Transforming young men through….
Belief.
Commitment.
&
Confidence.
Promoting academic excellence and meritocracy!
SUCCESS METRICS
Investing in Youth Development
$50K
$ Awarded
10%
Fund Growth Yield
(year-over-year)
27
Applications
12%
Kappa League Growth
(year-over-year)
Key Programs
Scholarship
Seattle Alumni’s Scholarship program is a financial aid initiative established to support deserving students who demonstrate academic excellence, leadership qualities, or other achievements. These scholarships aim to alleviate the financial burden of higher education, making it more accessible to students from diverse backgrounds.
Our Foundations scholarships can be based on various criteria, including:
Merit-based: Awarded to students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement or exceptional talent in a specific field, such as athletics or the arts.
- Need-based: Designed to support students who come from low-income families or face financial challenges that make it difficult for them to afford higher education.
- Demographic-based: Targeting specific demographics, such as underrepresented minorities, students in STEM fields, or minority college students.
- Field-specific: Offered to students pursuing a particular field of study or major, such as engineering, medicine, or computer science.
- Geographic-specific: Geared towards students from a particular Western Washington regions.
Key objectives of our scholarship program include:
Promoting equal access to higher education: By offering scholarships, our foundations helps level the playing field for students who may face financial constraints, allowing them to pursue higher education regardless of their economic background.
Encouraging academic excellence: Our scholarships are merit-based resulting in awarding students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement or exceptional talent in a specific field. This may motivate students to excel academically and strive for success.
- Fostering leadership and community involvement: Awards are based on leadership qualities or community service, encouraging students to develop valuable skills and make a positive impact on their communities.
- Promote a legacy of giving through Kappa Alpha Psi: We seek to inspiring a culture of philanthropy and giving back, as awardees may be more likely to support similar initiatives in the future, creating a positive cycle of generosity and organizational impact.
By achieving these objectives, our scholarship foundations play a crucial role in empowering students to pursue their educational dreams, contribute to the development of diverse and skilled workforces, promote social mobility/equity, and to ACHIEVE.
Guide Right
The Seattle Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi has been sponsoring the Seattle Alumni Guide Right program since the 1990s. This program is a youth mentoring program in Seattle, Washington, and is affiliated with the national Guide Right program of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Its aim is to provide guidance and support to young men in the Seattle area through a range of educational, social, and cultural activities.
Seattle Alumni Guide Right focuses on fostering leadership skills, promoting academic excellence, and encouraging community service among young men. The program also offers opportunities for mentorship, career development, and personal growth. Its members are dedicated to promoting positive values, character development, and ethical behavior.
Thanksgiving Gifting
The Seattle Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi has been sponsoring the Seattle Alumni Guide Right program since the 1990s. This program is a youth mentoring program in Seattle, Washington, and is affiliated with the national Guide Right program of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Its aim is to provide guidance and support to young men in the Seattle area through a range of educational, social, and cultural activities.
Seattle Alumni Guide Right focuses on fostering leadership skills, promoting academic excellence, and encouraging community service among young men. The program also offers opportunities for mentorship, career development, and personal growth. Its members are dedicated to promoting positive values, character development, and ethical behavior.
Shop With A Kappa
Since 2017, the Seattle Alumni Chapter Foundation has sponsored an annual Shop with A Kappa event. This event is a partnership between the Seattle Alumni Foundation, the Seattle Alumni Chapter, local community organizations and a local community store. The focus is on serving low-income families and youth between the ages of six (6) and seventeen (17) years of age. Shop With a Kappa provides each child a one hundred dollar ($ 100) gift card for Christmas Shopping with one stipulation, the youth must buy one gift for someone other than him or herself. Originally, the local Shop with A Kappa, started at the Walmart Rainer Avenue Store, but last year the event was held at the Target South Center store.
In 2019, fifty kids were provided a one hundred dollar gift certificate, 2020 fifty five gift cards were awarded, 2021, forty-five gift cards and 2022, fifty two (52) gift cards were awarded. The Seattle Alumni Chapter Foundation believe this youth experience is notable in several ways: it provides an independent shopping experience, it encourages kids to share with family, and it involves them with community at a very early time in their lives.
The Seattle Alumni Chapter invite you, your organization, Foundation and others to contribute to this worth while community service annual event. PLEASE DONATE NOW!!
Executive Director's Message
It brings us great joy to know that you have decided to visit the website of the Kappa Foundation of Seattle (KFoS). We consider ourselves fortunate and honored to have the opportunity to provide leadership and community service to the young people of Western Washington.
Our youth development program is designed to encourage academic excellence, mentorship in leadership, appreciation for diverse cultures, and advocacy for the community. We also work closely with the Kappa Alpha Psi chapters in Western Washington and other service providers to provide the necessary tools and guidance for youth leadership. Our innovative approach to youth development nurtures intellectual, physical, spiritual, and emotional growth, creating a solid foundation for success.