Outstanding Philanthropic Foundation

• 1989 M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
• 1990 Ben B. Cheney Foundation
• 1991 The Skinner Foundation
• 1992 Weyerhaeuser Foundation
• 1993 Benaroya Foundation
• 1995 A Territory Resource
• 1996 Kongsgaard-Goldman Foundation
• 1997 Pride Foundation
• 1998 The Bullitt Foundation
• 1999 Kreielsheimer Foundation
• 2000 Washington Women's Foundation
• 2001 E.K. and Lillian F. Bishop Foundation
• 2002 Medina Foundation
• 2003 Paul G. Allen Foundations
• 2004 Windermere Foundation
• 2005 Washington Dental Service Foundation
• 2006 The ARCS Foundation – Seattle
• 2007 Apex Foundation

Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation

• 1989 The Boeing Company
• 1990 Seafirst Bank
• 1991 SAFECO Corporation
• 1992 PEMCO Financial Services
• 1993 Key Bank of Washington
• 1994 Cellular One
• 1995 Microsoft Corporation
• 1996 Costco Wholesale
• 1997 The Ackerley Group
• 1998 WRQ, Inc.
• 1999 Kimberly-Clark Corporation
• 2000 Frank Russell Company
• 2001 EverTrust Bank
• 2002 Washington Mutual
• 2003 Starbucks Coffee Company
• 2004 Intel Corporation
• 2005 Puget Sound Energy
• 2006 Columbia Bank
• 2007 Group Health Cooperative

Outstanding Philanthropic Organization

• 1989 Seattle Rotary #4
• 1990 Boeing Employees Good Neighbor Fund
• 1991 Northwest AIDS Foundation
• 1992 Kiwanis of Seattle Club
• 1993 The Seattle Chapter of the LINKS, Inc.
• 1994 First Hill Lions Club
• 1995 King County Bar Foundation
• 1996 Corporate Council for the Arts
• 1997 PONCHO
• 1998 The Seattle Foundation
• 1999 Junior League of Seattle
• 2000 Artist Trust
• 2001 The Greater Tacoma Community Foundation
• 2003 Northwest Children’s Fund
• 2004 Granny’s Attic
• 2005 Community Voice Mail National Office
• 2006 Social Venture Partners
• 2007 The Breakfast Group 

Outstanding Philanthropists

• 1989 Al Thompson, M.D.
• 1990 James Sauget
• 1991 Virginia Gullikson
• 1992 Fredric Danz
• 1993 David C. Wyman
• 1994 Samuel and Althea Stroum
• 1995 Sam and Nathalie Brown
• 1996 Alan and Andrea Rabinowitz
• 1997 Floyd and Delores Jones
• 1998 Thatcher Bailey
• 1999 Phil & Helen Smart
• 2000 Helen Jewett Shields
• 2001 Dr. David R. and June M. Davis
• 2002 Bill and Paula Clapp
• 2003 Susan and Jeffrey Brotman
• 2004 Scott & Laurie Oki
• 2005 Paul and Debbi Brainerd
• 2006 Ida S. Cole
• 2007 Jim & Jan Sinegal

Outstanding Philanthropic Family

• 1990 Alan, Michelle, Joel and Andy Fingeroot
• 1991 Mary and William Gates and their children, Kristianne Gates Blake, Bill Gates, and Libby Armintrout
• 1994 The Bullitt Family
• 1995 The Alvord Family (Dr. Ellsworth and Nancy Alvord)
• 1996 John and Laurel Nesholm
• 1997 The Behnke Family
• 2000 The Haggen Family
• 2001 Ferguson Family
• 2002 Russell Family
• 2003 Haggen Family
• 2004 The Max & Helen Gurvich Family
• 2005 The Milgard Family
• 2006 The Moriguchi Family
• 2007 The Morse Family

Outstanding Young Philanthropist

• 1989 Zane Behnke and Heidi Winkenwerder
• 1990 Megumi Okumura
• 1991 Tiffany Kostelyk
• 1992 Vanessa Power
• 1993 Jesse Schutte
• 1994 Michael Safford, Jr.
• 1995 Makda Gebremedhin
• 1996 Anne S. Delaney
• 1997 Ashley Dey Rosser
• 1998 Lindsay Hampson
• 1999 Girl Scout Troup #18
• 2000 Kristin Thompson
• 2001 Nathan Gassert
• 2002 Christine McClane
• 2003 Korri Shimizu
• 2004 Megan Johnson
• 2005 Perry Ortiz-Williams
• 2007 Raj Majumder
• 2007 Nandie Oosthuizen

Outstanding Philanthropic Small Business

• 1996 Gary.Manuel Salon
• 1997 Tom Douglas & his staff (Dahlia Lounge, Etta's Seafood, & Palace Kitchen)
• 1998 Newland Construction Company, Inc.
• 1999 Studio 904 Salon
• 2000 Dick's Drive-In Restaurants
• 2001 Flying Fish and Fandango Restaurants
• 2002 Broadway New American Grill
• 2003 Broetje Orchards
• 2004 Marpac Construction LLC
• 2005 Canlis Restaurant
• 2006 McGavick Graves, P.S.
• 2007 Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door

One-time Awards

Special Community Service Award 1996 The Seattle Times

Leading Edge Philanthropy Award 1998 Pearl Jam

Building Bridges Award 2002 Roosevelt High School “Hands for a Bridge”