Past Recipients
Grant recipients for 2024 included:
African Community Housing and Development. SeaTac, WA.
An after-school and summer program designed to guide students through the scientific method to create their own community science projects. At Chinook and Pacific Middle Schools.
www.achdo.org
Africatown Community Land Trust. Seattle, WA.
After-school and summer STEAM programming for youths 10-24 at the William Grose Center.
www.williamgrose.org/programs
Adult & Youth Learning Center. Tukwila, WA.
A K-12 after-school program that supports a diverse population of low-income immigrant students, particularly those of BIPOC backgrounds. Services include tutoring, mentoring, and other enrichment programs students require to succeed.
Bryant Neighborhood Center. Tacoma, WA.
The Trinity Afterschool Program provides one-on-one tutoring for first and second graders at Bryant Montessori. The Bryant STEAM nights offer monthly science enrichment programs for middle school students.
www.bryantneighborhoodcenter.org
Community for Youth. Seattle, WA.
A youth mentoring program that inspires and supports disadvantaged students with mentoring, learning experiences, and a powerful community. Caring adults act as trusted advocates so youth can set and achieve their goals, explore career options, and improve their community through service learning.
www.communityforyouth.org
Catholic Community Services. Youth Tutoring Program.
An after-school tutoring and summer learning program for students in 1st through 12th grade living in six low-income housing communities in Seattle.
ccsww.org/get-help/child-youth-family-services/youth-tutoring-program
College Possible Washington. Seattle, WA.
Situated within area high schools, CP helps students from low-income communities find the right college, navigate the admissions process, secure financial aid, and stay on track to graduation.
collegepossible.org/locations/washington
Garden Raised Bounty (GRuB). Olympia, WA. School Program and Youth Program Pollination.
An education, empowerment, and employment program for at-risk high school students that is centered on producing, marketing, and selling organic produce.
www.goodgrub.org
Geeking Out Kids of Color. Seattle, WA.
An innovative, multicultural technology education program. It is offered after school and during the summer primarily to BIPOC students in elementary and middle school.
www.gokic.org
Kids and Paper. Seattle WA.
Along with homework help, this organization creates an accessible, responsive, constructive, learner-centered space for students to become active, independent & confident learners.
kidsandpaper.org/wa-registration
Northwest Education Access. Seattle, WA.
A King County program that connects non-traditional students with the information, resources, and support needed to achieve higher education.
www.nweducationaccess.org
Palmer Scholars. Tacoma, WA.
A program that guides low-income young men and women of color through rigorous post-secondary readiness training, provides one-to-one mentoring services with leaders in the community, allots scholarship funding, and builds career-connected learning partnerships.
www.palmerscholars.org
SafeFutures Youth Center. Seattle, WA.
An after-school program in southwest Seattle that offers tutoring, mentoring, work experience, and individualized academic planning to at-risk elementary, middle, and high school students.
www.sfyc.net
Sawhorse Revolution. Seattle, WA.
A program that supports high-school aged youth as they design and build tiny houses for city-sanctioned homeless sites.
www.sawhorserevolution.org
The Seattle Aquarium Society. Seattle, WA. Community Science Program.
An inquiry-based marine science education program in high school classrooms and on local beaches throughout the Puget Sound region.
www.seattleaquarium.org/blog/citizen-science
Seattle Arts & Lectures. Seattle, WA. Writers in the Schools.
A K-12 writing program that features long-term classroom residencies by professional writers. The program serves more than 5,500 students at 28 sites in the Puget Sound region.
lectures.org/youth-programs/#wits
STEM Paths Innovation Network. Renton, WA. SPIN Enrich program.
Hands-on STEM education sessions for BIPOC K-12 students in King County. Offered in partnership with schools and at the program’s LAB at Renton Technical College Annex.
www.stempaths.org
Team Read. Seattle, WA. Program Expansion.
This dual-impact program pairs 2nd and 3rd grade students who are reading below grade-level proficiency with trained teen reading coaches for one-on-one tutoring support.
www.teamread.org