Jeffris Wood Foundation


SAMPLE GRANTS
Summer 2007 Grants
Total Grants: $31,500

Organization

Project

Grant

Creative Programs for Youth
Center for Wooden Boats
Seattle
Carving Cultural Connections program, at-risk teens carving canoe under direction of a Haida carver and artist-in-residence. Collaboration with United Indians of All Tribes. $2,000
Museum of History & Industry
Seattle
Collaboration with Youth in Focus: a special outreach program for youth at risk to explore history through photographs and artwork. $2,500
Nature/Environment Programs for Youth
North Cascades Institute
Sedro Woolley
Girls on Ice, a program that educates and trains young women in science, studying glaciology on Mount Baker. $3,000
Seattle Youth Garden Works
Seattle
Providing matching funds for five AmeriCorps volunteers who work with youth in an entrepreneurial gardening program. $2,500
Programs Related to Domestic Violence
Sojourner Place
Seattle
Women's transitional housing for single and pregnant women. The center provides 13 of the 112 transitional housing beds available for single homeless women in Seattle. $2,000
YWCA Pierce County
Tacoma
Legal Services Program, providing legal representation for women escaping domestic violence. Contracted as a sole provider for Pierce County. $2,500
Services for Youth
Family Planning of Clallam County
Port Angeles
Youth Education Program: a pilot program, youth read and learn about a health topic and then educate another youth and an educator $2,500
Helping Link
Seattle
Classes for youth and adults in the Vietnamese community, helping acquire the skills necessary for self-sufficiency. $1,500
Northwest Indian College
Bellingham
Youth leadership conferences 2007: the 13th for women and girls, and the 3rd for men and boys, bringing together 200 people for intergenerational holistic workshops. $1,500
Puget Sound Neighbor-hood Health Centers
Seattle
45th St. Homeless Youth Clinic, providing youth-focused health care for 600 homeless youth each year. $4,000
Solid Ground
Seattle
Broadview Emergency Shelter for homeless women and children, and Kng County Reading Corps providing one-to-one tutoring for 2,500 K-6th. $5,000
Vera Project
Seattle
Youth-led program using music as a springboard to learning, self-awareness and confidence through concerts, training, classes, and internships. $2,500