The Climate Pledge Arena Community Fund was created to further Climate Pledge Arena, the Seattle Kraken and One Roof Foundation’s shared commitment to fostering an equitable and inclusive community in alignment with the City’s Race and Social Justice Initiative.
Pursuant to Seattle Arena Company’s lease with the City of Seattle, the fund focuses primarily on organizations in and around Seattle Center. The fund shall support youth focused programs and projects that use arts, music and culture as strategies to drive racial equity and social justice.
2024 Grant Recipients
2023 Grant Recipients
This grant is intended to support a specific program or project, not general operating expenses.
Qualifying criteria:
• 501(c)(3) or non-profit with fiscal sponsor.
• Not represented as a voting member on Giving Council.
• Based in Seattle or primarily serving the Seattle community.
• Pursuant to Seattle Arena Company’s lease with the City of Seattle, the majority of the fund will be directed to organizations whose primary office location is physically located within the Seattle Center neighborhood (including Seattle Center campus, Uptown, Queen Anne, South Lake Union, and Belltown.)
• Political, religious, civic, special interest groups, educational institutions, and third-party funders are not eligible.
• Organizations that received a grant during the 2023 cycle are not eligible.
Program/project must:
• With authenticity and intentionality support and serve marginalized youth or youth of color through arts, music, or cultural programming.
Total available funding for the 2024 grant cycle is $100,000. Grants will not exceed $10,000. Pursuant to Seattle Arena Company’s lease with the City of Seattle, the majority of the fund will be directed to organizations whose primary office location is physically located within the Seattle Center neighborhood (including Seattle Center Campus, Uptown, Queen Anne, South Lake Union, and Belltown.)
Grant review committee will evaluate how effectively the project or program:
Viability of nonprofit may factor into eligibility or score if review of IRS Form 990, budget for current and prior year, annual profit and loss statement, actuals for current year surfaces significant concerns that are not adequately explained by the applicant.
Review committee may also consider budget size and capacity of grant applicant.
Please send questions via email to communityfund@onerooffoundation.org.
Climate Pledge Arena and the Seattle Kraken are dedicated to the community we serve. Our commitment to building a better Seattle transcends sports and entertainment, and we will step up as a good neighbor to support initiatives vital to Seattle Center, the surrounding neighborhoods, and the city as a whole.
(over 10 years in cash and in-kind) pledge to YouthCare, a local nonprofit helping to end youth homelessness.
contribution over 20 years and the development of a Community Fund, providing annual grants that support underserved youth programming in the arts, music, and culture.
voluntary contribution to support affordable housing in Seattle.
investment in the arts, engaging local artists in the creation and installation of permanently-sited works of public art created for the Arena and surrounding premises.
investment in a Transportation Fund to be administered by the city to address transportation issues in the north downtown area.
event days donated to Seattle Center each year to support community activities.
Climate Pledge Arena and the Seattle Kraken are dedicated to the community we serve. Our commitment to building a better Seattle transcends sports and entertainment, and we will step up as a good neighbor to support initiatives vital to Seattle Center, the surrounding neighborhoods, and the city as a whole.
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