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
Computer History Museum General Operating Support 11/14/22 $1,000.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Ryther General Operating Support 06/01/22 $500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Farestart General Operating Support 11/15/22 $1,000.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Holy Names Academy General Operating Support 10/06/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio General Operating Support 11/22/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
NPR Foundation General Operating Support 11/14/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Bone Creek Art Museum Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art Restoration Campaign 01/11/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Recovery Cafe General Operating Support 11/14/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Washington Womens Foundation Annual Membership (2022) 06/27/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Boys and Girls Club of America (New York) General Operating Support 01/31/22 $15,000.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
The Seattle Academy Of Arts And Sciences General Operating Support 10/06/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation Emergent Fund: Movement Rapid Response Organizing Initiative 12/07/22 $50,000.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
University Of Washington Foundation Brotman Baty Institute Core Operating Support 07/14/22 $50,000.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
United States Ski Team Foundation General Operating Support 01/28/22 $10,000.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
University Child Development School General Operating Support 10/14/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
TeenTix General Operating Support 12/12/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
UNF Charitable Fund Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) Annual Membership (2022) 12/01/22 $2,400.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Ashland Greenwood Public Schools Foundation Distinguished Teaching Award 02/17/22 $3,000.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center General Operating Support 04/08/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
609 Chief Seattle Council Mariners Scout Luncheon (2022) 05/10/22 $10,000.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Outdoors For All Foundation General Operating Support 05/03/22 $1,042.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
U-Power Dodge for a Cause Event Team Sponsorship 11/14/22 $1,250.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
National Homelessness Law Center Tracking Laws to End Youth Homelessness - Federal and Tribal Indexes & Website 08/01/23 $50,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Tubman Center for Health & Freedom General Operating Support 11/15/22 $10,000.00 Youth Homelessness
National Network for Youth Inc. National Learning Collaborative on Youth Homelessness Prevention 12/05/23 $40,000.00 Youth Homelessness
One Nation Essential Needs Foundation General Operating Support (via Young Adult Grant Advisory Committee) 07/07/21 $15,000.00 Youth Homelessness
National Homelessness Law Center State Index on Youth Homelessness (V4) 08/31/21 $55,000.00 Youth Homelessness
True Colors United Expansion of the National Youth Forum on Homelessness 07/16/21 $100,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Covenant House International Youth Homelessness Prevention Research ​ 08/07/23 $100,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Resilient in Sustaining Empowerment General Operating Support (via Young Adult Grant Advisory Committee) 08/18/21 $5,000.00 Youth Homelessness
National Conference of State Legislatures Engaging Legislators in the Fight to End Youth Homelessness 11/27/23 $410,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Chapin Hall Center for Children Voices of Youth Count (Partnership with CloseKnit) 11/12/21 $7,500.00 Youth Homelessness
SchoolHouse Connection National Learning Collaborative on Youth Homelessness Prevention 12/11/23 $15,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Mockingbird Society 2022 Youth Leadership Summit Sponsorship 06/15/22 $2,500.00 Youth Homelessness
Fellow - Isaac Sanders 2022 Community Leaders Fellowship 06/30/22 $10,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Third Sector New England Inc. A Way Home America: General Operating Support 12/01/21 $300,000.00 Youth Homelessness
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education Model State Statute Convening Sponsorship 07/31/23 $7,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Northwest Hospitality General Operating Support (via Young Adult Grant Advisory Committee) 07/07/21 $15,000.00 Youth Homelessness
CloseKnit Voices of Youth Count (Partnership with Chapin Hall) 11/12/21 $7,500.00 Youth Homelessness
U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) Youth Homelessness Staffing 03/07/24 $204,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children General Operating Support 10/30/23 $50,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Fellow - Kenneth Sinclair 2022 Community Leaders Fellowship 06/30/22 $10,000.00 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
Fellow - Barbara Rockey 2022 Community Leaders Fellowship 07/29/22 $10,000.00 Youth Homelessness
African Community Housing & Development General Operating Support (via Young Adult Grant Advisory Committee) 07/07/21 $20,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Third Sector New England Inc. A Way Home America: National Learning Collaborative on Youth Homelessness Prevention 12/11/23 $20,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Tubman Center for Health & Freedom Allies for Healthier Systems for Health & Abundance in Youth: King County Prevention Strategy 12/06/23 $500,000.00 Youth Homelessness
SchoolHouse Connection American Rescue Plan - Homeless Children and Youth Sprint​ 12/01/23 $85,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Fellow - Courtney Jackson 2022 Community Leaders Fellowship 06/30/22 $10,000.00 Youth Homelessness
Funders Together To End Homelessness Inc Annual Membership (2022) 07/27/21 $10,000.00 Youth Homelessness