Our Grantees

Our Grantees

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has deep roots in the Puget Sound and a long history of giving back to the region it calls home. Bill and Melinda created the Gates Foundation with a desire to give back to the community that gave them and their families so much. With Bill Gates Sr. as a lifelong model of civic leadership, the foundation works with grantees to ensure all people in the region have the opportunity to live healthy, productive lives.

For nearly two decades, the foundation has partnered with local nonprofits and institutions to provide grants that expand opportunity through education, give everyone access to the internet at local public libraries, and ensure all families had safe, stable homes.

The grants below reflect only a few of the many grants made and were selected to illustrate the range of partnerships formed in the last two decades. To explore a full database and see all of the Gates Foundation’s grants in Washington State and around the world, visit gatesfoundation.org.

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Grantee

Issue Area(s):

Early learning
Alliance for Early Success

We’re supporting Alliance with a grant for state-based advocacy, re-granting and technical assistance.

Issue Area(s):

Community,
Homelessness
Bellwether Housing
The foundation is proud to support Bellwether's efforts to bring more affordable housing to our community.

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Education,
Homelessness
Black Education Strategy Roundtable

We’re supporting organizational capacity building and implementation of a new strategic plan.

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Homelessness
Building Changes

We’re supporting Building Changes to address student and family homelessness in Washington State.

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Early learning
Children’s Alliance

We are supporting the Early Learning Action Alliance and their work to ensure all children in Washington State have the support they need to be prepared for school and a bright future.

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Community
Coalition of Communities of Color

We’re supporting six grassroots collaboratives serving low-income communities and communities of color.

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Education
Community Center for Education Results

We are supporting the Community Center for Education Results to lead the Road Map Project in South King County.

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Community
FareStart

We're supporting efforts to double the number of people served each year by FareStart.

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Homelessness
Funders Together
The foundation is proud to support Funders Together in their mission to mobilize members with lasting solutions in ending homelessness.

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Homelessness
King County

We’re providing assistance to King County for the annual Point in Time Count of people experiencing homelessness, and continuing efforts to implement a family homelessness strategic plan.

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Homelessness
King County Housing Authority

We’re supporting continuing partnerships between the King County Housing Authority and the Bellevue, Highline, and Kent school districts to improve outcomes for students from low-income families.

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Community,
Homelessness
Nexus Youth & Families
The foundation supports Nexus Youth and Families so they can continue providing essential, emergency shelter, clothing and supplies for youth experiencing homelessness.

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Community
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project

We're supporting legal aid and education assistance for immigrant and refugee communities in Washington State.

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Education
OneAmerica

We’re supporting grassroots advocacy around education issues that impact immigrant and refugee students.

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Education
Partnership4Learning
We supported Partnership4Learning to assist them in their mission to provide resources and expanding opportunities for education and training.

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Community
Philanthropy Northwest

We're partnering with Philanthropy Northwest and community foundations on giving that responds to immediate local needs.

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Homelessness
Pierce County

We're supporting the implementation of Pierce County's family homelessness strategy and an initiative to determine how services can be delivered more effectively to communities of color.

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Community
Potlatch Fund

We’re supporting the Potlatch Fund in their role as a capacity builder for tribes and Native nonprofits.

Issue Area(s):

Education
Puget Sound Education Service District

We have provided a variety of grants to Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) to support Educare Seattle, the Road Map Project, and other public education efforts.

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Community
Rainier Valley Corps

We're providing general operating support to cultivate and train leaders of color in South Seattle.

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Community,
Homelessness
ROOTS Young Adult Shelter

We're providing general operating support for ROOTS to provide a safe place to sleep and access to services for young adults experiencing homelessness.

Issue Area(s):

Education
School’s Out Washington

We’re providing grants to School’s Out Washington to improve understanding of social-emotional learning and support quality after-school care

Issue Area(s):

Education,
Homelessness
Seattle Housing Authority

We’re supporting the Seattle Housing Authority's partnership with Seattle Public Schools to improve outcomes for low-income students.

Issue Area(s):

Homelessness
Seattle Public Library Foundation

We partnered with the Seattle Public Library Foundation on a photographic exhibit focused on homelessness, called "Streetwise Revisited."

Issue Area(s):

Early learning,
Education
Seattle Public Schools
We’ve provided several grants to Seattle Public Schools for a variety of initiatives, including support for professional development and the Seattle Preschool Special Education Program.

Issue Area(s):

Homelessness
Snohomish County

We’re partnering with Snohomish County to support the implementation of their family homelessness strategic plan.

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Community
Sound Discipline
We supported Sound Discipline in the expansion of their community-oriented restorative justice model to K-12 schools in South Seattle and South King County.

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Education
Spokane School District

We’re partnering with the Spokane School District to support collaboration among all types of public schools.

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Community
Tacoma Community House

We're supporting a capital campaign for a social services agency to serve immigrants and refugees.

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Homelessness
Tacoma Housing Authority

We’re supporting a collaboration between the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) and the Tacoma School District to improve outcomes for students living in THA housing.

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Community
The Seattle Foundation

We’ve work with the Seattle Foundation on a variety of initiatives including the re-granting of our funds and initiatives focused on increasing health, social, economic, and racial equity.

Issue Area(s):

Homelessness
United Way of King County

We're providing a grant to United Way of King County to support their work to address the full range of health and human services needs in King County.

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Community
United Way of Pierce County

We're supporting United Way of Pierce County's Centers for Strong Families, a network of organizations working to improve financial stability for families in need.

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Community
United Ways of the Pacific Northwest

We provide general operating support to bolster the work of the United Ways of the Pacific Northwest (UWPNW) to advance the common good by focusing on education, financial stability, and health.

Issue Area(s):

Education
University of Washington

We partner with the University of Washington to support scholarship programs and professional development opportunities for Pre-K and K-12 educators in Washington state.

Issue Area(s):

Early learning,
Education
University of Washington Foundation

We partner with the University of Washington Foundation on a variety of initiatives to improve the collection and use of data to support student outcomes.

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Community
Washington Census Equity Fund
The foundation is providing $500,000 to support 77 grantees across 83 grants, working in 36 of Washington’s 39 counties to reach historically hard-to-count communities.

Issue Area(s):

Homelessness
Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence

We're supporting the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence in their effort to expand housing options for domestic violence survivors.

Issue Area(s):

Early learning
Washington State Department of Early Learning

We’re partnering with the Washington State Department of Early Learning (now the Department of Children, Youth & Families) to support preschool quality improvement.

Issue Area(s):

Community,
Homelessness
Wellspring Family Services

We're providing general operating support for Wellspring Family Services to serve low-income and vulnerable individuals, children, and families in Seattle and King County.