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UpGarden P-Patch

The UpGarden P-Patch located on 300 Mercer Street will engage community to help beautify and enhance the free and open to public garden by restoring garden beds, irrigation system, refreshing signage and adding new features such as gazebo, benches and bike racks. The project is expected to be completed by December 2021.

Friends of Uptown Art Walk

The friends of Uptown Art walk will be launching from May 2nd to May 30th, 2025, a transformative gallery show and community activation revitalizing the Uptown arts scene while championing fat liberation, mutual aid, and inclusion—particularly for QTBIPOC individuals. Through strategic outreach, partnerships with local businesses/arts organizations, and promotion, this project will strengthen participation in Third Thursday Art Walks, fostering a thriving arts ecosystem. FAT, a fat liberation gallery show hosted at The Fishbowl Gallery, located at 323 2nd Ave W will feature artwork, discussions, and interactive programming that challenge societal norms and celebrate fatness. Programming includes an opening reception, vendor market, movement session, speaker event, clothing swap, healing arts workshop, community discussion, and closing reception—empowering attendees to embrace body autonomy and liberation. The event is free and open to the public.

Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition

Uptown Arts & Culture Coalition (UACC) seeks funding for a community movie night at Counterbalance Park on September 19, 2024. This event will engage the neighborhood with a free, family-friendly screening of short films during Uptown Artwalk. Specific event goals: attract 150+ attendees; engage 5+ local businesses for partner promotion; increase Uptown Artwalk attendance; highlight Uptown arts & culture organizations; demonstrate Counterbalance Park's potential as a public, outdoor event venue. Seattle Parks & Recreation will provide A/V; SIFF will provide film curation; Uptown Alliance, Tidy Uptown, Uptown Artwalk, & UACC will share planning and promotion. We hope to purchase ADA-accessible planking to ensure wheelchair access to the gravel-covered park. We seek support for event insurance, film licensing fees, and complimentary refreshments. We respectfully request $3,000 to support this community-led event to benefit residents, artists, and businesses in Uptown.

Shunpike

Shunpike will carry out a three-phase public art project that starts with artist residencies on the former site of Teatro Zinzanni, continues with the Artists of Color Expo & Symposium (ACES) in the Armory at Seattle Center on November 17-18th, and concludes with community-generated and youth-created murals surrounding the Seattle International Film Festival's Uptown Cinema. Resident artists will show their work and speak of their experience at ACES. This will inform the public art intended for the Uptown Cinema murals, ensuring community and youth engagement through a racial equity lens.

NE Sector Emergency Communication HUBs

The NE Sector Emergency Communications HUBs will host the Urban Survival Skills fair by closing off a street and staffing booths to include information on water purification, emergency sanitation, controlling utilities, and many other important skills needed after a disaster. Additionally there will be a free raffle to give away 10 emergency toilets. The fair will be located at NE 106th Street between 17th Avenue NE and 19th Avenue NE on September 30, 2018 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. This project will be completed by October 31, 2018.

USDA Rural Development

Grants and low-interest loans for essential community facilities in rural areas including healthcare, education, public safety, and community support services.

United States Institute of Peace

Competitive grants for projects advancing peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and stabilization, including research, training, education, and dialogues.

Sanctuary Art Center

Utility boxes are a necessary part of the urban streetscape as the provide the essential controls to our trafic lights, however they are simply there for ?Utility? and to a passer by amount to nothing more than a large grey obstruction. This project aims to build community through the transformation of the Utility Boxes in the U District from ordinary obstructions into a community assets that contribute to both placemaking and wayfinding.

Department of Veterans Affairs

Funding for adaptive sports programs serving disabled veterans and members of the Armed Forces, including equipment, coaching, and event costs.

Department of Veterans Affairs

Competitive funding for innovative approaches to veteran healthcare, including telehealth, AI diagnostics, and novel care delivery models.

USDA Rural Development

Grants to agricultural producers for planning and working capital to develop value-added products from raw agricultural commodities.

Van Lang

The Van Lang non-profit organization will host a six month series of free language workshops. The workshops are free and open to youth and adults. They will offer both Vietnamese and English as a second language. In addition to language instruction, they will offer cross cultural opportunities to learn about Vietnamese culture.

Velocity Dance Center

Velocity Dance Center along with key community partners will host The Fall Kick Off Symposium Monday September 16th through Friday, September 21st at 1621 12th Avenue, Suite 100. This week-long community celebration with social justice themes, will bring together dancers and choreographers for a series of free classes, panels and symposia, workshops, and a cross-disciplinary mixer. It also serves to launch the 'dance season' in Seattle.

Department of Veterans Affairs

Grants to states and tribal governments for establishing, expanding, or improving state veterans cemeteries.

Department of Veterans Affairs

Grants to veterans service organizations and state agencies to provide transportation to VA medical facilities for eligible veterans.

Department of Justice — OVC

Formula grants to states to support direct services to crime victims through subgrants to local programs including shelters, crisis centers, and legal assistance.

Victory Heights Community Council

The project is looking to grow the beauty and identity of Victory Heights neighborhood through the beautification of signal boxes by local artists. Signal boxes are located along Northgate Way between 15th Ave NE to 19th Ave NE and several other intersections in the neighborhood. The project is anticipated to be completed in June 30, 2021

Friends of Little Saigon

Friends of Little Saigon will create a pilot program for adults to explore Vietnamese language and culture. A series of workshops will be held at Hing Hay Coworks located at 409B Maynard Ave S. It will take place on Saturdays from 9 am - 12 pm beginning May 4, 2019 and ending July 6, 2019. The workshops will include language instruction, connecting to the local Vietnamese business community, and art.

South Park Senior Citizens

South Park seniors in collaboration with the New Holly Community will host the Moon Festival, a celebration of Vietnamese food and culture, on Sunday, September 15th from 2:00-600 pm at the New Holly Gathering Hall, 7054 32nd Ave. S in Seattle. Two hundred people are expected to attend this family friendly event which will include live music, a dragon dance, traditional dancing and singing. Traditional Vietnamese food will be served.

Vietnamese Senior Association

In an effort to share their traditional culture and build understanding and respect between Vietnamese seniors and their children, a Family Bonding Day will be held on Saturday, September 30th from 11:00 - 4:00 pm at Garfield Community Center, 2323 E Cherry Street. The event will include family story-telling, live music and karaoke, cultural dance, and foods. Two facilitated discussions are planned for October and November.

View Ridge Community Council

The View Ridge Community Council would like host a party in the park to build community around the neighborhood on Sunday September 9th, 2019 at the View Ridge Playfield, located on NE 70th Street and 45th Avenue NE. Passive and active activities will be provided so resident from various age groups can participate. The event will be free and open to the public, and food and beverages will be provided for all the attendees.

View Ridge Community Council

The View Ridge Community Council on Sunday, September 11th from 2pm-6pm will be hosting the View Ridge Party in the Park. Located at NE 70th Street and 45th Ave NE, the goal of the event is to bring the neighborhood together with a shared experience. Activities are designed to promote a sense of community and connection among the residents. Various community organizations such as Seattle Humane Society, Seattle Together and View Ridge PTA have come together for this event. The event is free and open to all public participation.

View Ridge Community Council

The View Ridge Party in the Park is the neighborhood's community building event. The goal is to bring the neighborhood together with a shared experience. The event will take place on Sunday September 8th in View Ridge Park (the center of the neighborhood). Activities are designed to promote a sense of community and connection among residents. We provide activities that appeal to everyone and also to specific age groups. Participants includes various organizations that support the neighborhood promoting positive community relations (e.g. Seattle Public Library, Seattle Fire, Seattle Police, Seattle Humane, NE Seattle Together (NEST), View Ridge School PTA, City Council Member). Food donated by local businesses is also served by neighborhood volunteers. Musical performances, arts and crafts for kids, face painting, balloon making, and historical displays of the neighborhood are examples of our use of arts and culture to connect and celebrate community.

Department of Justice — OVW

Grants to develop and strengthen the criminal justice system's response to violence against women, including domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking.