King Conservation District (KCD) and OSE are continuing their longstanding collaboration to invest in natural resource improvements that are led by or in deep partnership with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.
KCD received 27 applications from amazing community organizations requesting over $2.4 million dollars in funding, though the program had only $761,000 available to award this year. Proposed projects represented a range of activities and ideas including community education and empowerment, green career pathways, youth leadership, food justice, habitat conservation, composting and soil health, urban forest restoration, watershed health, and many more.
The focus of this funding opportunity and the 2022 awards continues to be investments in natural resource improvements that are co-created, led by, or in deep partnership with communities disproportionately impacted by environmental injustice, climate change, and systematic racism: Black, Indigenous, People of Color, immigrants, refugees, people with low incomes, youth and elders.
This year, King Conservation District and the City of Seattle are thrilled to announce awards to the following community organizations:
2022 King Conservation District (KCD)-Seattle Community Partnership Grant Program Awardees
| $25,000 | Hip Hop is Green | Cherry Street Farm and Lab: Youth Excellence Program (Y.E.P) Phase II |
| $70,000 | InterIm CDA | Danny Woo Community Garden and Cooking Project |
| $70,000 | iUrban Teen | Resilience, Innovation and Sustainability in a Changing World |
| $25,000 | Khmer Community of Seattle King County | Intergenerational Khmer Land Ethic Internship |
| $50,000 | Na’ah Illahee Fund | Continuation of Daybreak Star Restoration for Sovereign Futures |
| $70,000 | Nurturing Roots | Urban – Rural Food Connection |
| $70,000 | Plant Based Food Share | Plant Based Food Share Project |
| $70,000 | Restaurant 2 Garden | Restaurant 2 Garden Project |
| $70,000 | Somali Family Safety Task Force | Somali Community Growing Together |
| $58,000 | Sustainable Seattle | Riparian Caretakers |
| $70,000 | Villa Comunitaria | Salsa De La Vida |
| $70,000 | Windz of Change Alliance | Restoring Native Stewardship in Urban Ecology |
| $43,000 | YouthCare | YouthGrow Project |
| $761,000 | Total funds awarded for 2022 |