OVERVIEW: The Satya and Rao Remala Foundation gives across a broad range of interest areas including health, education, women’s causes, economic and community development. Giving prioritizes Washington, but also goes to national and international organizations.
IP TAKE: The Satya and Rao Remala Foundation lacks transparency, which limits information available about its grantmaking priorities and activities. In addition to its home state of Washington, this funder demonstrates interest in Indian causes, women and girls, and global health. Remala does not accept applications for funding, so a connection to the family or, perhaps, a past grantee, might be a way to get on its radar.
PROFILE: Established in 1998, the Satya and Rao Remala Foundation was founded by technology veteran Rao Remala and his wife Satya. Rao joined Microsoft in 1981 and was the company’s first Indian hire. He worked on many of the company’s best known products – Basic, Cobol Compiler, Windows 1.0, Windows 2.0, OLE 1.0, OLE 2.0, Office 95, Office 97. The foundation does not maintain a website, which limits information available on its grantmaking priorities and activities. According to tax records, the Satya and Rao Remala Foundation primarily funds grantmaking related global development and health, public health, mental health, education, women’s causes, and economic opportunity. Grantmaking emphasizes, but is not limited to, the state of Washington.
Grants for Global Development and Health
The Remala Foundation does not name priorities for its global giving, but grants appear to prioritize organizations working in India, where Rao Remala was born, raised and educated. Grantees working in India include the education NGO Pratham USA, Manjari Sankurathri Memorial Foundation and Upaya Social Ventures, which “invests in early-stage businesses creating dignified jobs for people in poverty in India.” Global grantees working in other parts of the world include the Rwanda Girls Initiative, Global Perinatal Services and Splash International, which “provides safe water and menstrual health solutions for kids in urban areas.”
Grants for Public Health and Mental Health
U.S. giving for health and mental health appears to prioritize organization in Washington. Grantees include Childhaven, Seattle’s Tubman Center for Health and Freedom, Open Arms Perinatal Services, the Overlake Medical Center in Bellevue and the Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Grants for Education
In addition to its global education giving, the Remala Foundation supports K-12 and higher education in the U.S., especially in Washington. Grantees include Seattle’s Giddens School, Franklin Pierce High School in Tacoma, the University of Washington and the Seattle Colleges Foundation. The foundation has also provided support to the Modern Classrooms Project, which promotes an innovative curriculum model that “combines blended, self-paced, and mastery-based learning.”
Grants for Women and Girls
Tax filings indicate that the Remala Foundation is committed to supporting women’s and girls’ causes in the U.S. and around the world. Grants have gone to organizations including Seattle’s Society of Women Engineers, Kirkland’s Washington Women in Need and the Seattle-based Api Chaya, a “confidential, and culturally relevant service provider for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking.”
Grants for Work and Opportunity
Remala supports several organizations that promote economic and community development in the foundation’s home state of Washington, grants have gone to the United Way of King County, Uplift Northwest and Seattle’s Farestart, a “food-based businesses that serve as classrooms for our students to learn on-the-job skills that will prepare them for careers while nourishing the community.”
Grants for Community Development and Environment
Remala’s grantmaking for community and the preservation of shared outdoor spaces stays mainly in the state of Washington. Recipients include the Washington State Parks Foundation, Northwest Folklife, the Wetherill Nature Preserve in Bellevue and the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Coalition.
Important Grant Details:
Grants range from $60 to about $500,000.
While this funder prioritizes the state of Washington, it also supports national and international organizations.
The foundation supports organizations of all sizes, but small- and medium-sized organizations are well-represented among its grantees.
This funder does not accept proposals for funding.
For additional information about past grants, see the foundation’s tax filings.
This funder does not provide a way of getting in touch, but its telephone number is listed as (425) 462-8220. A mailing address is provided below.
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CONTACT:
Satya and Rao Remala Foundation
11808 Northrup Way No 240
Bellevue, WA 98005
(425) 462-8220
