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