2025 Environmental RFP application now OPEN September 22-October 31. The Port is accepting applications for the 2025 South King and Port Communities Fund (SKPCF) Environmental Improvements Program (EIP), which supports community-led, environmentally focused projects in six near-airport cities of Burien, Des Moines, Federal Way, Tukwila, SeaTac, and Normandy Park, as well as Duwamish Valley, Beacon Hill, Rainier Valley, and Skyway. For more details, visit the EIP page.
The Port established the South King County Community Impact Fund (now South King and Port Communities Fund) in 2019 to develop equity-based partnerships and provide resources and support to historically underserved, ethnically, and culturally diverse near-airport communities. The new name, South King and Port Communities Fund, reflects the expanded geographic reach of the fund to include South King County and other areas of King County that are identified by the Equity Index as having the greatest need for economic development and environmental improvement funding.
From 2020 to 2024, the SKCCIF launched four cycles of the Economic Recovery (now Economic Opportunities for Communities) program and Environmental Grants (now the Environmental Improvements Program). These programs supported community-led projects that create pathways to training and well-paying jobs and environmental improvements of public spaces. Since the fund’s inception, more than 50 organizations have received a total of $9.25 million, funding over 80 projects.
In 2024, the Port of Seattle Commission reauthorized $14 million to continue South King and Port Community Fund (SKPCF) community-led projects that advance equity, environmental improvements, access to jobs and careers in in port-related industries, and training to women, minority business enterprises (WMBE) and small businesses. Since its launch in 2020, the program has revolutionized how the Port works with communities to improve access to funding opportunities. SKPCF investments have fostered new partnerships with BIPOC-led, community-based organizations and increased support of structurally excluded communities of color.
Other changes with the 2025-2029 funding cycles include:
- Expanding the geographic region to include areas of South King County that the Port of Seattle’s Equity Index identifies as having disparities
- Continuing to prioritize our commitment to the six near-airport cities and identifying how applications for projects in those cities will receive priority status
- Continuing to prioritize our commitment to the six near-airport cities and identifying how applications for projects in those cities will receive priority status
SKPCF programs
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Equity Index
The Port's Equity Index is an online interactive map, displaying a visual representation of social and environmental disparities in King County. Neighborhoods with a low-equity index score have the greatest disparities. The Equity Index is used to identify the eligible geographic region. See the eligible geographic region for SKPCF.
