Washington State
For more than 100 years, Boeing has met the needs of an ever-changing, fast-paced, global environment.
Through innovation, our understanding of how to best connect and support people, businesses and communities
allows us to operate and create value in, and for, almost every region of the world. This year we are launching a
renewed approach to our community investments. Our new strategy involves lending our expertise and
resources where we can to support our future, our heroes and the communities we call home. We will do so by
promoting programs that develop tomorrow’s innovators through investment in the 21st century skills required in
today’s modern workplace; by aiding our military veterans and their families transitioning into the civilian
workforce; and by being a corporate social leader in the communities where our employees live and work.
How to Apply for a Grant
1. Read the grant objectives and local strategy detailed for your grant category detailed in this document to determine if
your request aligns with Boeing Puget Sound strategies for:
o Tomorrow’s Innovators
o Veterans & Families
o Dynamic Communities: Environment; Arts & Culture/Arts Education
2. Determine that your organization is eligible to apply. Review the grants exclusion guidelines.
3. Contact your local community investor to discuss a proposed project.
4. If your community investor determines that your project aligns to Boeing's local strategies, you may be asked to submit
an online letter of inquiry (LOI) as part of the grant application process.
5. Your LOI will be evaluated through our early gate review process for alignment, readiness, viability, measureable
outcomes and broad impact.
6. If the LOI is approved, you will be given an invitation code and invited to submit a full grant proposal.
Deadlines for all requests:
LOI Deadlines
Application Deadlines
(if invited)
Awards
Announced
April 7 – May 5
June 30
October 31
Boeing’s Focus in Washington State
The Boeing Company was founded in Seattle. As the state’s largest private employer, Boeing is an important presence in
Washington and in the lives of people living here. We work within all three of Boeing’s community investment strategies to
develop a site-specific plan tailored to the particular needs of our region, focusing our grants on the following strategies:
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Our Future Tomorrow’s Innovators
Goal: Create cradle to career pathways to strengthen and diversify the pipeline of skilled workers entering
today’s dynamic labor market.
Concentration:
 Early Learning: Increase the number of kindergartners who are ready for school, particularly in mathematics.
 Primary & Middle School: Generate interest and sustained participation in STEM disciplines through hands-on,
experiential learning.
 High School: Graduate more students who are ready to enter STEM related or other high demand careers
and/or STEM focused post-secondary education.
 Workforce Preparation: Prepare veterans, under-skilled adults and young adults for living wage jobs in highdemand sectors.
Boeing makes investments to advance the work of organizations focused on 21 st century skills development in King,
Pierce, and Snohomish Counties.
Contact: Gina Breukelman, Community Investor, Tomorrow’s Innovators at [email protected]
Before contacting staff, please determine your organization’s eligibility and review the exclusion guidelines. We do not make capital campaign grants.
Our Heroes Veterans & Families
Goal: Build better lives for transitioning service members, veterans and their families.
Concentration:
 Workforce Transition: Invest in high-quality training and skill development programs for veterans and their
families.
 Recovery and Rehabilitation: Support hands-on recovery programs focusing on the following:
o Post-Traumatic Stress
o Moral and physical injuries
o Veteran suicide prevention
Boeing supports organizations focused on transitioning service members, veterans and family engagement in King,
Pierce, and Snohomish Counties.
Contact: Gina Breukelman, Community Investor, Veterans & Families at [email protected]
Before contacting staff, please determine your organization’s eligibility and review the exclusion guidelines. We do not make capital campaign grants.
Our Home Dynamic Communities: Environment
Goal: Protect the Puget Sound and the waterways that flow into it through advanced green infrastructure
solutions and technologies.
Local Strategies:
The Boeing Company recognizes the benefits of healthy sustainable communities through environmental awareness and
engagement. We look to invest in projects that demonstrate collective impact toward proactively protecting all natural
resources, and advocate for watershed-based approaches and green infrastructure solutions.
We support:
 Programs that promote leadership development through environmental stewardship
 Projects and programs that advance innovative solutions to green infrastructure and stormwater management
Boeing makes investments to environment nonprofits in King, Pierce, and Snohomish County.
Contact: Shyla Miller, Community Investor, Environment at [email protected]
Before contacting staff, please determine your organization’s eligibility and review the exclusion guidelines. We do not make capital campaign grants.
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Our Home Dynamic Communities: Arts Presentations
Goal: Engage people in arts and cultural experiences in order to broaden perspectives, nurture creativity, and
support healthy and vibrant communities.
Local Strategies:
The Boeing Company believes that a robust and diverse arts ecology is essential to the long-term health and vitality of
our communities. Our investments in the arts are intended to be catalytic in sparking creativity and innovation; promoting
civic dialogue and cross-cultural understanding; and transforming our world.
We support:
 Arts Presentations: Visual, literary, media, and performing arts presentations that will celebrate diverse ideas,
aesthetics, and cultures; foster creative expression; provide shared experiences of the human condition; and
stimulate civic dialogue.
Boeing makes investments to professional arts and culture nonprofits in King, Pierce, and Snohomish County.
Contact: Huong Vu, Community Investor, Arts & Culture at [email protected]
Before contacting staff, please determine your organization’s eligibility and review the exclusion guidelines. We do not make capital campaign grants.
Our Home Dynamic Communities: Arts Education
Goal: Engage young people in arts and increase 21st Century skills.
Local Strategies:
Boeing’s arts education investments empower young people and gives them the skills to succeed in life. Our investments
advance 21st Century skills such as knowledge acquisition, creativity, innovation, critical thinking, problem solving,
collaboration, media and technology literacy, self-direction, adaptability, and social and cross-cultural skills.
We support:
 Arts Education: Experiential learning programs that will increase the creative, social, emotional, and cognitive
development of young people; and promote lifelong learning and engagement. Programs will engage young
people in interactive and sequential learning activities in the visual, literary, media, or performing arts. Competitive
projects will provide 20+ service hours/student; demonstrate national best practices; and align with school
systems, initiatives, and/or curriculum.
Boeing makes investments to professional arts and culture nonprofits in King, Pierce, and Snohomish County.
Contact: Huong Vu, Community Investor, Arts & Culture at [email protected]
Before contacting staff, please determine your organization’s eligibility and review the exclusion guidelines. We do not make capital campaign grants.
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Other Types of Support from Boeing
In Washington State and the Puget Sound region, we have the opportunity to support organizations in the following ways:
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Event Sponsorships to Charitable Galas, Fundraisers, Benefits and Programs: The Boeing Company will
support nonprofit organizations through sponsoring a fundraising event or community program. The company
supports organizations that strongly align with our Veterans & Families, Tomorrow’s Innovators/Education and
Dynamic Communities local strategies; are represented on the board of directors by a Boeing executive; and/or
align with Boeing’s business goals. Please email your local contact at least six months prior to the event.
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In-kind Donations: Boeing provides in-kind donations in Washington State. We no longer provide:
o Flight Simulators
o Surplus equipment and vehicles
o Printing
On a very limited basis, Boeing donates auction items to organizations aligned to our local strategies. Donations are determined
based on an organization’s fit to our local strategies as well as an event fundraising goal of at least $300,000.
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Business-related Sponsorships: Support for these requests is limited and processed through the Boeing Brand
Center. For information and application, please visit our Sponsorships page.
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The Employees Community Fund (ECF): ECF was established as a separate 501(c)3 owned and managed by
Boeing employees. ECF of Puget Sound operates separately from Global Corporate Citizenship in Washington.
View our Puget Sound ECF guidelines. Contact: Colette Ogle, ECF Program Officer at
[email protected]
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Employee Volunteering: If you have an opportunity that aligns to our strategy, please contact: Teri TranholtHochstein, [email protected]
For more information about grant eligibility, please review our grants exclusion guidelines.
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