Seattle Foundation
Seattle Foundation is the community foundation serving the greater Seattle area. Established in 1946, it is the oldest community foundation serving the Pacific Northwest,{{cite news|last1=Doughton|first1=Sandi|title=Former Seattle Mayor Norm Rice to retire from Seattle Foundation|url=http://blogs.seattletimes.com/today/2013/12/former-seattle-mayor-norm-rice-to-retire-from-seattle-foundation/|access-date=11 November 2014|work=The Seattle Times|date=10 December 2013}} with assets of more than $965 million. As of 2017, it was the 21st largest community foundation in the United States.{{Cite web|url=http://columbussurvey.cfinsights.org/dashboard/year/2017/tab/top-lists/|title=Top 100 Largest Community Foundations in the United States by Total Asset Size|date=31 December 2017|website=Columbus Survey Results|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-11}}
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Under the leadership of its president and CEO Tony Mestres,{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/blog/techflash/2014/06/former-microsoft-exec-will-leverage-tech.html|title=Former Microsoft exec will leverage tech background for new top job as The Seattle Foundation's CEO|last=Monk|first=Becky|date=12 June 2014|website=www.bizjournals.com|publisher=Puget Sound Business Journal|access-date=2018-08-11}} Seattle Foundation offers an array of philanthropic services, including collective grant-making and impact investing. In 2013, the foundation awarded grants of more than $65 million.{{cite web|title=Report to the Community 2013-14|url=http://www.seattlefoundation.org/aboutus/annualreport/Pages/Default.aspx|publisher=The Seattle Foundation|access-date=11 November 2014}} It has worked with Seattle and King County, Washington lawmakers on civic initiatives to increase voter turnout{{Cite news|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/metropolitan-king-county-council-passes-measure-to-fund-prepaid-postage-for-mail-in-ballots/|title=Metropolitan King County Council passes measure to fund prepaid postage for mail-in ballots|last=Blethen|first=Ryan|date=2018-05-07|work=The Seattle Times|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en-US}} and provide services to immigrants and refugees.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/08/28/25379180/king-county-non-profits-receive-225m-to-protect-immigrants-and-refugees|title=King County Non-Profits Receive $2.25M to Protect Immigrants and Refugees|last=Knauf|first=Ana Sofia|date=28 August 2017|work=The Stranger|access-date=2018-08-11|language=en}}
GiveBIG
Seattle Foundation's annual GiveBIG, a 24-hour online giving campaign designed to support King County and Washington state nonprofit organizations, has raised more than $100 million{{Cite news|url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/givebig-hits-100-million-milestone-in-last-year-of-fundraiser/281-548699091|title=GiveBIG hits $100 million milestone in last year of fundraiser|last=Price|first=Brian|date=May 3, 2018|work=KING5|access-date=2018-05-10|language=en-US}} from 400,000 individual donations to nearly 1,600 different organizations since 2011.{{Cite news|url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/givebig-and-kiro-7-cares/746776665|title=GIVEBIG and KIRO 7 Cares|date=2018-05-09|work=KIRO|access-date=2018-05-10|language=en-US}} 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.{{cite web|last1=Neroulias Gupte|first1=Nicole|title=Community Foundations, Nonproifts Rally as Giving Day Website Crashes|url=https://philanthropynw.org/news/community-foundations-nonprofits-rally-giving-day-website-crashes|website=Philanthropy Northwest|access-date=20 June 2016}} The foundation's eighth and final GiveBIG campaign was held on May 9, 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.kiro7.com/news/givebig-and-kiro-7-cares/746776665|title=GIVEBIG and KIRO 7 Cares|date=2018-05-09|work=KIRO|access-date=2018-05-10|language=en-US}}
- June 23, 2011: $3.6 million{{cite news|last1=Gilmore|first1=Susan|title=GiveBig charity push: 1 day, $3.5 million|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2015420461_givebig25m.html|access-date=11 November 2014|work=The Seattle Times|date=24 June 2011}}
- May 2, 2012: $7.4 million{{cite web|title="GIVEBIG" BRINGS IN $7.4 MILLION, DOUBLING 2011'S RESULTS|url=http://www.seattlefoundation.org/news/Pages/GiveBIGBringsin7MillionDoubling2011Results.aspx|website=The Seattle Foundation|access-date=11 November 2014}}
- May 15, 2013: $11.1 million{{cite news|title=Editorial: 24 hours to GiveBIG in fast-growing charity campaign|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/editorials/2023517626_editgivebig05xml.html|access-date=11 November 2014|work=The Seattle Times|date=4 May 2014}}
- May 6, 2014: $12.9 million{{cite web|title=Latest GiveBIG results and recent FAQs|url=http://givebig.wordpress.com/2014/05/22/latest-givebig-results-and-recent-faqs/|website=GiveBIG | publisher=The Seattle Foundation|access-date=11 November 2014}}
- May 5, 2015: $16.3 million{{cite web|title=GiveBIG|url=http://www.seattlefoundation.org/GivingCenter/GiveBIG/Pages/Default.aspx |website=GiveBIG | publisher=The Seattle Foundation|access-date=27 October 2015}}
- May 3–4, 2016: $22 million {{cite web|title=GiveBIG|url=https://givebig.seattlefoundation.org/ |website=GiveBIG | publisher=Seattle Foundation|access-date=20 June 2016}}
- May 10, 2017: $19 million{{Cite web|url=https://www.seattlefoundation.org/Blog/Articles/2017/07/GiveBIG-Final-Numbers|title=GiveBIG Raises $19 Million for Local Nonprofits|website=www.seattlefoundation.org|language=en|access-date=2017-12-13}}
- May 9, 2018: $16.6 million{{Cite web|url=https://www.givebigseattle.org|title=GIVEBIG Seattle|date=2018-05-10|website=www.givebigseattle.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-08-11}}
In November 2018, Seattle Foundation announced that GiveBIG 2019 would be run by 501 Commons, a Seattle-based nonprofit consulting service.{{Cite web|url=https://www.501commons.org/about-us/overview|title=About 501 Commons — 501 Commons|website=www.501commons.org|language=en|access-date=2018-11-28}} The campaign was held May 8, 2019,{{Cite web|url=https://www.givebig2019.org|title=GiveBIG 2019|website=www.givebig2019.org|language=en-us|access-date=2018-11-28}} raising $11.4 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90412919/how-facebook-is-fundamentally-changing-how-nonprofits-get-money|title=How Facebook is fundamentally changing how nonprofits get money|last=McDonnell|first=Abhishek Bhati and Diarmuid|date=2019-10-05|website=Fast Company|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-24}}
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