Overview of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Grants to For- Profit Organizations. "We’re partnering with Snohomish County to support the implementation of their family homelessness strategic plan.We’re partnering with the Spokane School District to support collaboration among all types of public schools.We're supporting a capital campaign for a social services agency to serve immigrants and refugees.We’re supporting a collaboration between the Tacoma Housing Authority (THA) and the Tacoma School District to improve outcomes for students living in THA housing.We’ve work with the Seattle Foundation on a variety of initiatives including the re-granting of our funds and initiatives focused on increasing health, social, economic, and racial equity.We're providing a grant to United Way of King County to support their work to address the full range of health and human services needs in King County.We're supporting United Way of Pierce County's Centers for Strong Families, a network of organizations working to improve financial stability for families in need.We provide general operating support to bolster the work of the United Ways of the Pacific Northwest (UWPNW) to advance the common good by focusing on education, financial stability, and health.We partner with the University of Washington to support scholarship programs and professional development opportunities for Pre-K and K-12 educators in Washington state.We partner with the University of Washington Foundation on a variety of initiatives to improve the collection and use of data to support student outcomes.We're supporting the Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence in their effort to expand housing options for domestic violence survivors.We’re partnering with the Washington State Department of Early Learning (now the Department of Children, Youth & Families) to support preschool quality improvement.We're providing general operating support for Wellspring Family Services to serve low-income and vulnerable individuals, children, and families in Seattle and King County.Sign up to receive regular updates about our work in Washington State. Read our updated
(At the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center, you’ll find stories of work that is improving lives, from Seattle to South Africa. They not only provide support for organizations based in the United States but in other countries in the world as well. The foundation is providing $750,000 to support 77 grantees across 83 grants, working in 36 of Washington’s 39 counties to reach historically hard-to-count communities. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has deep roots in the Puget Sound and a long history of giving back to the region it calls home. The foundation awards the majority of its grants to U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations and other tax-exempt organizations identified by our staff. The foundation awards the majority of its grants to U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations and other tax-exempt organizations identified by our staff. By continuing to use this site, you agree to the placement of these cookies and similar technologies. With Bill Gates Sr. as a lifelong model of civic leadership, Bill and Melinda created the Pacific Northwest team at the Gates Foundation to give back to the community that gave them and their families so much–because every person deserves a chance to live a healthy and productive life.The grants below are representative, but reflect only a few of the many grants we’ve made over time. To explore a full database and see all of the Gates Foundation’s grants in Washington State and around the world, visit We’re supporting Alliance with a grant for state-based advocacy, re-granting and technical assistance.We’re supporting organizational capacity building and implementation of a new strategic plan.We’re supporting Building Changes to address student and family homelessness in Washington State.We are supporting the Early Learning Action Alliance and their work to ensure all children in Washington State have the support they need to be prepared for school and a bright future.We’re supporting six grassroots collaboratives serving low-income communities and communities of color.We are supporting the Community Center for Education Results to lead the Road Map Project in South King County.We're supporting efforts to double the number of people served each year by FareStart.We’re providing assistance to King County for the annual Point in Time Count of people experiencing homelessness, and continuing efforts to implement a family homelessness strategic plan.We’re supporting continuing partnerships between the King County Housing Authority and the Bellevue, Highline, and Kent school districts to improve outcomes for students from low-income families.We're supporting legal aid and education assistance for immigrant and refugee communities in Washington State.We’re supporting grassroots advocacy around education issues that impact immigrant and refugee students.We're partnering with Philanthropy Northwest and community foundations on giving that responds to immediate local needs.We're supporting the implementation of Pierce County's family homelessness strategy and an initiative to determine how services can be delivered more effectively to communities of color.We’re supporting the Potlatch Fund in their role as a capacity builder for tribes and Native nonprofits.We have provided a variety of grants to Puget Sound Educational Service District (PSESD) to support Educare Seattle, the Road Map Project, and other public education efforts.We're providing general operating support to cultivate and train leaders of color in South Seattle.We're providing general operating support for ROOTS to provide a safe place to sleep and access to services for young adults experiencing homelessness.We’re providing grants to School’s Out Washington to improve understanding of social-emotional learning and support quality after-school careWe’re supporting the Seattle Housing Authority's partnership with Seattle Public Schools to improve outcomes for low-income students.We partnered with the Seattle Public Library Foundation on a photographic exhibit focused on homelessness, called "Streetwise Revisited.
Purpose The Gates Foundation’s global development program is designed to support extreme poverty in the non-industrialized world by providing poverty alleviation opportunities for people living in these regions. Read our updated By continuing to use this site, you agree to the placement of these cookies and similar technologies. The primary goal of this grant, in general terms, was to help Maryland-based Achieving the Dream, Inc. – also known as AtD – become a more independent and self-sufficient organization.
These were selected to illustrate the range of partnerships formed in the last two decades.