Past Recipients
Grant recipients for 2025 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
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. Seattle, WA. 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
Celebrating Roots. Seattle, WA. Young Community Builders program.
An after-school and summer program that promotes the social-emotional and leadership development of East African refugee and immigrant youth.
celebratingroots.org
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
Common Power Future, Seattle. WA. Action Academy.
Action Academy is a 10-week internship that teaches college-aged students about US history, politics, and how to take effective civic action with Common Power.
actionacademy.org
Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington. Seattle, WA. Youth on Track program.
Real-life job training, education, and support services for 16- to 18-year-olds who are at risk of or currently involved with gangs and/or the juvenile/criminal justice system.
evergreengoodwill.org
Foundation for Academic Endeavors. Mount Vernon, WA.
A 5-week summer learning program for students 3-14 with STEM and dual-language literacy curriculum.
skagitfae.org
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
Kandelia. Seattle, WA. Project Rise.
A year-round program after school, on Saturdays, and during the summer that seeks to close the graduation gap for refugee and immigrant students who attend the Seattle World School.
www.kandelia.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
Methow Valley Trails Collaborative. Winthrop, WA.
Funds provided to hire seasonal trail staff for annual and deferred trail maintenance across the Methow Valley Ranger District in light of federal funding freezes.
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
Olympic Angels. Port Townsend, WA. Love Box and Dare to Dream Support Services.
Programs to support the personal and educational development of children in the foster care system These programs promote long-term, compassionate relationships through direct, community-based support and access to resources.
www.olympicangels.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
Room One. Twisp, WA.
Advocacy-based direct services and preventive programs that address the social and health needs of a rural community.
roomone.org
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
Southwest Youth and Family Services. Seattle, WA. New Futures.
An after-school program that offers tutoring, homework help, counseling, and many non-traditional learning opportunities to K-12 youth, many of whom are from immigrant and refugee families.
www.swyfs.org
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.
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
Washington Alliance for Better Schools. Shoreline, WA. STEM4Good program.
Hands-on STEM-themed classes for students in grades 3-8 across Washington. The program focuses on serving BIPOC, low-income, and first-generation students.
wabsalliance.org
YMCA of Greater Seattle. Seattle, WA. Y Scholars.
A program at three Seattle high schools that helps primarily students of color to navigate the path to higher education and long-term success.
www.seattleymca.org/programs/youthprograms/y-scholars