The Raikes Foundation makes grants in three core program areas: Education, Youth Homelessness, and Expanded Learning Opportunities. 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 | Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Chicago | General Operating Support | 09/12/06 | $760.00 | Education |
| Food Thrust 2027 | "Sound Food Uprising” and “Pure Food Kids” Regional Health Outcomes Improvement Initiative | 05/25/18 | $250,000.00 | Community Giving |
| Community Center For Education Results | Improvement Design Intensive Participation | 05/18/18 | $6,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
| College Access Now | General Operating Support (Event) | 04/06/18 | $1,000.00 | Community Giving |
| Northwest African American Museum Inc | General Operating Support (Event) | 04/06/18 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
| Alliance For Education | Philanthropic Partnership for Public Education (PPPE) maintained by the Alliance of Education | 04/03/18 | $12,500.00 | Community Giving |
| Plymouth Housing Group | General Operating Support (Event) | 03/07/18 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
| New Venture Fund | Learning Heroes "Developing Life Skills in Children: A Road Map for Communicating with Parents" Convenings | 02/23/18 | $18,200.00 | Education |
| Baseball Beyond Borders | General Operating Support | 01/22/18 | $1,000.00 | Community Giving |
| University Beyond Bars | Foster Care to Prison Coalition | 01/22/18 | $1,500.00 | Community Giving |
| Philanthropy Northwest | Speaker Sponsorship featuring Ibram Kendi | 01/12/18 | $6,000.00 | Community Giving |
| Grantmakers For Effective Organizations | 2018 General Operating Support and Annual Membership | 01/12/18 | $6,380.00 | Community Giving |
| The Billions Institute, LLC | Building Equitable Learning Environments Network (Year 2b) | 12/22/17 | $235,798.00 | Education |
| Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities | Research/Practice Partnership to Advance Equitable Learning Environments | 12/22/17 | $2,650,000.00 | Education |
| Americas Promise-The Alliance For Youth | “Education Leads Home” SXSW EDU Conference Campaign Launch | 12/21/17 | $12,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Bassuk Center on Homeless and Vulnerable Children & Youth Inc. | Racial Equity and Homelessness Summit | 12/21/17 | $4,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Grantmakers For Education | Grantmakers for Education Conference Reception | 12/15/17 | $1,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Washington Womens Foundation | General Operating Support and Membership | 12/15/17 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
| New Visions for Public Schools | General Operating Support | 12/15/17 | $200.00 | Community Giving |
| Community Center For Education Results | Opportunity Youth Backbone Support | 12/14/17 | $325,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
| Building Changes | Understanding and Addressing Barriers to Academic Success for Students of Color Experiencing Homelessness | 12/11/17 | $80,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| National Public Education Support Fund | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Membership | 12/08/17 | $20,000.00 | Education |
| National Public Education Support Fund | Out-of-School Time National Workgroup Collaborative | 12/08/17 | $5,000.00 | Expanded Learning Opportunities |
| College Success Foundation | General Operating Support (Event) | 12/08/17 | $5,000.00 | Community Giving |
| University Of Nebraska Foundation | General Operating Support | 12/08/17 | $10,000.00 | Community Giving |
| Third Sector New England Inc. | Report on the Correlation Between the Behavioral Health System and Youth Homelessness | 12/07/17 | $66,125.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Mockingbird Society | General Operating Support | 12/07/17 | $210,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| University Of Washington Foundation | Expanded Learning Opportunity Quality Initiative | 12/07/17 | $550,000.00 | Expanded Learning Opportunities |
| Education Resource Strategies Inc. | Convening an Emerging Resource Equity Field | 12/07/17 | $49,500.00 | Education |
| Education Trust Inc. | Convening an Emerging Resource Equity Field | 12/07/17 | $78,394.00 | Education |
| The Aspen Institute, Inc. | Aspen Forum for Community Solutions General Operations | 12/05/17 | $100,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
| Third Sector New England Inc. | A Way Home America General Operations & National Stakeholder Convenings | 12/05/17 | $160,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Washington State Department of Commerce | Office of Homeless Youth Innovation Grants to Prevent Youth from Exiting Public Systems into Homelessness | 12/04/17 | $250,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | Legal Services Partnership for Youth | 12/04/17 | $50,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Turnaround for Children, Inc. | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $800.00 | Community Giving |
| Transcend, Inc. | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $1,600.00 | Community Giving |
| Van Ness Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $200.00 | Community Giving |
| The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $650.00 | Education |
| Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $13,000.00 | Education |
| The University of Chicago | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $1,100.00 | Education |
| American Bar Association Fund for Justice and Education | National Homeless Youth Legal Network, Publication and Convening | 12/01/17 | $25,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Farestart | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $1,000.00 | Community Giving |
| KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
| National Equity Project | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $2,000.00 | Education |
| The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | College Transition Collaborative’s Operating and Organizational Infrastructure Support | 12/01/17 | $2,100,000.00 | Education |
| Computer History Museum | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $1,000.00 | Community Giving |
| University Of Nebraska Foundation | General Operating Support (WIN) | 12/01/17 | $2,400.00 | Community Giving |
| The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | President's Fund at Stanford Fund for Undergraduate Education | 12/01/17 | $25,000.00 | Community Giving |
| The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | Graduate School of Education Dean’s Fund | 12/01/17 | $10,000.00 | Community Giving |
| Rainier Scholars | General Operating Support | 12/01/17 | $1,000.00 | Community Giving |
