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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We Are Down Home | Down Home NC General Operating Support | 03/25/24 | $25,000.00 | RED 2 - State-Based Organizing |
National Public Education Support Fund | Education Funder Strategy Group Membership (2023) | 03/06/23 | $25,000.00 | Education 1 - Field Building |
National Public Education Support Fund | Education Funder Strategy Group Membership (2024) | 01/30/24 | $25,000.00 | Education 1 - Field Building |
National Public Education Support Fund | Education Funders Strategy Group Membership (2021) | 04/26/21 | $25,000.00 | Education |
National Public Education Support Fund | Education Funders Strategy Group Membership (2022) | 05/04/22 | $25,000.00 | Education |
SchoolHouse Connection | Education Leads Home: Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness in the Pandemic Recovery and Beyond | 04/04/22 | $500,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Emergent Fund: Movement Rapid Response Organizing Initiative | 12/07/22 | $50,000.00 | Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical) |
Treehouse | Ending Foster Care to Prison Pipeline | 10/01/23 | $35,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Treehouse | Ending Foster Care to Prison Pipeline | 08/03/22 | $25,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
National Conference of State Legislatures | Engaging Legislators in the Fight to End Youth Homelessness | 11/27/23 | $410,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Think of Us | Envisioning and Co-Creating an Anti-Racist Legal System for Children | 11/16/22 | $100,000.00 | RED Base |
Trustees of Indiana University | Equitable Giving Lab | 12/15/23 | $30,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
National Center for Civic Innovation Inc. | Equity Accelerator: Institutional Transformation for Equitable Student Success in Higher Education Core Operations | 07/01/22 | $560,000.00 | Education |
National Association of System Heads | Equity Action Initiative | 12/15/22 | $100,000.00 | Education |
Mockingbird Society | Executive Director Support Gift | 01/31/23 | $5,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
OneAmerica | Executive Director Transition Fund Core Operating Support | 07/27/21 | $25,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
True Colors United | Expansion of the National Youth Forum on Homelessness | 07/16/21 | $100,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
True Colors United | Expansion of the National Youth Forum on Homelessness | 08/10/22 | $100,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
YMCA of Greater Seattle | Facilitation of the Young Grantmakers Facilitator Funds | 11/10/22 | $46,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
YMCA of Greater Seattle | Facilitation of the Young Grantmakers Facilitator Funds | 09/01/23 | $95,922.00 | Youth Homelessness |
The Seattle Clemency Project | Formerly Homeless or Foster Youth Support | 05/05/21 | $1,049.00 | Community Giving |
Treehouse | Foster Care to Prison Pipeline Support | 05/05/21 | $1,049.00 | Community Giving |
Africatown Community Land Trust | From Imagination to Creation Campaign | 11/18/22 | $4,000.00 | Employee Anniversary Gifts |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Fund for Education Success: Project Education Impact (PEI) | 11/21/23 | $35,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Fund for the Education Success of Students Experiencing Homelessness, Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice | 06/23/23 | $250,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice | Funder's Collaborative on Youth Organizing: General Operating Support | 11/06/23 | $25,000.00 | RED Base |
The Seattle Foundation | Funders for Adolescent Science Translation (FAST) Collaborative (2021-2022) | 04/08/21 | $600,000.00 | YSS Cross Cutting - Nat'l FB/Adv/Learning |
The Seattle Foundation | Funders for Adolescent Science Translation (FAST) Collaborative (2023) | 07/18/23 | $300,000.00 | YSS Cross Cutting - Nat'l FB/Adv/Learning |
Borealis Philanthropy | Funders for Organizing: General Operating Support | 12/04/23 | $25,000.00 | Executive Director Discretionary |
NEO Philanthropy | Funders' Committee for Civic Participation: General Operating Support | 11/10/23 | $25,000.00 | RED Base |
Bend the Arc: A Jewish Partnership for Justice | Funders’ Collaborative on Youth Organizing General Operating Support | 12/22/21 | $100,000.00 | Youth Serving Systems - Cross Cutting |
The Bridgespan Group Inc. | Funds/Funder Collaboration Research | 09/28/22 | $50,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Hopewell Fund | Galvanize USA: General Operating Support | 12/01/23 | $1,000.00 | RED Base |
National Domestic Workers Alliance | General Operating Support | 03/31/21 | $1,500.00 | Community Giving |
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | General Operating Support | 05/20/21 | $1,500.00 | Community Giving |
American Civil Liberties Union of Washington Foundation | General Operating Support | 05/20/21 | $750.00 | Community Giving |
Northwest Immigrants Rights Project | General Operating Support | 05/05/21 | $786.75 | Community Giving |
Neighborhood Funders Group | General Operating Support | 10/21/21 | $20,000.00 | Community Giving |
Seattle Girls School | General Operating Support | 08/24/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
The Seattle Academy Of Arts And Sciences | General Operating Support | 08/24/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
University Child Development School | General Operating Support | 08/19/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
Ashland Greenwood Public Schools Foundation | General Operating Support | 08/26/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
Bishop Blanchet High School | General Operating Support | 08/25/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
Holy Names Academy | General Operating Support | 08/26/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
U-Power | General Operating Support | 11/03/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio | General Operating Support | 10/13/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
Partners Asia | General Operating Support | 08/25/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
Recovery Cafe | General Operating Support | 07/19/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
Soulumination | General Operating Support | 07/19/21 | $500.00 | Community Giving |
NPR Foundation | General Operating Support | 10/13/21 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |