Alaska Airlines Foundation grants awarded to address critical community needs April 23, 2020 Alaska Airlines 2 min read Share Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) The Alaska Airlines Foundation is awarding $315,000 to 23 nonprofits in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. These LIFT grants, the first round of 2020, are in response to urgent... SEATTLE, April 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The Alaska Airlines Foundation is awarding $315,000 to 23 nonprofits in Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington. These LIFT grants, the first round of 2020, are in response to urgent needs of food insecurity, shelter, remote educational support and other needs of families caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. "COVID-19 has had a profound impact on individuals and the world around us – from jobs, to education, to paying rent and getting food on the table," said Diana Birkett Rakow, chair of the Alaska Airlines Foundation Board of Directors. "We’re honored to support these nonprofit organizations, and their teams, at the forefront of helping individuals and families through crisis." As an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Alaska Airlines Foundation has supported communities for more than 20 years. "We call these LIFT grants, inspired by the principle of lift behind an airplane taking flight," said Birkett Rakow. "Today, we think about that very literally, to enable opportunity, sustain, and lift one another to come through this crisis with immediate needs and for the long term." Cash grants were made to the following 23 organizations including: Alaska:"AK Can Do" Fund for COVID-19 Response – Alaska Community Foundation/United Way Abused Women’s Aid in Crisis – COVID-19 ResponseArmed Services YMCA Of Alaska – Food PantryCovenant House Alaska Fairbanks Community Food Bank – COVID-19 ResponseLutheran Social Services of Alaska, Inc. – Food PantrySoutheast Alaska Food Bank – COVID-19 Pandemic Relief California:Silicon Valley Strong Fund – Silicon Valley Community FoundationAlameda County Community Food Bank – COVID-19 Emergency ResponseJacobs & Cushman San Diego Food Bank – COVID-19 ResponseThe Oakland Public Education Fund – COVID-19 Rapid Relief FundSecond Harvest of Silicon Valley – COVID-19 ResponseSPARK SF Public Schools – COVID-19 ResponseYMCA of San Francisco Hawaii:Hawaii Resilience Fund – Hawaii Community Foundation The Food Basket – COVID-19 ResponseHawaii Foodbank – COVID-19 ResponseHawaii Foodbank Kauai – COVID-19 ResponseMaui Food Bank – COVID-19 Response Oregon:#EmergeStronger in the Wake of COVID-19 – Oregon Food Bank Washington:Curiosity Never Closes: Curiosity at Home – Pacific Science Center WA Food Fund – Philanthropy Northwest United Way of King County – COVID-19 Relief Fund The Alaska Airlines Foundation is a private, independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Anchorage, Alaska. The Foundation’s core mission is to enable opportunity for young people through LIFT grants in the communities where we fly. Learn more about the Alaska Airlines Foundation. SOURCE Alaska Airlines Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) Related