WA COVID Response Corps
The WA COVID Response Corps, a partnership between the Foundation and Serve Washington, aims to address food insecurity issues and create meaningful service opportunities for young people, to help keep our most vulnerable neighbors fed and healthy during these difficult times.
WA COVID Response Corps members and their host sites impact to date:
- 127,000 service hours completed
- 30.9 million pounds of food provided
- 83.8 million meals served
- 2 million individuals served
The Plate Fund
To serve those who make a living serving others, we partnered with #allinseattle, Seattle Foundation, UpTogether, and a coalition of restaurants, foundations, and individuals, to launch #ThePlateFund, an initiative that provided immediate, one-time payments of $500 to the most impacted restaurant-industry workers in King County.
To ensure assistance went to the most vulnerable and hardest-hit communities, #ThePlateFund formed partnerships with El Centro de la Raza, Falis Community Service and Asian Counseling and Referral Service. Each organization helped direct payments to affected workers within their respective networks, including those who may be undocumented or unbanked, and may not be eligible for government assistance.
#ThePlateFund impact to date:
- Raised $7.9 million through the support of 3,200 donors
- Served 15,800 restaurant workers in King County
- Two-thirds of recipients lived in zip codes classified as economically distressed by the King County government
- 195 partner organizations
