Neighborhood Matching Fund Archives - Page 2 of 34

Learn about the Neighborhood Matching Fund at Upcoming Workshops

July 14, 2021

Fund supports community-building projects in Seattle’s neighborhoods Seattle Department of Neighborhoods is hosting three virtual workshops for those interested in applying to their Neighborhood Matching Fund. Each workshop will provide an overview of the Neighborhood Matching Fund, the qualities of a strong application, and the review process. Neighborhood and community groups interested in the fund… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Grants and Funding, Public Participation, Updates and AnnouncementsTagged With: Neighborhood Matching Fund

City of Seattle’s Neighborhood Matching Fund Invests $826,000 in 20 Community-initiated Projects

June 10, 2021

The City of Seattle has awarded $826,841 to support 20 community-initiated projects through Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF). Twenty community groups received awards ranging from $8,550 to $50,000 and have pledged $1,725,350 to match their award through local cash donations, volunteer hours, donated materials, and in-kind professional… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Grants and Funding, Updates and AnnouncementsTagged With: Grants, Neighborhood Matching Fund

Wing Luke exhibit shows the resiliency and community of Asian American and Pacific Islanders during COVID-19

May 3, 2021

Although she personally witnessed the heartwarming ways her Korean American community had come together and shown resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic, Erica Chung was concerned that the overall experience of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities during this time was not being adequately recorded or represented. So, she teamed… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, Grants and FundingTagged With: AANHPI Heritage Month, Asian Stories, Neighborhood Matching Fund, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

Youth soccer program helps East African students build community

March 22, 2021

Life as an adolescent can be challenging, but for immigrant and refugee children, language and cultural barriers can make the challenges of youth even harder. The founders of the Somali Youth Soccer Association wanted to find a way to help kids overcome those challenges. Their East African Homework Help and… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, Grants and FundingTagged With: Black Stories, Neighborhood Matching Fund, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

New murals offer belonging and power to children of Magnuson Park

March 17, 2021

The Magnuson Children’s Garden is adding a mural to both the front and back of a large kiosk that sits along NE 74th St. in Magnuson Park. The murals will both be designed and built by teams of children who attend youth programs in Magnuson Park, live in the park’s… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, Grants and FundingTagged With: Magnuson Park, Neighborhood Matching Fund

BUILD 2021 works to unite, engage, and inspire local Black leaders

February 8, 2021

During the winter of 2013, the topic of conversation for many Seattleites centered around the Seahawks as they marched toward their first championship. When people gathered in the streets of downtown to celebrate the team’s Super Bowl win, six African American men congregated elsewhere to discuss something else occurring in… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, Grants and FundingTagged With: Black History Month, Black Stories, Neighborhood Matching Fund

Seattle’s Neighborhood Matching Fund announces funding programs for 2021

February 5, 2021

Fund supports community-building projects in Seattle’s neighborhoods Seattle Department of Neighborhood’s Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF) announces its 2021 funding programs. Its two funds – the Small Sparks Fund and the Community Partnership Fund – support grassroots projects that build stronger communities, with an increased emphasis on projects led by or… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Resources, Grants and FundingTagged With: Grants, Neighborhood Matching Fund

Meet the young Black leaders at the center of Eli’s Park Project

January 5, 2021

In our latest video, hear the story behind the Eli’s Park Project Teen Advisory Team, a group of Black, female teens leading change in North Seattle. Through community organizing, outreach, and performance they are working to engage community members and help create an accessible, inclusive, nature-based park where people of… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, Grants and FundingTagged With: Black Stories, Neighborhood Matching Fund, Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle Parks and Recreation, Seattle Together

Hillman City P-Patch honors refugee, friend, and cultivator of community, Rangkham Praseurt

December 2, 2020

Rangkham Praseurt loved to spread beauty and joy in the world. As a gardener at the Hillman City P-Patch, she gained a reputation as the matriarch of the community garden. From volunteering in the food bank plots to sharing food and flowers with other gardeners, Rangkham always found a way… [ Keep reading ]

Filed Under: Community Stories, P-Patch Community GardensTagged With: Asian Stories, Hillman City, Neighborhood Matching Fund, P-Patch Community Gardening

Neighborhood Matching Fund Invests $750,000 in 23 Community-initiated Projects

November 12, 2020

The City of Seattle has awarded $756,626 to support 23 community-initiated projects through Seattle Department of Neighborhoods’ Neighborhood Matching Fund (NMF). Twenty-three community groups received awards ranging from $9,418 to $50,000 and have pledged $721,956 to match their award through local cash donations, volunteer hours, donated materials, and in-kind professional… [ Keep reading ]