our grantmaking process

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.

Even if our grants and strategies don’t fully succeed, we only fail if we don’t learn.

– Jeff Raikes

List of Grants

Organization Requests Award Date Amount Program
Panorama Global We Are In: Roy Street Housing Funding Gap 12/08/23 $150,000.00 Regional Homelessness
Panorama Global Hyphen Partnerships: General Operating Support 11/15/22 $200,000.00 RED Base
Panorama Global We Are In - Phase II: YYAH Systems Change Landscape and Gap Analysis 12/08/23 $102,375.00 Regional Homelessness
Panorama Global The Fund for Alternative Journalism General Operating Support 12/11/24 $15,000.00 Executive Director Discretionary
Panorama Global Collaborative Learning from Impact Philanthropy 09/29/22 $15,000.00 Impact Driven Philanthropy
Panorama Global We Are In: King County Homeless Youth Advocacy Education and Communications Capacity Building 12/08/23 $25,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Panorama Global Hyphen Partnerships: General Operating Support 03/30/22 $1,000.00 Community Giving
Panorama Global We Are In: King County Regional Homelessness Authority Data Infrastructure Development 12/08/23 $200,625.00 Regional Homelessness
Partners Asia General Operating Support 08/29/24 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Partners Asia General Operating Support 11/11/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Partners Asia General Operating Support 11/14/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Partners in Prevention Education Youth Action Board 11/18/24 $16,250.00 Youth Homelessness
People's Action Institute General Operating Support 10/18/23 $25,000.00 RED 1 - National Infrastucture
People's Action Institute General Operating Support 04/02/24 $150,000.00 RED 1 - National Infrastucture
Philanthropic Ventures Foundation Giving Gap: General Operating Support 02/15/23 $15,000.00 Impact Driven Philanthropy
Philanthropy Northwest Annual Membership (2024) 02/07/24 $20,000.00 Community Giving
PICO California General Operating Support 03/30/22 $1,000.00 Community Giving
Plymouth Housing Group General Operating Support 11/08/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Plymouth Housing Group General Operating Support 11/15/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Point Source Youth Inc. National Prevention Learning Collaborative 11/15/24 $300,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Point Source Youth Inc. National Prevention Learning Collaborative 12/12/23 $330,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Point Source Youth Inc. Prevention Direct Cash Transfers 11/04/22 $225,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Point Source Youth Inc. Washington State Direct Cash Transfer Pilot 04/10/24 $25,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. General Operating Support 09/01/23 $100,000.00 Education
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. General Operating Support 06/24/22 $75,000.00 Education
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. General Operating Support 08/15/24 $150,000.00 Education
PolicyLink Liberation Ventures: General Operating Support 11/28/23 $50,000.00 Executive Director Discretionary
PolicyLink General Operating Support 03/22/22 $1,000.00 Community Giving
Political Research Associates General Operating Support 11/02/23 $25,000.00 RED 1 - National Infrastucture
Possibility Labs Radiant Strategies: Freedom School for Healing & Justice in Philanthropy Core Operating Support 07/28/22 $300,000.00 Impact Driven Philanthropy
Possibility Labs Community Centric Fundraising: General Operating Support 12/08/22 $150,000.00 Impact Driven Philanthropy
Possibility Labs Radiant Strategies Freedom School for Philanthropy PNW 09/25/24 $40,000.00 Executive Director Discretionary
Power California General Operating Support 03/30/22 $1,000.00 Community Giving
President And Fellows Of Harvard College BELE Network: False Prophets and Wise Choices: A Humane Approach to School Reform 09/01/23 $250,000.00 Education
Promise54 General Operating Support 04/04/22 $1,000.00 Community Giving
Prospect Schools Inc. Brooklyn Prospect High School General Operating Support 10/18/22 $1,500.00 Community Giving
Proteus Fund Inc. Impact Driven Philanthropy Collaborative Fund - IGNITE Event 10/14/22 $20,000.00 Impact Driven Philanthropy
Proteus Fund Inc. Impact-Driven Philanthropy Collaborative Fund 08/08/22 $125,000.00 Impact Driven Philanthropy
Proteus Fund Inc. Impact Driven Philanthropy Collaborative Fund 12/18/24 $25,000.00 Impact Driven Philanthropy
Proteus Fund Inc. Piper Fund Donor Collaborative 06/05/24 $100,000.00 RED 4 - Collaborative Funding
Proteus Fund Inc. Piper Fund Collaborative Fund 10/18/23 $25,000.00 RED 1 - National Infrastucture
Proteus Fund Inc. Reframe: General Operating Support 11/06/23 $25,000.00 RED 1 - National Infrastucture
Proteus Fund Inc. Impact-Driven Philanthropy Collaborative Fund 04/04/23 $250,000.00 Impact Driven Philanthropy
Proteus Fund Inc. Impact Driven Philanthropy Collaborative Fund 08/09/23 $200,000.00 Impact Driven Philanthropy
Public Rights Project General Operating Support 04/04/24 $150,000.00 RED 1 - National Infrastucture
Race Forward General Operating Support 04/05/22 $1,000.00 Community Giving
Race Forward General Operating Support 10/24/23 $25,000.00 RED 1 - National Strategy
Rainier Beach Community Empowerment Coalition General Operating Support 08/25/22 $1,500.00 Community Giving
Recovery Cafe General Operating Support 09/11/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Recovery Cafe General Operating Support 08/29/24 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)