Jeffris Wood Foundation


SAMPLE GRANTS
Spring 2009 Grants
Total Grants: $51,000

YOUTH PROGRAMS
Camp Fire, Snohomish County
Everett
Environmental Education Program for low-income youth, summer camp program. $2,000
Coyote Central
Seattle
Hit the Streets summer program, youth work with professional artists to create city art projects. $3,000
Family Planning of Clallam County
Port Angeles
Youth Education Program, focused on preventing teen pregnancy and risky behaviors. $3,000
Garden Raised Bounty
Olympia
Cultivating Youth Program, teen gardening employment and training program. $3,000
Helping Link
Seattle
General operations providing family and youth services for immigrants from VietNam. $2,000
Lifelong AIDS Alliance
Seattle
Mpowerment educational and outreach program, a youth peer-driven program for GLBT homeless kids. $3,000
Neighborcare Health
Seattle
45th St. Homeless Clinic, providing medical and mental health care for homeless youth. $4,000
Northwest Indian College
Bellingham
Summer intergenerational conference for Native American women and girls, and men and boys. $2,000
Power of Hope
Seattle
Youth Empowerment Programs: summer youth leadership development gatherings, Youth Voices workshops, and youth conferences. $3,000
ROOTS
Seattle
Overnight shelter and supportive services (including Friday Feast) for homeless teens and young adults. $4,000
Seattle Audubon Society
Seattle
Finding Urban Nature Program, environmental exploration for 3rd & 4th graders. $1,500
SouthEast Effective Development
Seattle
Young Playwrights Program, a writing residency for students, culminating in a festival of staged readings. $2,500
University District Youth Center
Seattle
Services for homeless youth including case management for supportive housing and job internships. $3,000
University Street Ministry
Seattle
Services for homeless youth including the Teen Feed meal, outreach, and a STOP program for young teens. $3,000
YouthCare
Seattle
Street outreach to homeless youth, services provided through the Orion Center. $3,000
DOMESTIC ABUSE SERVICES
Broadview Emergency Shelter
Seattle
Shelter operations for women and children in crisis, many from situations of domestic violence. $4,000
Church of Mary Magdalene
Seattle
Mary's Place day drop-in shelter, a program for homeless women in downtown Seattle. $2,000
YWCA Pierce County
Tacoma
Legal Services Program for domestic abuse survivors. $3,000