Satterberg Foundation

Summer 2011 Invitational Grant Recipients

Enumclaw Public Library: $5,725

The current Enunmclaw Public Library was opened in September of 1991. The Library houses over 50,000 items, circulates over 185,000 items annually and has a patron base of 8,000. This grant will provide the Enunmclaw Public Library with 15 E-Readers and a dedicated downloading computer for patrons' use.

Humanities Washington: $5,000

Humanties Washington, established in 1973, is a non-profit organization dedicated to revitalizing experiences within the humanities - and making them accessible to all people. Satterberg Foundation funding will go towards general support, to refine and elevate programming, and to reach a broader audience.

Jefferson County Library: $2,500

The Jefferson County Library is essential to the health of its community. Jefferson County has few public resources and the library is a critical provider of education, training, materials and technology. This grant will contribute to the Jefferson County Library Renovation and Expansion Project.

San Diego Food Bank: $12,500

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. Satterberg funding will contribute to the San Diego Food Bank's Fresh Produce Initiative, to purchase fresh produce for distribution to the hungry of San Diego.

YWCA Silicon Valley: $15,000

The mission of the YWCA Silicon Valley is to empower women, children and their families, and to eliminate racism, hatred and prejudice. This grant supports their Capital Campaign to construct new Domestic Violence Department offices and counseling rooms and to renovate their confidential emergency shelter.

Winter 2011 Invitational Grant Recipients

Community Alliance with Family Farmers: $6,000

 Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) advocates for California family farmers and sustainable agriculture. This grant will allow CAFF to introduce the Know Your Farmer Program to one additional Sunnyvale Elementary School.

National Parks Conservation Association: $5,000

The mission of the National Parks Conservation Association is to protect and enhance America's national parks for present and future generations. This grant will help fund the Greater North Cascades Ecosystem Initiative.

 Northwest Maritime Center & Wooden Boat Foundation: $10,000

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 spirit of adventure and discovery. This grant was to support their Puget Sound Explorers Bravo Team.

Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building: $5,000

The Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building is commited to providing men and women of all ages a quality education in traditional wooden boatbuilding and fine woodworking. This grant is for the Workshop/Education Center Campaign.

Port Townsend Marine Science Center: $2,500

The mission of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) is to engage and inspire people of all ages in understanding and protecting our coastal and marine environment. This funding will go towards the creation of a video, which will help PTMSC leverage support for the Orca Project Campaign.

Port Townsend Public Library Foundation: $2,500

The Port Townsend Public Library Foundation supports the Public Library's mission, to encourage a lifelong love of reading and learning, and support the quest for knowledge, creativity, and adventure by providing free and open access to information and ideas. Support from the Satterberg Foundation will help broaden the Port Townsend Library Foundation's base of support as the Library Capital Campaign enters the public phase of its fundraising.

Recovery Cafe: $10,000

Recovery Cafe is a community in which men and women traumatized by homelessness, addiction and mental health challenges can come to know themselves as loved and as instruments of love in the lives of others with gifts to share and receive the support needed to become stable in housing, relationships, health and employment. Satterberg Foundation funding is for the development and implementation of a customized tracking system to better serve Recovery Cafe's clients and increase the possibility of government funding.

Young & Healthy: $8,000

Young & Healthy's mission is to provide access to high-quality health care for uninsured and under insured children, and to improve the quality of life for all children in the greater Pasadena area through prevention, education and enhanced health care services. Satterberg Foundation funding is for operational support.

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.