HSD Grants
PRESERVATION. PROMOTION. PROSPERITY.
Since 2018, HSD has been making grants to community organizations who have identified issues or opportunities in South Downtown and created projects that improve our neighborhoods.
Due to changes in our funding structure, we will be unable to offer grants for the immediate future. Please subscribe to our newsletter to stay up to date on our continued work in the community, and be the first to know when a new grant round opens.
HSD Grant Projects
The best way to get to know Historic South Downtown & our grants program is to learn more about our amazing grantees and their projects.
HSD's grant program has prioritized our value of neighborhood self-determination. Our grants are unusual in that we are geographically constrained, but most of our grants are open to grantees defining an opportunity or issue and then proposing their program or solution. How would you enhance your neighborhood?
NE Pioneer Square Framework Plan Phase 2
Alliance for Pioneer Square
Community-focused planning around the intersection of Yesler and 2nd
Restaurant 2 Garden
Restaurant 2 Garden
Supports a pilot program to connect local restaurants & their food waste with composting units at the Danny Woo Community Garden
Occidental Square Park Activation & Beautification Project
Downtown Seattle Association
Supports beautification through new furniture and seasonal plants, as well as activation with a focus on engaging BIPOC ventors, artists, and audiences to maintain a welcoming and engaging public space for the PSQ neighborhood
The Rhapsody Project at King Street Station
The Rhapsody Project
Capital funding to support the buildout of a music studio and educational space for youth at King Street Station
Totem Star at King Street Station, phase 2
Totem Star
Capital funding for development of a new studio and educational space at King Street Station
CID Block Party
CID Block Party
Funding to support the 2022 block party held under I-5
DESC Client/Street Engagement Team 2021
DESC
Supports the street engagement team of DESC workers who are the interface between their clients and others who use this section of 3rd Ave
Historic Chinatown Gate Cleaning and Maintenance 2021
Historic China Gate Foundation
Supports cleaning and permitting for the landmark gate
Pioneer Square Facade Improvement Fund
Alliance for Pioneer Square
Awards sub-grantee funding to businesses wishing to improve their public interface
Totem Star Operations
Totem Star
Supports adequate staffing during the capital campaign phase
Uncle Bob's Place Art Balconies
InterIm CDA
Capital funding towards creation of artist-designed balconies on a new building that reflect Chinese Family Association balconies on historic buildings in the CID
Panama Hotel Seismic Upgrade Design
Japanese Museum of Seattle
Design seismic retrofitting for the National Historic Landmark Panama Hotel
