The Raikes Foundation makes grants in three core program areas: Education, Youth Homelessness, and Impact-Driven Philanthropy. We also make a limited number of community grants and grants for special projects. Proposals are by invitation only. We make the majority of our grants to organizations we have identified. We do not accept unsolicited proposals.
To be eligible for a grant, applicants must be classified as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and as public charities under section 509(a)(1), (2) or (3) of the Code. Public organizations designated under section 170(c) of the Code are also eligible. The Raikes Foundation does not make grants to individuals or to organizations outside the United States.
The Raikes Foundation does not fund: individuals; organizations that discriminate on the basis of age, race, national origin or citizenship, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief; or religious purposes unless grant activities address the needs of the wider community without regard to religious beliefs.
Organization | Requests | Award Date | Amount | Program |
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National Homelessness Law Center | State Index on Youth Homelessness (2022) | 10/20/22 | $27,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford Buck/Cardinal Club | 11/05/21 | $10,000.00 | Community Giving |
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford Buck/Cardinal Club | 12/01/22 | $10,000.00 | Community Giving |
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | Stanford Buck/Cardinal Club | 11/22/23 | $10,000.00 | Trustee Directed (Recurring) |
Somos Mujeres Latinas Washington | Somos Mujeres Latinas Washington Community Luncheon Sponsorship (2023) | 05/23/23 | $2,550.00 | Community Giving |
Johns Hopkins University | SNF Agora Institute P3 Labs General Operating Support | 07/05/23 | $1,500.00 | Community Giving |
Johns Hopkins University | SNF Agora Institute P3 Labs General Operating Support | 10/20/23 | $50,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Skokomish Tribe | Skokomish Wellness Center General Operations | 04/09/24 | $5,000.00 | Employee Anniversary Gifts |
Social Good Fund | SeekHer Foundation: General Operating Support | 06/23/22 | $2,500.00 | Employee Anniversary Gifts |
New Venture Fund | Seek Common Ground’s Student Action Network for Equity General Operating Support | 02/14/24 | $100,000.00 | Education 1 - Field Building |
New Venture Fund | Seek Common Ground: Student Action Network for Equity | 08/03/23 | $100,000.00 | Education 1 - Field Building |
New Venture Fund | Seek Common Ground: Student Action Network for Equity | 07/07/22 | $25,000.00 | Education |
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy | Resource Mobilizers Coalition General Operating Support | 10/15/21 | $200,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (2023 & 2024) | 08/04/23 | $2,000,000.00 | Education |
The Seattle Foundation | Resource Equity Funders Collaborative (2021-2022) | 05/20/21 | $2,300,000.00 | Education |
Colorado State University | Reinvention Collaborative Annual Conference | 09/20/21 | $7,500.00 | Education |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Reimagining Capacity and Capital for Communities (RC3) Initiative | 01/03/23 | $30,000.00 | RED Base |
Proteus Fund Inc. | Reframe: General Operating Support | 11/06/23 | $25,000.00 | RED Base |
Possibility Labs | Radiant Strategies: Freedom School for Healing & Justice in Philanthropy Core Operating Support | 07/28/22 | $300,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Mockingbird Society | Public Policy & Advocacy Director Professional Development Staff Capacity Support | 11/15/23 | $3,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Treehouse | Project Education Impact Implementation | 10/20/22 | $25,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
YMCA of Greater Seattle | Prevention Youth Engagement Team | 12/06/22 | $342,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Point Source Youth Inc. | Prevention Interventions & National Discussions on Preventing Tracks on Ending and Preventing Youth Homelessness | 05/12/21 | $70,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Point Source Youth Inc. | Prevention Direct Cash Transfers | 11/04/22 | $225,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Kennesaw State University Foundation (KSUF) | Preventing Youth Homelessness and Housing Insecurity | 10/11/22 | $62,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | President's Fund at Stanford Fund for Undergraduate Education | 11/03/21 | $25,000.00 | Community Giving |
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | President's Fund at Stanford Fund for Undergraduate Education | 12/01/22 | $25,000.00 | Community Giving |
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | President's Fund at Stanford Fund for Undergraduate Education | 11/22/23 | $25,000.00 | Trustee Directed (Recurring) |
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy | Power in Solidarity Gathering (2022) | 02/17/22 | $15,000.00 | Community Giving |
Proteus Fund Inc. | Piper Fund Collaborative Fund | 10/18/23 | $25,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Global Impact | Philanthropy Together "Social Justice Giving Circles" | 09/10/21 | $125,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Neighborhood Funders Group | Philanthropy Forward | 10/21/21 | $15,000.00 | Community Giving |
Neighborhood Funders Group | Philanthropy Forward | 09/28/22 | $15,000.00 | Community Giving |
Neighborhood Funders Group | Philanthropy Forward | 10/21/23 | $15,000.00 | Community Giving |
Children & Youth Justice Center | Philanthropy for Child Well Being (Philanthropist Forum) | 09/02/22 | $15,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Children & Youth Justice Center | Philanthropy for Child Well Being (aka Philanthropist Forum) | 08/22/23 | $5,000.00 | YSS Cross Cutting - State/Local Transformation Pilots |
Thousand Currents | Philanthropic Partnerships Donor Education & Organizing | 12/01/21 | $125,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Tides Center | PERTS: Strategic Scale-Up of Copilot Ascend and Communities of Practice | 01/01/24 | $1,200,000.00 | Education |
Tides Center | PERTS: Strategic Scale-Up of Copilot Ascend & Communities of Practice | 01/23/23 | $400,000.00 | Education |
People's Action Institute | People's Action Education Fund General Operating Support | 04/02/24 | $150,000.00 | RED 1 - National Strategy |
Evans Scholars Foundation | Par Club | 10/13/21 | $10,000.00 | Community Giving |
Evans Scholars Foundation | Par Club | 11/02/22 | $10,000.00 | Trustee Directed Gifts |
Johns Hopkins University | P3 Research Lab General Operating Support | 12/20/21 | $25,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
The Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | Othering and Belonging Conference Sponsorship (2021) | 10/04/21 | $15,000.00 | Community Giving |
Grantmakers For Effective Organizations | Organizational Strategic Planning and Visioning | 12/09/22 | $50,000.00 | Executive Director Discretionary |
Washington State Department of Commerce | Office of Homeless Youth 6560 Rapid Response Team | 12/01/21 | $70,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Washington State Department of Commerce | Office of Homeless Youth "Youth Lead Expansion Project" | 08/11/21 | $30,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Washington State Department of Commerce | Office of Homeless Youth "Youth Lead Expansion Project" | 08/23/22 | $35,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center | Obliteride | 06/01/21 | $500.00 | Community Giving |
New York University | NYU Steinhardt Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools General Operating Support | 08/01/23 | $50,000.00 | Special Initiatives |