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15 Organizations
Selected for Site Visits in 2008
The 2008
Grant Committee has selected 15 organizations, three in each
work group, to receive site visits from the Grant Committee.
Congratulations to all of these organizations and thank you
to the Grant Committee for completing the second phase of the
grant cycle! |
| Arts
& Culture |
- Artist
Trust [www.artisttrust.org]
Support for their core programs that provide grants and
fellowships to individual artists.
-
Seattle Shakespeare Company [www.seattleshakespeare.org]
Expansion of their touring program to bring professional
theatre productions and education programs to geographically
under served areas of Washington state.
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Youth in Focus
[www.youthinfocus.org]
Expand YIF program to empower urban teens, through photography,
to make positive changes within their lives into the curriculum
of South Lake High School in the Rainier Valley, which now
has no arts programming.
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| Education |
- Friends
of the Children [www.friendsskc.org]
Support for their programs to provide long-term mentoring
support for low-income, vulnerable children, from Kindergarten
continuously through high school graduation.
- Seattle
Education Access [www.seattleeducationaccess.org]
Expansion of their program that helps poor and homeless
youth to transition to local community colleges and supports
them through graduation.
- Summer
Search Seattle [www.summersearch.org]
Support for their program that inspires low-income high
school students to leadership and educational achievement
through year-round mentoring, summer experiences, college
advising and an ongoing support network.
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| Environment |
- Environmental
Coalition of South Seattle [www.ecoss.org]
Support ECOSS’ multi-cultural environmental education
outreach programs to develop cleaner, safer and healthier
communities.
- Northwest
Sustainable Energy for Economic Development [www.nwseed.org]
Support to develop and implement an urban sustainable energy
project in Seattle, working with the City and community
groups.
- PCC
Farmland Trust [www.pccfarmlandtrust.org]
Support to purchase a conservation easement on an organic
farm to keep the land in organic production in perpetuity.
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| Health |
- First
Place [www.firstplaceschool.org]
To expand and deepen mental health services on-site at this
school for homeless children, many of whom have been exposed
to traumatic events and struggle with trauma-related disorders.
- Perinatal
Treatment Services [www.ptswa.org]
Support for substance abuse treatment and care for homeless
or low-income women who are pregnant and/or have young children,
allowing mother and child(ren) to stay together during treatment.
- Refugee
Women's Alliance [www.rewa.org]
Development of a program to assist Somali refugees to Seattle
to access health and emergency medical care.
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Social Services |
- Girl
Scouts of Western Washington [www.girlscoutsww.org]
Support for Girl Scouts Fostering a Future, a program specifically
serving girls in foster care.
- Plymouth
Housing Group [www.plymouthhousing.org]
Support for operating and support services for housing for
homeless and very poor residents in Seattle.
- Senior
Services [www.seniorservices.org]
Support for services for the expanding senior population
in King County, including those for the increasingly diverse
cultural and language needs of the community.
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