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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Point Source Youth Inc. | Prevention Direct Cash Transfers | 11/04/22 | $225,000.00 | 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 - Jemella Kennebrew | 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 |
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 - Rhea Yo | 2023 Community Leaders Fellowship | 12/05/23 | $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 |
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 |
Fellow 2023 - Shaun Frazier | 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 |
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 |
Fellow 2023 - Zaheed Lynch | 2023 Community Leaders Fellowship | 12/01/23 | $10,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative | Youth Homelessness Prevention Steering Committee | 01/04/22 | $57,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Treehouse | General Operating Support | 04/19/24 | $400.00 | Youth Homelessness (Parent) |
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 |
Common Counsel Foundation | Visionary Freedom Fund | 12/13/21 | $50,000.00 | Youth Serving Systems - Cross Cutting |
Foster Forward | Youth Transition Funders Group: Membership (2023) | 03/27/23 | $15,000.00 | 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 |
Children & Youth Justice Center | Philanthropy for Child Well Being (aka Philanthropist Forum) | 08/22/23 | $5,000.00 | YSS Cross Cutting - State/Local Transformation Pilots |
Think of Us | Supporting Youth Engagement on Foster Care WA State Settlement | 04/04/23 | $5,000.00 | YSS Cross Cutting - State/Local Transformation Pilots |