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A Focus on Self-Sufficiency

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The Medina Foundation has focused on improving the lives of Puget Sound residents by funding organizations that help people on their path to self-sufficiency. Our primary areas of grantmaking have focused on positive pathways for youth, stabilization for families and individuals, and economic opportunities.
 
Our funding prioritized organizations that provide direct services to people in these areas, particularly youth, individuals, and families who are low-income, facing barriers, or in communities that have historically been under-resourced.
 
The majority of our grants were for general operating support because unrestricted funds are so important to nonprofits. We also support capital projects, programs, and start-up funds.  ​

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Positive Pathways for Youth

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Helping youth achieve positive outcomes.
We support organizations that:

• Ensure that young people’s basic needs such as safe, stable housing are met
• Mentor, tutor, and support youth as they find their own voice, achieve their own goals, and build new skills
• Support transition points through school, from early education through postsecondary, including job training

Stabilization for Families and Individuals

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Ensuring basic needs are met.
We support organizations that:

• Alleviate hunger, primarily through larger food distribution networks or rural food banks that are also a hub of additional services
• Prevent homelessness or quickly stabilize people who are experiencing homelessness
• Offer programs that prevent or reduce the effects of domestic violence, sexual assault, trauma, and abuse

Economic Opportunities

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Helping people secure employment, increase income, and build assets.
We support organizations that:

• Offer job training and entrepreneurship opportunities
• Teach skills and assist with obtaining credentials needed for career advancement
• Provide financial education