Seattle grantmaking
(CONCLUDED IN 2021)
SEATTLE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The Clowes Fund has concluded grantmaking in Seattle.
Over the course of 40 years, the Fund awarded nearly 140 grants totaling $8.7 million to support music education for socioeconomically disadvantaged youth and other activities in the Seattle, WA, area. In 2016, the board devised a five-year exit plan for its Seattle grantmaking following the death in 2015 of long-time president Alec Clowes, who was the foundation's sole Seattle resident. The board gave careful consideration to the good work accomplished by Seattle-based grant partners, and settled upon an understanding that the Fund would work toward a gradual wind down of its Seattle grantmaking.
The final round of competitive grants were awarded in 2019 and ended in 2021. We are grateful to the final Seattle cohort for making music and music education accessible to all.
