Since 1997, TIPS has partnered with 135 organizations throughout the Puget Sound region for summer internships. Here are the fantastic organizations that we, and our interns, have had the pleasure of working with.
| Organization | Interns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 826 Seattle | 1 | 826 Seattle is a nonprofit writing and tutoring center dedicated to helping youth, ages six to 18, improve their creative and expository writing skills, and to helping teachers inspire their students to write. |
| 911 Media | 2 | |
| Art with Heart | 4 | Art with Heart believes in the healing power of creativity. Their mission is to improve the lives of high risk youth by developing and distributing therapeutic tools and trainings that promote mental health and well-being. |
| Arts Corps | 1 | Arts Corps, the largest nonprofit arts educator in the Seattle area, fosters creative habits of mind in young people through a passionate corps of teaching artists. Arts Corps brings the lifelong practices of persistence & discipline, critical thinking, courage & risk-taking, reflection and imagining possibilities to the classroom and beyond. |
| Arts In Motion | 2 | Arts In Motion is committed to the belief that arts education has the power to transform lives and communities, and provides students of the Rainier Valley and surrounding area with instruction in music, art, theater, film and dance. |
| ArtWorks | 1 | ArtWorks works to empower young people with professional opportunities in the arts. Through opportunities to create public artwork, youth learn positive ways to express themselves, gain real-world skills that prepare them for the future, and develop a stronger connection to their communities and to their peers. |
| Ashoka Seattle | 1 | Ashoka Seattle provides individuals, organizations, and communities as a whole with the tools needed to design and implement solutions for the most pressing social issues. |
| Atlantic Street Center | 27 | Each year, Atlantic Street Center serves more than 3,000 multi-ethnic, low-income families, most of whom reside in Seattles central and southeast neighborhoods. These services include academic assistance, early learning, leadership development, parent education and support, and mental health counseling. |
| AtWork! | 2 | AtWork! is a highly supportive and innovative conduit between people with disabilities and mainstream employers in the community. AtWork!'s mission is to help people with disabilities be productive, integrated and contributing members of their communities. |
| Bailey-Boushay House | 12 | Bailey-Boushay House is a nationally recognized facility in Seattle offering Residential Care and Chronic Care Management programs for people living with AIDS and other life-threatening illnesses. The Bailey-Boushay House is operated in collaboration with the Virgina Mason Medical Center. |
| Ballard Boys & Girls Club | 2 | The Ballard Boys and Girls Club strives to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. |
| Ballard Food Bank | 2 | The mission of Ballard Food Bank is to assist individuals and families in maintaining self-sufficiency by providing assistance for basic needs. |
| BAYfest | 2 | |
| Bellevue Botanical Garden Society | 3 | The Bellevue Botanical Garden comprises 53 acres of display gardens, woodlands, meadows and wetlands. |
| Bellevue Family YMCA | 2 | The Y is dedicated to today's youth, believing that all kids deserve the opportunity to discover who they are and what they can achieve. |
| Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra | 3 | The Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra is a non-profit organization established to provide a positive and stimulating musical environment for students. |
| Bike Works | 2 | |
| Boomtown Cafe | 6 | |
| Boyer Children's Clinic | 1 | Boyer Childrens Clinic is a non-profit therapy and early childhood educational facility under the medical direction of a developmental pediatrician, serving children from birth to teen years who have neuromuscular disorders such as cerebral palsy or delay in development. |
| Broadway Bound | 3 | |
| C.A.S.T. for Kids Foundation | 2 | |
| Center for Woodenboats | 1 | CWB is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving maritime heritage for future generations, believing that it is essential to preserve the skills and stories associated with wooden small craft by teaching workshops, organizing events and regattas, and igniting a passion for wood and water in young and old alike. |
| Children's Trust of WA | 1 | Formerly WA Council on Prevention of Child Abuse |
| CHS - Ballinger Family Support Center | 3 | Ballinger Homes is a low-income housing community managed by the King County Housing Authority and operated through the Center for Human Services. |
| CHS - North Seattle Family Center | 11 | The North Seattle Family Center is a multi-service family support program located in the culturally diverse neighborhood of Lake City and operated by the Children's Home Society. The Center works with parents, children, and families by assisting them in securing needed services and support to face life's difficult challenges. |
| CHS - Northshore Family Support Center | 1 | |
| CHS - Shoreline Family Support Center | 4 | |
| Community Day School Association | 5 | |
| Community Schools Collaboration | 2 | Community Schools Collaboration (CSC) exists to provide children and youth with opportunities to succeed in school, to develop high aspirations, and to create a better world. CSC operates after-school programs throughout the Tukwila and Highline school districts. |
| Community Service Center for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing | 1 | |
| Compass Housing Alliance | 1 | Compass Housing Alliance provides a range of services and housing options to people struggling with homelessness and poverty in the Seattle area. |
| Cooper Elementary YMCA | 5 | |
| Delridge Neighborhoods Development Association | 1 | |
| EarthCorps | 8 | |
| East African Community Services | 1 | |
| Eco Encore | 1 | |
| El Centro De La Raza | 8 | El Centro de la Raza is a voice and a hub for Seattle's Latino community as it advocates on behalf of the people and work to achieve social justice. Through comprehensive programs and services, El Centro empowers members of the Latino community as fully participating members of society. |
| EMP (Experience Music Project) | 5 | |
| Ewajo Dance Center | 2 | |
| Facing the Future | 1 | |
| Faith in Action | 2 | |
| FareStart | 9 | |
| First Place | 16 | First Place serves families struggling with the risks and realities of homelessness who have school aged children (Preschool through 6th grade) and live in the Greater Seattle area. |
| Food Lifeline | 6 | Food Lifeline's mission is to end hunger in Western Washington by engaging communities and mobilizing resources. |
| Full Life Care | 13 | Full Life Care (formerly ElderHealth Northwest) helps adults of all ages with chronic illnesses, physical or developmental disabilities, and enhances the quality of life of elders, disabled adults and their caregivers by providing community-based alternatives to institutional care. |
| Futurewise | 2 | |
| Gilda's Club Seattle | 5 | Gilda's Club Seattle offers a broad, community-based program of social, emotional, and educational support for cancer survivors, their loved ones and friends that provides sustained support, education and resources on-site in the Seattle Clubhouse and off-site with collaborating partners. |
| Habitat for Humanity of East King County | 5 | Habitat for Humanity of East King County (HHEKC) operates with the mission to make it possible for low-income Eastside residents to be able to purchase simple, decent, affordable homes. |
| Harborview Medical Center | 14 | |
| Helping Link | 4 | |
| High Point YMCA | 3 | |
| Hopelink | 2 | Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low income families, children, seniors and people with disabilities. Hopelink's mission is to promote self-sufficiency for all members of the community through the operation of emergency service centers in Bellevue, Kirkland/Northshore, Redmond, Shoreline and Sno-Valley. |
| Humane Society for Seattle/King County | 13 | The Seattle Humane Society brings people and pets together for lifelong relationships. Seattle Humane serves the people and animals of King County with a variety of programs including adoptions, veterinary services, dog training classes, a pet food bank, and humane education for children of all ages. |
| Institute for Systems Biology | 5 | |
| King County Special Needs Camp | 4 | |
| Kirkland Arts Center | 7 | Kirkland Arts Center (KAC) serves the Eastside arts community by providing artists and art lovers of all ages the opportunity to work together, build creative skills, and broaden their knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the visual arts. |
| Kirkland Teen Union Building | 2 | |
| Legacy House | 3 | Located in the heart of Seattle's Chinatown-International District, Legacy House was established in 1998 to provide compassionate care and housing for low-income community seniors in a warm, comforatble, multi-ethnic environment. |
| Lifelong AIDS Alliance | 15 | Lifelong AIDS Alliance is committed to preventing the spread of HIV, and to providing practical support services and advocating for those whose lives are affected by HIV and AIDS. |
| Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center | 5 | |
| Loyal Heights Community Center | 3 | |
| MAVIN Foundation | 2 | |
| Meadowbrook Family Center | 5 | |
| Metrocenter YMCA | 2 | |
| Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust | 4 | The Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust leads and inspires action to conserve and enhance the landscape from Seattle across the Cascade Mountains to Central Washington, ensuring a long-term balance between people and nature. |
| Nature Consortium | 7 | Nature Consortium (NC) is a grassroots, community-based organization whose mission is to connect people, arts and nature. NC produce a Youth Art Program, an Urban Forest Restoration Project and the Arts in Nature Festival. |
| New Futures | 7 | New Futures partners with families in their communities and with educators to ensure that children succeed in school and in life, with integrated, culturally relevant programs in low-income apartment complexes that build skills, foster connectedness, and promote strengths. |
| North Seattle Boys & Girls Club | 10 | |
| Northwest Folklife | 8 | |
| Northwest Harvest | 20 | The mission of Northwest Harvest is to provide nutritious food to hungry people statewide in a manner that respects their dignity, while fighting to eliminate hunger. As the state's first food bank distribution center to focus on fresh produce, Northwest Harvest has decades of experience in promoting healthy eating while reducing hunger. |
| Northwest Seaport | 2 | |
| NW AIDS Foundation | 2 | |
| Odyssey Maritime Discovery Center | 2 | |
| One Reel | 3 | |
| Orion Center | 1 | |
| Outdoors for All Foundation | 4 | The Outdoors for All Foundation is a national leader and one of the largest nonprofit organizations providing year round instruction in outdoor recreation for people with physical, developmental, and sensory disabilities since 1978. |
| Pacific Science Center | 14 | |
| Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program | 4 | Page Ahead is the leading provider of children's literacy services in Washington State, serving more than 55,000 children in need every year by providing new books, literacy support, and reading resources. |
| Passages Northwest | 2 | |
| Penny Harvest | 1 | |
| Pike Market ChildCare & Preschool | 3 | |
| Plymouth Housing Group | 3 | |
| Power of Hope | 1 | The Power of Hope unleashes the positive potential of youth through arts-centered, intergenerational, and multicultural learning programs that value self-awareness, leadership, community, and social change. |
| Provail | 1 | |
| Puget Sound Blood Center | 5 | Puget Sound Blood Center saves lives through research, innovation, education and excellence in blood and tissue services in partnership with our community. |
| Rainier Beach Community Center | 1 | |
| Rainier Vista Boys & Girls Club | 2 | |
| Ravenna-Eckstein Community Center | 2 | |
| Refugee Women's Alliance | 8 | |
| Renton/Skyway Boys & Girls Club | 3 | The Renton/Skyway Boys & Girls Club provides children with a place to call their own and a space to have fun, be creative, get help, and be connected to their peers. |
| Rise n' Shine | 4 | |
| ROAR of Washington | 3 | |
| Ronald McDonald House Charities of Western WA and AK | 2 | |
| Rotary Boys & Girls Club | 13 | The Rotary Boys & Girls Club provides children with a place to call their own and a space to have fun, be creative, get help, and be connected to their peers. |
| Sea Mar Community Health Centers | 2 | |
| Seattle Aquarium Sociey | 1 | |
| Seattle Audubon Society | 16 | Seattle Audubon cultivates and leads a community that values and protects birds and the natural environment. Since 1916, Seattle Audubon members and volunteers have continually worked for the protection, restoration and preservation of natural habitat for birds and other wildlife. |
| Seattle Children's Hospital | 28 | Seattle Children's delivers superior patient care, advances new discoveries and treatments through pediatric research, and servse as the pediatric and adolescent academic medical referral center for Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho the largest region of any childrens hospital in the country. |
| Seattle Children's PlayGarden | 1 | The Seattle Children's PlayGarden improves the lives of children with physical or mental disabilities by providing them with full access to a safe indoor/outdoor recreation space and offering inclusive programs that encourage their potential. |
| Seattle Parks & Recreation | 4 | |
| Seattle Tilth | 17 | Seattle Tilth is a nationally recognized non-profit educational organization dedicated to inspiring and educating people to garden organically and conserve natural resources. |
| Seattle Young People's Project | 6 | |
| SOAR | 1 | SOAR is the community coalition that advances the healthy development of children, youth & families in King County. |
| Solid Ground | 1 | |
| Somali Community Services Coalition | 1 | Somali Community Services Coalition works to enhance the well-being of Somalis throughout King County, empower families and individuals, and preserve the community's rich cultural heritage. |
| Soulumination | 6 | Soulumination celebrates the lives of children and parents facing life threatening conditions by providing professional photographs--free of charge--of these special individuals and their families. |
| Southwest Boys & Girls Club | 2 | The Southwest Boys & Girls Club provides children with a place to call their own and a space to have fun, be creative, get help, and be connected to their peers. |
| Special Olympics Washington | 4 | |
| Students Against Violence Everywhere | 6 | |
| Team Read | 2 | |
| Ten Thousand Villages-Seattle | 2 | |
| The Healing Center | 3 | |
| The Mockingbird Society | 1 | |
| Treehouse | 10 | Treehouse is uniquely committed to improving the lives of our kids living in foster care through tutoring, education support, college planning, summer camp, and the Wearhouse program. |
| TREEmendous | 4 | |
| Union Gospel Mission | 5 | |
| United Indians of All Tribes | 1 | |
| University Adult Day Center | 4 | |
| University Family YMCA | 4 | |
| Vietnamese Friendship Association | 3 | The Vietnamese Friendship Association is a small organization working to help our community while sharing and bridging our rich and diverse cultures. |
| Washington Wilderness Coalition | 6 | The mission of the Washington Wilderness Coalition is to preserve and restore wild areas in Washington State through citizen empowerment, support for grassroots community groups, advocacy and public education. |
| WFS - Baby Boutique | 6 | The Baby Boutique, operated through Wellspring Family Services, provides free children's and maternity items such as clothing, shoes, diapers, toys, and equipment to families who are homeless. |
| WFS - Early Learning Centner | 14 | The Early Learning Center, operated through Wellspring Family Services, provides specialized care for children who are homeless or children who are unsuccessful in traditional child care settings. |
| White Center Food Bank | 3 | The mission of the White Center Food Bank is to minimize hunger, while nourishing community, nurturing self-reliance and embracing our rich cultural diversity. |
| Wilderness Awareness School | 5 | Wilderness Awareness School is a national not-for-profit environmental education organization established in 1983 and based in Duvall, Washington. |
| Wing Luke Museum | 1 | The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience is dedicated to immersing people in uniquely-American stories of survival, success, struggle, conflict, compassion and hope. |
| Wonderland Developmental Center | 7 | |
| Woodland Park Zoo | 3 | |
| YMCA - Y U Learn Program | 12 | |
| Youth in Focus | 6 | |
| Youth Media Institute | 13 | |
| Youth Tutoring Program | 2 | |
| YouthCare | 17 | The Youth Tutoring Program, operated by Catholic Community Services, is an after-school educational enrichment program for vulnerable first through twelfth grade students who live in five low- and mixed-income public housing communities in Seattle. |
| YWCA - East Fir Program | 22 | Formerly Known As: Seattle Emergency Housing Service-YWCA (name changed September 2007) YWCA Works Youth Program |
| Zion Preparatory Academy | 12 |