Rick’s Personal Philanthropy: Strong Communities at Home
Rick believes travel becomes a political act only if you do something with your broadened perspective. From hunger to arts funding, learn how Rick has incorporated his travel discoveries into real action back home.
Rick's Community Partners
Rick supports and works closely with many advocacy groups and organizations whose missions fit his own; below is a list of the top beneficiaries (in alphabetical order). Learn how your nonprofit organization can request a donation.
- American Public Television and member stations
- Bread for the World
- Cascade Symphony Orchestra
- Children’s Alliance
- Edmonds Center for the Arts
- Faith Action Network
- Flying House Productions
- Full Life
- Law Enforcement Against Prohibition
- NARAL Pro-Choice Washington
- NORML
- Sojourners
- Trinity Lutheran Church
- Washington State Democrats
- YWCA’s Trinity Place in partnership with the Rotary Club of Edmonds
Articles by Rick
- Op-ed in USA Today: Don’t Defund PBS, NPR
- The Trinity Place Story: How and why Rick is using his retirement nest egg to house homeless women and children
- Promises About Poverty: Hold Candidates Accountable: Blog post about fundraising for Bread for the World through Facebook
- It’s Pledge Season!: Blog post urging support for public television
- A DC Massing of Citizen Diplomats: Blog post about the value of people-to-people diplomacy
- Fighting Hunger in Des Moines: Blog post about attending a symposium on world hunger
Talks by Rick
- Making Faith Political: Faith Action Network benefit speech (28 minutes)
- The Value of Community: Full Life Care benefit breakfast speech (7 minutes)
- Why ElderHealth Matters: Video narration for ElderHealth Northwest benefit breakfast (9 minutes)
Media Highlights
- HeraldNet: Q&A: Rick Steves ties philanthropy to travel and faith
- HeraldNet: Travel maven Rick Steves donates millions right here at home
- HearldNet: Rick Steves pledges $2 million for Edmonds waterfront center
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Outspoken Travel Guru Rooted in Edmonds
- The Seattle Times: Have Show, Will Travel (profile about increasing visibility of Rick’s philanthropy and activism)
- The Washington Post: Embracing the Challenges of Aging (video interview)
- Rotary Club: Video interview on the YWCA Trinity Place apartments