Aldarra Foundation Grantees
The Aldarra Foundation invests in organizations the founders knew well and were invested in their mission. Led by the intentions of our founders in the areas of interest to them, the Foundation continues relationships with organizations doing work in the Puget Sound region. We are grateful for their hard work, passion, vision and commitment.
The Arboretum Foundation preserves and enhances the Washington Park Arboretum for current and future generations through a variety of dynamic programs and projects. Working in partnership with UW Botanic Gardens and Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Arboretum Foundation supports operations and capital improvements, manages volunteer programs and advocates for the long-term health and stewardship of this beloved community resource.
Grant funding for the Arboretum Foundation has enabled capital projects to enhance the “curb appeal” of historic Washington Park Boulevard and the new Loop Trail in the Arboretum, as well as support of the horticulture team and volunteer programs, youth environmental education, and ongoing care and maintenance of the Arboretum.
Canine Companions for Independence® is a non-profit organization that enhances the lives of people with disabilities by providing highly trained service dogs and ongoing support to ensure quality partnerships.
Grant support enables the Canine Companions for Independence to breed, raise, and train assistance dogs and pair them with human partners to enhance their lives and independence free of charge to the recipient.
KCTS 9 is a community-licensed and supported public television station and media organization, with a mission to inspire a smarter world. As a PBS member station, KCTS 9 provides a wide variety of programming that entertains, informs, and connects the community.
Grant support to KCTS 9 has maintained the accessibility of trusted national programs such as Masterpiece, PBS NewsHour and NOVA to reach audiences, as well as bringing important local conversations to the community through new and innovative local programming.
At Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, world-renowned scientists work across disciplines to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancer, HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, and other diseases. Fred Hutch researchers are discovering new ways to detect cancers earlier, when cure rates are highest; developing effective treatments with fewer side effects; and learning how to prevent cancers from developing in the first place.
Support from the Aldarra Foundation enabled Fred Hutch and its clinical care partner, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, to expand the specialized team of navigators who help patients — especially those affected by the complex and widespread effects of racism — access a wide range of resources to manage logistical, physical, financial, and other complications of cancer while undergoing treatment or participating in clinical trials.
Hopelink serves about 65,000 people annually in King and Snohomish Counties, providing services that are designed to help individuals and families find stability in crisis by meeting basic needs for food, shelter, heat and transportation. In addition, Hopelink supports people working hard to build a path out of poverty, through adult education, financial capabilities classes, help finding a job and family development support through comprehensive case management. In 2020, as a global pandemic turned lives and livelihoods upside down, Hopelink continued to serve a community in crisis; transitioning programs and adapting as necessary to ensure the health and safety of those in need of support, as well as staff and volunteers.
Funding from the Aldarra Foundation will help support temporary capacity building in our Financial Resiliency and Food Assistance programs to ensure we are able to meet the increased and long-term needs of our clients as they continue to be affected by the pandemic.
The safest place for a family to be is in their own home. Mary’s Place believes that no child should sleep outside and works to ensure stability and safety through a three-pronged approach: helping to keep families in their homes, working with unsheltered families to move them quickly back into housing with flexible funding, and for those families with more significant barriers to housing, providing safe, inclusive shelter and wraparound services. Mary's Place is the leading provider of shelter and services for families in King County, providing 500 beds and a drop-in women's day center in downtown Seattle that welcomes more than 100 women each day.
The Aldarra Foundation is helping Mary’s Place with support of their new 3-year strategic plan including technology updates, learning and development for all levels of the organization (from front-line workers to the Board of Directors), and our work around diversity, equity, and inclusion. The goal of all this work is to ensure that Mary’s Place provides the best potential services to families experiencing homelessness.
The Medic One Foundation helps save lives in Seattle and the greater region by improving pre-hospital emergency care. Through funding, advocacy, and collaboration, Medic One supports programs and initiatives that have a significant impact on the number of lives saved by our region’s Medic One emergency medical system.
Grant support ensures that Seattle’s pre-hospital emergency medical services remain among the best in the world. Funds support: paramedic training programs, provide for training equipment, and provide scholarships for continued education and training.
Northwest School for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children (NWSDHH) provides educational services to deaf and hard-of-hearing children from birth through age eighteen. NWSDHH is a leader in education for children with hearing loss with a mission to use spoken English paired with Signing Exact English to help deaf and hard-of-hearing children
become self-confident, engaged, and academically competitive learners.
Grant support provides access to high-quality educational programming for deaf and hard-of-hearing children from the moment the child is diagnosed with hearing loss, from birth through eighth grade.
Pasado’s Safe Haven is the Pacific Northwest’s leading animal sanctuary and rescue organization. With a mission to end animal cruelty and create a more compassionate world, Pasado’s Safe Haven provides sanctuary and rehabilitation to animals who have suffered from abuse or neglect, advocates for better laws to keep animals safe, and works to educate and inspire people to grow their circle of compassion to
include all animals.
Grant support to Pasado’s Safe Haven’s advances their four programming areas: Investigations and Rescue, Sanctuary, Pet Services, and Education and Advocacy. Additionally, funding from the Aldarra Foundation has enabled Pasado’s Safe Haven to purchase vehicles and other equipment that is critical to their sanctuary and rescue operations.
Seattle Children’s mission is to provide hope, care, and cures to help every child live the healthiest and most fulfilling life possible. Seattle Children’s Hospital is one of the nation’s top five pediatric research centers and serves as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical center for Washington, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho.
Grant support has been transformational in advancing cellular immunotherapy research and launching Seattle Children’s Therapeutics (SCTx), one of the largest pediatric cancer immunotherapy research programs in the country. Grants have also supported recruitment efforts for pediatric cancer providers and researchers, making Seattle Children’s Hospital one of the best care facilities in the country.
The Museum of Flight is the largest private air and space museum in the world. Attracting more than 600,000 visitors annually, the Museum is home to a collection of more than 175 air and spacecraft, tens of thousands of small aircrafts, more than 3 million rare photographic images, and a world-class library housing more than 34,000 books, 66,000 periodicals, and 14,000 technical manuals. The Museum’s primary focus is education. Each year, more than 150,000
K-12 students and teachers are inspired through the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education programs.
Grant support has provided educational access and programming for the Washington Aerospace Scholars program. Funding has also supported the restoration of the Museum’s B-52 airplane, the digitization of World War I and World War II photos and documents, and technology and facilities improvements.
Treehouse envisions – and strives to create – a world where every child that has experienced foster care has the opportunities and support they need to pursue their dreams and launch successfully into adult independence. Treehouse fulfills their mission through a combination of programs that meet basic material needs, fund extracurricular and school activities, and provide individualized coaching and support for academic success and the transition to adulthood.
Grant funding from Aldarra Foundation will be used to fund Treehouse’s emerging and expanding work around meaningful participant engagement. In order to be more equitable and inclusive, Treehouse is working to make sure that those impacted by their programs are truly integrated into the organization.
Seattle’s Union Gospel Mission is a ministry made up of followers of Jesus who love and care for our homeless neighbors throughout greater Seattle. We address root causes and break the cycle of homelessness by first meeting urgent physical needs and building relationships. From there, we help people stabilize so they can move past survival mode and begin to focus on recovery. The Mission’s year-long recovery program provides the care that helps people live the life God wants for them.
Because of funding from the Aldarra Foundation, the Mission is able to offer a new Men’s Recovery Program at our facility on Capitol Hill. This program will help men experiencing both addiction and mental health issues make the difficult transition from incarceration or chronic homelessness to living thriving lives.
With a mission to improve the health of the public, University of Washington Medicine educates the next generation of physicians and scientists, leads one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive biomedical research programs and provides outstanding care to patients from across the globe.
The Aldarra Foundation supports University of Washington Medicine’s Multidisciplinary Imaging Core Research Fund, which is a pre-clinical imaging center that provides researchers the ability to model human diseases through the use of powerful imaging technology.
Grant support from the Aldarra Foundation enables researchers across disciplines to accelerate their work in vaccine development, stem cell therapy, cancer research and protein design, with the goal to improve the health of our community and of people around the world.