Awardees 1989-2007
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”