BOEF Past Recipients

The Business Outreach and Education Fund was launched in 2016 with its first contract partners conducting outreach and education in 2017. For information about our past partners, please click on each contract period below.

Past Partners

24-month contract extension from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022

Organization Amount Funded Communities of Focus
Ethnic Chambers of Commerce Coalition $400,000.00
  • African American
  • Asian
  • East African
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Latinx
  • Pacific Islander
Business Impact NW $66,000.00
  • Low-income entrepreneurs
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • LGBTQ
Latino Community Fund $284,000.00
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Latinx
Ventures $200,000.00
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Women
  • Small businesses owned by people with income sat or below 80% of the HUD area median income.
Tabor 100 $150,000.00
  • African American
  • East African 
Total Amount Funded $1,100,000.00

2021-2022 Hiring Entity Outreach

The Office of Labor Standards also partners with Hand-in-Hand, a national network of employers of nannies, house cleaners and home attendants, to provide outreach and education to individuals, households, and employers about their responsibilities under the Domestic Workers Ordinance (DWO).

Organization Amount Funded Communities of Focus
Hand in Hand $50,000.00
  • Seattle domestic employers and their allies

9-month contract extension from April 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020

Organization Amount Funded Partner Information Communities of Focus
Ethnic Chambers of Commerce Coalition $280,000.00 
  • African American
  • Asian
  • East African
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Latinx
  • Pacific Islander
Hand in Hand $50,000.00
  • Seattle Domestic Employers and their Allies
Latino Community Fund $142,000.00
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Latinx
Ventures $100,000.00
  • Asian 
  • African American 
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Pacific Islander
Total Amount Funded $572,000.00

24-month contract period from April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2020

Organization Amount Funded Partner Information Communities of Focus
Ethnic Business Coalition $137,795.00
  • African American
  • Asian
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Pacific Islander
Ethnic Chambers of Commerce Coalition $565,960.00
  • African American
  • Asian
  • East African
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Latinx
  • Pacific Islander
Latino Community Fund $282,966.00
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Latinx
Seattle Business Education Hub $164,050.00
  • East African
  • Immigrant and Refugees
Ventures $111,434.00
  • Immigrants and Refugees
  • Small businesses owned by people with incomesat or below 80% of the HUD area median income
  • Women
Total Amount Funded $1,262,205.00

12-month contract period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017

Organization Amount Funded Partner Information Communities of Focus
Seattle Metro Chamber of Commerce (SMCC) $90,000.00
  • African American
  • Asian
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Pacific Islander
Latino Community Fund $100,000.00
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Latinx
Ethnic Chambers of Commerce Coalition $285,000.00
  • African American
  • Asian
  • East African
  • Immigrant and Refugees
  • Latinx
  • Pacific Islander
Total Amount Funded $475,000.00

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