Many of these grants were made with the assistance of a community advisory board. The foundation thanks Soya Jung-Harris, Dwight Mizoguchi and Dustin Washington for their assistance.
Freedom
Church Of Seattle
($12,000.00)
Freedom Church of Seattle
is a leader in social justice community organizing.
Casa
Latina www.casa-latina.org
($3,000.00)
A community-based
organization located in Seattle, Washington, that empowers
Latino immigrants through
educational and employment opportunities.
Japanese American Citizens League www.jaclseattle.org
($5,000.00)
JACL was founded to
protect the civil rights of Americans of Japanese ancestry.
Today they are committed
to protecting the rights of all segments of the Asian Pacific
American community.
AFSC
Grant restricted to the Freedom School program. ($5,000.00)
Organizing with other
youth freedom schools across the nation to continue the legacy
of the civil rights
movement and teach young people history, organizing and
leadership development.
The
Defender Association http://www.defender.org/projects/rdp/
Grant restricted to the The Racial Disparity Project program. ($5,000.00)
The RDP partners with
community organizations to build a new shared vision of
public safety that does
not rely on the arrest and incarceration of young people of
color on drug charges.
Village
of Hope www.4realhope.org
($3,000.00)
Village of Hope builds
community through activities such as a
helping folks transition
back into the community from time in prison.
Solid Ground http://www.povertyaction.org
Grant restricted to the Poverty Action program. ($8,000.00)
Poverty Action is a
diverse statewide network of people
working to help our state
understand how to
eliminate the root causes of poverty in Washington and ensure a
better future for
everyone.
Neighborhood
House http://www.myspace.com/projecthandle
Grant restricted to the Project HANDLE program. ($2,000.00)
Neighborhood House's
Project HANDLE supports the Seattle Cambodian community.
NAACP -
Seattle Branch http://www.scn.org/naacp/naacp_page_1.htm
($4,000.00)
The National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People is the nation's
largest and strongest
civil rights organization. The Seattle Branch was founded in
Community Alliance for Global Justice http://www.sahngnoksoo.org
Grant restricted to the Sahngnoksoo program. ($3,000.00)
Sahngnoksoo is a
Seattle-based organization of Koreans and Korean-Americans
creating social change
Village of Hope www.4realhope.org
($1,000.00)
Village of Hope builds
community through activities such as a
helping folks transition
back into the community from time in prison.
People's
Institute for Survival and Beyond
Grant restricted to the People's Institute Northwest program. ($14,000.00)
The mission of People's
Institute Northwest (PINW) is to engage all communities in
creating an antiracist
society where everyone has the opportunity to reach their full
potential.
Education
Access Network http://www.cwaausa.org/
Grant restricted to the Center for the Well-being of Africans in
America program. ($2,000.00)
Center for the Well-being
of Africans in America engages in research, provides
programs and does
outreach designed to support the successful assimilaton of African
Solid Ground http://www.povertyaction.org
Grant restricted to the Poverty Action program. ($10,000.00)
Poverty Action is a
diverse statewide network of people
working to help our state
understand how to
eliminate the root causes of poverty in Washington and ensure a
better future for
everyone.
Central
District Forum for Arts & Ideas www.cdforum.org
($10,000.00)
The CD Forum offers
progressive programs that encourage thought and debate on the
role of African-Americans in American culture.
Northwest Women's Law Center www.nwwlc.org
($10,000.00)
An organization working
for the rights of women and families in the northwest.
UW
Business and Economic Development Center http://foster.washington.edu/bedc
($10,000.00)
Creating synergies for
the benefit of all by connecting the University of Washington
Business School community
with a racially and ethnically diverse business and
nonprofit community.
Teamworks
- penninsula
($30,000.00)
Worker cooperative
designed to provide supportive employment with benefits to
english-challenged
latinas. Recipient of a Program Related Investment (loan) in 2009.
Total $137,000.00
