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
Recovery Cafe General Operating Support 09/11/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, Inc. General Operating Support 06/21/23 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Wing Luke Memorial Foundation General Operating Support 11/15/22 $2,500.00 Employee Anniversary Gifts
University Child Development School General Operating Support 10/14/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
University of Washington Allies in Healthier Systems for Health and Abundance in Youth (AHSHAY) General Operating Support 07/25/22 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Association of Black Foundation Executives Inc. Annual Membership (2023) 11/30/23 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Seattle Girls School General Operating Support 08/24/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Partners Asia General Operating Support 11/11/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Treehouse General Operating Support 10/13/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Treehouse General Operating Support 11/15/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
The Seattle Academy Of Arts And Sciences General Operating Support 08/24/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
College Success Foundation General Operating Support 10/21/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
U-Power General Operating Support 11/14/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
University Child Development School General Operating Support 08/19/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Holy Names Academy General Operating Support 10/06/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy Annual Membership (2022) 02/17/22 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Ashland Greenwood Public Schools Foundation General Operating Support 08/26/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
U-Power General Operating Support 11/08/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Bishop Blanchet High School General Operating Support 10/14/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Plymouth Housing Group General Operating Support 11/15/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
TeenTix General Operating Support 12/12/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Bishop Blanchet High School General Operating Support 08/25/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Plymouth Housing Group General Operating Support 11/08/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Ashland Greenwood Public Schools Foundation General Operating Support 10/14/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Bishop Blanchet High School General Operating Support 10/19/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy Annual Membership (2023) 04/04/23 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Holy Names Academy General Operating Support 08/26/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Cascade Public Media KCTS 9 General Operating Support 10/14/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Ashland Greenwood Public Schools Foundation General Operating Support 10/09/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Red Wine and Blue Education Fund General Operating Support 04/12/23 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Cascade Public Media KCTS 9 General Operating Support 10/13/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio General Operating Support 11/08/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio General Operating Support 11/22/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center General Operating Support 04/08/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
Western States Center General Operating Support 07/27/22 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Cascade Public Media KCTS 9 General Operating Support 11/07/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
U-Power General Operating Support 11/03/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Treehouse General Operating Support 11/02/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy Annual Membership (2024) 02/06/24 $2,500.00 Community Giving
College Success Foundation General Operating Support 11/15/22 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed Gifts
Center for Community Change General Operating Support 07/27/22 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Mockingbird Society 2022 Youth Leadership Summit Sponsorship 06/15/22 $2,500.00 Youth Homelessness
Holy Names Academy General Operating Support 10/09/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio General Operating Support 10/13/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
The Loveland Foundation General Operating Support 06/01/22 $2,500.00 Employee Anniversary Gifts
Seattle Girls School General Operating Support 10/19/23 $2,500.00 Trustee Directed (Recurring)
Partners Asia General Operating Support 08/25/21 $2,500.00 Community Giving
Social Good Fund SeekHer Foundation: General Operating Support 06/23/22 $2,500.00 Employee Anniversary Gifts
UNF Charitable Fund Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) Annual Membership (2022) 12/01/22 $2,400.00 Trustee Directed Gifts (Historical)
UNF Charitable Fund Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) Annual Membership (2021) 11/05/21 $2,400.00 Community Giving