GIG HARBOR, Wash., June 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Russell Family Foundation (TRFF) today announced six general operating grants totaling $175,000 across its Jane's Fund portfolio, which emphasizes community-based efforts to boost students' access to education, end youth homelessness and develop grassroots leaders in Pierce County.

Grants range from supporting Degrees of Change to increase access to and persistence in college to helping Hilltop Artists sustain its glassblowing and arts youth mentorship outreach programs at local schools. 

"We are proud to support organizations whose missions are centered around the development of young leaders," said Kathleen Simpson, Interim Chief Executive Officer of TRFF. "Flexibility in funding to support community organizations working with the next generation will go a long way in keeping young people of our region supported and on track for success."

Details for the organizations receiving general operating fund grants are as follows:

For more information about Jane's Fund or The Russell Family Foundation, visit www.trff.org.

About The Russell Family Foundation
Founded by Jane and George Russell in 1999, The Russell Family Foundation provides a way for their extended family to make a positive impact in the community. The foundation does so by funding local, regional and global change through community investment in causes including grassroots leadership, environmental sustainability and global peace. The foundation applies its values of integrity, mutual trust, constructive communication, lifelong learning and courage to all its work with a focus on place-based philanthropy particularly in the Puget Sound region. For more information, please visit www.trff.org and on Facebook.

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jacque Seaman / May Wildman
The Fearey Group for The Russell Family Foundation
(206) 343-1543, [email protected] 

SOURCE The Russell Family Foundation