The City of Seattle is awarding $455,000 in Technology Matching Fund grants to help support 11 community organizations and their projects aimed at overcoming barriers to accessing and using technology.
The TMF grant program was started in 1997 to support community and nonprofit groups and improve digital equity. The Seattle Information Technology Dept. announced the list of winners on Thursday, which are expected to serve 20 different language groups by providing digital literacy training, devices, technical support, digital navigator services, and internet connectivity.
“Too many of our neighbors have been left behind by the digital divide, creating challenges for them to get an education, a higher-paying job, or find communities and express themselves,” Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson said in a statement.
To receive funding, applicants must match at least 25% of their request with cash, volunteer time, or other contributions. The community match for this year’s projects totals $168,136.90.
The program attracted 53 applications for grants this year. Comcast and T-Mobile are corporate contributors to this year’s grants.
2026 award recipients:
- Creation Culture, Youth Graphic Design Career Pipeline Program, $8,935
- Ada Developers Academy, Ada Build Live: Community, $45,000
- Horn of Africa Services, Digital Access and Navigation for East African Immigrants and Refugees, $45,000
- Chinese Information and Service Center, CISC’s Touch Screen Pilot Project, $44,928
- Per Scholas Seattle, Expanding Access to Technology Career Training in Seattle, $45,000
- Friends of Little Saigon, Little Saigon Small Business Digital Literacy Project, $44,979
- The IF Project, WE THRIVE Digital Access Initiative, $45,000
- Villa Communitaria, Familias Digitales en Acción, $45,000
- Asian Counseling and Referral Service, Digital Literacy for the Community at ACRS, $45,000
- Renaissance 21, Project She/Her/HEALTH by STGA, $45,000
- Solid Ground Washington, Internet Access for Residents Exiting Homelessness, $41,266
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