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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Scholar Fund | Undocumented Relief Fund | 07/20/20 | $25,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
Funders Together To End Homelessness Inc | Funder Education on Racial Equity and Justice | 10/29/20 | $25,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | President's Fund at Stanford Fund for Undergraduate Education | 12/01/22 | $25,000.00 | Trustee Directed Gifts |
Chapin Hall Center for Children | Examining Youth & Racial Dimensions of COVID-19 | 10/06/20 | $25,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
OneAmerica | Executive Director Transition Fund Core Operating Support | 07/27/21 | $25,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
Brandeis University | Cascading Lives: Stories of Loss, Resilience, & Resistance | 05/20/20 | $25,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
Treehouse | Ending Foster Care to Prison Pipeline | 08/03/22 | $25,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Juvenile Law Center | Chafee Reinvisioning Efforts | 10/20/20 | $25,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Camelback Ventures Inc. | General Operating Support | 07/13/20 | $25,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
Donors of Color Network Inc. | Annual Membership (2021) | 08/27/21 | $25,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
The Seattle Foundation | Inclusive Recovery Fund | 12/15/20 | $25,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Headwaters Foundation for Justice | General Operating Support | 10/20/20 | $25,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
The Board Of Trustees Of The Leland Stanford Junior University | President's Fund at Stanford Fund for Undergraduate Education | 10/23/20 | $25,000.00 | Community Giving |
Johns Hopkins University | P3 Research Lab General Operating Support | 12/20/21 | $25,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
The Seattle Foundation | The Seattle Times Solutions Oriented Journalism Project on Homelessness | 10/13/21 | $25,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
National Homelessness Law Center | State Index on Youth Homelessness (2022) | 10/20/22 | $27,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Washington State Administration Office of the Courts | Washington State Racial Justice Initiative (Racial Justice Consortium) | 02/17/21 | $30,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
Connecticut Public Broadcasting, Inc. | White Privilege Documentary | 03/12/21 | $30,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
Amalgamated Foundation | Reimagining Capacity and Capital for Communities (RC3) Initiative | 01/03/23 | $30,000.00 | RED Base |
Youth Collaboratory, Inc. | National Prevention Initiative Advancement | 11/23/21 | $30,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Children & Youth Justice Center | Coordinated strategy to provide statewide Holistic Children’s Legal Services | 12/10/20 | $30,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
NewSchools Fund | Racial Equity Funder Community of Practice | 02/17/21 | $30,000.00 | Education |
National Network for Youth Inc. | National Prevention Initiative Advancement | 11/23/21 | $30,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
National Network for Youth Inc. | National Prevention Initiative Advancement (ASPYHR) | 10/31/22 | $30,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
TeamChild | Youth Homeless Advocacy Coordination | 12/01/20 | $30,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Washington State Department of Commerce | Office of Homeless Youth "Youth Lead Expansion Project" | 08/11/21 | $30,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Good Information Foundation | General Operating Support | 09/21/22 | $30,000.00 | RED Base |
Common Counsel Foundation | Still We Rise Fund | 12/07/20 | $30,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
Washington State Department of Commerce | Office of Homeless Youth "Youth Lead Expansion Project" (RENEWAL) | 08/23/22 | $35,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Northstar Advocates | General Operating Support | 09/27/22 | $35,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Children & Youth Justice Center | Youth Homeless Advocacy Coordination | 02/16/22 | $36,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Innovations Human Trafficking Collaborative | Prevention of Youth Homelessness | 10/23/20 | $37,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Communities of Color Coalition | Prevention of Youth Homelessness | 10/23/20 | $37,500.00 | Youth Homelessness |
TeamChild | Youth Homeless Advocacy Coordination | 02/17/22 | $40,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | General Operating Support | 11/22/22 | $40,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Coalition For Juvenile Justice | Collaborating for Change | 01/24/22 | $45,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
National Homelessness Law Center | State Index on Youth Homelessness and the Effects of a Health Crisis (Third Edition) | 09/21/20 | $45,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Children & Youth Justice Center | Youth Homelessness Advocacy Coordination | 12/01/20 | $45,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Neighborhood Funders Group | General Operating Support | 09/28/22 | $45,000.00 | Community Giving |
YMCA of Greater Seattle | Facilitation of the Young Grantmakers Facilitator Funds | 11/10/22 | $46,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
The Institute for Higher Education Policy | General Operating Support | 12/02/22 | $50,000.00 | Education |
Partnership for America's Children | Chafee Redesign Policy Reform Initiative | 08/31/21 | $50,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Common Counsel Foundation | Visionary Freedom Fund | 12/13/21 | $50,000.00 | Youth Serving Systems - Cross Cutting |
BVM (Black Voters Matter) Capacity Building Institute | General Operating Support | 09/10/20 | $50,000.00 | Special Initiatives |
National Public Education Support Fund | Narrative and Policy Work on Critical Race Theory | 09/16/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
The Bridgespan Group Inc. | Funds/Funder Collaboration Research | 09/28/22 | $50,000.00 | Impact Driven Philanthropy |
Philanthropy Northwest | Washington Food Fund | 06/19/20 | $50,000.00 | Community Giving |
Policy Innovators in Education Network Inc. | General Operating Support | 10/25/21 | $50,000.00 | Education |
Legal Counsel for Youth and Children | Youth Homeless Advocacy Coordination | 02/17/22 | $50,000.00 | Youth Homelessness |
Children’s Defense Fund | General Operating Support | 06/01/22 | $50,000.00 | Executive Director Discretionary |