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Seahawks players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund awards 2022 grants

The Seattle Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund has awarded $250,000 in 2022 grants to local worthy nonprofits.

The Seattle Seahawks have never been a team to shy away from social justice issues. In fact, over four years ago, members of the club created the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund.

The Players Action Fund has since received donations from fans, Paul G. Allen Philanthropies, the Carroll Family Fund, John and Traci Schneider, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s Nadella Family Trust, and from Starbucks and the Starbucks Foundation.

In exchange, the Players Action Fund has awarded over $1.337 million in grants to local nonprofit organizations, schools, and via scholarships.

The Players Action Fund has now announced its latest round of grants to be awarded in 2022 totaling $250,000. The worthy recipients, with links to their websites, are below.

For more information on how you can donate or help contribute to the Players Action Fund, click here.

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Seahawks Players Equality & Justice For All Action Fund awards $500,000

The Seattle Seahawks Players Equality & Justice For All Action Fund has awarded $500,00 in grants and scholarships to local organizations.

Seattle Seahawks players made a pledge in June to donate $500,000 to organizations supporting social justice causes and local youth. The Seahawks Players Fund has now announced the beneficiaries of the grants.

The Seahawks Players Equality & Justice For All Action Fund will provide $250,000 in grants to the following six organizations:

  1. Safe Futures Youth Center
  2. Good Shepard Youth Outreach
  3. Glover Empower Mentoring
  4. Kingmakers
  5. Mentoring Urban Students & Teens
  6. What’s Next WA

The other half of the funds ($250,000) will be used to created scholarships in partnership with the Seattle Foundation and will now be called The Seahawks Players’ Equality & Justice for All Scholarship Fund.

“We’re super excited to give back to the community,” linebacker K.J. Wright said via the team’s website. “Just go to the website, anybody can apply. We’re super excited to be able to tap into the community and help these young kids out.”

For more information or to make a donation, click here.
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Seahawks pledge to donate $500k from Equality and Justice Fund

The Seattle Seahawks released a statement on their website pledging to donate $500,000 to bring about change after George Floyd’s death.

The Seattle Seahawks released a statement on Monday in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, condemning the actions of now-convicted police officer Derek Chauvin and pledging to donate $500,000 in grants from the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund to yet-unnamed recipients, which the players will determine to spur action to end racism and crimes influenced by it.

“We stand with Seattle, and every community in uniting to help heal our society and overcome the hurt, anger and frustration through peaceful protests and acts of togetherness,” read the press release. “With that, to further aid in the solution the Seahawks players will begin the process of determining recipients for grants from the Seahawks Players Equality & Justice for All Action Fund in the amount of $500k.”

All eyes are still on the aftermath of the incident and what organizations in power will do to bring about change.

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