Seattle Metro Chamber members represent 2,600 companies and a regional workforce of approximately 750,000. Across every industry, our members are addressing the myriad ways the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has affected our community and our economy. How Chamber members are stepping up to support our community during this difficult time
We're monitoring this rapidly evolving situation closely and we'll be updating this list as things change. If you have news to add to this list, please tag us on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or Instagram so we can see what you're doing or contact Corinne Lumens at corinnel@seattlechamber.com.
Conducting Research and Advancing Testing
Supporting Small Businesses
Stoel Rives has launched a Main Street Relief Project, a no-cost legal service for independent restaurants, bars, and retail establishments in the communities where the firm has offices
Google OnAir offers free virtual workshops, events, and 1:1 coaching sessions to help small businesses and jobseekers get the most out of their digital tools
Amazon has quietly started a free delivery service for restaurants housed in its buildings
Ballard Alliance, The Alliance for Pioneer Square and the Capitol Hill Business Association are all sponsoring the Support Local platforms to help their small businesses survive the current economic situation
City of Seattle announces new #SupportSeattleSmallBiz map to help residents find small businesses providing takeout or delivery in their neighborhoods
- Verizon's Pay It Forward Live! show airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays to increase support for small business and also provide relief to historically under-invested businesses
- Intentionalist has created a Gift Card Marketplace for independent businesses that don’t have an online presence
The Washington Tourism Alliance has set up this new platform called showWAlove.com where any tourism-related business in Washington with an online gift card can get a free listing. They've also partnered with Kabbage, so any small business who wants an online gift card can quickly and easily set one up.
- Chinatown International District Business Improvement Area, Friends of Little Saigon, and the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority support CID Restaurants and other Small Businesses Relief Fund
- Piroshky Piroshky owner Olga Sagan rolls out free delivery site for Seattle businesses
- Facebook announced $100 million in cash grants and credits
- Intentionalist is building a crowdsource list of small businesses to support
- GSBA and Capitol Hill BIA hold a press conference about Facing an outbreak ‘tsunami,’ Capitol Hill’s restaurants and small business make call for support, ideas, and relief
- Amazon to grant $5 million to small businesses near its headquarters struggling due to coronavirus. See FAQs and application directions here.
- Intentionalist recommends 10 ways you can help support small businesses in need
- Piroshky Piroshky, Dicks Drive In Restaurants, Pagliacci Pizza, Starbucks and other Seattle Restaurants Pull Out All the Stops to Calm Diners’ Coronavirus Fears
Supporting Healthcare Workers and Healthcare Delivery
Slowing the Spread and Supporting Employees
Supporting Vulnerable Employees and Community Members
- Starbucks contributes the communities they serve through Neighborhood Grants focused on hunger insecurity, housing and homelessness, & supporting families and seniors—including 26 individual grants across Washington!
- Bank of America commits $100 million—including $2 million to 14 Puget Sound organizations—to a global coronavirus community relief effort which addresses food insecurity, housing assistance, and more
- Adobe commits $4.5 million trusted organizations that are providing vital assistance to our neighbors – locally and globally
- JPMorgan Chase makes $50 million philanthropic investment to help address immediate and long-term impacts of COVID-19
- Bartell Drugs lends a hand to seniors during COVID-19 with their Senior Supply Drive and expands their annual teddy bear drive to include a wide range of organizations
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend $3.7 million on Seattle-area coronavirus response
- Seattle Foundation, Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks, Alaska Airlines, and United Way contribute to $2M fund started to help gig workers, vulnerable populations affected by coronavirus in Seattle area
- Amazon to give up to two weeks of pay to employees out sick with coronavirus or in quarantine
- Google sets up fund offer paid sick leave to contractors and temp workers who can't work due to COVID-19 symptoms or quarantines
- Expedia will continue to pay hourly workers during the coronavirus outbreak
- Microsoft to pay service workers during coronavirus outbreak even as need for them drops
- Amazon, Cisco, Facebook, Google, Salesforce, and Uber join a growing chorus of tech companies paying hourly and wage workers impacted by the coronavirus outbreak
Supporting Education at Home
Providing Reliable Data
Addressing Food Insecurity
Connecting You to Arts, Culture, & Science
Utility Relief and Expanded Services