Guidelines

Foundation Mission

Our mission is to provide time, talent and treasure to Washington children in need.

To that end, we make grants in broad program areas of education, health and human services, community and intervention. In addition to our unrestricted funds, our granting, through field of interest funds, addresses specific needs and issues of our community.

Foundation Priorities

The Foundation is most likely to make grants to programs or projects which:

Assist children whose needs are not being met adequately by existing community resources.

Address new and emerging needs or approach existing needs more effectively.

Focus on the root of a problem.

Leverage additional private and public resources, both financial and volunteer.

Build non-profits capacity to meet community children's needs more effectively.

Grants to educational institutions and neighborhood organizations will be made only for those projects which further the
Mission of the Foundation and address emerging community needs and focus on preventing, rather than curing problems.

Grants that directly reach and impact a child's life

What We Don't Fund

The CFOS Foundation does not fund organizations located outside Washington State, unless they are performing services for children directly residing in the state

Endowments

Individuals

Organizations that discriminate on the basis of age, race, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, sexual orientation, political affiliation or religious belief

Religious purposes (organizations with religious affiliations will be considered for grants only if their activities address the needs of children directly and without regard to religious beliefs; programs may not contain content or activities that aim to proselytize participants or are experienced as such, even when participation in such programming or activities is voluntary)

Fundraising events such as walk-a-thons, tournaments, auctions and general fundraising solicitations
Production of books, films or videos

Conferences or seminars

Operating expenses for public or private elementary and secondary schools, colleges and universities