Stipend Request

Completing this form does not guarantee a stipend. KCPEC Staff will review your eligibility and get back to you on your eligibility and next steps.

KCPEC frequently provides stipends to participants of our activities to ensure equitable compensation for providing valuable time, expertise, and input. These stipends provide financial support to organizations to increase their capacity to engage in shared work and attend meetings. As we center communities, especially communities of color, we ensure we are not extracting from community members without compensation.

Stipends to organizations are unrestricted and go to the organization's general operating budget, so it can be used however the organization wants. See below for the different types of stipends. To be eligible for an organizational stipend, organizations must:

  • Serve youth or advance systems change for youth up to age 24 who are the furthest from play equity

  • Commit and participate in 70% of the designated activity

  • Be a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or fiscally sponsored by a 501(c)(3) focused on impacting communities in King County

  • Annual Operating Budget under 750K or Staff Team of 15 or less

  • As Coalition funds are limited, the Coalition prioritizes organizations that are led by Black, Indigenous, People of color (50% of Board and Executive Team) and/or serve 50% or more of youth from historically underserved populations including:

    • Youth in poverty

    • BIPOC youth

    • Refugee and/or immigrant youth

    • Girls

    • Youth experiencing homelessness

    • Youth in foster care

    • Youth involved in the criminal justice system

    • Youth with disabilities including physical, developmental, and cognitive

Stipend Types:

  • General Membership Stipends – offered to coalition members, typically $1500. These are distributed in the Fall for current members and can be distributed to new members anytime during the year. They support attending all-member meetings and occasional events.

  • Action Team Stipends – offered to organizations and individuals on action teams, typically $550 to individuals and $1260 to organizations. To receive a stipend, an action team member must:

    •  Sign  the stipend agreement 

    • Have participated in 70% of meetings

    • Contribute to discussions and commit to action items 

  • Speaker and Facilitator Stipends - amounts and agreements are based on the project budget and project agreement. If the amount will be $600 or more for the calendar year, an individual must provide a w-9 before receiving payment.