Seattle Foundation

Seattle Foundation is the community foundation serving the greater Seattle area. Established in 1946, it is the oldest community foundation serving the Pacific Northwest,[1] with assets of more than $965 million. As of 2017, it was the 21st largest community foundation in the United States.[2]

Services

Under the leadership of its president and CEO Tony Mestres,[3] Seattle Foundation offers an array of philanthropic services, including collective grant-making and impact investing. In 2013, the foundation awarded grants of more than $65 million.[4] It has worked with Seattle and King County, Washington lawmakers on civic initiatives to increase voter turnout[5] and provide services to immigrants and refugees.[6]

GiveBIG

Seattle Foundation's annual GiveBIG, a 24-hour online giving campaign designed to support King County and Washington state nonprofit organizations, has raised more than $100 million[7] from 400,000 individual donations to nearly 1,600 different organizations since 2011.[8] In its sixth year, GiveBIG was extended an extra 24 hours due to technical difficulties with Kimbia, the fundraising platform used by dozens of community foundations across the country on May 3, 2016.[9] The foundation's eighth and final GiveBIG campaign was held on May 9, 2018.[10]

  • June 23, 2011: $3.6 million[11]
  • May 2, 2012: $7.4 million[12]
  • May 15, 2013: $11.1 million[13]
  • May 6, 2014: $12.9 million[14]
  • May 5, 2015: $16.3 million[15]
  • May 3–4, 2016: $22 million [16]
  • May 10, 2017: $19 million[17]
  • May 9, 2018: $16.6 million[18]

In November 2018, Seattle Foundation announced that GiveBIG 2019 would be run by 501 Commons, a Seattle-based nonprofit consulting service.[19] The campaign was held May 8, 2019,[20] raising $11.4 million.[21]

References

  1. ^ Doughton, Sandi (10 December 2013). "Former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice to retire from Seattle Foundation". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Top 100 Largest Community Foundations in the United States by Total Asset Size". Columbus Survey Results. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  3. ^ Monk, Becky (12 June 2014). "Former Microsoft exec will leverage tech background for new top job as The Seattle Foundation's CEO". www.bizjournals.com. Puget Sound Business Journal. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  4. ^ "Report to the Community 2013-14". The Seattle Foundation. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  5. ^ Blethen, Ryan (2018-05-07). "Metropolitan King County Council passes measure to fund prepaid postage for mail-in ballots". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  6. ^ Knauf, Ana Sofia (28 August 2017). "King County Non-Profits Receive $2.25M to Protect Immigrants and Refugees". The Stranger. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  7. ^ Price, Brian (May 3, 2018). "GiveBIG hits $100 million milestone in last year of fundraiser". KING5. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  8. ^ "GIVEBIG and KIRO 7 Cares". KIRO. 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  9. ^ Neroulias Gupte, Nicole. "Community Foundations, Nonproifts Rally as Giving Day Website Crashes". Philanthropy Northwest. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  10. ^ "GIVEBIG and KIRO 7 Cares". KIRO. 2018-05-09. Retrieved 2018-05-10.
  11. ^ Gilmore, Susan (24 June 2011). "GiveBig charity push: 1 day, $3.5 million". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  12. ^ ""GIVEBIG" BRINGS IN $7.4 MILLION, DOUBLING 2011'S RESULTS". The Seattle Foundation. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  13. ^ "Editorial: 24 hours to GiveBIG in fast-growing charity campaign". The Seattle Times. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  14. ^ "Latest GiveBIG results and recent FAQs". GiveBIG. The Seattle Foundation. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  15. ^ "GiveBIG". GiveBIG. The Seattle Foundation. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  16. ^ "GiveBIG". GiveBIG. Seattle Foundation. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  17. ^ "GiveBIG Raises $19 Million for Local Nonprofits". www.seattlefoundation.org. Retrieved 2017-12-13.
  18. ^ "GIVEBIG Seattle". www.givebigseattle.org. 2018-05-10. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  19. ^ "About 501 Commons — 501 Commons". www.501commons.org. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  20. ^ "GiveBIG 2019". www.givebig2019.org. Retrieved 2018-11-28.
  21. ^ McDonnell, Abhishek Bhati and Diarmuid (2019-10-05). "How Facebook is fundamentally changing how nonprofits get money". Fast Company. Retrieved 2020-01-24.