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Federal Emergency Management Agency

Grants to fire departments for hiring new firefighters, rehiring laid-off firefighters, and retaining those facing layoff.

Friends of Little Saigon

April 30, 2025, will mark 50 years since the end of the Vietnam War. To commemorate this date, FLS is dedicating our arts and culture program efforts towards collecting, preserving, and sharing the stories of Vietnamese refugees and their families through an oral history project titled `Saigon to Seattle.`

Salmon Bay Park Stewards

Salmon Bay Park Stewards (SBPS) will activate Salmon Bay Park located at 2001 NW Canoe Place with engaging summer events. In June we will host a community picnic, in July we will host a concert at the park with a coordinating arts and craft event for children, and in August we will host an all-ages movie night. These events will all have food and activities for children and will help build a sense of community around the park. This project will be completed by September 30, 2019.

Seattle AIDS Legacy Memorial

The proposed In-reach Initiative will engage communities of color who have been disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in cultivating narratives that speak to their collective sense of loss, trauma, rage, courage, and triumph. These stories and oral histories will be celebrated in a capstone event planned for December of 2018.

Seattle Flying Dragon Boat Club

The Seattle Dragon Boat Festival is scheduled for Saturday, June 13, 2026 located at Lake Union Park. 860 Terry Ave N. as a celebration of Asian sport and culture! The traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanwu Festival, commemorates the ancient poet Qu Yuan. The festival is hosted by the Seattle Flying Dragon Boat Club, whose mission is to further awareness and participation in the sport of dragon boating. Dragon boat clubs from WA, OR, Canada, and perhaps Hong Kong or Taiwan will register for the races. This will be an all-day event, that is free and open to the public.

City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

Matching grants for arts, culture, and community building projects in Seattle neighborhoods. Requires community match.

Seattle Repertory Theatre

On August 25-27, 2023, Seattle Rep's Public Works department will produce a live stage production of Lear deBessonet and Todd Almond's musical adaptation of Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST in collaboration with a group of ten community partners.

Department of Justice — BJA

Grants for evidence-based reentry programs that reduce recidivism, including mentoring, job training, housing, substance abuse treatment, and family reunification.

AmeriCorps

Grants to organizations to engage volunteers aged 55+ in meaningful community service addressing critical needs in education, health, environment, and public safety.

Compass Housing Alliance

On September 2,2017, Compass Housing Alliance will sponsor a Back to School Carnival at Denny Park, 100 Dexter Avenue North from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. The goal of the event is to promote education, increase community engagement, and encourage park use in South Lake Union by creating a stronger sense of community.

SLU Community Council

This project will update the South Lake Union Community Council(SLUCC) website so that it will 1) describe and document SLUCC's accomplishments and current projects; 2) motivate a broad cross section of community residents, employees, and businesses to get involved. The anticipated project completion date is May 31, 2022.

Department of Justice — BJA

Grants for data-driven, evidence-based law enforcement strategies including hot-spot policing, predictive analytics, and community-oriented approaches.

Somali Community Services of Seattle

The Somali Community of Services of Seattle will be hosting the annual Somali Heritage Fest at Rainier Beach High School located at 8815 Seward Park Ave S. The festival will begin with a 4-day soccer tournament starting June 26 - June 30 from 3-7pm. Then the festival culminates with a day-long celebration on July 1, 2023 featuring Somali folk dance, spoken word, music, crafts, food and more. The event is free and open to the public.

Somali Family Safety Task Force

This project will have Intergenerational Communications Workshops that will enhance bonding between Somali teens and their mothers with the goal to strengthen relationships and foster community building in a supportive environment. Attendees of the workshops, will participate in a series of 4 workshops designed to explore relationships, promote opportunities to create positive interactions, facilitate communication skill building and peer mentoring.

Southwest Washington Community Foundation

Southwest Washington Community Foundation ($75M in assets) supports nonprofits in WA through grants focused on education, community development, health, arts. Awards range from $1,000 to $25,000.

USDA Agricultural Marketing Service

Formula grants to state departments of agriculture for projects enhancing the competitiveness of specialty crops including fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, and nursery crops.

Pigeon Point Neighborhood Council

The Pigeon Point Neighborhood Council will host a free public event on June 30, 2019 from 12 pm - 3:30 pm at Pigeon Point Park located at 1901 SW Genesee St. The event will celebrate the neighborhood with music, food, and games.

Administration for Community Living

Formula grants to state DD Councils to promote self-determination, independence, productivity, integration, and inclusion for people with developmental disabilities.

Kids and Paper

Kids and Paper has served children ages 5-12 with afterschool and summer program through homework help, SEL development through creative arts, healthy meals, and recreational activities at Magnuson Community Center, located at 7110 62nd Ave NE Seattle, WA. We are now looking to expand our educational impact by adding a new element to our program, specific STEM focused activities and tutoring that expose children to topics and hands-on learning. This will help students connect what they are learning with real-world applications. We will offer the new STEM program through the summer of 2023 and anticipate closing this project on September 30, 2023.

Friends of STEM Technology

Youth participants will attend a Science Technology Engineering and Math summer camp where they will have two opportunities to enhance their video skills. They will learn the technical design process all programmers use to create video games. They will also assist in creating, writing and producing a basic video that will be viewed in a public venue upon completion.

Department of Veterans Affairs

Rapid re-housing and homelessness prevention for very low-income veteran families through case management, temporary financial assistance, and outreach.

Eastlake Tennis Revival

The Eastlake Tennis Revival community group aims to resurface and repair the tennis courts at Rogers Playground located at 2516 Eastlake Ave E in the Eastlake neighborhood. The projects goal is to provide a safer play environment for tennis, while promoting a stronger, healthier and active community that serves many disadvantaged communities by giving equitable access to public tennis facilities. The project will be completed in the Fall of 2023.

Black Power Unlimited

We need AIR to speak! The BPU Artist in Residence (BPU AIR) project is designed to amplify the voices and experiences of Black, brown, Indigenous, QTBIPOC, and youth (13-24) artists. We as artists have historically been marginalized and underrepresented in the arts and culture world. To address these challenges, BPU AIR will provide the space, support, and resources we need to create, display, and amplify our art and stories, cultivate community, and build sustainable careers. As part of the project, BPU AIR will participate in the monthly Central District First Friday Art Walk events. The first event will be on March 6th from 6-9 pm at Washington Hall located at 153 14th Ave, 1st Floor, Seattle, WA. The events are free and open to the public.

Southeast Seattle Senior Foundation

The Brighton Community Design Project at the Brighton Apartments in Southeast Seattle will lead residents, staff, Board, neighbors, and community partners through a dynamic process to imagine, design, and select a long-term capital improvement plan for the exterior community spaces on the property.