing members to integrate and plan for future board recruitment, and to advance the strategic plan.

Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas (CD Forum):  $3,000

The CD Forum presents and produces African-American cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. (The) vision is to inspire new thoughts and to challenge assumptions about African-American culture. This award will enable CD Forum  to contract the services of an experienced marketing consultant to guide them through the analysis and planning activities and deliver a comprehensive media plan.

Longhouse Media: $3,000

The mission of Longhouse Media is to catalyze Indigenous people and communities to use media as a tool for self-expression, cultural preservation, and social change. Our primary youth program, Native Lens, supports the growth and expression of Native youth through digital media making.  This award will help fund a qualified facilitator for board training, focused in the areas of finance, governance, and marketing.

Youth Media Institute (YMI): $3,000

Youth Media Institute is an organization that strives to empower youth to become powerful leaders and artists by using media technologies to transform images about their communities, cultures, and themselves. The Satterberg award will provide YMI with the funds to work with an experienced consultant to strategize continued growth and development.

Spring 2010 Capacity Building Awards

Coalition for Charitable Choice: $3,000

Coalition for Charitable Choice(CCC)'s mission is to encourage and facilitate broader charitable workplace giving and unite donors with the charities of their choice.  This award would help the CCC make progress toward three major initiatives (Strategic Planning, Technology Development, and Partner Development)

Dress for Success Seattle: $3,000

The mission of Dress for Success Seattle (DFSS) is to promote self-confidence and financial independence for low-income women transitioning into the workplace by outfitting them with interview-appropriate attire and working apparel and providing ongoing career support.  The purpose of this award for volunteer training/ Americorps Member/ Client tracking & Evaluation. The goal is to track our impact by creating a tool and procedure for tracking a client's long-term success after she leaves our program.

Freedom Project:$3,000

Freedom Project helps prisoners, those returning from prison, and community members transform themselves by learning essential communication skills: nonviolence, self-awareness, and how to build and maintain positive human relationships.  This award is for the training of a minumum of 100 case managers, who work with prison reentry, in nonviolent communication.

Get a Life Childcare LLC:$3,000

Get a LIfe (GAL) Childcare's misson is simple: we are dedicated to caring for children whose parent or sibling is living with chronic illness, termal illness or disability.  This award is for a fundraising consultant who will help move us in the direction  of self-sustaining growth.

Somali Family Services of San Diego:$3,000

The goal of SFS is to ensure a better quality of life of Somali and other East African populations of San Diego through educational programs in addition to promoting equal opportunities and establishing geater understanding and communication among Somali and other East African communities. This award is to assist in the hiring of  a professional consultant to help with a long-term fundraising plan. In addition, the  award would finance workshops and additional education for the SFS Development Director.

Vashon  Allied Arts Inc.: $2,450

VAA's mission is to serve as a center or ther arts on Vashon-Maury Island, with programs and acivities that are presented in a community context that homors and supports artists, audiences, patrons, learners of all ages and families. We strive to offer programs that meet the highest profesional standards and encourage a broad range of experimentation by all artistic disciplines. Founded in 1966, VAA is one of the oldest community arts centers in the state of Washington.    This award is for a board retreat in October. The intent is to provide a much need education in major gifts fundraising and a hands-on practicum in the process of soliciting gifts in advance of our capital campaign.

Westside Baby: $2,500

Westside Baby, in partnership with our community , provides essential items to local children in need by collecting and distributing diapers, clothing, toys and equipment.   This award is to assist in a volunteer HUB subscription and development consulting with Susan Howlett.

Winter 2010  Capacity Building Awards

ArtsED Washington (Washington Alliance for Arts Education): $3,000

ArtsEd Washington's mission is to advance arts education through leadership,partnership, and communication and to see that every child in Washington State has access to the best possible education, one in which the arts are fully intergrated into the regular curriculum.  This award is to engage Executive Service Corp (ESC) as a consultant to help transition into the Carver Policy Model of Governance.

Capital Hill Housing (CH Development Association): $3000

Capital Hill Housing meets the need for affordable housing and preserves neighborhood character by operating and developing affordable housing in a community context sensitive to neighborhood needs such as historic preservation, walkability and supporting local busniesses.  This award  is to assist with a long term strategic planning process that will provide the agency with a thoughful long-term and concise reoadmap for on-going opeartions.

CoTa (Collaborations Teachers and Artists): $3000

Cota is a professional development program designed to make the arts an essential and ongoing aspect of elementary school education.  This award is to assist with evaluation and analysis by taking the completed Rubric tools that artists and teachers have completed weekly in order to extract and compile the data to gain a precise understanding of how Cota works, with an eye towards improving artist's training of teachers.

Northwest Parkinson's Foundation:$2,750

Northwest Parkinson's Foundation (NWPF) mission is to establish optimal quality of life for the Northwest Parkinson's community through awareness, education, advocacy, and care. This award will assist with a strategic planning session with the board and staff to implement a succession plan for the executive director.

Nutrition First (formerly WALWICA):$1000

Nutrition First's mission is ensuring that young children of families with limited resources have opportunities for better nutrition to improve overall health.  We achieve our mission through advocacy,education, and training for those who work on hehalh of children in Washington State.  This award will assist in  a multi-session interactive webinar for board development.

Sustainable Community Gardens:$3000

Sustainable Community Gardens is dedicated to promoting and being an example of sustainable food systems in Silicon Valley. Our farm gardens and integrative educational programs empower youth and adults o grow a community dedicated to healthy living and environmental responsibility.  This award will assist by providing the expertise necessary to train the board and staff in successful fundraising techniques over a period of two half and one full day sessions.

Washington CASH (Washington Community Alliance for Self Help):$3000 

Washington CASH provides the business training, supportive community, and capital to help enterprising individuals with limited financial resources gain self-sufficiency through small business ownership.  Our goals are to help low-income people, especially women, develop economic self-reliance and financial independence through asset based economic development activities.  This award will assist with increasing the capacity of the  board of directors to become more involved in raising both individual and corporate grants to support long term growth.

Fall 2009 Capacity Building Awards

Explorations in Math:$3,000

Explorations in Math is an organization dedicated to helping elementery students succeed in math with a clear focus on students in economically challenged and racially diverse comunities. This award is for the investment in human resources infrastructure and staff development with the goal of improving employee communication, collaboration and satisfaction through tools, technology, and training.

Freehold Studio Lab Theatre:$3,000

As a center for  the practice of theatre, Freehold engages artists of all levels in training and experimentation so that they may become more innovative and heartfelt in generating theatre that has a lasting impact on the community we serve. This award is for strengthening fundraising capacity in order to grow and provide sustained support for the wholly subsidized  Engaged Theatre progam by formalizing the role of a part-time grant writer.

Jefferson County Community Foundation:$2.950

The missison if the  Jefferson County Community Foundation (JCCF) is to inspire donors to invest in Jefferson County and to achieve their charitable goals from generation to generation through grant making, enlightened civic leadership, and strategic investments.  This award is to assist JCCF in achieving organizational excellence through the national standards process  and receive the National Standards Seal.

Refugee Support Network:$3,000

The mission of the Refugee Support Network is to increase services for refugees in King County through capacity and sustainability building in community based organizations.  This award is to assist  with development training  of our Americorp and  Vista members.

Seattle Center Foundation:$3,000

The mission of the Seattle Center Foundation is to support Seattle Center in funding quality facilities and experiences that educate, connect and entertain.  This award is to assist in increasing the ability to recruit, engage and retain volunteers to support our ongoing programs and the 50th Anniversary celebration.

Team Read:$3,000

Team Read's mission is to deliver a proven, replicable K-12 model to ensure reading success for struggling readers through the use of peer tutors.  Team Read helps Seattle's neediest public elementary school students achieve reading success.  This award will provide funds for hiring a consultant to oversee and manage the board's strategic planning process over a six month period.

Theatre Off Jackson:$3,000

Theatre Off Jackson (TOJ) ensures that a vibrant arts culture thrives in Seattle by operating a sustainable venue dedicated to performance, art, and community.  This award will assist in funding a full day board and staff retreat  designed to reach a shared understanding of the core stragegic  priorities and develop a clear path of implementation with action items to assign to board and staff members.

Summer 2009 Capacity Building Awards

Art Collective Issaquah dba ArtEAST: $3,000

ArtEAST is dedicated to making the arts an integral part of life in our community through teaching, exhibiting, and creating.  This grant is for development (with the assistance of Shunpike's Sustainable Organizations Services) to continue board recruitment and development, develop a fundraising plan and begin development of a strategic plan. 

Family Works: $2,500

Family Works is a family resource center and food bank that nourishes and strengthens families, by providing support and information in the areas of nutrition, parenting, employment, literacy, household management, and parent/child activities.  This grant is to support a one day board and staff retreat with the services of a facilitator who will guide us in the development of a plan that we can use for the next two years to accomplish our goals.

Giddens School: $2,819

Giddens School provides an academically excellent curriculum enriched with a commitment to critical thinking and social responsibility. Staff and families create a community that nourishes diversity, sense of self, and love of learning.  This grant shall support one early learning teacher to  attend the NAEYC conference, and will support one 90 minute session for the early learning staff.

Issaquah Schools Foundation: $3,000

The mission of the Issaquah Schools Foundation, in partnership with the Issaquah School District, is to drive resources so that all students can achieve the promise of their academic potential.  This award shall support improving board skills in fundraising, increase  donor retention rates, and improve donor record tracking.

Little Bit Therapetic Riding Center: $1,600

Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center's mission is to improve the bodies, minds and spirits of children and adults with disabilities through the use of the horse (of course) in therapy and to be an inspiration and educational resource to the therapeutic riding profession, both regionally and nationally.  This award supports  the hiring of an Executive Coach for four months of coaching of the executive director, leading to charting the transition course for Little Bit, while maintaing its current viability as an organization.

Restorative Justice Mediation Program: $3,000

The San Diego Resorative Justice Mediation Program (RJMP) seeks to prevent the spiral of crime by bringing healing to communities. This award will go toward the planning, implementation and follow-up associated with each of the two community forums scheduled for summer 2009, one in July and near Labor Day.

Salish Sea Expeditions: $3,000

Salish Sea Expediton's mission is to inspire a passion for exploring, understanding and respecting the marine environment through hands-on scientific inquiry on Puget Sound.  We offer hands-on learning experiences that weave together boat-based scientific field research and classroom study.  This grant shall support stragegic planning. Success will be measured by the production of a final 2010-2014 strategic plan document, and ratification of this plan by the board of directors.

Spring 2009 Capacity Building Awards

Center for Wooden Boats: $3,000

The mission of the Center for Wooden Boats is to provide a gathering place where maritime history comes alive through direct experience and our small craft heritage is enjoyed,preserved and passed along to future generations.  This grant is for a fundraising consultant; our goals are to  build long term financial stability, improve stewardship of donors, and increase fundraising efficiency.

CD Forum for Arts and Ideas: $3,000

Founded in 1999, the Central District Forum for Arts and Ideas' (CD Forum) mission is to present and produce African-American cultural programs that encourage thought and debate for the greater Seattle area. Our vision is to inspire new thoughts and challenge assumptions about African-American culture.  This grant is for (with the help of a consultant) analyzing and evaluating CD Forum's current development infrastructure, provide skill-building workshops for staff and  board and help the organization build a calendar of fundraising activities for its next fiscal year.

Community Alliance for Global Justice: $2,400

Community Alliance for Global Justice is an alliance of individuals and organizations working  in Seattle and the region who believe the global economy should embody the core values of social justice, environmental sustainability, democracy and self-determination. This grant is for a consultant to help assess our fundraising strengths and needs, and then to conduct a training to provide us with the skills to lead fundraising.

Children's Discovery Foundation dba The Funhouse: $3,000

The mission of The Funhouse is to serve the urgent needs of young people by strengthening community bonds and providing a safe, stimulating environment where all can learn, discover, create, socialize and be heard.  The grant is to fund a part-time consultant for grant research and writing.

Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB): $3,000

Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB) is a grassroots non-profit organization dedicted to nourishing a strong community by empowering people to grow good food.  We grow inspired, self-confident and community minded youth through educational and employment opportunities.  This grant is for funding a business coach to increae our organizational capacity.

Port Townsend Public Library Foundation: $3,000

The Port Townsend Public Library Foundation encourages a lifelong love of reading and learning and supports the quest for knowledge, creativity, and adventure by providing free and open access to information and ideas.  This grant is for funding a consultant who will train and lead us through the process of developing a feasibility study and solicitation plan to successfully execute our fundraising goals.

Vashon Allied Arts: $3,000

Vashon Allied Arts' mission is to serve as a center for the arts on Vashon-Maury Island with programs and activities that are presented in a community context that honors and supports artists, audiences, patrons, learners of all ages and families.  This grant is to fulfill our goal to put into place an operational grant writing program that relies on a written plan and calendar in order to increase our organizational health and capacity to deliver arts services.