2024 Grantee Partners






  Project Be Free
  2024 Recipient of $100,000

  


The mission of Project Be Free is to provide crisis response to individuals and families affected by domestic violence. Project Be Free offers an innovative approach to domestic violence, providing wraparound mental health services and support to the entire family unit — survivors, abusers, and dependents. Recognizing the cycle of intergenerational violence and trauma, Project Be Free addresses the root causes to break this harmful pattern.





  Arms Around You
  2024 Recipient of $27,500

   


The mission of Arms Around You is to partner with and support individuals as they reintegrate, heal, and build their lives after experiencing incarceration, domestic violence, substance abuse, and homelessness. Arms Around You aims to break the cycle of incarceration for black women by providing comprehensive reintegration services to those affected by domestic violence, substance abuse, and homelessness in King and Pierce Counties.





  Mujer Al Volante - Superación Constante
  2024 Recipient of $27,500

   


Mujer al Volante, Superación Constante’s mission is to support low-income immigrant and refugee women and mothers to take the steering wheels of their lives. Mujer al Volante recognizes driving as key to women's empowerment and combating economic violence. Initially focused on licensing, MAV now offers diverse programs addressing financial, social, and familial challenges. By assisting women in realizing their potential, gaining mobility, and advocating for themselves, MAV fosters self-respect and community impact. It has expanded to serve low-income immigrant, refugee, and asylee women, prioritizing communities where women historically lacked independence.





 2024 Grant Semi-Finalists


Automotive Repair Transformation

The mission of Auto Repair Transformation is to close the equity gap in the automotive repair industry by removing barriers to access, inspiring marginalized people to enter and thrive in the industry, and advocating for inclusive and equitable environments. We primarily serve and address the needs of BIPOC, Women, LGBTQIA+, and low-income people.
www.autorepairtransformation.org


Geeking Out Kids of Color

Geeking Out Kids of Color builds and sustains youth programs that are rooted in community, computer science, and consciousness. Its project-based tech curricula are informed by anti-racism, anti-sexism, multiculturalism, social-emotional learning, and decolonization frameworks. Its programs are geared towards empowering youth with the voice, digital literacy, and problem-solving skills to envision and construct new realities.
www.gokic.org


Para Los Niños

From birth and beyond, Para Los Niños (For the Children, or PLN) supports and empowers the entire Latino family through early learning, literacy and academic skills development, summer enrichment, and parent leadership and advocacy programs. PLN believes that all Latino children are capable of excellence, and we achieve that goal by building culturally relevant programs upon a foundation of love and respect, supported by a community leadership model that recognizes the talents and skills of each person.
www.plnwa.org


The Good Foot Arts Collective

The vision of The Good Foot Arts Collective is to see youth equipped to end violence before it begins, expressive in the arts through transformative movement and artistic mediums, empowered to reach their full potential through mentorship, and educated to advocate in their community.
www.thegoodfootarts.org


WA-BLOC

WA-BLOC (Washington Building Leaders of Change)'s mission is to build and nurture intergenerational leaders through transformative education and revolutionary social action. WA-BLOC's vision is for south Seattle to be an epicenter where Black and brown folx thrive. We achieve this vision through year-round educational programming that re-engages students in school, dismantles systemic racism, and disrupts the school to prison pipeline for Black and brown youth.
www.wa-bloc.org