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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Abundance of Hope Center | General Operating Support (via Young Adult Grant Advisory Committee) | 08/24/21 | $5,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Amalgamated Charitable Foundation | Fund for Education Success: Project Education Impact (PEI) | 11/21/23 | $35,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Fellow 2023 - Rhea Yo | 2023 Community Leaders Fellowship | 12/05/23 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
CloseKnit | Voices of Youth Count (Partnership with Chapin Hall) | 11/12/21 | $7,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Treehouse | Ending Foster Care to Prison Pipeline | 08/03/22 | $25,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
The Agape House Inc | General Operating Support (via Young Adult Grant Advisory Committee) | 08/27/21 | $10,000.00 | 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 |
Fellow 2023 - Shaun Frazier | 2023 Community Leaders Fellowship | 12/01/23 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Chapin Hall Center for Children | Voices of Youth Count (Partnership with CloseKnit) | 11/12/21 | $7,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
National Conference of State Legislatures | NCSL Youth Homelessness Fellows Phase II | 10/26/22 | $150,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Progress Pushers | General Operating Support (via Young Adult Grant Advisory Committee) | 07/20/21 | $15,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
King County Regional Homelessness Authority | Youth and Young Adult Policy Coordinator | 12/01/21 | $150,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Fellow 2023 - Zaheed Lynch | 2023 Community Leaders Fellowship | 12/01/23 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | Housing Stability Services Improvements for Minors | 12/01/23 | $5,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Community Leaders Roundtable of Seattle | General Operating Support | 11/15/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
One Nation Essential Needs Foundation | General Operating Support (via Young Adult Grant Advisory Committee) | 07/07/21 | $15,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Third Sector New England Inc. | A Way Home Washington: General Operating Support | 12/01/21 | $430,000.00 | 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 |
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative | Youth Homelessness Prevention Steering Committee | 01/04/22 | $57,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
FW Black Collective | General Operating Support | 11/18/22 | $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 |
Partnership for America's Children | Chafee Redesign Policy Reform Initiative | 08/31/21 | $50,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | General Operating Support | 09/20/21 | $150,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Fellow 2023 - Jeffrey "Jeff" Abdullah | 2023 Community Leaders Fellowship | 12/05/23 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Building Changes | General Operating Support | 09/09/22 | $12,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
RVC Seattle | Creative Justice: General Operating Support | 11/18/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | ABA Commission on Homelessness & Poverty "Runaway and Homeless Youth and the Law: Model State Statutes" | 09/02/21 | $100,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Third Sector New England Inc. | A Way Home Washington Core Operations | 05/11/21 | $3,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Panorama Global | We Are In: King County Homeless Youth Advocacy Education and Communications Capacity Building | 12/08/23 | $25,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Mockingbird Society | 2022 Youth Leadership Summit Sponsorship | 06/15/22 | $2,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Pacific Islander Community Association | General Operating Support | 11/15/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Mockingbird Society | King County Youth Voice Project | 10/24/22 | $112,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Washington State Department of Commerce | Office of Homeless Youth "Youth Lead Expansion Project" | 08/11/21 | $30,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
NW Children's Foundation | 2024 Community Annual Forum Sponsorship - Child Well-Being & the New Science of Trauma | 01/17/24 | $5,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Northstar Advocates | General Operating Support | 09/27/22 | $35,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Therapeutic Health Services | General Operating Support | 11/15/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Fellow - Courtney Jackson | 2022 Community Leaders Fellowship | 06/30/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Washington Low Income Housing Alliance | Digital Ads - Rental Assistance and Eviction Protection | 08/26/21 | $7,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Third Sector New England Inc. | A Way Home Washington Core Operations | 09/12/22 | $12,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
United Indians of All Tribes Foundation | General Operating Support | 11/15/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Fellow - Kenneth Sinclair | 2022 Community Leaders Fellowship | 06/30/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Washington State Department of Commerce | Office of Homeless Youth "Youth Lead Expansion Project" | 08/23/22 | $35,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
YMCA of Greater Seattle | Prevention Youth Engagement Team | 12/06/22 | $342,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
API Chaya | General Operating Support | 11/18/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Fellow - Isaac Sanders | 2022 Community Leaders Fellowship | 06/30/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Building Changes | We Are In: Partnership for Zero | 04/26/22 | $50,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
National Network for Youth Inc. | National Prevention Initiative Advancement (ASPYHR) | 10/31/22 | $30,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Tubman Center for Health & Freedom | General Operating Support | 11/15/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Fellow - Azia Ruff | 2022 Community Leaders Fellowship | 07/29/22 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
King County Regional Homelessness Authority | King County YYA Policy Coordinator | 12/09/22 | $150,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |