TagGrants(12)
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2026-01-08 13:05
The Grant Explainer
The current Port of Seattle grant programs began in 2016 with a proposal by Commissioner John Creighton–responding to the uproar over the Flight Corridor Safety Program. As the name implies, the Airport Community Ecology (ACE) Fund (2016–2020) was meant as an environmental grants program. In late 2018 the Port created a separate, much broader South -
2025-09-23 23:152025-07-01 Skcf Partners Meeting 06 1500x 843 Web
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2025-09-23 16:25Port 2026 Community Program Funding by Activity
$21.5M proposed budget: Equity/D&I 38.8%, Economic Development 28.6%, Workforce Development 26.0%, SeaTac Community Relief 6.6%. -
2025-09-22 01:25Motion 2016 05 Airport Community Ecology Fund
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2025-09-22 01:25
Motion 2016-05 Airport Community Ecology Fund
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2025-09-18 22:24Community Programs Funded by Tax Levy
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2025-06-01 00:00The Gift of Public Funds Bogeyman
The authors, including Washington’s Solicitor General, Noah Purcell, reveal how the “gift of public funds” doctrine has become a false barrier for government assistance to communities. For decades, agencies like the Port of Seattle have wrongly claimed that matching requirements, narrow purposes, and small amounts are requirements of the State Constitution although there is absolutely -
2024-05-30 15:47Green Des Moines Partnership – Urban Forest Enhancement Plan Cover
Cover image for the Green Des Moines Partnership Urban Forest Enhancement Plan, showing a volunteer planting a tree. -
2023-01-13 23:50Match requirements prevent rural and low-capacity communities from accessing climate resilience funding
More than 60% of federal resilience funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law requires a local match, with an additional 13% requiring a match under certain conditions. Requirements for matching funds have been included in federal funding programs to promote economic efficiency and ensure communities have “skin in the game.” In practice, however, they can impose insurmountable burdens on communities, -
2019-01-08 21:42Airport Improvement Program Comparison
A comparison of AIP grants to various large US airports