Black Future Co-op Fund

The Black Future Co-op Fund is a cooperative philanthropy rooted in the beauty, soulfulness, and strength of Blackness. Our vision is a Washington state, working cooperatively, where all Black people are liberated, prosperous, and self-determined to fully live our lives.

Tacoma Refugee Choir

Tacoma Refugee Choir’s mission is to create spaces for authentic expression, interconnection, and healing through song and music. The Choir welcomes refugees who settle in Tacoma with community members of all cultures, colors, and religions.

Big City Mountaineers

Big City Mountaineers works alongside the transformative power of nature and in partnership with youth agencies to have a positive impact on the lives of young people.

Their programs focus on providing access to the outdoors for youth from communities that have historically lacked equitable access to nature.

Legal Voice

Legal Voice pursues justice for all women and LGBTQ people in the Northwest, through groundbreaking litigation, legislative advocacy, and legal rights.

Densho

Densho, the Japanese American Legacy Project, is a grassroots organization dedicated to preserving, educating, and sharing the story of World War II-era incarceration of Japanese Americans in order to deepen understandings of American history and inspire action for equity.

REACH for South Africa

REACH for South Africa is a project of A Child Becomes preschool to provide rural South African children with collaborative and community-based early childhood education and basic support services and share experiences between their Seattle school and South African schools.

Holocaust Center for Humanity

Eileen Putter (2nd from left) presents AoG’s $10,000 grant to Dee Simon (and staff) of the Holocaust Center for Humanity.

The Center teaches the lessons of the Holocaust and other recent genocides, inspiring students to confront bigotry and indifference, and promote human dignity.

Sound Discipline

Michelle Chamberlain (right) presents $10,000 to Sound Discipline’s Jody McVittie (middle) and Stacy Lappin.

Sound Discipline trains educators and staff to integrate brain science into teaching and relating to students, modeling these skills and building them in students. They incorporate problem solving and restorative practices into daily interactions with students, transforming school cultures so kids feel safe, accepted and respected, and every child can learn, closing the gaps in discipline and academic outcomes.

Sawhorse Revolution

Standing in the doorway of a SR-built tiny house, Stephanie Gerding (right) delivers $10,000 to Sawhorse Revolution’s Executive Director, Sarah Smith.

Sawhorse Revolution develops confident, community-oriented teens through the power of carpentry and craft. Youth in Central and South Seattle are teamed with professional mentors for hands-on experience in designing and building tiny houses for the homeless.

Nonprofit Assistance Center

Cedra DuFlon-Heide presented a check to the Nonprofit Assistance Center for $7,500.

The Nonprofit Assistance Center supports community organizations and funders to be strong partners in movements for social justice through coaching, peer learning, and collaboration. Their services help meet basic needs of nonprofits as well as provide tools to gain long-term stability and self-sufficiency through programs such as capacity building cohorts, legal clinics, and grant writing support.

Everyone For Veterans

In 2008, Dr. Theresa Cheng became a health care army-of-one, providing vets and their caregivers free dental care (which most do not get from the VA). Responding to her outreach, 300 dentists and other care givers stepped up alongside her providing volunteer health services to our low-income combat veterans.

With a $10,000 grant, Act of Giving is ecstatic to be an initial funder of Dr. Cheng’s new non-profit, Everyone for Veterans, and join them in serving vets.

Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing

A River Runs Through It! Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing provides physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and disabled veterans through fly fishing and associated activities.

Act of Giving’s Patrick Gerding hands off $10,000 for Chuck Tye and Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing.

The Soldiers Project

Andrea Schmitt, Executive Director of The Soldiers Project holds Act of Giving’s 2017 $10,000 grant supporting TSP’s work in Washington State. The Soldiers Project provides free, confidential and unlimited mental health services to any active duty service member or veteran who has served since September 11, 2001, and to their families.

Operation Military Family Cares

Michael Van Sant hands off Act of Giving’s $5,000 grant to Mike Shindler of Operation Military Family Cares. OMFC provides active military, vets and their families resources and support in securing stable housing, finding employment and building healthy relationships. The grant will specifically cover college costs and related expenses.

Post Prison Education Program

Act of Giving presented the Post-Prison Education Program with a $10,000 Grant! PEPP rebuilds lives (win), reunites families (win), saves taxpayers huge amounts of money (win), and makes our communities safer (win). A fourfer made possible by a village of supporters.

Yoga Behind Bars

Act of Giving awards $5,000 to Yoga Behind Bars! The great people at YBB provide yoga and meditation classes to incarcerated men, women and youth enabling rehabilitation, growth and healing. With their AoG grant, Yoga Behind Bars demonstrates the Big Love Pose.

Facing Homelessness

Act of Giving donates $10,000 to Facing Homelessness!
Pictured are the homeless, and Sarah Steilen (FH), Haley Rooney-Wilcox (AoG) and Rex Hohlbein (FH). We struggle with how to feel. Rex & Sarah’s images humanize the homeless and empower our compassion, empathy and kindness. We’re better because of the work they do.

Jhamtse Gatsal, a chldren’s community

Act of Giving awards $10,000 to Jhamtse Gatsal (Tibetan for “Garden of Love and Compassion”), a children’s community in the foothills of the Himalayas. About 90 children, abandoned, neglected or simply from families too impoverished to care for them, have been taken in. With active love and compassion, Buddhist Monk Lobsang (shown) and the staff raise and school them, enabling emotional well-being, happiness and resilience.

Ballard Food Bank

With $5,000 added support from Act of Giving, Ballard Food Bank tackles a complex issue (hunger) effectively by respecting human dignity, providing food to people who need it, seeking to understand and address needs beyond food, and working to promote understanding and compassion with others. Actions to hopefully eliminate the need for food banks one day.