Voter Education Fund Invests Nearly $1 Million in Diverse Communities

K. Hosh

King County Elections and Seattle Foundation are excited to announce the recipients of our next Voter Education Fund! A total of 39 community-based organizations are being funded $950,000 to provide nonpartisan voter outreach in historically underrepresented communities.

Instead of funding organizations on an annual basis, this cycle will award two-year grants. We want to ensure organizations have the resources they need to do significant voter engagement in what promises to be an exciting local election year and through the 2020 election.

Organizations are being funded at two levels: up to $40,000 to develop a two-year campaign to engage voters or potential voters, or up to $15,000 to provide a series of smaller activities through 2019 and 2020.

Grantees serve a wide array of communities, including communities of color, limited-English speaking residents, low-income youth, veterans, people experiencing homelessness, and people who have been convicted of a felony. This cycle places an increased emphasis on voter outreach to people with disabilities, African American and Native American voters, and historically marginalized residents in South King County.

Organizations receiving funding will attend an orientation and training workshop at King County Elections during the week of June 3, 2019.

The full list of 2019 grantees is:

  • 21 Progress
  • APACEvotes
  • Asian Counseling and Referral Service
  • Being Empowered Thru Supportive Transitions
  • Byrd Barr Place
  • Coalition of Immigrants, Refugees and Communities of Color (CIRCC)
  • Disability Rights Washington
  • El Centro de la Raza
  • Entre Hermanos
  • Eritrean Association in Greater Seattle
  • Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center
  • India Association of Western Washington
  • Indigenous Showcase
  • Ingersoll Gender Center
  • Institute for Community Leadership
  • InterIm CDA
  • International Community Health Services
  • Kent Black Action Commission (KBAC)
  • Korean American Coalition—WA
  • Latino Community Fund
  • Living Well Kent
  • Mother Africa
  • Mujer al Volante
  • Muslim Community & Neighborhood Association
  • Na’ah Illahee Fund
  • NAMI Eastside
  • Para Los Niños
  • Progress Pushers
  • Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA)
  • Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness
  • SOAR
  • Tenants Union of Washington State
  • The Vera Project
  • The Washington Bus Education Fund
  • URBVOTE
  • U.T.O.P.I.A. Seattle
  • Villa Comunitaria
  • Washington Community Action Network Education & Research Fund
  • West Hill Community Association