Complete Grants List

This is a complete list of all of the grants that have been made by Act of Giving since our launch in 2003. Through June 2023, we have made grants totaling more than $663,000. We're both proud and amazed at what we have been able to do together and we hope you will consider being part of our mission!

2024
Theme: Building Bridges - Creating dialog and respectful understanding as a pathway to peace and progress.
Southwest Youth & Family Services    
$10,000
The Compassionate Listening Project 
$3,000
Operation Sack Lunch 
$10,000
2023
Theme: Mental Health
Northshore Youth and Family Services
$7,500
Lambert House
$5,000
Bridge of Promise
$7,500
Youth Eastside Services
$5,000
2022
Theme: Breaking the Cycle of Homelessness
Babies of Homelessness
$10,000
Way Back Inn
$10,000
Vine Maple Place
$5,000
World Central Kitchen
$5,000
2021
Theme: Empowering Resilient Communities through Communication, Connection, and Mental Health
Black Future Co-op Fund
$10,000
Big City Mountaineers
$10,000
Tacoma Refugee Choir
$5,000
Freedom Project
$10,000
2020
Theme: Local Action for a Healthy Planet
Spark Northwest
$5,000
Forterra
$10,000
COVID-19 Response Fund – Seattle Foundation
$15,000
Facing Homelessness
$5,000
2019
Theme: Love, Justice and Unity
Legal Voice
$15,000
Densho
$12,500
REACH for South Africa
$12,500
2018
Theme: Fostering Empathy, Acceptance and Respect
Holocaust Center for Humanity
$10,000
Sound Discipline
$10,000
Nonprofit Assistance Center
$7,500
Sawhorse Revolution
$10,000
2017
Theme: Serving Veterans
Everyone For Veterans
$10,000
Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing
$10,000
The Soldiers Project
$10,000
Operation Military Family Cares
$5,000
2016
Theme: Fostering Compassion
Post Prison Education Program
$10,000
Facing Homelessness
$10,000
Yoga Behind Bars
$5,000
Jhamtse Gatsal, a chldren’s community
$10,000
Ballard Food Bank
$5,000
2015
Theme: Uniting and Strengthening Communities
PEPS: Program for Early Parent Support
$10,000
Generations for Global Giving
$5,000
Seattle Against Slavery
$5,000
Aki Kurose Middle School: Kids Envisioning Careers
$10,000
2014
Theme: Girls
Bikeworks
$5,000
Nepal SEEDs
$5,000
Lake Washington Girls Middle School
$5,000
Garment Workers Center
$5,000
NSCC Parent Advisory Council
$5,000
YouthCare
$5,000
2013
Theme: Water
LUC Outreach Foundation (Nepal Water Project)
$10,000
Water First
$5,000
El Porvenir
$5,000
Salish Sea Expeditions
$5,000
Friends of the Cedar River Water Shed
$5,000
2012
Theme: Family Support
Open Arms
$5,000
Powerful Schools
$5,000
West Seattle Helpline
$5,000
2011
Theme: Instilling Confidence
SightLife
$5,000
Pat Graney Transitions Program
$8,000
EX3 Teen Center
$5,000
Summer Grant Celebration (4 organizations)
$2,400
2010
Theme: Nurturing Kids to Create a Better Future
Seattle Tilth – Children’s Garden
$5,000
Art with Heart
$10,000
Girls on the Run
$5,000
2009
Theme: Ending Homelessness
Youth Eastside Services
$5,000
Solid Ground
$10,000
Real Change
$5,000
2008
Theme: Healthcare & Wellness
Bridge Foundation – “The Darfur Project”
$10,000
Neighborcare Health – “45th Street Youth Clinic”
$20,000
The Urban Rest Stop
$10,000
2007
Theme: Empowerment
EcoViva (formerly FSSCA)
$10,000
Bike Works
$10,000
Bea’s Kids
$5,000
Cappy’s Boxing Club
$5,000
Shanti
$10,000
2006
Eric D. Dettenrieder Memorial Fund
$5,000
Reach Out & Care Wheels
$10,000
Outdoors for All
$5,000
International Medical Corps
$10,000
Chaya
$10,000
2005
AUWMD
$11,000
American Red Cross/Hurricane Katrina Relief
$20,000
Women For Women International
$604
Save the Children/Tsunami Disaster Related Relief
$18,000
2004
Central Asia Institute
$5,000
Terra Forma
$5,000
Street Youth Ministries
$10,000
First Place School
$10,000
2003
Daywalka Foundation
$5,000
Room to Read
$5,000