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March 02, 2021
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle Foundation President and CEO Tony Mestres is leaving after seven years as head of the organization to become president of Truveta, a data-driven health provider with a vision to save lives with data.
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February 17, 2021
seahawkswire
Seattle Seahawks players made a pledge in June to donate $500,000 to organizations supporting social justice causes and local youth. The Seahawks Players Fund has now announced the beneficiaries of the grants. Half of the funds ($250,000) will be used to created scholarships in partnership with Seattle Foundation and will now be called The Seahawks Players’ Equality & Justice for All Scholarship Fund.
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February 15, 2021
King 5
Washington’s new Vaccine Equity Fund partners with community-based organizations to vaccinate communities hit hardest by COVID-19.
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February 04, 2021
Vast Institute
The Spratlen Legacy Award, established in 2016 by the Association of Black Business Students (ABBS) recognize UW Foster alumni making an impact on the African American community. Read Michelle's perspective on improving Modern Urban Life as we celebrate Black History Month.
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January 25, 2021
The Seattle Times
COVID-19 created a series of challenges we will continue to face in 2021 and beyond. Disparities that existed before the pandemic have widened, leaving many with uncertain futures. Read stories of hope from Seattle Foundation and nonprofits in our region.
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January 24, 2021
The Seattle Times
The Seattle Foundation, among the oldest and largest community foundations in the region, launched the COVID-19 Response Fund in early March to respond to immediate needs, including food insecurity.
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January 05, 2021
Seattle Seahawks
The Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund announced the recipients of $500,000 in grants and scholarships that it pledged last summer; $250,000 of it has been allocated to a college scholarship fund created in partnership with Seattle Foundation, which will be called The Seahawks Players' Equality & Justice for All Scholarship Fund.
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December 30, 2020
Washington State Department of Commerce
State teams up with Safe Start Fund to provide 24 partnership grants to nonprofits, local governments and educational service districts to develop community-based plans for expanding child care capacity.
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December 24, 2020
Puget Sound Business Journal
Seattle Foundation CEO Tony Mestres was one of four panelists to speak about partnerships at a PSBJ Straight Talk event on Dec. 17, 2020.
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December 21, 2020
GeekWire
Jeff Bezos is doubling his contribution to All in Washington, a statewide effort to provide COVID-19 relief funds. The Amazon CEO pledged $25 million in matching funds on Monday, equaling a contribution he made back in June.
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December 07, 2020
Seattle Magazine
One of Seattle Foundation's Trustees, Colleen Echohawk (Executive Director of Chief Seattle Club), and many Seattle Foundation and All In WA partners named to Seattle magazine’s ‘Most Influential People in Seattle 2020’ list.
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October 20, 2020
The Seattle Times
B.E.S.T is one of 39 current grantees supported through the Voter Education Fund, offering grants of $15,000 to $40,000 for organizations serving historically and currently marginalized communities to improve voter access this election season.
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September 24, 2020
The Daily Chronicle
The Washington State Department of Commerce is providing $1,368,000 in grants to help increase child care across the state, with a 50% match from the Safe Start Fund for a Healthy Economic Transition and Recovery.
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September 22, 2020
MLB
The Seattle Mariners today announced that Seat Fleet fan cutout purchases have resulted in a donation of over $70,000 for All In WA, a coordinated, statewide relief effort that supports workers and families who have been acutely affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
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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.”
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July 15, 2020
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.
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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.
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June 26, 2020
Puget Sound Business Journal
The Covid-19 crisis threatens organizations that serve critical roles for communities. Still, some have found ways to fulfill their mission despite hardships.
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June 21, 2020
South Seattle Emerald
This past Tuesday, the four women launched The Black Future Co-op Fund. The fund has currently raised $5 million from corporations, philanthropies and individuals.
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May 05, 2020
Oregon Community Foundation
The Pacific Northwest Resilient Landscapes Initiative, a partnership of the Land Trust Alliance, Oregon Community Foundation, Seattle Foundation and Idaho Community Foundation, today announced its first projects to conserve essential lands.
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April 29, 2020
Forbes
Community-led funds, including one being administered by the Seattle Foundation, have launched all over the country, focused on helping those most affected by this crisis.
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April 17, 2020
Fotune
When the city became the first U.S. epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon, Microsoft, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Costco, and others found themselves on the frontlines.
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April 16, 2020
The Seattle Times
Help from neighbors, including support from local businesses and organizations like the COVID-19 Response Fund, managed by Seattle Foundation, is already making a difference.
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April 15, 2020
King 5
The Plate Fund, an initiative to provide financial assistance to King County restaurant and food service workers who lost their jobs due to the pandemic, has raised a total of $6 million.
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April 08, 2020
Microsoft Alumni Network
Tony Mestres, a Microsoft alumni, shares some of the lessons he’s learned as we all deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak and its aftermath.
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April 06, 2020
Eater Seattle
The former Starbucks CEO joins forces with major Seattle chefs and organizations for The Plate Fund, which will provide one-time payments to workers in King County.
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March 31, 2020
KNKX
Seattle Foundation recently awarded grants to groups that help immigrants through its COVID-19 Response Fund, including $100,000 for Casa Latina.
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March 30, 2020
Puget Sound Business Journal
The COVID-19 Response Fund operated by The Seattle Foundation dished out just under $10.2 million in grants after raising $15.7 million in donations.
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March 30, 2020
Seattle Business magazine
The new fund is backed by dozens of philanthropic, business and government partners and also supported by 2,000 online donors to date.
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March 27, 2020
The New York Times
Upended by the coronavirus outbreak, nonprofits are laying off workers and seeking help from stretched donors.