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Paul G. Allen Family Foundation

Posted on Member Profiles by · December 21, 2023 2:22 PM · 1 reaction

 

      Seattle, WA
https://pgafamilyfoundation.org/
     

Organization Type

Family Foundation

Mission

​Founded in 1988 by philanthropists Jody Allen and the late Paul G. Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, the foundation invests in communities across the Pacific Northwest to enhance the human experience of arts & culture, center under-served populations, and mobilize young people to make impact. In addition, the foundation supports a global portfolio of nonprofit partners working across science and technology solutions to protect wildlife, preserve ocean health, and create lasting change. The foundation also funds the Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, which works to advance cutting-edge research in all areas of bioscience.

 

Block Leavitt Foundation

Posted on Member Profiles by · January 15, 2020 2:38 PM

Block Leavitt Foundation
3002 Cascadia Ave S
Seattle, Washington 98144


Primary Contact

Bill Block
[email protected]

Organization Type

Private Foundation

 

Schultz Family Foundation

Posted on Member Profiles by · February 27, 2019 1:04 PM

 

      516 Yale Ave N, Suite 400
Seattle, WA 98109
https://schultzfamilyfoundation.org/
       


Primary Contact

Marie Groark
[email protected]

Organization Type

Family Foundation

Mission

Unlock America’s potential, one individual and one community at a time.

 

Redefining “Community-wide” Responses to Youth Homelessness

Posted on Blog by · October 14, 2015 9:00 AM

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Youth homelessness is a community-wide issue that demands a community-wide response. Read about what Katie Hong of the Raikes Foundation took away from the most recent Foundations for Youth Success convening in Toronto.

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Making Connections: Economic Opportunities and the Pathway to Ending Family Homelessness

Posted on Blog by · July 23, 2014 9:58 AM · 1 reaction

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Across the country, communities -- and funders -- are creating systems that work for families.  

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United Way of Pierce County

Posted on Member Profiles by · January 12, 2014 1:25 AM

 

united_way.jpg       1501 Pacific Avenue, Ste 400 
Tacoma, WA 98402
Phone: 253-597-7491
www.uwpc.org
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Organization Type

United Way

Mission

United Way of Pierce County is committed to making measurable improvements in the lives of people in our community.

Our mission is best executed when we identify critical issues and then use your gift to fund a combination of programs and initiatives to best address those issues.

Funding Areas

  • Education
  • Health care
  • Housing

Supported Strategies

  • Affordable housing
  • Education about homelessness
  • Emergency shelter
  • Funding advocacy
  • Permanent supportive housing
  • Prevention
  • Public policy/systems change
  • Rapid re-housing
  • Supportive services
  • Transitional housing
  • Workforce development

 

 

We joined Funders Together because we believe in the power of philanthropy to play a major role in ending homelessness, and we know we have much to learn from funders across the country.

-Christine Marge, Director of Housing and Financial Stability at United Way of Greater Los Angeles

I am thankful for the local partnerships here in the Pacific Northwest that we’ve been able to create and nurture thanks to the work of Funders Together. Having so many of the right players at the table makes our conversations – and all of our efforts – all the richer and more effective.

-David Wertheimer, Deputy Director at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Very often a lack of jobs and money is not the cause of poverty, but the symptom. The cause may lie deeper in our failure to give our fellow citizens a fair chance to develop their own capacities, in a lack of education and training, in a lack of medical care and housing, in a lack of decent communities in which to live and bring up their children.

-President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 State of the Union Address

Funders Together has given me a platform to engage the other funders in my community. Our local funding community has improved greatly to support housing first models and align of resources towards ending homelessness.

-Leslie Strnisha, Vice President at Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland

Our family foundation convenes local funders and key community stakeholders around strategies to end homelessness in Houston. Funders Together members have been invaluable mentors to us in this effort, traveling to our community to share their expertise and examples of best practices from around the nation.

-Nancy Frees Fountain, Managing Director at The Frees Foundation


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