Additional Funding

Find other public, private, and non-profit funding sources for your small business or community development organization.

For Business

  • City of Seattle Grants Portal

    • Get funding for your project, business, or organization. Find grants for services like arts, recreation, and youth programs.

  • King County Environmental Grants and Awards

    • Apply for funds to help reduce water pollution, improve parks, conserve land, prevent waste, reduce flood risk and improve ecological health and provide other public benefits.

  • Impact Washington

    • Administers numerous federal, state and local grants. Bookmark this page and check back often to find information about currently available funds that you may be eligible to apply for. 

  • Washington State Department of Commerce

    • Offers growing businesses several loan programs that can help purchase new equipment, renovate, expand or construct facilities, support early-stage product development and more.

  • Seattle Public Library Business Assistance Organizations

    • Organization and government agencies assisting small businesses with 1:1 counseling, training, technical assistance and finding funding.

  • Rainier Valley Community Development Fund

    • Provides lending capital to entrepreneurs and developers that enhance the quality of life in the community. Also offers strategic support to help you with your borrowing needs and pair you with expert business advisers that are able to provide hands-on assistance. 

 
Community Development 

  • Impact Capital

    • Provides access to capital to low- and moderate-income communities in the Pacific Northwest. They offer flexible loans and technical assistance that help nonprofits develop and preserve affordable housing, cultural and community centers, retail districts, schools and childcare centers, job training facilities and more.

  • Seattle Foundation

    • Helps nonprofits carry out their work by awarding grants, forging community partnerships and educating community philanthropists and partners about the organizations most aligned with their charitable interests.

  • Candid Foundation Directory

    • The tools available on Foundation Directory allow you to tap funding opportunities beyond open Requests for Proposals (RFPS). 

Economic Development

Markham McIntyre, Director
Address: 700 5th Ave, Suite 5752, Seattle, WA, 98104
Mailing Address: PO Box 94708, Seattle, WA, 98124-4708
Phone: (206) 684-8090
Phone Alt: (206) 684-0379
Fax: (206) 684-0379
oed@seattle.gov

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The mission of the Office of Economic Development (OED) is to help create healthy businesses, thriving neighborhoods, and community organizations to contribute to a robust economy that will benefit all Seattle residents and future generations.