Our most recent Invitational Grantees
Summer 2010 Invitational Grant Recipients
Covenant House California $8,000
Covenant House works to assist homeless and at-risk youth in resolving their crisis situations, particularly for those for whom no other services exist. Through their Outreach & Crisis Shelter they work to provide shelter for homeless and at-risk youth through day and van outreach.
Friends of the Sunnyvale Library $9,500
Friends of the Sunnyvale Library maintains an association of persons interested in books and libraries, to focus public attention on library services, facilities and need, and to stimulate gifts of books, magazines, desirable collections, endowments and bequests. This grant funds the purchase of new Audio-Visual equipment for the library’s Program Room.
Greater West Hollywood Food Coalition $8,000
The mission of the Greater West Hollywood Food Coalition (GWHFC) is to feed the homeless and hungry of their community a hot, fresh, and nutritious meal every night, seven nights a week, throughout the year; to do it in such a way as to give back to the people they serve a sense of their own dignity, and to restore their confidence in being able to resume their place in society. Satterberg Foundation funding provides general operating support.
Jefferson County Education Foundation $2,000
Clemente Course Operating Support: The Clemente Course is a national program offering a free accredited college-level humanities course to adults living in poverty.
Jefferson Teen Center $2,000
The Coyote Foundation (dba the Jefferson Teen Center) seeks to provide drug and alcohol-free recreational activities for youth of all ages in Jefferson County. This grant supports staff salaries, supplies and space rental.
One Voice $8,000
One Voice provides goods, services and opportunities to the underprivileged, including everything from crisis intervention to long-term programming designed to lift them out of poverty, while providing avenues for those more fortunate to become involved in helping those in need. This grant provides general operating support.
Saint Thomas Episcopal Church/Our Daily Bread $16,000
Our Daily Bread is committed to reaching out with acceptance, care, and respect to provide much needed health and social services. This grant supports the salary of a professional social worker, who will assist diners at Our Daily Bread in finding and using the social services that are available to them.
San Diego Food Bank $25,000
The San Diego Food Bank's mission is to provide food to people in need, advocate for the hungry and educate the public about hunger-related issues. This grants supports the purchase of fresh produce for the food banks’ Farm to Family Program.
San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles $5,000
The San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles advocates on behalf of quilts and textiles as a distinctly accessible and inclusive visual, sculptural, and kinetic art form pioneered and practiced by people worldwide for 10,000+ years to create objects of beauty, use and meaning. This grant supports the Museum’s Quilts as a Women’s Shelter Program.
Southwest Youth & Family Services $5,000
Southwest Youth & Family Services (SWYFS) empowers youth and families through culturally relevant counseling, education and family support services in White Centerm South Park, Delridge and West Seattle. This grants supports SWYFS’s Teen Parent GED Program.
Sunnyvale Community Services $4,000
Sunnyvale Community Services (SCS) prevents homelessness and hunger for low-income families and seniors facing temporary crisis. SCS is an emergency assistance agency. This grant supports SCS’s Feeding the Hungry Program.
Washington Green Schools $5,000
Washington Green Schools provides Washington schools with the tools and support needed to integrate a focus on environmental sustainability both inside and outside the classroom, and take action that results in environmentally responsible facilities. This grant provides operating support.
Woodland Park Zoo $15,000
Woodland Park Zoo is a conservation and education institution demonstrating the value, beauty and interdependence of all living things. The mission of the Zoo is to help create a sustainable future for wildlife. This grant supports the expansion of the Woodland Park Zoo Corps Program.
ArtsWest produces artistic events so fiercely compelling that they require conversation, improve cultural vibrancy as a core value for the communities of West Seattle. This grant funds a board retreat that will focus on ArtsWest’s mission.
Boiler Room $2,000
The Boiler Room is a safe, drug and alcohol-free creative venue that supports the expression and activities of youth and the young at heart. This grant funds improvements on Boiler Room’s retail operations.
Community Alliance with Family Farmers $7,500
Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) advocates for California family farmers and sustainable agriculture. This grants funds the Santa Clara County Farm to School Program.
Community Boat Project/Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building $2,500
The mission of the Community Boat Project is to connect youth to their community, environment, and the economy of their region by participating in real maritime education. This projects supports the construction of a 28’ longdory by high school students and Community mentors.
Eritrean Association of Greater Seattle $10,000
The mission of the Eritrean Association of Greater Seattle is to draw together Eritrean families and individuals and to address the community’s need for vital services, education, socialization and self-support. This grant supports the expansion of the Eritrean Community Center.
Jefferson County Family YMCA $1,500
The Jefferson County Family YMCA seeks to enhance the lives of all people within the county through programs designed to develop spirit, mind and body. This grant funds the Building Futures Youth Mentoring Program, which pairs mentors with youth in a school-based setting to support students to avoid risk behaviors and achieve their highest potential.
Port Townsend Aero Museum $2,500
The Port Townsend Aero Museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving youth and families by developing and operating a center for interpretation and education of historic aviation in the Pacific Northwest. This grant supports the construction of two shop buildings that will serve as maintenance and restoration facilities.
Youth in Focus $5,000
Youth in Focus (YIF) empowers urban teens, through photography, to experience their world in new ways and make positive changes in their lives. This grant funds a website update and computer upgrades.
Winter 2010 Invitational Grant Recipients
21 Acres: $5000
21 Acres Food and Farming Program, in Woodinville, WA, seeks to cultivate, demonstrate and advance systems that support sustainable agriculture. This grant was given for the Food & Farming Education Program: to help fund a training program to assist individuals and small-scale farmers in learning how to grow and sell food.
Foundation for Animal Care and Control: $8000
This newly-forming organization received funding to form a 501 (C) (3) Non-Profit entity to provide animal services that are crucial to the animals and citizens of King County. to develop a mission statement , establish a business plan, in partnership with the Renton Community Fund.
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center: $10000
King County Sexual Assault Resource Center gives voice to victims, their families, and the community, creating changed beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors about violence and instilling courage for people to speak out about sexual assault. This grant assisted with operating support and the establishment of Court Watch Program training.
Northwest Maritime Center & Wooden Boat Foundation: $10000
The Northwest Maritime Center & Wooden Boat Foundation is a center for maritime education dedicated to the preservation and celebration of traditional maritime skills, culture and heritage. The Center's mission is to engage and educate people of all generations in traditional and contemporary maritime life in a a spirit of adventure and discovery. This grant was to support their Puget Sound Explorers Bravo Team.
Schooner Martha Foundation: $2500
The mission of the Schooner Martha Foundation is to restore and maintain the 1907 historic schooner yacht Martha so she will continue to be used for youth sail training. We funded scholarships for six youths to spend time on board this historic vessel.
Western Lands Project:$30000
Western Lands Project's mission is to scrutinize public land trades, sales and giveaways, and their direct and indirect impacts on habitat and wildlife, natural resources, land use, and communities. The goal is to keep public lands public. This grant supports the ongoing monitoring efforts.
Fall 2009 Invitational Grant Recipients
Washington Courage & Renewal $4,000
Washington Courage & Renewal sustains the integrity, courage and commitment of those who nurture our children, families and communities. This grant provides administrative support and retreat scholarships.