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Announcements
July 08, 2020
Grants to seven nonprofits support telemedicine, research equipment, and low-income children
June 16, 2020
New fund will invest in housing, health, education and more across the Black community in Washington state.
June 15, 2020
New wave of funding supports Black communities, people of color, undocumented immigrants and refugees, and essential workers.
Latest Blogs
July 15, 2020
How do the SECURE Act and the CARES Act affect your charitable giving?
Seattle Foundation is offering a new tool for making impact investments through a partnership with Realize Impact.
July 10, 2020
COVID-19 Response Fund helps organizations meet the spike in demand for accessible, culturally relevant services.
June 24, 2020
A longstanding community organization is hiring car share drivers to deliver meals to seniors. EAGS was one of eight Neighbor to Neighbor grantees this spring.
June 10, 2020
Why foundations and philanthropists are coming together to address COVID-19
May 27, 2020
This month, we are sharing the stories by Seattle Foundation team members and partners at Civic Commons who identify from the AAPI diaspora.
Seattle Foundation in the News
July 28, 2020
The Seattle Times
MacKenzie Scott sees the $59.3 billion she’s accumulated through her ownership of about 4% of Amazon stock as “the product of a collective effort, and of social structures which present opportunities to some people, and obstacles to countless others.”
Seattle Medium
Seattle Public Schools’ Department of African American Male Achievement (AAMA) recently received the generous financial support of Seattle’s Philanthropic community to help the department fulfill its mission to ensure Seattle Public Schools has the culture, conditions, competencies, and community connections in place for all Black and African American boys and young male students to be successful.
July 01, 2020
Inside Philanthropy
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, like many influential funders, has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with new giving, devoting $250 million to pandemic response and research so far.