get involved
SEA relies on individuals just like you. Our first 6 years have been successful because the community has been willing to respond to our mission. Hew are a few ways you can get involved:
Your Contribution Changes the World!
We Can’t Do It Without You!
SEA is a grassroots organization with a small staff, and we rely on our volunteers. For a list of current volunteer opportunities, contact Polly.
Individual donors are a crucial part of SEA’s financial picture. First, your personal contributions make up an important part of our annual revenue. Second, your personal concern sends a message to our students that there are caring and supportive community members in their lives. Finally, individual donations show foundations and corporations that we have a strong base of community support, and that helps us compete successfully for grants.
Most of our donors realize the impact that a good education has had on their own lives and so they give in order that others may benefit from the extraordinary experience of college. But the students enrolled in our program are not the only ones who benefit from our work:
- Many of our students are also parents; by helping our students succeed, you also help them provide for their families and give them the tools they will need to raise college-bound children.
- Colleges also benefit as youth from disenfranchised communities become part of their learning population, bringing greater diversity to campus. The addition of new voices and new perspectives will help these institutions enhance the academic and social experience for all involved.
- Local businesses and employers will benefit from this program as low income and marginalized youth become highly educated workers who enter the labor force.
- And finally, communities benefit when people escape intergenerational poverty. Education has been proven to reduce rates of crime, incarceration, and unwanted pregnancy. Education is an effective and efficient way to prevent cycles of poverty and crime in the next generation.
SEA relies on individuals just like you.
Make a Gift Today!
Your donation will make a significant impact on the daily lives of our students. Your generous support helps us continue to serve the youth in our community and give them a better chance at educational success. There are several gift giving options below:
- $1000 — tuition for one quarter
- $400 — books and school supplies
- $100 — student bus pass for one quarter
- $50 — college application costs
- $20 — one GED study guide
You can also give by organizing a donation drive at your work place, throwing a house party for SEA with your friends, or setting up a bequest to SEA in your will. We will gladly work with you to make any of these things happen!
Every donor will receive our quarterly newsletter
Please mail your donations to:
Seattle Education Access
6920 Roosevelt Way NE #355
Seattle, WA 98115
206.523.6200
OR
Your donation is greatly appreciated and fully deductible as a charitable contribution. Seattle Education Access is a tax-exempt 501 (c) (3) organization. Please contact our staff for more information on donation options and questions.
Corporate Matching Gifts
Does your company participate in an employee matching gifts program? Please visit a list of companies that match at www.kexp.org, or ask your companies human resources manager. If your employer matches charitable contributions, fill out their matching gift form and mail it to us at: Seattle Education Access, 6920 Roosevelt Way N.E. Seattle, WA 98115
Wish List
- PC
- Monitors
- Ink Jet Printers
- Laptops
- Office Supplies
- Books (fiction, non-fiction, biography, classics, self help, reference, etc)
Endowment Funds
Endowment funds provide financial support for Seattle Education Access now and into the future and give you the degree of control you desire in distributing your fund's income. You can choose to create a specific endowment fund that encourages education by providing scholarships, based upon academic interest or other criteria, to our deserving students. To learn more about creating an Endowment Fund, please contact our staff or 206.523.6200
Why A Planned Gift?
Of the many ways of giving to Seattle Education Access (SEA), a planned gift may offer special advantages such as tax benefits or a current income stream. At the same time, your philanthropy is helping to create better futures for our students and local community. Let SEA help you by incorporating your philanthropic goals into your estate and financial planning. There are a variety of gift-planning options including:
- Cash and securities donations
- Gifts of real estate, tangible personal property, or other assets
- Bequests in a will or trust
- Gifts of retirement plan assets and life insurance
Planned and Deferred Giving Options:
Planned gifts provide creative and flexible strategies as you pursue your charitable and financial goals. You will receive substantial tax savings; and the greatest benefit of a planned gift to Seattle Education Access lies in knowing that you are supporting work that is important to you, your community and future generations.
There are many planned gift options that can be put into action immediately. These gifts offer you tax benefits while providing you the opportunity to support Seattle Education Access’ current programs, establish or add an endowment, or provide funding for capital improvements.
OUTRIGHT — An outright gift may include a gift of real estate, closely held stock, life insurance, commercial annuity, and other valuable, useful or historically significant property.
TANGIBLE PERSONAL PROPERTY — Seattle Education Access can receive gifts of personal property like artwork, books, vehicles and coin collections.
BARGAIN SALE — When you sell a valuable asset to Seattle Education Access for less then its current value, you make a “bargain sale” gift.
Deferred Giving Options:
Deferred gifts establish your legacy today and ensure that future generations will benefit from your generosity.
BEQUESTS — Bequests to Seattle Education Access can be made by including SEA in your will or trust.
RETAINED LIFE ESTATE — You can contribute your residence, vacation home or farm to SEA and continue to occupy and use the donated property for life.
BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION — You can name Seattle Education Access as the beneficiary of a portion or all of a life insurance policy, retirement plan, 401K or IRA.
Possible Benefits of Planned and Deferred Giving:
- Bringing immediate and deferred tax advantages to both you and your heirs
- Reducing your taxes
- Increasing your income
- Conserving your family's wealth
- Fulfilling your charitable goals
- Reflecting your special interests
- Providing gift plans that benefit you and your family
If you have any questions or would like to discuss your gift plans, please contact our staff or 206.523.6200
Become a Volunteer
SEA is a grassroots organization with a small staff, and we rely on our volunteers. For a list of current volunteer opportunities, contact Polly.
Here is a listing of potential opportunities.
- Tutoring - We match volunteer tutor/mentors with students who need tutoring in a specific subject. Most tutors meet with their student once a week for about an hour
- Resources and Outreach Committee – help students access resources. Read the description.
- Advocacy Committee – promote positive system change
- Refurbish computers, which we give to our SEA students
- Office Tech Support
- Table Captain for our Benefit Breakfast
- Clean office
- Board of Director membership
- Fundraising/Public Relations
- Scholarship Review Committee membership
- Host a book drive to help youth develop literacy skills
- Host a school supply drive – paper, pens, note pads, calculators, backpacks, etc.
- Collect Computer Equipment (PC’s, Monitors, Printers)
- Clerical/Administrative
- Student Support (help a student move, make a resume, etc.)
- Host a house party, so your friends, family & associates can learn more about SEA, and help raise money for our scholarship fund!
- Open to other ideas – SEA is open to brainstorm ideas that leverage your experience/knowledge and find something you are passionate about within our organization.
Special Thanks
We want to thank the following foundations and corporations who have provided extraordinary support for our mission and programs during 2009:
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Burlington Northern Santa Fe Foundation Byron & Alice Lockwood Foundation College Spark Washington Danica Children's Foundation Ernest R. and Audrey M. Turner Foundation Harvest Foundation JPMorgan Chase Foundation Lucky Seven Foundation Make the Dash Count Foundation Morningside Foundation Muckleshoot Indian Tribe Northwest Children's Fund Opus Foundation Posner-Wallace Foundation Pride Foundation Puget Sound Energy Foundation Safeco Insurance Foundation Seattle Post-Intelligencer Readers Care Fund The Bank of America Charitable Foundation, Inc. The Ceres Foundation The Keg Spirit Foundation The Kirkpatrick Family Foundation The Mannix Canby Foundation The Mattie & Ben Jones Jr., Family Foundation The Medtronic Foundation The Norcliffe Foundation The Wockner Foundation Washington Women's Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Wenaweser Foundation |
