Seattle Foundation is the

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serving the greater

Seattle Seattle ( ) is a seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the seat of King County, Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest regio ...

area. Established in 1946, it is the oldest community foundation serving the

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, with assets of more than $965 million. As of 2017, it was the 21st largest community foundation in the United States.

Mission

Seattle Foundation has declared their mission is to be a charitable foundation which "ignites powerful, rewarding philanthropy to make Greater Seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all."

Services

Under the leadership of its president and CEO Tony Mestres, Seattle Foundation offers an array of philanthropic services, including collective grant-making and

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. In 2013, the foundation awarded grants of more than $65 million. It has worked with Seattle and

King County, Washington King County is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The population was 2,269,675 in the 2020 census, making it the most populous county in Washington, and the 13th-most populous in the United States. The county seat is Seattle, also the st ...

lawmakers on civic initiatives to increase voter turnout and provide services to immigrants and refugees.

GiveBIG

Seattle Foundation's annual GiveBIG, a 24-hour online giving campaign designed to support King County and Washington state

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, has raised more than $100 million from 400,000 individual donations to nearly 1,600 different organizations since 2011. 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. The foundation's eighth and final GiveBIG campaign was held on May 9, 2018. * June 23, 2011: $3.6 million * May 2, 2012: $7.4 million * May 15, 2013: $11.1 million * May 6, 2014: $12.9 million * May 5, 2015: $16.3 million * May 3–4, 2016: $22 million * May 10, 2017: $19 million *May 9, 2018: $16.6 million In November 2018, Seattle Foundation announced that GiveBIG 2019 would be run by 501 Commons, a Seattle-based nonprofit consulting service. The campaign was held May 8, 2019, raising $11.4 million.

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