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 |
| King County Department of Community and Human Services | Built for Zero Conference - King County Department of Community and Human Services "All Home" Staff Participation | 08/03/18 | $2,235.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Shift Consulting LLC | Building Equitable Learning Environments Network (Year 3) | 07/31/18 | $629,188.00 | Education |
| Bellwether Education Partners, Inc. | Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Field Facilitation and Assessment | 07/27/18 | $9,000.00 | Education |
| Wayfinder Foundation | General Operating Support | 07/18/18 | $1,500.00 | Community Giving |
| The Regents of the University of California at Berkeley | General Operating Support | 07/17/18 | $5,000.00 | Community Giving |
| Fellowship for Race & Equity in Education | General Operating Support (The Equity Lab) | 07/17/18 | $1,500.00 | Community Giving |
| Umoja Student Development Corporation | General Operating Support | 07/12/18 | $150,000.00 | Education |
| United Way Of King County | “The Home Fund” - Pearl Jam’s Banding Together to Fight Homelessness Campaign in King County | 07/01/18 | $500,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Clemson University Foundation | General Operating Support | 06/29/18 | $860.00 | Education |
| EducationCounsel LLC | K-12 Education Research, Practice and Policy Implementation Field Support | 06/28/18 | $180,000.00 | Education |
| Washington State Department of Commerce | Built for Zero Conference - Washington State Office of Homeless Youth Staff Participation | 06/22/18 | $2,300.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| Refugee & Immigrant Center for Education & Legal Services | General Operating Support | 06/22/18 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
| Social Venture Partners | General Operating Support and Membership | 06/22/18 | $6,000.00 | Community Giving |
| National Public Education Support Fund | Educators Funders Strategy Group | 06/22/18 | $25,000.00 | Education |
| Turnaround for Children, Inc. | Building Equitable Learning Environments Network (Year 3) | 06/19/18 | $500,000.00 | Education |
| El Education, Inc. | Building Equitable Learning Environments Network (Year 3) | 06/18/18 | $500,000.00 | 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 |
| University of Texas at Austin | National Study Learning Mindsets (Phase 2) | 04/24/18 | $650,000.00 | Education |
| Northwest African American Museum Inc | General Operating Support (Event) | 04/06/18 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
| College Access Now | General Operating Support (Event) | 04/06/18 | $1,000.00 | 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 |
| University Beyond Bars | Foster Care to Prison Coalition | 01/22/18 | $1,500.00 | Community Giving |
| Baseball Beyond Borders | General Operating Support | 01/22/18 | $1,000.00 | Community Giving |
| Grantmakers For Effective Organizations | 2018 General Operating Support and Annual Membership | 01/12/18 | $6,380.00 | Community Giving |
| Philanthropy Northwest | Speaker Sponsorship featuring Ibram Kendi | 01/12/18 | $6,000.00 | 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 |
| New Visions for Public Schools | General Operating Support | 12/15/17 | $200.00 | Community Giving |
| Washington Womens Foundation | General Operating Support and Membership | 12/15/17 | $2,500.00 | Community Giving |
| Grantmakers For Education | Grantmakers for Education Conference Reception | 12/15/17 | $1,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| 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 |
| University Of Nebraska Foundation | General Operating Support | 12/08/17 | $10,000.00 | Community Giving |
| College Success Foundation | General Operating Support (Event) | 12/08/17 | $5,000.00 | Community Giving |
| National Public Education Support Fund | Out-of-School Time National Workgroup Collaborative | 12/08/17 | $5,000.00 | Expanded Learning Opportunities |
| National Public Education Support Fund | Grantmakers for Thriving Youth Membership | 12/08/17 | $20,000.00 | Education |
| University Of Washington Foundation | Expanded Learning Opportunity Quality Initiative | 12/07/17 | $550,000.00 | Expanded Learning Opportunities |
| Education Trust Inc. | Convening an Emerging Resource Equity Field | 12/07/17 | $78,394.00 | Education |
| 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 |
| Education Resource Strategies Inc. | Convening an Emerging Resource Equity Field | 12/07/17 | $49,500.00 | Education |
| Third Sector New England Inc. | A Way Home America General Operations & National Stakeholder Convenings | 12/05/17 | $160,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
| The Aspen Institute, Inc. | Aspen Forum for Community Solutions General Operations | 12/05/17 | $100,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
| Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | Legal Services Partnership for Youth | 12/04/17 | $50,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
